The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-20
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned From the Teachings of
All Denominations


Worry never helps, but it always hurts.
And he who worries dishonors God-Rev
DR.. John H. Prugh, Reformed, Pitts
THE WORLDLY MAN.
The man who permits himself to be the
victim of his sense is what the Scriptures
truly denominated the worldly man.-Rev.
E. L. Powell Presbyterian, Louisville.
FRAMING GOD.
God is too big to be. shut up in any
means limitation. The moment you define
you confine No one can frame God.-Rev.
George Thomas Dowling. Episcopahan,
- ny RELIGION FOR ALL.
Religion is not simply for the. wise. It
the humble. 1t is a subject worthy to en-
gage the attention. of the highest wisdom
of the age.-Rev John Van Schaick, Uni
versalist, washington.
CONFINEMENT.
Contentment points the way to heaven.
1t brings heaven into earth and helps the
day when we shall awake in his like
ness Rev. Dr. Charles Edward Locke,
Methodist, Los Angeles, Cal.
HEALTH.
Health is the result of the nice adjust
ment of all the bodily functions. Peace of
inant Lr teS convietion. H @ but but from R the rs smooth
working together of all the convictions
Rev. Frank Crane, Congregationalist,
CHURCH CAN SAVE THE NATION.
The CHURCH III ft must T go back to the fn6ls 1n Ina
the nation to the high heavens and the
bright stars and what lies beyond. She
must humble herself in order that she may
Brady. EpiscOpalian. Kansas City.
NOURISH A MORAL CONSTITUTION.
Let a man build up his moral constitu; sli
from the habitual practice of reading good
books, performing noble deeds. association
a man walk in spirit. and he will not full
fill the lusts of the flesh--Rev. William
ROOM FOR CHRIsT
If we make room for Christ he will make
room for us as the sons of God, room
fields of peace and plenty, in mansions
of eternal beauty; room in his heart for
room at last at the right hand of Cod
Rev. DR.. Charles Edward Locke, Metho-
dist. Los Angeles, Cal.
MANS FIRST DUTY.
The greatest and most significant and
most unmistakable of all the teachings of
Never by word, deed or suggestion did he
depart one iota from the inststence on a
to be right with God. Life with the con-
of the divine in an atmosphere
right and fruitful living.-Rev. DIR. Hardy,
Congregationalist, Quincy, Mass.
G969 WORDS oRd 4 Y go1aT{ E6Ia hin HPPdEs IndEss
is like apples of gold in pictures of silver"
There are many bad words in, the world.
all too many people who seem to think
that the use of language is to throw harm
full words like rotten apples at our heads
uttered in the nick of time, the psyche
logical moment, as we would say today, is !
as apples of gold in network Of silver
Rev, Everett, Merrill Hill. Methodist.
Spokane; Wash. ..x4..o.
Goodness has it's outside and its inside. |
is its soul, But by an fnyeterate
practice most people are still chiefly. con-
cerned with the externals of goodness; |
is by no means an ancient |
morning. Men still broaden their
phylacteries instead of their souls. A man |
can only weigh what he is, whether on a |
Fairbanks scale or in the scales of eterni- |
ty. Not the form, but the force of good |
truth; not the pretense, but the power Of a |
good life, is the real thing.-Rev. DR.. |
George Clarke Peck. Methodist Episcopal, |
LIES FAILURES DUE TO WORRY.
We may have spirit to do great things |
and energy enough to carry US far to the |
Is impeded because we worry. We lose
our head when we worry We cannot |
think clearly at such a time. Our judg-
men cannot be depended upon; When ETor-
ried we cannot DO our work as well as
when are free from worry. And to the |
sad fact that we fret and are full of
mistakes of our life and many also of life's
failures. Worrying incapacitates US for
cess in life depends largely upon the /
of his mind. The sailor |
who navigates the sea beyond the sight !
of land Is dependent upon the correctness F,
of his chronometer and upon his compass.
If these instruments of navigation fail +
him, everything fails him. And what these
a human mind is to mans navigation of !
life And anything that disturbs the bal.
voyage of life.-Rev. DR.. John H. Prugh, |
P1ttSburg.