The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-22
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.

nal Thought speaking TO your tnouSul.
Macdonald.
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned From the Teachings of
All Denominations.
The power to realize the unseen Is
as truly a part of our human nature as
our instinct for right, which we call
conscience.-Rey. I. H Van Ness. Bap-
fist, Nashville.
It is not enough to believe that right
is right. There must be passion TOR
goodness, a hunger for Righteousness.
For righteousness in men is the life Of
God in the souls of men.-Rev. w. e.
Barton, Congregationalist. Chicago.
DON'T WAIT; ACT.
Don't stop to ask what you can do
Go ahead and do something Some OF
us are Impractical and we like to think
about things, but do not seem to have
the power to map out a course of ac-
tion.-Rev. w. w. Nevins. Baptist,
Washington.
TO GAIN A LARGE PLACE IN LIFE.
To know one thing and to know 1t
thoroughly, to submit to be called mar
row and perverse, to dig into a sub
ject rather than to make the leaves fly
over it, Is the surest way to large
place in life.-Rev. George Clarke Peck.
Methodist. New York.
EQUAL RIGHTS.
The paramount doctrine of equal
rights is that each soul has divine
right a kingly and knight1y right, to
all the liberty he can use and has the
right to stand up in his Makers i'm
age to show he can use that right
Rev NJ. W. Stryker. Presbyterian,
Clinton, N. Y.
WEALTH.
The only wealth recognized by God
is the inspiring wealth Of an illuminate
ing and glowing faith. God save US
the gold. the oil, the coal, the grain,
that by the ssCred use OF these things
we might get what is spiritual in them
Rev. George Hooper Ferris, Baptist.
Philadelphia.
STANDARD FOR MEASURING YOU.
Not in what you have, but what you
are. will be found the standard by
which God and your friends and the
world will measure you, and there, too.
will be found the criterion of your
own estimate of life.-Rev. Harry N.
Wilson. Presbyterian, ST. Paul.
NEED OF PRAYER
Everything else will fail us il we are
the connecting link to bind US to God.
We must ask for soul life. Christ him
self said he was willing to give the
Holy Spirit to them that asked him.
This means soul life and power-Rev.
DR.. Len G.. Broughton, Baptist. Atlanta,
Ga
THE WILL OF GOD.
Let us then keep ourselves in the
way of clear understanding or our
aim and duty. We are here not neces-
prosperous, but to be always striving
to do the will of God. That will Of
God may be briefly expressed in the
words Of the text, BE ye therefore
perfect" Link with those matchiess
words these others: Look not mourn
FIJI f,a<0 he nC{. r1nf ha
again. Wisely improve the present; 1t
is thine. Go forth to meet the shad-
owy future without fear and with a
manly heart."-Rev. Joel B. Slocum.
Baptist. Brooklyn.
CHRISTIANITY AND HAPPINESS.
Many people believe that the pur-
pose Of Christ's coming into the world
was to make men happy, and when
they become Christians they expect
great happiness to attend them the
rest Of their lives. If periods of
struggle come, when they must live
doubt. The people of the world seek
happiness-one through money, an
other through pleasure. In what
sense are we different from them II
our purpose in serving God is per-
sonal happiness, except that the
means we use are more successful
than theirs7 And IL a man seeks
happiness as the main purpose Of life.
there will come times when that pur-
pose Will seem more likely of at
tainment by other means. than the
service of God. It Is true that God
delights in the happiness of his chill
dren; it Is also true that the service
of God, is joyful, happy service, and
that the way of the transgreSsor Is an
unhappy one. The Scriptures re-
peated1y emphasize these facts
Light Is sown for the righteous and
gladness for the upright in heart"
THE kingdom OF heaven is joy in the
Holy Ghost Rev. Robert BagnelI.
Metho dist, Brooklyn.
LOOKING THROUGH GODS EYE.
The truest Interpretation of life and
destiny comes from looking through
the eye of God. Thus we come to ap-
preciate the relative and comparative
value of things. as we have the true
perspective against which they are
thrown. This realized relationship
does by no means indicate that we are
to lie prone upon the grassy sward
| counting the stars. Instead it means
active cooperation with him. What
to his past life. Right here we dis
cover the motives of MS career. The
| parable shows how physical motives
eliminate in a physical view of re-
tirement. We measure such q man
| in the terms of cash. The one who
him possesses a fine discrimination
between the accidents and substance
| of satisfaction. II perchance his
| cumulations fail he does not COM
nit suicide nor torture his friends
ears with his wailings. He accepts
| the inevitable serenely after the first
| shock of loss is passed. He also
| possesses the priceless jewel of the
| good will of his fellows. The main
| thing is to be erich toward Cod
Parents need to heed this in giving
their children a right notion OF where
| to place the proper emphasis in Afe's
| interests. We all need to examine
| ourselves and invoice our holdings
occasionally to see just now we stand
| in the possession of the things ever
| lasting worth whiIe.-Rev. Henry FL
mer Gilchrist, Unitarian, New Or
| leans.