The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-29

love, genuineness of religion That is
1 what the world wants That is what it is
1orIRev. p. d. McLarrin, Methodist,
II, LET Fl is Be TRUE AND BE MEN.
God intended US to be men. Let US be
that and not animals things, mere exist
beneath US are true to themselves The
flower remain a flower and is beautiful
and beneticent We are intended to be
greatest dignity and joy--Rabbi A. J.
Lyons, Hebrew. Brooklyn.
AN EVER NEAR GOD.
A God who is known only by miracles
that is by exceptions to law-will recede
from US as our Intelligence advances. but
a God who IS known to US the person
whose will is evolution-that is, one who
dwells in law and becomes known
US as we advance.-Rev. DR.. Frank Crane,
Congregationalist, Worcester. Mass.
VALUE OF RIGHT LIVING.
We cannot bring the dead back But
we can so live that we shall be large and
efficient when we enter the other world
and so receive from loved ones proud well
come. They cannot see evil and sorrow,
for this would break their joy. They can
perhaps see the good and rejoice in it;
add to their joy--Rev. c. F. Reisner,
BENEFIT FROM cHRIsT's PRESENCE
Happy is the family life where from
Greatly blessed is that marriage where
Christ is an honored and welcome
death may turn rejoicing into tears and
laughter into mourning, but even then
blessing rests there will remain that
peace of God which passeth all under
standing. Rev. DR.. Thomas c. Easton
NEED OF FAITHFULNEss
F'aithfulness is absolutely necessary if
The enemies of Righteousness endeavor
continually to lead man from the path of
goodness, and to overcome their attacks
must be his constant aim. Justice and
his activity. and if faithfuiness is not one
Of the virtues that crown his life there
is great danger that the ship of life will
founder upon the rocks and shoals of
pletes mans character. leads him to God
and assures him of salvation At all times
lest our interest lag our energy decrease
and our influence disappear like the dew
full unto death; then. beautiful in the
glory of your faithfulness. you can APP
proach the mercy. sea of your heavenly
Father.-Rev. C. A Voss, German Evan
IMPORTANT PART OF LIFE
between the beginning and the ending. It
takes a strong foundation to support a
large superstructure. The shape of the
tree at the end of the fifth summer has
everything to do with its shape at the
end of the twenty-ffth- The more any
faculty is developed along a given line
the harder and slower becomes develop
ment along an opposite line The more
swing of the -sledge the less fitted it be-
comes for the delicate touch of the piano.
The best way. sometimes the only way, to
have power to use later in life is to ac-
quire and store it up in the early part of
life The young man who does not take
much responsibility while father lives will
not have strength to bear much after he
is gone The young woman who does not
learn the worth of a dollar while she has
fathers purse to draw from may have to
pay more for such knowledge when that
purse is not within reach. The young man
who does not do anything for the church
the first few years of his Christian life
will find It hard to make up his mind
and harder to learn how when he gets
further along. and the young woman who
does not learn what should be learned
about Housekeeping while under the par
entail roof viii either never learn It or
learn it only after some bitter EXPERT
ences. The early part of life is a very i'm
portant part. The best way to get into
large place is to grow into it. The time
to begin to be what want to be is the
moment We begin to be anything.-Rev
Pleasant Hunter, Presbyterian, New