The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-16

do good and will regard your fidelity
some way some time.-Rev. DR.. w. A.
Cal.
NEED OF THE OLD TRUTHS.
me old, old truths are as needfuI
now as they ever were before, but
their usefulness consists not in being
reiterateo over and over again, but in
pelng applied practicable intelligently
ana lhtellgfbly~to the shifting condi-
lions and requirements of human life
we must show that the law of God is
auapted 10 and needed for all the va
rlous Stages of human development;
that If its lessons were required in
those uncultured ages when they were
frst proclaimed they are none the less
urgent and authoritative at the pres
ent day.-Rev. DR.. J. H. Landau, He
brew, Philadelphia
POWER TO ExALT A NATION.
Religion in its broadest and truest
conception includes all life. 1t is for
the individual, the family, the tribe,
the nation, the world. Religion is for
all conditions-the farm, the work
shop, the store and the office, as well
as for the school, the church and the
pulpit. Religion has to do with all
human relations, social. Industrial,
business, political and educational, as
we'll spiritual, I need make no
apology, then, for speaking of right
eousness as the only power that can
permanently exalt nation. No ma
ton has ever died from excess of mo-
rality. Nations have been suicides.
Sooner or later they have tumbled
into the grave dug by their own vices.
Rev. DR.. s. II. woodrow, Congre-
gationalist, Washington.
RECKLESS SPEECH.
The time has come when there is
need for greater preparation as re-
CARDS public speech. 1t is unfair to
blame all because of the weaknesses
and crimes of few. No sane person
would call all moneys counterfeit be-
cause now and then he chances to find
a spurious coin.s Many are prone to
jump to the conclusion without giving
say, and once a word is spoken it can
never be recalled. The greatest OF
tragedies have been wrought through
reckless speech. Many once happy
home has been thrown into disorder
and confusion through words hastily
spoken. Friends frequently are sepa-
rated for life through lack of tact in
speech. Business enterprises have
been overthrow because some enc
maliciously threw a firebrand of false
hood into the enterprise. Churches
not uncommonly become ungodly in
conduct and manner because some
have been reckless in their utterances
and have not confined themselves TO
the truth.-Rev. DIR. L. Nd. thinner
man, Lutheran, Baltimore.
BEAUTY IN COMMON THINGS.
legend says that centuries ago a
homeless dog in search of food one
day wandered into the camp of a COM
pany of Roman soldiers In mo-
ment of thoughtless hilarity the sol
diers speared him and cast him into
the street to die. About the poor crea-
ture gathered a crowd of curious viii
layers One cried. "Oh, how he
howIs!'' another said, ''How horrible
the bloodi" and still another ex-
claimed, ''See how CHASTITY his eyes!
A young ham pushed his way through
the crowd and said: How beautiful
his teeth! No pearl could be whiter!
With his eyes and his soul trained to
see and appreciate the beautiful. the
young man found it even in dying
dog. The lesson is not far to seek.
There, is something, beautiful in the
most conlmo nplace things of life. Too
often our ears are dull of hearing, our
eyes are closed, our souls dead to
the glory about us. Many of us, like
slaves driven to their tasks, walk as
blind and deaf men in a beautiful
world filed with heavenly music. If
the world seems hard, commonplace
and without charm, set to learn to APP
preciate the beautiful. You will find
it eVerywhere-in the black and dirty
shop, in the poor and barren home, in
every man, both friend and foe. All
things will be new to you. The
world will be transformed. Your life
of toll and drudgery will be changed
to a life of ease and joy.-Rev. Levi
G. Batman, First Christian church,
Philadelphia.