The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-02
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned Prom the Teachings of
All Denominations.

RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned Prom the Teachings of
| All Denominations.
This Christianity of ours is no myth.
You can throw your weight on the
promises of God and they will not go
down.-Rev. A. z. Conrad. Congrega-
| tionalist, Boston
WHAT HEAVEN MEANS.
Heaven does not mean church mem
bership, nor social responsibility, nor
paltry gifts of money, but heaven does
mean holiness. principle, oneness with
GOD, the Eden as it was before man
fel.-Rev. T. A. Nelson, Presbyterian,
Brooklyn.
TO FIND GOODNESS.
Men fall into sin because they seek
comes from God primarily, and men
need not hurt nor destroy other men
in order TO find good.-Rev. W. T. Nc
kenzie, Christian Scientist, Cam
bridge, Mass.
LIES BEST TEACHERS.
A failure is the product of energy
that is either insufficient or misdirect-
ed A crown yet awaits every man
who will learn from his failures.
Frankly met, bravely faced, the fail
ures are life's best teachers-Rev.
Milton S. Littleffeld, Presbyterian, New
York.
CIRCUMSTANCES AND sPIRITU-
Atty.
has little or nothing to do with ones
spirituality except7 as 1he is Influenced
by it. But in the sight of God we are
not saved or lost by our circumstances,
but by our faith sor lack of it.-Rev.
G. L. Palmer, German Reform, King
ston, N. Y.
HIGHER CONSIDERATION.
If society is ever led to the purer
and loftier heights, it will be when the
Christians of our land lift up the stand
ard and march forward with it. 1t
may require q little higher consecra-
ton, but it will not be any higher than
the Bible reQuires.-Rev. L. P. Lud-
den, Disciple, Lincoln, Neb.
A PRAYER OF PRECIOUS TRUTHS
Many repeat the Lords Prayer from
time to time without realizing just
has unfortunately made it common,
and yet it Is so full of precious truths
that we will never be able to under
stand all wholly, much less be able to
live them fully in our daily lives
Rev. L. NJ. Zimmerman. Lutheran,
Baltimore.
IDEALS.
We live amid shattered ideals. Such
is true in human character. The men
tai conceptions can only approximate
the ideal. Nature in a state of decay |
gives idealism in fragments. The per-
lection under natural law will restore !
the ideal. That was a verify in the |
Man of Gaiilee. He was mans ideal |
at a climax.-Rev. F. c. Bruner, Meth
odist, Chicago.
RESPONSIBLE AND EMINENT.
There is no earthly position compar-
able in responsibility or eminence to |
the gospel ministry 1t is true that !
there are worldly positions of the high |
est respect and honor, requiring men |
of unblemished character and strfctest |
integrity to fill them, but one is ma
terial and perishable, the other spir-
itual and eternaI.-Rev. r. S. Rowe,
NJ ethodist, Kenneyville, Nd.
WHAT UNBELIEF DOES.
Those who would have a new and
inspiring vision of their Lord must en-
ter by prayer into the secret cham
Der Of the most high" which is avail
able through the intercession of
Christ on the thoroughfare, in the busy
workshop or the home. Means of
communication with the King are
never obstructed, save by the EVIL
heart of unbelief.''-Rev. NJ. NJ. Strong,
Unitarian, Denver.
MANNERS LIKENED TO A SIGNAL
CODE.
Our resemblances and our differ
ences combined make up the social
,ode which the whole world under
stands. They are, even more-a spe-
lies of morals. A certain group has
been built up superior to the others.
The others are always striving to enter
t. The marks by which the superior
group are characterized are constantly
changing that the group may remain
and these changes are known
Is fashions. The characteristics of a
gentleman include a perfect under
standing of the code of manners by
which we communicate and a carriage
IF grace and ease. A gentleman is alb
'olutely Independent of material
hings, and this type of man is of ines
Unable benefit to the world.-Rev.6J.
i. Denison, Congregat ionaHst, Boston.
A JUST MAN.
From much that is said and written
n our magazines it would appear that
ut few men are just and of a religious
urn of mind. We hear so much about
men not being in the church that it is
Utmost a temptation for even the faith
III to keep away, for they almost in
er that the church is no longer the
,iace for men, but only women and
children. Thefes is danger of driving
men from the church by constantly
tagging them. We read in bold type
n our daily papers, of those men who
ire unjust ana dishonest, and we con-
iude that the world is going to the
logssz forgetting the fact that where
here IS one such character there are