The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-22
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RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned From the Teachings OF
All Denominations.

The connecting link between Gods
mysteries and mans spiritual life is
faith. which begets obedience to spe-
cial as well as general laws-Rev.
Jonn Hewitt, Eplscopalian, Column
bus, O..
RELIGIOUS ACTION.
The highest form of religious action
is not the girding of the VIII to do a
great thing, but the relaxing OF the
VIII that God may use as unreslsllng
to do what thing he will, be Il great or
snall.-Rev. DR.. Frank Crane, Con-
gregationalist, Worcester. Mass
DIVERGENCE.
A sixteenth of an inch isn't much.
but as an angle of divergence mile
away it means a great deal So little
varia ton from truth, honor, goodll-
ness, means great deal-ten, twenty,
fifty years out of the pathway of life.
-Rev. Fl. E. Foss, Methodist. Phtla-
delphia.
VIRTUES.
The virtues are tougher and more
indestrCctible than the vices. Love is
of more enduring stuff than hate; truth
outlives falsehood; the meek outpopu-
late and outprosper the rapacious and
violent and hence inherit the earth
Rev. DR.. Frank Crane Congregation
alist, Worcester, Mass.
GOOD EFFECT OF IDEALS.
Ideal character is Gods divinest rev.
elatiOn, and it is in the field of good
ness than any man is justified In amb1-
tiOus yearningS to reach the highest
standards. He who approaches an
ideal approaches God He who
achieves an ideal becomes a high
priest of the perfect one.-Rev. c. E.
Locke, Methodist. Brooklyn.
THE GREAT PREACHER.
The small preacher is the servant of
a sect and the especial pleader for its
dogma. The great preacher is he who
is the servant of the spirit of truth,
who brings to US something greater
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who brings us face to face with the
eternal that is in him and in us.-Rev.
w. Fl. Ramsey, Universalist, Louis
Vile, Ky.
SEEKING AND FINDING.
The soul, our spiritual nature, has
its deep searchings, questionings and
lOngings. MY soul thirsteth for God,
for the living God" says the psalm
ist. It is not a characteristic of Chris
tian men only; all men everywhere
thirst for the living God. For some it
is unconscious and unrecognized.s They
want something they know not what.
and it is then a cause Of misery. In
others it Is recognized, yielded to- ac-
cepted, and in others it is the founda-
ton CT our highest blessing because
1t draws us and keeps US close to God.
Rev. st. Clair Hester. Episcopalian,
Brooklyn.
PRESSURE OF MODERN LIFE.
A serious, practical problem of to-
day is the tremendous pressure we
feel. Not only men feel it in business,
but women in social life and young
people and children in their school life.
Cur ordinary attitude toward it is one
CT complaint. This is useless and fool
ish. We may as well realize that we
cannot change this condition; it is a
part of SC cial evolution. What, then,
should we do? If pressure is increas-
ed. you must increase the power to
endure pressure. There is much that
all of US can do to make US better able
to stand the pressure of modern life.
Best of all is the adoption of a brave,
hopeful attitude toward life. To take
for granted that the best lies just
ahead, to keep UP good cheer at any
cost, this is to be ready for any strain
life may put on us.-Rev. William R.
Merrill. Presbyterian. Chicago.
THE FAMILY CIRCLE.
A true family is a paradise. an Eden,
a heaven on earth. 1t is the duty of
Irarried men and women to 50 live
that their homes may be to them like
heaven. We ought to watch night and
day to keep Satan out of the house
hold. for if ever he gets his head in he
will never be content until his whole
body is In. Much should be made of