The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-18
REIIGIoUs THoUGHT.
Gems Cleaned From the Teachings Of
All Denominations.

TENS Cleaned From the Teachings OF
All Denominations.
Work for love is the only work that
IS Wen done.-Rev- Frank Crane, Con-
gregatlonalist, Worcester, Mass.
SECRET OF GREATNESS.
The secret of Abraham's greatness
ana the secret of any mans greatness /
IS IN his response and obedience to
God.-Rev. DR.. Francis J. Mcconnell, /
Methodist. Brooklyn.
SERVERS OF THE AGE.
The age Is served by all who live I
wisely Worthily and well. These serve /
IKE stars or like the humble lamps of |
me street-by simply Shining.-Rev. DR.. |
Chafles q. Ames, Unitarian, Boston.
AN EFFECT OF CALAMITY.
we save the heart from the stagna-
tlon OF selffshness by the opportunity /
onered by a calamity We put less |
value on things of time and learn to |
weigh the things of the spirit when |
calamity speaks.-Rev. William c. Co |
vert presbyterian, Chicago.
IN NAME ONLY.
A Christian only In name is satisfied |
II ne keeps his conscience free from
mortal sin and perhaps even from
gross Venial sins, but 1t may be that
during his whole life he does not once
think of striving after higher things
ReV. Father Jackson, Roman Catholic. |
Atlanta, Ga.
TO RENEW THE SOUL.
Death doubtless is time of the
lions, but for souls renewal a direct
positive, inward spiritual grace is need
Cd, and the mere dissolution of the
body is not necessarily a sacrament
conveying and containing this grace
Rev. A. B. Ktnsohing, Episcopalian.
Brooklyn.
WALKING WITH GOD.
Walking with God is not withdraw
ing from the affairs of the world but
using in a proper manner those things
for our better condition and the lifting
up OF those who are more unfortunate
than ourselves The manly man IN all
the walks of life is what tells for the
extension of the kingdom of heaven In
the Torld--Rev. F. n. Foster. Metho-
dist, Pittsburg
TO FIND HAPPINESS
The true way of finding happiness at
home or abroad is for each one to
strive to make others happy by helm
and sympathy. BE kindly affectioned
one toward another is the counsel of
Scripture. and II thoughtful kindness
on all sides of the household rule. the
atmosphere will be sunny and clear
Rev. DR.. Earl B. Hubbell Presby-
terian. Chicago.
WHAT A MINISTER SHOULD BE
The Christian minister must be a
man Of character, of splendid moral
weight. The possession of this is
| worth all else. There may be the
manly form and the manly intellect
/ but the GROWING glory of manly worth
is wanting if the soul lack those high.
/ transcendent virtues which are the
girdle Of our strength and the garment
4 of our beauty..Rev. DR.. Kerr Boyce
Upper, Baptist. New York.
TO SAY BIG THINGS.
The way to say big things IS to be
| bigger things. Some people study up
fine speeches to say on fine occasions
and make a recipe for saying fine
things. and they miss the big things.
The big mountain has no. trouble in
| casting a big shadow. It has to do so
| because 1t is SO broad Of shoulder and
so vast of bulk. Little dodgers have to
| study how to cast big shadows. If they
| would grow big they would have big
| hadows.-Rev. William A. Quayle,
Methodist, Chicago.
GREATNESS
Real greatness Is not in increasing
| multitudes nor multiplying trade, nor
unlimited financial resources, but in
our youth. Young America is our hope
or our despair. If our children "are
! strange children whose mouth speak
eth vanity and whose right hand is a
right hand of falsehood,' then our out
look upon the coming days IS a sad
one, but II high and holy forces are
driving awav their vanity and cleans
ing them from all deceit. tn en- our out
| look upon the future is filed with hone
and gladness-Rev. E. Duckworth,
Episcopaian. St Louis.
A SACRED DUTY.
!
generation by the diligence and full
ness Of It's works should prepare the
way and help to make glad and fruit
/ full the Ia bors of its successors. Tha'
/ you and I should gather up the bes'
) that was in the lives and labors of oul
predecessors and dedicate it. with al
our own best powers and all our mean:
Of usefulness. to the one great cause
of truth. of Gods service as 1t presents
itself to us today-this is the sacres
duty which the whole nature of human
life imposes on US. Let 1t not seem :
burden laid upon our shoulder. LIE
! it be to US our precious privilege, tn
l thing that give meaning, dignity ant
I interest and truest JOY to our lives
l Rev. Joseph May, Unitarian, Philadel
: phia.
4 SACRAMENT OF THE EUCHARIST
$ The wedding ring of love which Co
$ puts upon the soul at the espousa
) which takes place between him an.
man at the sacrament of the Eucha
rist has its beautiful settings. its spirit
/, ual gems, and these gems are symbol
C of the virtues which to lesser or high
= er degree already exist to him to whom
i God addresses the words Of our tex
: when he says. IT have espoused the
s to me forever" and these gems III
0 enumerated in the text and designate
e justice, judgment. mercy and commits
q GRAFTON. These are the qualities WhiC
= God seeks In man as a foundation an
n cornerstone and which man must pos
sess in order to be united to his Go
IN the sacramento union OF WeQlOCl
. which takes place IN the sacrament J
r the altar The requisite that one mus
! be in a state OF grace in order to unit
= himself sacramentally to his God mean
y a good deal more than the ordinar
- mechanical sometimes even heartles
= and trivial, performance of duty in tn
= confessional. To be in a state of grac
Il means for man to be in position an
in a state in which he Is susceptible
{ to divine influences, capable to respon
!; to Gods enticing love and in a condi
q ton Of life that brings him into har
l. mony with Gods attributes of justice
/ judgment mercy and commiserat ion
g Mgr. P. F. O'Hare. Roman Catholic
BrooklSrn.