The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-09

| ians and other Liberal Relfgious
Thinkers to the international Coun.
ell of Religious liberals"
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT
Gems Cleaned From the Teachings Of
All Denominations.
announcement is this worlds need
one good hurrah is worth a thousand
Il told you so's."-Rev. WI. Pickartl
| Baptist, Savannah, Ga
HER CHIEF MISSION.
The highest mission for any woman
| is to sincerely follow the career for
which she is f1tted.-Rev. Dr. G. Camp
bell Morgan, Presbyterian, London
CANVAS OF FAITH.
Faith is to the soul what sail is to
the ship. and If we would make swift
progress on the sea of life we must
spread out the canvas of faith and util-
lie the heavenly forces.-Rev. DR.. John
Wesley Hill. Methodist, Brooklyn
THE TRUE JEW.
To be Jew is to be a man-one
God. How many there are of the
younger men of our race, especially in
America, who do naught of these
things. They proclaim themselves a
Jew only by exhibiting the dtstin-
gushing features placed in the center
of their faces.-Rabbi M. S. Margolies,
Hebrew, Boston,
Charity knows no nation nor religion
nor color. True charity does not look
at the color of a mans skin nor at his
religion nor at his nationality but
treats all men as NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Gibbons. Roman Catholic. Baltimore.
SALVATION.
No man can be a Christian without
being sure that he is a Christian. If
a man Is a saved man 1t is the first
fact in his existence, yet people often
base on wrong grounds their belief that
they are saved A man is not saved
simply because he believes certain
things about Jesus Christ.-Rev. G. B.
Vosburgh, Baptist, Denver.
MODEST ACT.
Prayer is the noblest and most SUBJ
lime act in which man can be engaged
because 1t exercises the highest facul-
ties of the soul, the intellect and the
will; it brings US in communication
with the greatest of beings, God him
self. 1t is the channel of heavens
choicest Observation-Disclosures James
Gibbons, Roman Catholic, Baltimore.
CENTER OF ACTIVITY
The heart is the seat of affection. 1t
is the spring of all of our actions and
purposes, the seat of moral life and
character. The Utmost and most es-
sentia1 part of any body, or system is
the heart. 1t Is the veryfcenter of ac-
tivitY; hence we see the great impor-
lance Of having the heart right, for
out of it are the issues of life.-Rev.
w. r. Bryan, Methodist, Dallas, Tex. =
GIVING THAT COUNTS. ~ -
The great gift from the rich man
may be SO used that it will accom-
piish good, but by the Christian stand
ard the gift has real value only ac-
cording to it's cost to the giver. The
Christian rule Is, Give until 1t hurts to
give. Give until you have to sacrifice
to give. This is the giving that counts
for the most in the kingdom of God.
The giving that counts is the giving
that costs.-Rev. d. H. Overton. Pres
byterian, Brooklyn.
A CALL TO THE HIGHEST IN MAN.
The call of the hills furnishes as
pirations, and by them we may rise
upward. The hills call to the highest
in man. They call to physical pleas
romance. They demand the highest
moral attributes. They inbreathe noble
spiritual qualities. They call concern
ing God himself to man. Theirs is a
summons to worship him, to know
him, to be comforted by him, to be in
spired by. him, to aspire to be like him.
They call man to seek to be like God.
They prophesy that man may rise and
be Q with God.-Rev. E. A. Burnhan1,
Syracuse. n. Y.
CHURCHS NEW NOTE
The new note of the church will be the
love of men for God. for it is the second
logical step in the scheme of redemption
loved men and now loves them 1t is for
them to reciprocate his love. The new
must be the central truth of the
kingdom of God on Its MAYNARD side.
We must lead men to love God Then
shall we reach them, then shall we lead
them, and then shall we rivet their atten-
ton and win their love Getting men to
love God, we shall transform the individ-
ual character. we shall regenerate socie-
ty, We shall make wars to cease and all
nations throughout the earth to dwell in
righteous and cody fraternal relation
ships. The task is great. but it is not i'm
possible.-Rev. I. w. Henderson, Presby-
terrain, Brooklyn
LESSON FROM SUFFERING.
As I enter some homes and find there
those who are in great physical suffering
and yet so patient and accomplishing
hat not even a murmur passes from their
lips, I often feel that those in health
would do we'll to learn a lesson of wisdom |
from such saints of God. We are apt to |
get into the habit of finding fault just as
soon as something goes wrong, instead of
rising above the obstacle.
making of the same a stepping stone to !
glory and success. OF course, some people |
are never happy unless they are misera- |
Die, and they try to make miserable ev- |
erybody else. If you succeed they criti- |
Else you. If you fail they condemn you. |
30 that, do what you will, you can never |
please them. Music is an echo of God 8 |
roice. and such as sing praises not only |
INTO the Lord, but also in their homes, |
n business, in trouble, everywhere, are in |
ouch with God and will at last join the |
great choir in heaven where before the |
hrone of God will be sung the Song of |
ing, sing praises unto God, and let your
whole life bA in srirff Least song Of