The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-21
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned From the Teachings of
All Denominations.


Eminent glories come out of emf
nent gloom Rev. Robert Bruce Hull,
Baptist, Brooklyn.
IDEALS.
The ideal we formed at our moth
er's knee Is the highest we Will form
In all our lives.-Rev. T. G. O'Reilly.
Roman Catholic, Cleveland, o.
TO KEEP OUT OF EVIL.
The way to keep our hearts empty
of evil is to fill them UP to the brim
with good.=Rev. NJ w. Stryker, Pres
byterian, Clinton, n. Y.
REAL KINGLINESS.
If you have the friendship of the
world, you cannot have the friendship
of God. Real kingliness comes only
along the pathway of loyalty TO the
white life.-Rev. Polemus H. Swift,
Methodist, Chicago.
THE LORDS BEAUTY.
The beauty of the Lord. revealed to
US in Jesus Christ, is received by inn
putation. It is imputed to US by faith.
We put it on as the beggar dons the
princes garment.=Rev. G. F. Wishart,
Presbyterian, Allegheny, Pa
CLOUDS IN THE HUMAN SKY.
When disposed to fret and worry let
us remember that many of the clouds
in our sky are not storm clouds. God
only intends them to clear the atmos-
phere and give US a fairer day.-Rev.
DR.. D. c. Macleod, Presbyterian,
Washington.
USEFUL. ELEMENTS OF SUCCESS.
Alertness is a most necessary element
of success The business world walks
on tiptoe, with open eye and keen Wis
ion, watching for the opportunity to
"strike'-to buy or to sell-Rev- T. c.
O'ReilIy. Roman Catholic, Cleveland, Q.
LIES FINAL STANDARDS.
All the lines of philosophy and ethics
converge toward the Christ of Chris
tianity. and the conclusion is inevitable
that the Christian religion contains
within itself the supreme and noble
standards for life.-Rev. c. E. McNally,
Baptist, Brooklyn.
FREEDOM.
A man is free when he can exercise
his powers in accord with the highest
law. when there is nothing in the way
of this highest development. This is the
only one thing worth having in liberty.
Rev. DR.. Charles Aubrey Eaton. Bap-
list, Cleveland. Q.
LOVE AND MARRIAGE
Marriage is a soul union and is made
a union of heaven, the loss OF self in
another, and cannot be annuled ex-
cept by the breaking of the bond which
constitutes it-love.-Rev. E. L. Pow
ell, Disciple Louisville. Ky.
BEAUTY IN EVERYTHING
In spite of every appearance to the
contrary, 1t is, nevertheless, a deep and
final truth. according to the Bible
teachings. that as Goa HrSI maze II anu
as God will finally complete it there is
beauty in everything. DR.. c. NJ.
Hawkins, Methodist, st. Louis.
WINNING OF MEN.
There is some avenue to every mans
heart and if we can ind that avenue
we will be able to win his soul. I have
no sympathy for the men who are for
ever promiscuously denouncing all
men as being evil Effective means of
winning men lie in prayer and per-
sonaI work.-Rev. Weston Bruner,
Baptist, Washington.
POWER OF MANS SPIRIT.
The spirit of men is greater than
disaster. The earth may be shaken,
but not their courage. Fire may raw
age all but their uncomfortable souls.
Calamity may drive its coach and four
through them as through the giant
redwoods, yet still they stand grandly
in their places. masters OF circum-
stances. unfelled and unfallen.-Rabbi
Leon Harrison, st. Louis.
HUMAN RELATIONSHIP.
If human life had no relationships
other than with the human they would
be righteous, but there is a deep seat
ed sense Of another standard. a some-