The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-03

which are not remarkable in them
selves glow with heavenly radiance
when holy motives mingle with them
and shine through them.-Rey. Dr.
Charles Hamilton Coon, Reformed
EpiscopaIian, Brooklyn.
TO GROW IN FAVOR
1t is necessary for a Christian to
have the love for God and his fellow
man if he hopes to grow in favor
Rev. Carter H. Jones, Baptist, Louis
vile, Ky.
No man liveth to himself. We are
like trees in a forest struck by some
tempest, broken, bent, twisted, inter-
locked, bearing down or borne up by
one another.--Rev. r. Mckenzie,
Presbyterian, New York
LIES SWEETEST MOMENT.
The sweetest moment in your life
is the one wherein you do your level
best. Richest is that career which con-
tains the largest number of such mo-
ments.-Rev. DR.. S. Edward Young,
Presbyterian, Pfttsburg.
PINING FOR HEAVEN.
Pining for heaven and to get away
from this world is nonsense. Every
Christian should stay here as long as
he can. The new Jerusalem Will dc
very we'll after awhile.-Bishop j. H
Vincent, Methodist, Indianapolis.
POWER OF THE PRESS.
There can be no more potent influ-
ence for good government, wise edu-
cation, pure morals and true religion
than the press when it gets a vision OF
it's mission and service.-Rev. DIR. S
H. Woodrow, Congregationalist, Wash
ington.
INFLUENCE OF MOTHERS.
Coming humanity will be what
mothers make it. The family circle
may be a small one but it is second
to none in point of influence and far
reaching effects. Mothers have the
greatest responsibility. They work
on plant rnateriaI-Rev.. John L
| Scudder, Congregationalist, Jersey
| City, N. ].
THOSE WHO ARE RICH.
He who consecrates himself to high
er ideals than those of the world may
be called a visionary, but he can af-
ford to be called visionary by those
who have never heard the voice thai
calls him or never seen the light thai
leads him on. Things of the Spirit
are UNNECESSARILY greater and more
| desirable than things of matter and
| sense. He who cultivates the noblel
| things of mind and heart is rich. Only
the wicked and the ignorant are poor
| Rev. Gilbert P. Jennings, Roman
| Catholic, Cleveland, Ohio. :
TO BE TRULY CHRISTIAN.
Faithfulness is not an arc of cir
| Gle. 1t is rather a whole circle. M
man is quit of his obligation to thu
| butcher by paying his grocer's bill
/ Nor can we meet Gods claim by be
ing merely generous in spirit, toleran
toward sinners and good natured il
the domestic circle. Commercial up
| rightness is no better substitute 70
neglect of God than a one sided cul
| tivation of God is an excuse TO
| crooked business dealings. To be trul,
Christian is to endeavor to meet al
just claims, to pay Paul without rob
bling Peter, to render unto Caesar al
his due tribute, yet not to fail of tn
i part due God.-Rev. 11r. George Carl
Peck, Methodist Episcopal, New York
BIBLE LIKE UNTO A FLOWER.
The Bible is not an iron safe tina
can be opened only by some key whicl
we are strong enough to forge an
fashion or by some combination whicl
we are shrewd enough to figure Out
The Bible Is, rather, a beautiful fiowe
which cannot be forced open, blu
which will open of itself in the sun
light of faith and love and give fort
a beauty and sweetness that are di