The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-05

power which will send a father to ex-
nausting labor for the sake or others
II Is the inspiration of all that is
noblest in art, in drama, in poetry and
of all that is most heroic in history
Rev. E. s. Woodring, United EvaHgeli-
cal, Philadelphia.
The truth is food for the human
soul, by which it. grows and becomes
strong and noble. Truth is instrument
tai 1t is through a knowledge of the
truth that We find freedom and peace
and strength.-Rev, John w. Rowlett,
Unitarian, Atlanta, Ga.
LIFE'S RICH TABLELAND.
Most people look upon middle age as
upon an oasis They call 1t a rich ta-
bleland, harvest clad. slopiE1g back
ward toward a desert named Infancy,
! sloptng forward toward an unproduc-
tive desert named old ager-ReY- Dr.. N.
d. Hills, Congregationalist, Brooklyn.
MORAL LAW.
There is a moral law as truly as
there is a law of. gravitation, and this
great law of laws will stand for no
trifiing with itself, and with both the
individual and the nation nothing en-
dures that does not rest on Justice and
decency.-Rev. Thomas b. Gregory, IN
| iversalist, New York. )
SECRET OF PERPETUAL YOUTH.
To learn is also to uniearn.7 To grow
is to outgrow. In advancing we leave
something behind. The soil Is enriched
by dead leaves and dead forests. Civil
hZatton has been enriched by old eln-
pires that are dead and buried. The
old gods are mummies, and some OF the
new ones are being mummihed. We
rise on stepping stones of our dead
selves" To live and learn-this is the
secret Of perpetual youth.-Rev. Dr.
Charles G. Ames, Unitarian, Boston.
THE CHURCH'S MISSION.
The church has no business in poll
ties. Its business is to make men
good. When it shall have done that 1t
IcI, (,11l of
duty both to mankind and to the
state. When all men are good there
will be no need for the interference OF
the church in politics to better condl-
tions. The mission of the church is TO
| proclaim to all men the teaching OF
| Christ, and it's mission is divine, not
| political.-Rev. Percy S. Grant, Episco-
| palian, New York.
LOVES FIRST DUTY.
Now If the whole essence of love is
| to put the Joys and the blessings and
| the happiness of others above all self
| ish happiness and joys and blessings
| what is then in its crudest form the
| first duty of love? First, never to give
another pain; never do anything which
will bring the tear to the eye or the
culver to the lop or the sob to the ach-
| ing heart. 1t does not take mucn 10
wound the sensibilities of another
And, if your first duty of life is to learn
not to hurt yourself, so the first duty
of love should be never to hurt or TO
wound the feelings of another.-ReV
DR.. Frank De Witt Talmage, Pfesbyte-
rian, Los Angeles, Cal.
NOT ENOUGH RELIGION.
BENJAMIN Franklin once said, Time
is money! but it is much more. with
some of us it is only money, for 1t Is
spent with money getting wholly IN
view But what is money compared to
nobler virtues and pleasures of life?
At best time is short. 1t is important
therefore, that it be well redeemed, Tor
the night cometh when no man can
work Not only should the young be
actively engaged in their youth, pro pro
viding thus in the springtime of life
for a time when they perchance may
be incapacitated for work, for, after
all, when one is sick and has no money
he is usually nothing more than an
object of pity, that some need TO
learn a. lesson from the ant and pro-
vide for a time of need. Important as
it is to provide for the body, 1t Is sun
more important to make provisions LOT
things eternal, the soul, which VIII
survive the perishable body. When
death knocks at the door it is too late
to think about making such necessary
provision Religion that does not MAKE
a man or woman kind and loving IN
TIE home is a sham and a Eockery.
shame on those who pretend to be
Christians who in public HE ana IN
the church assume the smile OF
saint and in the home wear the MASK
of the devil and, still worse, act nhe
the evil one! There is too much pre-
tense in this world and not enough OF
nratical religion in everyday NE;
Some who kneel at the mournefs
bench to point others to NE eterhaI
should first kneel there themselves anu
he saved before seeking to save others.
This thing of being an angel on tLlI
street and a fiend in the house is al
wrong.-Rev. DR.. L. M. zimmerman
Lutheran, Baltimore.