The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-16

1erse comments on the Ioplc Ior
May II: Being a Christian. II.
At Home and in School," 1 Chron.
13:12-14; lisa. b4:13.
(BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS.)
A religion which does not compre-
bend all of life here, but merely some
department of life, will scarcely suffice
for the hereafter.
Christ's presence makes heaven q
home; 1t also makes home a heaven.
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Religion, like charity. begins at
home; and, still like charity. 1t loses
tan home is not the circumference OF
religious influence. but its center
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It takes less religion to make the
public admire ones platform gifts
than II does to win the favor and ad-
rniration of members of ones own
household. Superficial religion, made
for-the-occasion religion, may serve
for a season to impress those with
whom one comes into casual contact;
through Christianity will
suffice in the intimate relationship of
the home life. = .
If q man is a sincere Christian. his
wife and his dog will be the first to
know it.
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There are some persons who win
not very comfortable to live with on
earth.
The greatest glory of Christianity is
not in the eminent men whom 1t has
produced, the orators, statesmen, adj
m!nistrators. philanthropists. phiioso-
pliers and sch GLARS, but in the humble.
cody mothers who. in the narrow con-
fines of the home circle, have Develop
ed lives of shining beauty, oiet-- and
helpfulness. We do not 20 to general
assemblies and -Aneral conferences to
find the great saints; but rather to the
obscure homes where gentle women
express his spirit in lives Of 1owly min
istry and sacrifice.
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A ''god shelf is part Of the meagre
furnishings of every heather home in
Japan. The idea Is that of most of the
ancient religious, that household
gods are essential to the protection
and wellbeing Of every home. The
principle obtains In the case of Chris
of ali religions. The family altar is
not only a means of grace, but also a
means of welding together by most
sacred bonds the members OF a family.
Happy is the family whose God is
"The beauty Of the house is order.
The blessing of the house is content
The glory of the house is hospitality,
The crown of the house is goodness"
The chief duty of Christian lies in
the quiet, unseen life of his own home,
and If he does not learn there to prac-
tice that noble virtue of unselfishness
that high est type of charity which
consists in daily and hourly consider
~ateness for the feelings of others-he
Wifi have lost one ct the strongest re-
memories for all his future 1ife.-F.
w. Farrar.
We have careful thought for the
stranger,
And smiles for the som etimes guest,
But oft for "our own"
The bitter tone.
Though we love 'o1r own the best
Ali lip with the curve impatient.
Ali brow with the look of scorn.
'Twere a cruel fate,
Were the night too late
To undo the work of morn.
Margaret e. sansster.
A family altar: an altered family.
"Education is the apprenticeship of
1ife," says a wise man. That saying
QOAlt5 To "a Iunudnu0DId4 reason why
there should be religion in the school:
for the first factor In the best life is
eimply-qod. The time to take him
into account IL not after life has been
complicated and confused and i'll bal
anced; his place Is in the beginning, at
the foundation. There is no other
part of education SO important as that
which determines the spiritual trend
of ones nature. To know God Is a
higher wisdom than any taught In the
books.
"The friendships made in school are
the most lasting" says Amos R. Wells;
~therefore make friends there with
Christ"
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Bach Of us has the power Of making
happier SUMMER, the little spot where
in our daily life Is spent.-Arch bishop
of Canterbury.
The most valuable result of educa-
ton IL the ability to make yourself do
DDrCE