The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-28
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.


RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned From the Teachings
of An Denominations.
As a man, thinketh, so is he, and as
he is, so will he think others to be.
This is a truth that often escapes us.
Rev. DR.. william M. Jones, Congre-
gationalist, ST. Louis.
GRACE.
Grace is what gets all inside the bet
ter life. Grace is what gets us all in
side the heart of God Grace il what
builds US all a house erected in the
Ally OF THE PULPIT.
The newspaper today 10 the univer-
sity extension course for the rank ana
file of the people. II has a mighty st
to be, and often Is, the ally of the pull
pit.-Rev. DIR. Macarthur, Baptist,
New York.
LACKING IN FAITHFULNESS.
When we consider the one end for
which we were created-to serve God
in this world in order rhat we may
be happy with him forever hereafter
we cannot help butfeel that we are not
as faithful to him as we are to the
world:-Rev. J. J. Mahar. Roman
Catholic, Philadelphia.
BEST INVESTMENT.
The way to have treasure in heaven
is to begin to make good investments
here, and the best investment you can
make Is to invest your all in the cause
of Christ. 1t will prove the investment
which in the end will yield the largest
and most lasting returns-Rev. Dr.
Edward Young, Presbyterian. Pitts
burg.
A WORLD RULER.
Even though our thinking be small,
though
do prefer to get on without or to do
as little of it as possible, let US not for
get that in the last analysis 1t is
thought that rules the world-Rev-
ST. Clair Hester, Episcopalian, Brook
TO MAKE THE FUTURE BRIGHT.
1t is as important to learn to let
go as it is to hold on. Let go what
can't help you; cling to that which
can. You can make the future
with yourself to do so. Think sue
cess. read success. believe in success.
and success surely will be yours
Rev. Madison C. Peters. Baptist, New
York.
THE BOOK FROM HEAVEN.
Let men pirate about the books of
human genius, but let them remem-
Der also that there is one book in the
world that is indebted not so much
to genius as to God. All other books
are of earth. earthly. This is the
book from heaven. and over It's lumi-
nous pages walks the supernatural
power of it's author.-Rev. F. T. Shan
non, Methodist, Harrisburg. Pa
OUR DIVINENESS.
Men have ever made their idols af-
ter the fashion of their ideals. and
God cannot be diviner to us than the
divinity we achieve. 1t is not the sum
of being which we compass. but the
essence of being which we share not
in the knowledge of the ALL but in the
character of each. that we find the
and acceptable will of God.'-Rev
DR.. Thomas r. Slicer. Unitarian. New
York.
A GREAT MISTAKE.
Some say. 81 believe In Christ, but I
want to enjoy the world for awhile"
This is a great mistake, for three rea-
sons. First, the Joy of a true Chris
tan life is infinitely greater than any
Joy the world can give; secondly, the
difficult will be the task of throwing
off the worlds influence, and, thirdly.
you run a terrible risk of being called
out of the world and lost forever
while you are wai.ing.-Rev. DR.. Reu-
ben A Torrey, Evangelist, Chicago.
NEARING THE IDEAL.
In larger and larger numbers men
are thinking not of themselves alone,
but of the family in which they were
born, or of the community where they
live, OF of the country to which they
owe allegiance, or of the world of
which that country is a part No man
can study history and fail to see pro-
gress. 1t is as if something with a
wisdom far above any that we pos
sess, divine love and a resistless
power, were lifting the old world ev-
cry day nearer the idea1.-Rev. John
Van Schaick Jr. Universalist Washing
ton.
RICH SOURCE OF CULTURE.
The Bible speaks for true culture.
Culture is never quantity but quality
Of knowledge" It is the result of
growth from within as ono takes
from books and other
sources and weaves 1t into the fiber
of his being. Concrete examples
prove that our English Bible is a
rich source of culture. Tennyson has
300 quotations from that source. |
is full of the Bible. Scott, |
Burns and a host of others
were versed in Bible language. imag-
cry and thought. And We need only
name further Milton and Bunyan.-1
Rev. John W. Ford. Congregationalist, |
st. Paul.
EFFECTS OF PRAYER.
Prayer works by unseen power. It
IS the experience of every praying
heart that God hears and answers our
requests. You step into the corner of
your library or office and by long dis |