The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-29

mere is no absolute promise of future
ascoSnltlon. the testimony of the Bible
Tn Inc .oeiC give assurances that We shall
nnoW our loved ones after death
fngton.
EFFECT OF GOODNESS.
Good deeds, good thoughts. good
lseaLes, mere would be good deeds,
meme or the unbounded handiwork Of
s the olVlne.-Rev. DR.. s. Edward
Young. Presbyterian. Pittsburg
EVER NEW AND FRESH.
Hehgion is being renewed in the
hearts or the faithful day by day. Re
ana inspire, is new every morning and
Iresn every evening.-Rev. Ulysses G.
s. Fierce, Unitarian, Washington.
SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS.
success and happiness, which all
aeslre, come to US by ordinary rather
IMAM extraordinary means. Whatever
IS great is an aggregate of little things.
ana ne who neglects or despises the
nttle viii never attain to the great
Rev. DR.. St Clair Hester. Episcopa-
liam, Brooklyn
VICTORY OUT OF WEAKNESS
consciousness Of weakness means
preparation, discipline, progress and
development, and these mean victory.
Necessity is called the mother OF in
venuon; therefore If the young man
OF wealth feels no necessity he will fail
OF the greatest achievement--Rev.
Edwin Whittier CasweIl, Methodist
Episcopal. Brooklyn.
GREATNESS.
Seek the true hidings Of greatness
as they are found in God No other
greatness can take the place of that
which comes from God, and as men
are great with God will their great
ness be lasting. God never forgets
those who are truly great, and for all
such he has place on his throne In
glory above.-Rev. DR.. L. NJ. Zim-
norman, Lutheran, Baltimore
AN ENCOURAGING THOUGHT.
What encourag cement in the endeav-
ors of everyday life if we would rest
assured that bitter disappointments,
the malignity of man, the unfaithful-
ness Of friends, the bitter animoSity
of our enemies, tribulation. disease
and even death are but the dark
chambers that lead to ight-Rev. P.
F. O'Hare, Roman Catholic, Brooklyn.
A BEACON TO THE WORLD.
The preacher. who is a representa-
tive of the church, is a Waterman on
| and warn the people when he sees
danger of any kind approaching. This
is the attitude which the church ought
to take. The church is the beacon
where burns the light of God. She is
the mouthpiece through which God
speaks his message to this world.
Therefore the church ought to be in
terested in every question affecting the
| moral life of the people. She ought
| to be interested in everything which
concerns humanity-Rev. J. Benjamin
Lawrence, Baptist, New Orleans.
GLORIOUS HARVEST FOR TRUE
MEN.
Let US grow earnest about best
| things, and worst things will either
pass or yield as the sand for pearls.
The world waits for reality. Its whole
soul is truth. The true man will reap
a glorious harvest on earth's bare field.
The world does not want as it's help
ers those who only beat the cup of life
until the foam rises to its surface and
CLEANS with fictitious light, but, rath>
| er, those who by keener and juster
analysis show what strength and hope
are in the cup itself-that it is an
elixir of grace to live, a benediction to
keep on living and a triumph to have
lived.-Rev. DR.. Charles Hastings
Dodd Baptist, Baltimore.
GOSPEL FOR THE AGE.
The gospel for the age must be a
gospel of instruction. People need to
be taught the true ray of life. 1 have
as he is manifested in the intelligence
of the human race than anything
| else. / believe that in the end the
| right will prevail because 1t is the
| sensible thing. Things which appeal
to the human reason as right and just
| institution on earth today is the
| scho olroom of the home, and so on
| through all the institutions of learn
| ing, the public school and the rest
| Give US people true to their inte1lects
and the country is safe. Off with the
binders. Up with the windows. Teach
people to think and they will win in