The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-19

regard the healing of mems souls as
far more importal4. than the meaning
of bodies, which at the best cannot
outlast century.-Rev. Charles II.
Parkhurst, Presbyterian, New York.
MUTUAL INSPIRERS.
Sociology is a science, science or
social phenomena 1t is being built up
by systematic arrangement OF soclai
facts. Religion, then, inspires US with
the disposition to treat our fellow men
well, and sociology tells us how to do
it. Religion stands for the human hope
to be found worthy of God. ana socl-
ology is scientific display o. opportu-
nifty, wherein man may attain SUCH
worth. Thus they go together, mutu-
ally inspiring each other.-Rev. M. o.
Simone, Unitarian, Cleveland, ..
AVAILABLE TO ALL.
Don't fret because others have been
more prosperous than you. The best
things in life are more evenly distrlb-
uted than we are willing to admit
There is no trust big enough to get a
cornor on good digestion or cheerful
ness of disposition. No man can have
monopoly on friendship or affection.
No corporation can bar you from the
splendor of the heaven that arches
over you and the beauty of the earth
that engirdles you. The best Things
are open and available to all When
You sit down to think how powerful
gold is, think also how powerless 1t
is. 1t is powerless to purchase a sin
gle kiss of affection or buy bond OF
friendship.-Rev. ]. B. Silcox, Congre-
gationalist, Kansas City, Mo.
RATIONALISM IN RELIGION.
The mysticism and emotionalism of
present day religion must give way to
some extent to rationalism. 1t must
be rescued from the ghosts of night
and from retrospective broodlng, as
, was Maeterlinck, the poet. Its growth
must be outward and not inward Its
thought must be ministrant to the
whole and not to the individual. We
must demand more facts, more proof,
and be persuaded less easily. Re-
| 1igion to be soul satisfying will need
to discard niue. that is mystical and
fanatical and take up that which is
scientific and rational. righteousness
can be found more readily in the outer
world than in The inner. 1t must be
sought for in the world about US. We
| will need to learn the habits of our
| fellows If we would make religion
serve for the bettermont and enlight-
eminent of the world.-Professo1
George Burman Foster, Unitarian
| Chicago.
SOUL PROSPERITY. =
| Prosperity of soul demands sou
growth Growth is the replacing OF
worn out tissues and new and greater
supplies. Soul force consumed in van
gushing temptation is replaced by re-
newed and increased force. and this il
soul growth. All growth proceed:
| from rudimentary state to formative
and from that to maturity and from
maturity to the culture stage. This i:
the goal in every field. The workman
aims to become expert and the scholar
to become cultured. The progress o.
the soul should not stop short of the
| cultured stage. In spring the blossom
comes and goes. but leaves tuft O.
green, which, rounding out to the full
becomes tthe solid apple. The mellow
ing process comes. and acids which
bitterly antagonize each other blenC
into one delightful flavor, while tn
tough woody substance becomes
mass of luscious crystals. Thus tn,
principles of the soul. it's knowledge
it's faith, it's emotion, it's purpose, al
blend in the prosperous soul into on,
mellow and pleasing personality, o
which only it is safe to pray, tMayes
thou prosper in all things, even as tn,
soul prospers. Rev. A. Macdonald
Reach, ongregationalist, New York.