The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-03
RELIGIOUS THOUGHr.
Gems Cleaned From the Teachings
of All Denominations

Gems Cleaned From the Teachings
of All Denominations.
Gods grace is given to help people
70 90 what they ought to do.-Rev.
Cnarles L. Worth, Presbyterian, Ak
PLAIN DEALING.
Only by plain dealing can parents
ana teachers be able to influence the
life of the boy toward the things for.
Which boy was made.-Rev. II. T.
Musseiman, Baptist, Philadelphia.
THE CHRISTIAN IDEA
Down through the life of charac-
ter. the life of intellect and the life
of the flesh the power of the Christian
IDEA of the universe goes like the
pam or Gflead.-Rev. Geo. A. Cor
don, ngregationalist, Boston
UNSATISFTED LIFE.
Mortality is the unsatisfed life. Be
mind every good deed there stands the
majesty Of the moral law which
makes a man never satisfied with
himself. Such morality is Identical
with the true religion.-Rev. Leslie e.
Learned, Episcopalian, Pasadena,
ROCK OF AGES.
The breakers and foam NAV cover
the rocks awhile, but when the storm
subsidies the rocks are still there to
weather thousand other storms.
Mans feeting foam and high sound
ing breakers are helpless against the
1SOOh u INSN. WdlSOn
Hanna, Episcopalian, Brooklyn.
MISSION OF MISFORTUNES.
Every woman carries a gold mine
uncovered, just as every man has an
undeve1Oped iron mine hidden in his
heart The misfortunes of life are
often not punishments, but discipline
and love tokens, permitted or sent to
call out the hidden reserves-Rev.
DR.. Newell Dwight Hills, Congrega-
tionalist, Brooklyn.
NEGI ErvTTNG 1vFTE CITrRCu
To neglect the church in her
various interests, in her complex and
many sided mission. and leave her I'M
equipped or without the men and
which the Lord has given to her to
do is like personal neglect of Christ
himself.-Rev. Arthur G. Jones, Pres
byterian, San Antonio. Tex.
MAKING A TOUCHDOWN.
Life is nothing more or less than
a big football game. The more we
can buck the line and undergo the
punishment of the game the more it
will help us in making a successful
touchdown. In a real football game
there is one man who seldom has a
chance to make q touchdown. It's
the center. In life every man has a
chance to make a touchdown.-Rev.
David B. Matthews, Episcopafian.
Brockton, Mass.
GOD AS MANS GREAT HELP.
Mans ship is useful only when it is
filed and swept forward by Gods trade
winds; mans engine serves only when
it is driven by Gods hghtnings; mans
wheels turn around only when they
are pounded upon by the rivers cur
rent; mans intellect needs the impact
Of Gods truth; man. in order to do
good work. must see the heavens open
and Christ standing by the throne of
Sod. This vision Of the eternal God
who can carry on his work makes the
toiler equal to any task.-Rev. DR..
Newell Dwight Hills, congregational
.st, Brooklyn.
MOST FRUITFUL HOURS.
The pIeasantest hours are not always
the most profitable. and 1t is true in
Iced what IS said in the Ninetieth
PSaIm-that our nfe's strength is labor
and sorrow. There are many Of the
oIeasantasr hours which we might Just
IS well forget, ard there are many
among the dark hours which have left
fruitful and valuable hours. those which
give most impetus TO the inner life.
are, as a rule. not the pleasantest
he grave ard serious hours, days of
woe and nights of tears, times of
struggle and privation, the memory of
,rhich one would not part with for
Inv pric-.-Rev. Ernest A. Tappert,
Lutheran, New York.
DOING GOOD.
Society IS like the planetary system,
vhich is composed of greater and less
n bodies. held together by reciprocal