The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-30
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned From the Teachings of
Al HfarlcErnRr1af

Gems Cleaned From the Teachings of
All Denominations.
Gratitude for what we have enjoyed is
larger service for the Master-Rsv. G P
Wiles, Lutheran Washington
TO LIVE 4 GOOD LIFE
know yourself q little better-Rev- Dr.
s. Edwards Young. Presbyterian. Brook
TEMPERANCE AND ABSTINENCE
ence to abstinence. II means balance
poise and controL-Rev- Frank Crane,
ConsregattonaIist, Worcester, Mass.
GOOD CITIZENS
As we cannot be good citizens of this
country without studying and observing
its laws, neither can We become citizens
the laws of God-CardfuaI Gibbons,
Roman Catholic. Baltimore.
TO FIGHT THE DEVIL
The devil enters the soul Of many
man through his mouth. his eyes. his
ears The man thus Influenced should
make d holy covenant with his senses OF
Stinson, Reformed. New York
THE IDEAL CHURCH
Religion is the eternal ideal. the ever
love So the ideal church today must be
church Of ideals. and 1t must make these
dtviduaI and the life of socfety-Rev
Caleb s s Durton. Unitarian. Brooklyn
OUR DUTY
power and live. No life, however rich is
rich enough TO keep the power of life
We must spend il We have minds, power
OF thinking and reasoning. It IS our duty
TO search for the precious truth and to
give It to the service OF righteous human
progresS--Rev. F. r Griffin, Unitarian
Bratntree, Mass.
MORAL REFORMATION.
A moral revival is tmperativeIy needed
that shall translate morality into terms
OF life. The earlier determinations were in
teIIectuaI spiritual, putatiyely religious
The reformation that is due and past due
that shall stab US awake a reformation
that viii quicken unto life again our
Wise, Hebrew New York
VOLUNTARY SERVICE
The service Of the Christian is char
acter1zed by voluntariness. \ man may
in penitentary may be industrious,
moral an exemplary Christianity is VOL
ing sonlething that Is not expected Of It, |
something in excess OF ordinary require |
nents. It gives itself to noble enterprises. |
81 IN the spirit OF love: it inspires the en- |
ployer 70 pay his employee more than his |
hood--Rsv. J. Horace Mauow, Congrega- |
tionaHst, Los Angeles, Cal
GODS PERPETUAL TEMPLE
Gods real sanctuary is in the life, the
character Of his followers This is q won |
drous truth, a tranScsndent honor The
architectural order Is not Doric Ionic or |
Cortnth1an- but it Is composite composed
OF holiness, humility ara service II is
founded on truth. pfIIared with faith orna-
Lne1[ed WITH culture, FURNISHED with jewels |
Of Christian gTaces and doned with d. |
vine love. Character is Gods perpetual |
temple The 6tvtneSt product on earth /
s a character which God chooses as his |
1abltauon--Rev- Dr. Charles Edward
Locke, Methodist. Los Angeles. Cal
FINDING HEAVEN
Heaven IS not something conferred By |
change OF location No man will ever
lind heaven by going somewhere in this
universe He must first find heaven by 1
being something-by being soTrftfIaiIy
minded. by loving what God loves. BY hav-
ng Gods life within him Though ali the 4
zareWays OF heaven were thrown wide l
open We can enter only as we have
heaven englobed within Us; only as we
nave the capacity to feel, to appreciate TO 1
enjoy, TO understand heavenly things Alb
soI9Ie harmony between God and mans /
soUt-that IS the fundamental principle Of /
heaven That IS the secret OF that con-
.ordAnE music that VIII make every room L
n the infinite universe house OF our
everlasting Joy--Rev- John Reid Shannon
Methodist Episcopal. Washington
THE MASTER OF RELIGION
Try as we may we cannot stifIe the IN |
zplrauOns OF our being for something more |
-Aaa the mere bread and meat. the toll
and pleasure OF daily existence The
dsa1Sn Of our nature asserts itself /
some would satisfy it in temples Of chart
" others IN temples OF learning, others
n temples OF music and art To neglect /
he temple Of religion in the pursuit OF Il
these cultural aims has been By many Il
1eened the mark OF intellectual SUPERIOR
Y That pretense has been exposed The
highest thought OF the age confirms the I
truth that religion Is not the mere iuven- i
ion OF superstition and fear nor the shall /
0w imposition OF pr1eStcrafr- but an es-
natures Higher than the claims OF art. /
music and learning ara needs O. the soul ]