The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-26
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned From the Teachings of
All Denominations.

OeInS GIeaned FROM the Teach1ngS Oh
All Denominations.
Never forget your influence. Do
not wreck with jest what you have
G. Temple, Congregationalist, Cleve-
land.
THE HAPPY MAN.
The half hearted Christian is not
who'll armor of God is the one who re-
joices along the way.-Rev. w. F.
Bryan, Methodist. Dallas, Tex.
SELF BUILDING.
We are builders of body. soul and
characters whether we will or not.
Our house is being built by ourselves,
and our work will be tried and passed
up n by the Master Bu1Ider.-Rev. c.
o. Zones, Episcopalian, Atlanta
LIFE OF ACTIVITY.
Christianity is a life. not a. lot of
doctrines or ritual. a life that covers
all business, all pleasure; a life that
| f1ourishes not behind stained glass
windows, but a life that demands for
it's expansion the whole world of ac-
tivities.-Rev. D. F. Howe, Methodist,
Denver.
TO WIN IN LIFE.
Success in the game of baseball de-
ability of the players. The same is
true in the wonderful game of life. If
we want to win we must accept the
conditions of success.-Rev. DR..
l.
Salist, Brooklyn.
MORE FREEDOM.
What man wants is less of govern
ment, the relaxation of oppressive
laws. larger freedom for the individu-
al, stronger fraternity, moro perfect
equality. Out of this larger freedom
will come prosperity, peace and hap
piness for all.-Rev. George E. Reed,
Methodist, Carlisle, Pa.
DO WORLDS PLEASURES PAY?
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happy as to have nothing to be de-
sired3 Assuredly not. They that in
dulge in sensual qualifications are
forced to acknowledge that the deeper
they plunge the more they are en-
shaved and the less they are satisfied
by them. The keen edge of delight
soon becomes blunted-Cardinal
James Gibbons, Roman Catholic, Bal
timore.
PERIL IN NEGLECT.
The greatest danger to the church
of tooay does not lie in a deliberate
and wiIlful opposition to Christ and
his salvation, but in the decay of
Christian sentiment brought about by
a neglect of the principles of right
eousness. Men are so absorbed in the
tcrporalities of this world that they
are neglecting the eternal verities
which undergrad the universe.-Rev.
4. 8. Herries, Presbyterian, Union
City. Pa.
PROFITABLE PROGRESS
Tine progress that proftabIy affects
time and eternity must be in keeping
with the divine laws regulated by 4
love that delights to serve and give
grace to rule. 1t is a loyalty which
accepts the sovereignty of God sand
sees his goodness in every flower that
blooms and every star that shines
without any disposition to bemoan a
fiat fen or miry marsh.-Rev. DR..
George Adams, Methodist, Brooklyn.
TRUTH.
The truth is that which is in accord
with God. The man of truth thinks
Kepler averred in the world of astron-
omy. The truth often is at first a.
nebulous haze in some receptive soul,
then a dim perception, then a nascent
sentiment. then a growing faith, a.
clear conviction, an electric contagion
and then a conquering revolution
Bishop Samuel Fallows, Reformed
Episcopal, Chicago.
LIVING OUT THE TRUTH.
Bible religion made attractive to
for the conversion of souls. But few
people are eloquent with the lips, yet
every Christian may rise to the elo-
quence Of a winsome example. If you
cannot utter a truth from the desk or
the platform, you can live out the
truth. That is the best preaching, af-
ter all. No infidel can answer that. 1t
draws silently, but surely. 1t says
come Dy SHOWING the way. he
Giving epistle'' never needs trans
lation or a commentary. 1t is plain
English that a child can understand.
Rev. DR.. Theodore L. Cuyler, Presby-
terrain, Brooklyn.
OBSCURE MANY OF LIES JOYS.
True happiness comes from within
and not from without. Riches, health,
honors and the like may all be aids to
life's precious joys and yet are no
guarantee of happiness. Some people
have these nerfeCtlV
preferring a suicides death |
are those who have neither wealth, |
parently perfectly happy. The trouble |
lies with the individuals themselves |
for frequently two persons suffering |
bereavement are nevertheless entirely |
for while the one may be bowed down |
I'd, the other, just as sincere, is new
y sorrows as they who have no hope, |
also faith and hope. Many of the |
ruth. The trouble with many is they |
ire unwilling to wait for the whole |
ruth. But as no single sentence tells |
he story of book so no single event
n life tells the plan of God in his
dealings with men. To know God as
L person, a being in whom we live,
move and have our existence, a God