The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-04

stances ana out of temporary failure
rises to q victory that laststRev. G..
r. Minard. Baptist, Denver
TO SUCCEED AS A CHRISTIAN.
You will never be much Of q success
In the Christian life until you have
become fully consecrated yourself It
is not the profession You make, but
the life you live. that counts. The
people who live with you, who look
you in the face day after day at your
work. are the ones who can Judge of
your religion. They know whether
1t is the real thing or not.-Rev. DIR.
s. Edward Young. Presbyterian. Pitts
burg.
PRAYER.
We pray on a low plain, while pray
er is a resident of the hilltop. Prayer
is not q substitute for work. It ii the
complement Of endeavor. We are to
go to God with clean hands and ask
him for that help we have not In our
selves And there on tho hilltops the
every problem and every difficulty that
life brings an well as rightly interpret
every success.-Rev. A. c.. Grier. Uuf-
versalist, Spokane, Wash.
A MIGHTY FORCE.
Enthusiasm is a glowing f1re. the
heat Of which warns the heart and
kindles In the soul noble impulses to
cry successful man, dfffusing It's genial
rays around his path, lighting the way
to life OF doing and construction, OF
honest effort and faithful performance.
There Is an energy In every one. but
1t will lie latent, dormant. until kin
died into life by this sacred fire OF en-
thusiasm, and then it becomes a Nigh
ty force, a giant power that nothing
can Withstand. Energy IL the lever
that can raise the world. but enthus-
iasm IL the fulcrum.-Rev. DIR. Madison
C. Peters, Baptist, New York.
DRILLING THE TONGUE FOR HAP
PINESS.
Upon all those who are ambitious to
make the world happier and better
rests the obligation Of drilling the
tongue into lustrous kindness, purity
and refinement. Not by spasmod1c ef-
forts, not with occasional hints and
CLEANS Of good cheer. are men 70 use
the tongue in the interests of happi-
ness. To daily drill the tongue as an
instrument of happiness and influence
is to enter into the fundamental con-
ception Of living. Nor is this law bind
ing only upon those happy persons who
are said to be good entertainers. Some
there are who are SO fortunately Or
ganized that they exhale benefactfons
upon any company into which they en-
ter. Unconsciously and without any
set purpose they oil the bearings or
life, lessen friction. provoke laughter
and good cheer as naturally as flowers,
that do not struggle to throw or sweet
ness. as the cedarwood, that without
thinking gives OF fragrance. The law
Of happiness making, however, is not
confined to the few gifted individuals;
it is binding upon all. Of every rank
and station and temperament. The
tongue hath it's ministry Of mercy and
sympathy Men cannot be rcolded into
love or scourged into goodness. Cen
tleness is the mightiest form Of man
hood. and the true man Is he who imi-
tates those knights who carried
sword indeed, but also bore the cross
on shield and helmet and sword hiit
What lashings can never do soft words
Accomplish. Ministering happiness
through mercy and sympathy, the
tongue hath a ministry of instruction
and Inspiration and is the altnoner OF
universal bounty. Fortunate indeed
the community that has few 1noi-
viduals who go through life curing sor-
rows. allaying discontents,- healing en-
mites, sweetening bitter fountains.
scattering happiness and good Will
Ono such nature can influence an en-
tire community just as one flower VIII
crowd a room with sweet odors.-Rev.
DR.. Newell Dwight Hills, Congreea-
tionalist, Brooklyn.