The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-12
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned From the Teachings
OF All Denominations.

God broadens life for US only so fast
as we intensity it. What men deserve
they sooner or later get.-Rev. Charles
E. st. John, Unitarian, Philadelphia
MOST REAL THING.
To me religion is the most sacred, the
most real thing in the world, If any
thing at all Man has no right TO
change his religion for worldly mo-
tives.-Rev. Henry Dawson, Episcopa-
liam, Canton, Ill.
THE ROUNDED LIFE.
We have heard about the simple
strenuous life but what we ought
now to appreciate and study is the
value of the rounded ife.''-Rev. P. F.
rockingham, Unitarian, Boston.
PLEASURE IN TRAVEL
Let US remember that joy does not
come from environment, but that II
comes from the soul. And if we are to
find pleasure in travel We must be in
spiritual harmony with Godfrey. DR..
Dewitt NJ Benham Presbyterian, Bal
timore.
EULOGIES FOR THE LIVING.
Remember the living and don't be
afraid to give them word of cheer.
Eulogies for the dead do not amount to
much. That which is far better is,
give more eulogies for the living.-Rev.
DIR. L. M. Zimmerman, Lutheran, Bal
timore.
URGENT NEED OF TEMPERANCE.
The present dignity of man demands
temperance that he may not drag the
image and likeness of God in the filth
and mire of the streets. His family
relations demand it; his civic duties
demand it, that he may keep his prom
Uses to dutiful citizen, which a drunk
ard is not-that he may obey the laws
which bind his conscience and external
acts.-Rev. George I. Conlan, Roman
Catholic, Newark N. J.
INFLUENCE OF MOUNTAINS.
No form of nature has more infiu-
ence on the human mind and magma
ton than the mountains. The near
ness of the great presence is more real,
then, than in gazing upon the beauties
of meadow or lake or sea. These call
forth our admiration-the mountains
thrill us, awe us, give us that quiet
soul feeling when we simply look,
breathe and enjoy.-Rev. DR.. John r.
Mackay. Presbyterian. New York.
BELIEVING'S EFFECT ON HEALTH
The first step in religious healing is
to believe not idly, but with the real
consciousness of a living experience.
To be healthy is a duty and RESPONSE
biIity for every one. Much disease is
due to wrong thinking. Health can
be chosen and made real The soul
and the power of health can be con-
trolled by the power of Thought. It is
1I1dlIGT OIL cause anu 0IlOGts SOnGfOl
the cause. which is the thought, and
you control the effect, which is the dis
ease or the health.-Rev. E. w. Hunt,
Unitarian, Boston. .-. --..
THE NEED OF ACTION.
There is nothing the matter with this
world, except that it knows to do
good but hesitates, deliberates and
arrives too late by some circuitous
route. We must teach our youth to
harness knowledge and doing and the
marVels of the present will be eclipsed
by greater. We must swing the whole
fabric of modern life from the mega
tive basis in action, ethics and reli-
gion-the Thou shalt not' regime of
the past to the positive basis OF life
suggested in one text. Ito him that
knoweth to do good and doeth it not.
to him 1t is SIM Certainly no man
or institution can achieve greatness or
endure for any length of time who
knoweth to do good and doeth 1t not