The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-31
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned from Teachings
of All Denominations.

Gems GlfsaneO from Teachings
of All Denominations.
The purer and stronger and diviner
our faith the richer and more beautiful
and fruitful viii be our life.-Rev. J. B
Remensnyder, Lutheran. New York.
HONEY OF HAPPINESS.
Follow the bee and search out the
sweets of life if you would have the
honey Of happiness.-Rev. Moore San
born, Unitarian, Atlanta, Ga.
VALUE OF A MAN.
It is a mans affections that decide
his worth or worthlessness to a com
munity. 1t is not his brain power or
his weaIth.=Rev. M n. Preston, Con-
gregationalist, Chicago.
WORLDS BILLING RELIGION.
Christianitye1s destined to become the
dominant religion of the earth. The
good. the true, in all religions. win
abide The false, the fanciful, fanati-
cal. mythical and mystical will give
place. mingling and comparing of
religions will eliminate the false. It
will take time yet, but marvellous
progress has already been made.-Re-v.
W. S. Gilbert, Presbyterian, Portland.
Ore.
SAFETY IN HARD LABOR.
There is nothing grows so monoto-
nous as work that is easy. Easy work
If long continued breaks US down. Even
horses will do more in month # COM
PEELED to travel up and down hill than
If driven along a dead lever road. God
built us for climbing. We are created
to bear heavy burdens. We are safe
only when we put forth all our powers.
Rev. c. E. Jefferson, Baptist, New
York.
EFFECT OF A GREETING.
A word Of greeting is seemingly a
I 7,r,s a. hn
ing up life. You can read man S
character in his manner OF saIutauon
and determine tn erefrOm whether he IS
naughty or meek, concelted or modest,
overbearing or courteous. II the greet
ing comes likes a ray OF sunshine from
a sunny heart it will reflect sweetness
and light upon ones surroundings
Rabbi Joseph Silverman, D. D, New
York.
CHURCH MUSIC.
Morality and music have the same
] ideal. And the church which will
4 teach the truth of Christ in this world
of sin will have her organs tuned with
1 the heavenly, and. her music will not
/ be made to please the ear Of man, bu'
/ to delight the ear of God. NO more
/ sublime language exists than the pass
age in the communion office, Ihere-
1 fore with angels and archangelS and
with all the company OF heaven we
/ laud and magnify thy glorious name.
/ The church that speaks these words Is
speaking only unto God, and the music
i which must accord with such thongh
/ and language must be the music Of q
mind and heart which belong unto the
/ Lord God AITnigh ty.-Bishop Burgess
Of Long Island, Episcopalian-
SPIRITUAL VISION.
/ We cannot understand what is pure
4 ly spiritual. If God would reveal him
4 self to US he must appear in symbols,
/ like the flame in the bush on Horeb' 8
J 1,frT iii ~,F Hr-. at he
/ fore Israel by night and the cloud that
/ hooded Sinai and that went before
i Israel by day. God in heaven is God
! above US; God in nature is God around
US; God in providence is God beyond
US; God in Christ is God in q person,
I reconeiling the world to himself. But
4 God in the spirit is God in US, reveal
/ ing unto US the things that are true
+ Again. the spirit VIII infiame afresh
/ the old truth and lead US to the new
4 truth-what the lights in the cathedral
/ do for the magnificent windows, show
ing up the designs and the lines and
every tint and the beautiful pictures. =
/ Rev. A. w. ClaXon, Baptist, St. Louis
CONSCIENCE AND RELIGION.
/ You cannot legislate a conscience
/ into a nation. You cannot teach II
/ through any secular influence, for II
/ comes from and with the soul that COO
! gave US irrespective Of laws or Tags
/ or constitutions AID It is developed
/ through religion which has to 0e0l
with the evolution OF the soul With
out religion conscience becomes afro
I pied and gives place to mere exlgency
and the ethics of the struggle Of life.
! Conscience. then, is the law within the
I law. and he is the best supporter Of
4 democracy who ''reverences his con-
science as his king for in this case
at least such king can do no wrong.
/ And his conscience is best inform I'd
/ who reverences the author Thereof who
/ recognizes his will as the supreme law
of conscience and who knows that he
| alone is great and his empire alone Z
/ iasfing.-Arehbishop J. J. Glennon, Ro-
\ man Catholic st. Louis
THE SUBLIMITY OF JESUS.
1 The spiritual attitude Of Jesus seems
TO me simply perfect. I cannot under
I stand how in any age in the future Il
i can he outgrown Was there ever any
/ thing dfviner in the history of mar
/ than that simple chfIdlilke. perfect trusl
ia the F'ather-trust for every day
/ trust for every night, trust whea hs