The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-02

In name. The Holy Spirit speaks to
our consciences: Prove your laame!-
Rev. r. NJ. Black Episcopalian. Brook
ON THE BROAD ROAD TO SUCCESS
Inc man who has mastered his tenn
per. disciplined his mind. schooled him.
self so as to conform to the amenities
and pleasantries OF life, Is on the broad
Grad to success, for others will be at
tracted toward him as the flies to hon.
hdence Is one OF the cornerstones which
must be laid strong and deep before
you can commence to build the edifice
called success.-Rev. Dr. Madison c.
Peters, Baptist, New York.
EXAGGERATION.
Let us be natural. not exaggerated.
Exaggeration is reformation, perver-
sion and ugliness. This is applicable
to speech, manners and clothes. In
these directions of our lives we should
express our artistic tastes and our
sense OF refined propriety. Many gar
ments worn especially by women in
their exaggerations represent more a
satisfaction of senseless fashion than
OF their more sensible selves.-Rabbi
A. J: Lyons. Brooklyn.
SOCIAL FUNCTION OF THE CHURCH
There Is a craving for friendship that
VIII become more and more apparent
as men and women are crowded into
our large cities. The church is the
place where all external distinctions
should drop away and men should
meet upon the level Of their great
needs and in the light of their eternal
hopes. The church must create an at
mosphere of mutual love and fraternal
helpfulness. This is her social func-
| tion.-Rev. DR., s. H. Woodrow. Con-
gregationalist. Washington.
RELIGION OF THE FUTURE.
The religion of the future must be in
terested In and help forward whatever
ho1n In h,svv~ oAsvN nv sc 6a1
for It's discipline, development and
progress. Our love for God and man,
our reverence for ideal truths and
Righteousness, our ability to provide for
ourselves and do our part in the work
Of the world, all demand that we take
proper care Of the body. making this
part Of our religion Just as much as
the care Of the soul. To be strong in
the Lord we must study the laws OF
our physical nature ana seek to obey
God and as binding upon us as the
laws Of the mind or heart. The life OF
the body Is a matter of religious i'm
portance because our physical nature
is the seat or home of habits. Every
thing we do. good or bad, reacts on
the body. leaving a little rut there in
which we are quite sure to run again
the next time we go that way. When
the habit Is a good one it helps us
and tends to virtue, but when 1t Is
bad it makes it easier to do wrong
again until at length the habit hard
ems into vice, whose current ever after
| tends to sweep the soul downward to
| lower plains of living, from which the
return to the heights of noble charac-
ter will be very difficult. If not impos-
sible. All OF US need constantly to be
reminded that our bodies are given US
| by a wise Providence. who expects us
| to value them as a divine endowment
and to use them for the highest ends
and that the continued happiness anc
| prosperity Of mankind on earth, as wei
as the condition OF the soul In tht
heavenly world. depend on the deeds
| done in the body. or rather. on thu
| quality of our daily life as expressed
in those deeds.-Rev. DR.. Bowser, Uni
| tartan. Atlanta, Ga.