The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-28

/ OC An0SI the absolute COnLTO1 OF the
will power of the individual and ex-
! press with sincerity and truth the
value, which is above silver and gold.
Rev DR.. J. G. NJ Luttenberger,
Christian church. st. Louis.
OUR RELIGIOUS NATURE.
Mans religious nature is the most
real and lasting thing he has; hence he
has need to guard it well. To neglect
or to abuse it is to bring II. eparable
| loss to the soul. God was at great
pains to give us z holy religion ard
spared not his only Son that our reli-
gious nature might be satisfied. What
a mistake to neglect religioni-Rev. E
x. Bell, Lutheran, Baltimore.
IMPORTANCE OF HABITS.
One of the most important things in
life is to form habits, and they canno.
be formed too early in a mans career.
There are all sorts of habits, some
good and some bad. The good ones
should be cultivated at all times The
formation of these habits forms charac-
ter and the most trif1ing things show
the trend of ones Hfe.-Rev S. l.
Ford, Presbyterian. Lowell, Mass.
OUR SINS.
The great problem is the problem Of
sin The great wound is the one opened
by transgression. Discouraged by the
Jolly of others. we are chiefly disturbed
by our own sins. There is one battle
that is incessant There is one war that
IS never ended by truce or treaty. AMI
there is one fierce fight where the rattle
Of Inusketry never ceases-the contest
between eternal right and temporal
wrong.-Rev. Dr. N. B. Hills. Congre-
gaticnalst, Brooklyn.
MORE THAN SCHOLARSHIP.
Scholarship is not the chief thing.
Culture is more than scholarship. Col
leges should give culture. They do
not always do so. Some great schoI-
ars are great Doors. and not few are
the children of culture who never saw
college Mary was ignorant of books
YET, disciplined by sorrow, hers is the
most perfect character in history
Kew N M. Waters. Congregationalist
Brooklyn.
POWER THAT RULES THEFUTURE
Hope is the power that rules the fu
ture The ploEman plows N hope The
soWer sows in hope of harvest The
bud tells of the blossom. the blossom,
OF the fruit the fruit of the seed and
the seed is the promise of another fruit
age The sick man hopes for recovery.
The galley slave hopes for freedom Tho
poor man hopes for competency. The ex-
plorer presses on in hope of discovery.
The father bears with the child in hone
OF coming manhood. The teacher trans
the child in hope Of the future scholar
The child is father OF the man, and it s
that hope that makes him great.-Rev.
John c. Horning, Reformed, St. Louis.
SINGING OF MUD.
Mud singing is much too common
among US. Some newspapers and some
minister's indulge in it too freely stone
throwing is becoming an art and dig
ging pits in which to bury another's
reputation an occupation. We do we'll
to remember that a meddlesome man
is as foolish as enc who takes 4
strange dog by the ear. Harsh and
Gncfaritab bic wor Is spoken against an
other. whether a public official or
private citizen will blister the speak
ers tongue The mud singer viii md
the mud come down on his own rate
We need larger charity ana mere
magnanimous judgments.-Rev John
Thompson, Methodist. Chicago
SUCCESS AND PHYSICAL EDUcA-
TON.
mans success depends Largely
uPon his working power, and thar is
Contingent upon sound digestion ami
healthy blood. and since women have
become competitors with men in the
various departments Of professional
ard business life, what is true .of the
men applies with equal force to We
nlen If the standard of SCHOLARSHIPS
X to be raised higher in all our sche,u5s
for girls and no greater attention is to
n paid to the laws of saith and life
grave consequences may be expected.
me body Is just as much Coos gift as
the mind. and the one cannot be
healthy and vigorous when the other is
neglected and allowed - fall into
weakness--Rev. DR.. Madison c.
Peters, Baptist, New YORK.
THE HAPPY.
Who are Overwhelmingly happy?
Whomsoever God has lifted up.
Plenty of you have worse sins than
drunk nness-ingratitu disIoyalty