The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-27

too much epitaphy and too little taffy.
Rev Thomas Uzzel, independent,
MANS FUTURE.
The only way to get hold of the fu
ture is through the present Many
dollars have been spent on the fortune
tellers and the palmist to get at it that
way. A mans future can best be de-
termined by knowing what he is now
Rev. w. H. Ryder. Methodist, Los
MARRIAGE.
Marrying we'll does not necessarily
mean marrying wealth and position,
which are too often sought after rath-
er than compatibility and character.
Every step of the way should be mark
ed with prayer. for blessed is the
house that is established in prayer -
Rev. c. NJ. Mellon, Methodist, Provi-
dence, r. I.
LIES WATCHWORDS
Life is not speculative. 1t has to do
with stern things. It's great watch
words are love. duty. service, and the
humblest have opportunities for these,
and with these is the character at
tanned that God appToves-@Rev. NJ. A.
Breed, nSregationalist, Monticello,
Iowa
AN UNKNOWN CHRIST.
Every pleasure that the world offers
becomes more and more commonplace
to US as we return 10 it. But such is
not the cal Sc IN the JOY lnaL &n1lSl o.
fers. AS years come and go we know
more of him, and the more we know
the more We realize that there is vet
much to be known You who have
served this Master for years find more
JOY in your service today than you
have ever found While it is true you
know more of him today than you have
ever known, 1t Is also true that you are
more and more conscious that he is an
unknown Christ.=Rev. Edward c. Nc
10y oh
Pa.
NECESSITY OF PRAYER.
Prayer is Of almost incalculable
worth in keeping man ever cognizant
of his dependence upon God and thus
insuring a careful use of the gifts he
has already received from him. Oper-
ating against constant tendency
which is in every man to draw him
away from God, prayer impels the
creature to God. 1t teaches him to
master his faculties more easily.
whereas if everything should come to
hand unsought God might be soon and
totally forgotten It IS a natural i'm
pulse for human creatures to depend
on some one of a. higher station and
to look UP to him for assistance and
thus it should be with all men in re-
spect to God. As the child finds it adj
vantageous to hug closely to its parent
when it is anxious for some favor. so
mankind. while kept conscious of their
rather close to him and communicate
with him perhaps through the medium
of prayer.@Rev. Ignatius Fealy, Ro-
man Catholic, Washington.
KEEPING THINGS IN REPAIR.
Like a beautiful temple now gone
to wreck. its carving and statues mutt
lated, its roof fallen in, but which,
kept in repair, might have survived q
| Joy forever-such is the wreck left
behind of many a once loyal and ten
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lence. no thunderbolt from the sky nor
volcanic outburst of human passion
wrought the ruin. All came of neglect
of that fatal neglect that leaves so
many of earth's fairest temples.
whether builded OF stone or builded Of
the spirit, naked to the destructive in
huences of rain. frost, fire or of the
rank overgrowths roofing in every
creyice and there steadily expanding,
wedgiug and tearing asunder the once
closely cemented stones. Nothing sur
wives in this world but through the ele-
ment of tender, devout. loving worship.
hallowing, idealizing, and sanctifying
its object. Neglect, then, if you will.
the graves of the dead; neglect the
beautiful shrine till II Is rent with
frost and green with mold; neglect the
gracious statue Of nymDh or naiad till
it stands there weather stained and
mutilated. but, for the souls richest
life. neglect not the deeper living rela-
tionships of flesh. blood and spirit God
has given you here below. or. at least.
begun to give you. Keen their shrines.
at any cost, in thoughtful, reverential
repair. And with what material of
repair? With ever fresh spiritual sup
plies Of sympathy. confidence. inter
est. hearty concentration and tender
compassion; with every watchful re-
solve to root out the weeds of selfish
ness, sioth. low moods that would bury
the once blessed relationship under
their rank overgroH tll.--Rev. Francis
Tiffany, Unitarian Cambridge Mass.
"a man should not be proud because he
IS rich
"Of course not. answered Mr.. Dustin