The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-22

soft and musical touch with which
Iatllng rain caresses the grass and the
f1owers.--Rev. DR.. c. H. Parkhurst,
Presbyterian, New York
DYNAMIC OF LOVE.
When will our faith be large enough
TO trust IN the simple dynamic of love :?
Love is stronger than armies; it Is
nigntter than the sword. Love is the
divine method working through the
ages; it Is Christ's method, and 1t must
likewise be mans method. ut Is
enough for the disciple that he be as
his Master, and the servant as his
lord Rev. Herbert Gould Croker,
Congrega tionaIist, Brooklyn
USE OF LIFEE OPPORTUNITIES
The man that uses the opportunities
OF life as the meat and drink which
develop divine life and character may
not have the glitter of the world or as
much of the luxury Of the world as the
world revels in, but life will be more
satisfying, its Joy will be deeper moral
Judgment will be clearer. the inner
man will rise TO the consciousness Of
Rev. Grant E. Pike, Christian Church
Allegheny, Pa
WHAT IS SUCCESS?
The handspring of life is success:
the shibboleth of this strenuous world
is Get therei" Success and failure are
relative terms and depend on ones par
tlcular viewpoint. To be a successful
merchant seems to be the summum bo-
mum. But as a business man said to
me after q. toiISome day there is some
thing in life besides making money.
There is something more for men than
converting themselves into machines
for coming shekels.=Rev. J. N. Hail.
Methodist, Oak Park, Ill
THOUGHTS.
We cannot change our thoughts, Of
ourselves, but God can put new
thoughts in our hearts. His spirit prays
for US with grOanings that cannot be
uttered, like Christ praying in the gar
den until he shed great drops of blood.
God freely forgiNtes US. but you and I
can never quite forgive ourselves for
the sin and shame and suffering we
have caused. Far better the iniquity
had never entered our lives, for THE
bird with a broken pinion never scared
so high again. Rev. DR.. S. Edward
Young, Presbyterian, Pittsburg-
WISDOM THAT COMES BY ExPER-
FENCE.
Religion is a practical matter. Doing
the will of God is practicing religion
The only way to learn his viii is to
live according to all the light that you
can get. The end and aim of the
Christian religion is not so much to
teach men the inner workings and our
poses of the Eternal mind as to make
good men who will live upright and
holy lives. Christ's religion is not meant
to make men intellectually wise in the
things of this world, but to make them
spiritually wise unto salvation. Now,
this spiritual wisdom comes by ex-
per1ence. AS the material body IS
strengthened and built up and deveI-
oped by actual contact with the physi-
cal world. so the spiritual nature
grows, develops and is made strong by
its contact, its effort and struggle with
the spiritual forces of the unseen
world.-Rev. Daniel LeB. Goodwin
Episcopalian, Chicago.
OUR VOTE.
Reverence for a higher class of val
ues. values of truth. justice. mercy, |
aspiration, disinterested service, here
is what determines our vote. whether !
for the Jesus or the Barabbas, and de- 4
termines it in all quarters of our being /
in our business. our politics. our do
mestic life, our reading, our habitual |
intercourse with one another. In /
these sentiments. therefore, are we to
look for the sum and substance of all !
our vital religion. Religion is the wor- /