The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-21
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.

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RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned From the Teachings Of
All Denominations.
A preachers worth IN the world Is
largely measured by his estimate of
what the pulpit should be.-Rev. M. E.
Harlan. Church of Christ, Brooklyn.
UNHAPPINESS.
| Unhappiness 10 the result of spiritual
laEiness. 1t is the will loafers who are
unhappy.-Rev. DR.. Frank Crane, Con-
| gregational, worcester, Mass.
| ONE OF HIS WILES.
Satan often comes to the human soul
in the form of an angel of light to
lead It astray and bring reproach upon
the church.-Rev. DR.. E. B. Randle,
DANGER SIGNALS.
The smiles and smirks of an evil per-
son are not signs of life, but danger
into an open sepulcher.-Rev. G. ].
Greenwood, Baptist, Westfeld, N. Y. :
SALVATION OF THE WORLD. \
The saving of the world is not the,
rescuing of a few individuals It IL the
regeneration and sanctifcation of life
and all the machinery of 1ife.-Rev. DR..
]. NJ. Philputt, Christian Church, st.
A SIGN OF GREATNESS.
Gentleness not only makes us great,
but 1t is a sign of greatness in the
man who has it, and. happily, it is a
form of greatness thatzali can achieve
Rev. Frank M. Goodchild, Baptist,
New York.
ADDRESSING THE ALMIGHTY.
Praying is the express outrunning of
the magniflcence of the human soul at
am; you and I will work a great work
together That is it.-Rev. William
A. Quayle; methodist, Chicago
man. but they require a divine provi-
dence to maintain their stability. And
to him whom the laws of nature serve
God extends his mercy and is his
IMPORT OF THE SOUL.
What is human body with the
spark of life gone out? Ashes. What
is a man without a soul? A beast.
You can not build a body without air.
You can not make a man without a
soul-Rev. N. M. Waters. Congrega-
REAL REFINEMENT.
All our powers of mind and body |
must be trained to work tremendously
together for possible perfection in this
life. Refinement is a factor of har- |
mony, and fighting and suffering are
essential to real refinement.-Rev. ]. |
S. Thompson. Independent, Los An
LOYALTY TO ONES CHURCH. |
Loyalty to Christ must be pre-emi- |
nent in every life. but no one can long |
retain this loyalty for the joy and |
vice of Christ if the church is repudi-
ated and counted unworthy of our |
generation and our devotion.-Rev. NJ. |
Josephus Stephan, Methodist. ST. Louis. |
HIGH REALITIES.
The search after truth is the most |
necessary of all means to the ends of
life. 1t is hard to conceive of one as
having really lived in this world who
l. Ii 41R - re- ~
realities. This is what the Scriptures |
say to us in ceaseless iteration, and
this is what men say to us who have
anything to say which we care to hear.
Rev. w. J. Tucker, Baptist, Hanover,
GODS CARE FOR MANKIND.
Once let man get 1t into his soul
that God really cares for him more
fondly than any mother ever cared for
her child. and his heart will have a
lightness it never had before; his soul
will know peace that the world Is an
utter stranger to; his cares will be
transformed so that they will have lit
tie power to distress him, and life will
be so sweet at times that heaven will
seem only a continuation of it.-ReV
Frank NJ. Goodchild. Baptist, New
York.
PRAYER A DUTY.
1t is right for man to pray for his
own eternal good and also to pray and
desire the eternal good of his fellows.
Of his country, for that is common
good; it is right for him to pray for his
children that they may grow in up
rightness and not stray into that at
tractivs and worldly path which ends
in the bog and mire of misery and woe
For these things and similar ones let
man pray and ask with his whole heart
and soul, and the Lord in his mercy Will
give them as far as they can be given
The secret or inward desires of man
for eternal good the Lord will give open
ly. Thy Father which seeth in secret
will reward thee openly."-Rev. John r.
Stephenson, Swedenborgian, Allegheny
Pa.
FAULT FINDING.
Through this great country noWaoays
there is feeling that the thing to do
Is to find fault with everybody and ev-
erythirg, to criticise without thought
as to the business. Enter social circle
and hear the criticism on dress, the
style, the people. Go to any churcn aau
hear the fault finding about the sermon
or music. Jesus tried to correct tne
habit of fault finding. What we give
to others is what we should expect TO
receive. We cannot SOW criticism ana
expect to reap kindness. The th1ng TOT
each to do is to try to correct his own
faults. AS we judge others SO we Will
be Judged ourselves. Every man mas
right to be judged at his best ana not
at his worst, and our treatment OF eacn
other must be according to the stand
ard of Gods treatment of us-mainly
not to Judge by appearances. but by
righteous Judgment. Praising virtues
will do more good than complaining of
William w. Bustard, hap
tist. Roxbury. Mass.
Bible Study.
Again the season of the year is upon
us when we plan. for a time, at least.
TO do something. 1t seems to me, II
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