The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-28
WRITE US FREELY

afnrmation.=Rev Joseph A. NIiIburn,
Congregadonalist, Cleveland.
SINS.
knowledge can never lift a man
above the possibility of sin. Our sins
are determined not by what we know,
but by the use we make of it, We
only sin when we do that which we
know is wrong.-Rev. Robert HOpkin,
Congregauonalist, Cleveland.
TO MAKE YOUR LIFE SHINE.
Try to be like your best thought of
God, and your life shall shine like a
star over a singing stream, and though
the winds may sweep the clouds be-
tween yet shall 1t still shine in above
the cloud, and God and all the good
shall smile to see its shining.-Rev. Dr.
Moore Sanborn. Unitarian, Atlanta, Ca.
A HAPPY TEACHER
Happy, thrice happy, the teacher
who goes forth to her gracious tasks
not only prepared by the study Of the
best methods of training, but bearing
ever the believing spirit-s.according
to your faith shall be your patience,
your growth in knowledge, your power.
Rev J. K. Mason, Universalist, Chi
cago.
HOLY LIFE.
One can easily see the power of a
holy life, for 1t is effective everywhere
The shams and designations of society
become vexauous and disgusting in
IAAAASs lnS 1nOCkSI1SS ana AFDOCT1S1eS
OF the tnsincere fall infinitely below
the real, trihing renders work vain and
unworthy, formality destroys religious
power and peace. and so through to
the end.-Rev. J. P. Marlatt, Metho-
dist, Tacoma, Wash.
A REAL CHURCH.
The real church is composed of all
true believers. We are not to think
that these words apply to those who
profess faith without leaving works or
to any who may be saying Lord.
Lord" and falling to do his bidding
but to those who are walking and liv-
Ing and doing for Christ in full SYM
pathy with him, bearing the cross and
even despised, if need be. for his sake
Rev. c. NJ. Rauch, Presbyterian, St
Louis
POWER THROUGH PRAYER.
Prayer puts US into touch with the
spiritual and divine. No man can be
really great who has not that touch
It is strength. It is life. Without it
the best that is in US is not awakened.
we can do nothing real and efficient
And you will notice that in PRAYER the
power comes not in the granting of the
petition, but in the touch with God
We have been in fellowship with him
AFTER prayer we become able to fight
the battle, to bear the disappointment.
to suffer and to endure. God has
made US mighty. He is with u.s. At
ter prayer we can work. Prayer is not
intended to make work unnecessary,
but to give us strength and wisdom for
copalian. Chicago.
NEW AGE OF WOMANHOOD.
The business woman of today re-
fuses to be a moon, revolving around a
masculine earth. She will be a twin
star or nothing. 1 believe her indus
trial training viii make her q better
wife, for she will know the value of a
dollar and be able to sympathize with
her husband IN his daily toll. She will
apply business methods TO domestic
economy. Should her husband at
tempt to maltreat her she has courage
enough to separate from him and re-
turn to self support. What she has
done once she can do again. Being
fearless and decided, she will be re-
spected and we'll treated. The broader
outlook she has acquired in the bust
ness world will make her a superior
wife and a more capable mother. The
era Of feminine inbecllity and cowa r
dice is fast passing away, and in its
place we find the new age of well
rounded, exalted womanhood.-Rev
John L. Scudder. Congregatfonalist
Jersey City.
FINANCIAL FISHING.
Some churches are trying to be true
to Christ's mission, but fail because Of
blunders. The church of Christ is Of
ten retarded IN it's work of saving
men on account of financial fishing.
Do not become vexed with the sugges-
ton, for good many regard financial
fishing as pre- eminently successful
work. To be able to interest wealthy
families in the church and thereby in
crease the commercial standing of the
congregation requires a man of pecul-
lar executive ability. and for such null
titudes of insolvent ecclesiastical cor
porations are looking today. But the
man who believes that he has been
sent OF God to arouse consciences, to
seek and save the lost, makes a lament
able blunder In spending his strength
in soliciting coin. Hundreds of world
~ men who attend divine services have
come to imagine that their contribu-
lions in some way minimize their con-
demnation before God. But in their