The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-08
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.


RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned From the Teachings
of All Denominations.
Only he who is willing to bear the
Rev. George A. Beecher, Episcopalian,
Omaha, Neb.
NEED OF THE DAY.
The greatest need of the day is the
largest hospitality toward Jesus Christ.
Bishop E. H. Hughes, Methodist
Episcopal, San Francisco.
ONES DUTY.
To do ones duty is the supreme
achievement of man, but it Is not the
root of Christianity; it is rather. the
Congregationafist, Brookline. Mass.
THE WORLDS ORCHESTRA.
Every instrument of civilization is
being attuned to heavens keynote of
brotherly love and gradually forming a
grand world orchestra.-Rev.. w. NJ.
Taylor, Christian church, New Or
leans.
MORALS AND ETHICS.
The Christian religion has the loftiest
code of morals and the most sublime
code of ethics. as exemplified in the
character of Jesus Christ and taught
in the New Testament. that the world
has ever seen.-Rev. w. M. Vines,
Baptist, Brooklyn.
MANS ONLY LASTING BUILDING.
Our home is not here, but there. How
A noble life is mans only enduring
building. This earthly life is brief and
like an inn, where passing travellers
spend but transient night.-Rev. w.
Jasper Howell. Baptist, Atlanta. Ga.
ARISTOCRACY OF CHARACTER.
Establish and rigidly maintain an
aristocracy. not of wealth or learning
or ancestral position or social standing
| primarily, but an aristocracy of char
acter. Manly character is bright and
glttering current coin in the realm OF
| true success.-Rev. Frank w. Luce,
Methodist. Cleveland, o.
NEED OF SELF CONTROL.
Self control should always be at the
| bottom of all human action. 1t is self
control which distinguishes man from
the animals which possess instinct
! When man controls himself he ex-
/ hibits his manhood. When he follows
his instincts only he becomes an ami
ma1-Rev. w. w. BASTARD, Baptist
Boston.
SELF MASTERY.
Man can by the help Of God live ir
the constant and habitual mastery OF
himself and the circumstances which
surround him. And with the posses
! sion of this self mastery man may be-
velopment of the inexhaustible re.
sources of the soul 1ife.-Rev. DR.. E
N Hardy. Congregationa1ist, Quincy
Mass.
/ GODS GIFT.
! Faith is gift of God. we cannot
acquire faith of ourselves. It is mo-
dependent upon our minds and oul
wills. 1t is a gift an aims, a BLESSING
bestowed upon us by God. It is no.
ACQUIRED as the result of our efforts
or the reward of our labors. but in
fused by God into our sou1s.-Rev
James N. Supple, Roman Catholic
Boston.
EVERY MANS DUTY.
The man who does not attend to al
the powers of his nature by respecting
his body and making his mind eleal
and acute commits moral suicide, fol
our duty is to our very flesh. Life /:
not only a treasure; it is a power
house, and 1T is our duty to get the
most we can from the powers Of oul
nature.-Rev. Dr. Thomas r. Slicer
Unitarian. New York.
CHRIST'S CLEANSING POWER.
/ Many woman who has taken thu
| first wrong step would be deferred
from a life of shame if she could onl,
know the compassion and cleansing
power of Christ. Many who are weigh
ed down with sense of guilt, who's,
flesh is dried, whose bones are wastins
away, whose eyes are filed with grief
from whom the joy of life has depart
ed entirely. would arise and sing If the!
could only know the cleansing and re
newing touch of Jesus Christ.-Rev. r
NJ. Little, Presbyterian. Pittsburg.
REAL JOY.
Pleasure has it's outside and its in
side. A child gets the outside of pleas
ure when he possesses multitude o
toys and is not amused By any o
them. He has got the inwardness o
pleasure when, by. virtue of a happ!
lplest flower or toy. The fault of ou
pleasure loving age is not that it seek
pleasure, but that it concerns itself witt
the lesser gifts of joy. Real joy is o
the heart. 1t is never born of a multi
tude of scenes or a multiplicity of sen
sations. He who cannot find materia
for happiness in his own garden, il
some choice book or in little groul
of friends will never find 1t by goin,
abroad for it.-Rev. DR.. George Clark
Peck, Methodist Episcopal, New York.
/ VALUE OF ANTICIPATION IN LIFE
Looking unto Jesus is the secret o
moral growth. For one look at sci
take ten looks at Jesus. One gradual
becomes like that at which he looks
No life can ever rise higher than it
ideals. Not failure. but low aim, i
Crime. Don't judge a man by wha
he does. but by what he longs to d.
and to become. The race is set befor
u.s. Do not face the failures of yes
terdsy. Face tomorrows possibilities
Turn over an unblotted page. Antici
patton is the handspring OF life. LIE
anticipation do its perfect work. Ever.
mans life is plan of God. A goo
Providence has planned our futur
years. Let US study closely the ma
Iof our lives that Gods providence ha
. made Christlikeness is our goal. "W
know not what we shall be, but W
know that when he shall appear W
shall be like hirn."-Rev. W. Jaspe
Howell. Baptist, Atlanta Ga.
BIBLE STUDY-xXx.