The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-25

tons to the hands Of good msn.--Rev.
Louis 3. Cupp. Christian church.
POWER OF GRIT.
Grit Is that element Of character
which IN itself has the power to con-
troll and command. It pilots the ship
through sunshine and storm. through
sleet and rain, even when there Is a
leak and the GREW Ia mutiny, and new
er gives up the helm until 1t steers
into the harbor Of success. It viii
bring q man through when every.
other quality will fail him--Rev. DR..
Madison q. Peters. Baptist. New
York
HOW TO DO GOOD.
A simple. buoyant, merry. trustfu1 dis
position will do more good In the world
than tons OF sermons. wagon loads Of
superctious criticisms, carloads Of bit
ing and sarcastic comments. No one
but God knows how far the influence
OF one personality reaches In this world.
We shall never realize until the day of
Judgment how much We have damned
or blessed our fellow men. Therefore
1t Is of vast importance that we carry
health. not disease; of light. not dark
ness; of life, not death.-Rev George
Downing Sparks. Episcopalian. West
Loss OF NERVE.
How often the loss Of grit precip1-
tates misfortunel We bring upon our
selves the things we fear. How Of
ten pale, trembling lip or quayering
voice defeats a noble enterprise at a
moment of crisis which might other
wise have ended in prosperity and for
tune. But the man lost his nerve.
It's daily story-lost his nerve, lost
his position: lost his nerve. lost his
fortune; lost his nerve, lost his life;
lost his nerve, lost his character; lost
his nerve, lost his soul.-Rev. DR.. T.
Pa.
LEGITIMACY OF ANGER.
Righteous anger ceases to be right.
eous when 1t is accompanied by UNI
worthy passions. It must not incite us
| to bear grudge or to nurse venge-
| ance. 1t must never be animated by
an ignoble spirit. Whatever the Of
Tense may be, prosecution should
never become persecution. The apos-
tie puts the matter thus: Neither give
place to the DEVIL Self command
should not fail, and no annoyance
should displace Christian charity.
There are times when anger is
bounden duty, but there are times
when it should be allowed to run riot
| and to degenerate into evil 1t may
| well proclaim where we stand. but 1t
is never noble If its virulence and
righteousness proclaim the man to be
| a child of Satan and not a servant of
| Godfrey. Dr. Henry C. Swentzel,
EpiScOpailan, t3rOO kiys1.
EVERLASTING GRIT.
| We admire courage of all kinds
But our appeal is not for any mere
empty braggadocio. It is when am
weak than am I strong. 1t is when
my wisdom is utter foolishness, my
strength utter weakness, it is when
with all my weakness lean upon his
might is when there springs up in
my heart the song that still keeps
| singing: '-Thy will be donei Thy will
be donei" 1t began in the first sur
render Of our wiz to God. It grows
sweeter and stronger as we learn to
| love that will. Sometimes in plaintive
minor tones, sometimes in joyous ma
| jors, but always through joy and tears.
the child of God keeps singing, Thy
viii be done!" This is the everlasting
| grit. There is no room for self glory
ing here. For the Lord is my strength
and song. He also is become my SAL
yation.-Rev. DR.. 7. Ross Paden,
Presbyterian, Allegheny, Pa.
| NECESSITY OF IDEALS.
IL Is absolutely necessary for us to
have ideals. If we have none, then
Of the field. We will go through life
as dumb driven cattle and not as he
roes with the light of God shining in
our faces. II we wish worthily to
achieve our destiny, then there must
ever be before us "the vision splen-
ideals beckons us upward and bids US
go forward and practice what We be-
lieve in daily life and duty.-Rev
George Downing Sparks, Episcopalian
MANS CHIEF SUCCESS.
Success in life is measured by the
amount of money which a man sue
| ceeds in scraping together. You
hear 1t said on every hand, He was
g. good man, but not very successful
| mo fv,-- l,af l.,
great amount OF money A man has
attained the very greatest success If
lives a good life. A man is a failure if
he fails to make himself, no matter
what else he may make. If that be
correct, then it follows that the man
who succeeds in making the nob1est
character is of the greater value to
society.-Rev. NJ. E. Dunn, Presby-
terrain, Spokane, Wash.
TRIBUTE TO TEACHERS.
The teacher is the true ruler of So
ciety. What is the secret of the
teachers primacy among men? Omni-
potence. for man is the power of the
ideal Here are where the failures of
life come in. Men ignore the ideal
and put their trust in things. They
| never bring in the golden age. Gold
| is good, but a good man is better than
| gold.'' They trust In strength and
| might The soldier will be forgotten.
! The man who lived chiefly to weave a
crown for himself will be lost in OBJ
| livion. Men put their trust in politi-
cal systems. The glory of life is its
ideal And the schoolmaster is the
man with an ideal; hence he is the
glory of the town.-Rev. DR.. N. Nc
| Gee Waters, Congregati
| Brooklyn.
| AN UNwORLDLY CHURCH.
| Undoubtedly the future can only
| belong to church which believes
and breaches the forthcoming, ener-
| giving and active love of God. God
forbid that 1 should deny the diff
culties which surround a belief in
the love of God or ignore the stern
| side of the New Testament, but no
church will save the world and es-
pecial1y those thousand millions who