The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-20
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.

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RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned From the Teachings OF
All Denominations.
The religion which is to influence
our civilization must be civilized re-
ligieR.-Rev. Caleb S. S. Dutton, Uni
tartan, Brooklyn.
BEST OF BOOKS.
OF all books the Bible is the best,
for it passes as iron into the blood and
gives Vigor to the will-Rev, William
@. Stinson, Reformed, New York.
STICKING TO DUTY.
None of the worlds common attrac-
tians, such as position, wealth, fame
and popularity, should move the
Christian from duty.-Rev. c. w.
Webb, Baptist, Aurora, Ill
NEED OF ADJUSTMENT,
If the strings of a piano We're tuned
exactly right you could play only in
one. key. Only by dropping little
the perfect pitch of every conviction
can You get along with felks.-ReY.
Frank Crane, ongregationalist, Wor-
eester, Mass.
GODS NOBLEST CREATURE.
Woman is the noblest creature of
Gods creation. She Is the most self
sacrificing, and day in and day out she
when she believes that her duty re-
quires it.-Cardinal Gibbons, Roman
Catholic, Baltimore.
FINDING HAPPINESS.
The man who says. in the language
of a noble writer, 81 am captain of
my soul,'' is the one who finds happi-
ness in land and sea and sky, the one
who recognizes duty in his relation to
his fellow man.-Rev. E. L. Powell,
Presbyterian LouiSville, Ky.
TRUE PENANCE,
True penance looks backward and
forward. 1t looks backward with sor-
row for and detestation of our sins; it
locks forward with a purpose of
amendment for the future. This is an
Indispensable part of true penance and
a practical proof of its sincerity.-Rev.
T. F. Delaney, Baptist, New Orleans.
THE MODEL WOMAN.
A woman may be model. married or
single, but not ideal. The ideal wo-
model wife reigns as a queen in her
home, exerting a tremendous influence
by comforting and inspiring her hus-
band in life's battle.-Rev. William M.
Carr, Methodist Episcopal, New York.
CREATOR OF CHARACTER.
Character results from divine disci-
pline. The garden of Gethsemane
rather than the garden of Eden is the
creator of character. Trial and temp
tation try the temper and develop that
difficulties we are being fitted for
heavenly destinies.-Rev. A. r. At
wood, ngregationalist, Quincy, Mass.
RELIGION AS A WORTHY GUIDE.
Man has godward side. He thirsts
for the eternal and infinite. And it
is in the proportion that religion
keeps her sphere of ninistering to
this want with her unique, divine and
mysterious truths that she will be a
trusted and worthy guide to lead the
James B. Remensnyder, Lutheran,
New York.
GAINING A WONDERFUL REST.
When we have come really to know
Christ we will have come into spirit
that will make such radical changes in
our way of thinking of our work, our
life, our responsibility, that we will
come into that rest which he alone
can offer. If we have come to him we
will find our yoke easy, our burden
lignt.-Rev. Guy A. Jameson, Episco-
palian, TottenVifle, N. Y
NEED OF A MERRY HEART.
A merry heart scatters sunshine.
The old world needs sunshine AS the
day would not dawn nor flowers bloom
nor moons rise nor birds sing without
sunshine, SO q merry heart Is neces-
sary to dispel the shadows and sweet
en- the Joys of human life. The world
outside will partake of the character
of our world within. Sunlight in the
soul will rim with gold every dark
cloud. No one can exert more help-
full influence upon others than he has
first felt in his own life. Oh, that men
and women would always wear their
picture faces. The photograph gallery
has no right to monopoly of the ami
able and bright faces. Cheerful ceun-
tenances are like blooming flowers
along life's highways.-Rev. DR..
Charles Edward Locke, Methodist, Los
Angeles, Cal.
RUDDERS OF OUR LIVES.
Our thoughts are the rudder of our
life. They determine our course. Man
He has creative power, miracle max
ing power within himself. He thinks
is a wonder world because he thinks.
and becomes like his thoughts.
are forces more real than
granite mountains. Low, groveling
thoughts lay terrible assessments upon
the body. Catastrophes in moral life
come because evil thoughts have been
cherished. The tree falls in the storm.
IT'S trunk breaks asunder and reveals
the fact that decay has been going on
within the tree, weakening 1t. Men
fall because moral decay in the form
of evil thoughts has been going on in
their minds. High, wholesome
thoughts have for the body preserva-
tive and curative energy. They are
better for ones physical condition
than drugs. All the water on the out
side of the ship cannot sink the ship
1t is water en- the inside of the yes
sci that imperils 1t. SO the Christian
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