The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-31
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned From the Teachings of
All Denominations.

All Denominations.
A mans life will not be any higher
or deeper or nobler than the standards
he has lifted and the principle he has
idealized.-Rev. c. z. Locke, Metho-
dist, Los Angeles, Cal.
TIGHTENING ONES TASK.
He who takes time to do kindly
action lightens his own task and IL
lumes his own face.-Rev. J. B. Rem
ensnyder, Lutheran. New York.
PROGRESS.
Progress is obtained not by the best
man saving himself. but by his saving
the weakest at the expense of his own
safety-Rev. Thomas F Burke, Ro-
man Catholic. New York.
SPORT AND PLAY.
Sport and play are intended to pre-
pare for real life. They are to be
preparation not for more play, but for
the real things of life.-Rev. Howard
N. Brown. Unitarian. Boston.
DEVELOPING VIRTUES.
Character Is developed by hardship.
Strength, fortitude and reliability are
developed by being exposed. Blessed
is the man that endureth.-Rev. A. B.
Medium, Presbyterian, Cleveland. o.
HONESTY IN WORSHIPING.
It is better to worship in a barn
among social outcasts with an inferior
minister If the ideals of that service
represent your honest convictions
Rev. Harry E. Gilchrist, Unitarian.
New Orleans.
WORLD A BEAUTIFUL PALACE.
The world is the Fathers house, and
all men are brothers. The children
must not p 1t each other with stones
nor loot the beautiful palace.-Rev.
Dr. Newell Dwight Hills, Congrega-
tionalist Brooklyn.
GODS SUPREME GIFT.
The fellowship of married love and
the home which it builds is Gods SUI
preme gift to man and the supreme
safeguard of civilization Louis
Albert Banks, D. D.. Methodist Epis-
copal, Omaha, Neb.
CHURCH'S SUPREME MISSION
To restore man to himself. to his
place in nature, to society and to God
was the comprehensive mission of the
mission of his church in the twentieth
century-Rev. James B. Clayton. Bap-
fist, Washington.
A FIRM FOUNDATION.
Every man is potentially son Of
God. Any one who thus emphasizes
the inherent worth and dignity of
every soul has had a firm foundation
upon which he may build a life of
practical usefulness.-Rev. NJ Leroy
Burton, Congregationalist, New Ha-
ven, Conn.
THE WHOLE MAN.
In months of great emotion we find
the whole man. past and present,
called up for action. All identify this
inner, deeper, richer self with the real
self, and in that self they find the
point of contact of the individual and
the eternal God.-Rev. w. F. Green
man. Unitarian. Milwaukee. Wis.
MUTUAL AID.
We must help each other to get
along; we must feel that we are all
one family. If one member suffers our
whole body must suffer. We must be
ready to do Gods work. not only come
| forward ourselves, but help others
Rev. Byron Holley. Episcopalian, New
| Orleans
THE KEY OF THE FUTURE.
| For the solving of the great riddle
of life the Christian has the key OF
the future. The skeptic has only the
one event, death, which happens to us
all He sees disorders. dislocation, the
righteous suffering and the wicked
odist, Denver.
/ LOVE THAT IS LOVE INDEED.
God asks of US love that is love in
I deed, For better, for worse, for rich
! er. for poorer, in sickness and in
health, till death do us part The
truest relation between Christ and the
soul is Jesus, lover of my SOUL" 1.-THE
lover of women and men, with a. love
that puts to shame all passions of NOR
tai ken."-Rev. DIR. William H Oxtoby
Presbyterian, Philadelphia.
WORKERS WITH GOD.
Il The church of Jesus Christ is largely
| a church of laboring men. Its besi
/ workers are from the ranks of wage
i earners. Fellow workmen, never for
get that we are one with God in his
work. He has designed a glorious plar
for his temple of humanity-that pal
lace Of the great King. Fellow Chris