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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-18

is not found by his alone being that
Wnlch is worthy Of man.-Rev. George
=. Foster, Unitarian, Chicago.
Cf1IEF' QUESTION BEFORE MAN.
tlon before each of us-whether we
shall be what our Creator desires US to
be. This is the question which is SUI
perlor TO all other questions, whether
tney De concerning strikes between Ia
Dor and capital or the accumulation of
wealth or the attainment of position
or the requirement of intellectually or
the thousand and one things for which
men seek and strive. The reason why
the question as to whether we shall
achieve the possibilities wrapped up in
our creation is superior and more i'm
portant than all other Questions is be-
cause all the rest are included in 1t.
God has created man with the posi-
olllty or the attainment of the divine.
snail we, then, become as God? That
is what the first man and woman
thought they would do by eating the
forbidden fruit. We know now that
we become like God by not eating the
forbidden fruit. What we need is to
realize that God mas SO created us that
continual progress is a possibility.
science seen tells US correspondence i'm
pies growth. God tells US our nature
corresponds to his; hence mans pro-
gress godward is a possibility and such
progress carries with it all intellectual
Improvement and all mind satisfaction
and all soul happiness. God tells US
that eternal life consists in the knowl-
edge OF God and of his Son, Jesus
Christ. This is entirely different from
the popular conception that the doy of
heaven consists in sitting on q river
bank and playing harp The JOY Of
heaven consists in knowledge, not
merely the knowledge of the three
rules of 'ritin', readin' and 'rithme-
TIC" not merely Of the intellectually
Of Newton. Shakespeare, Michael
angelo, Raphael. Beethoven or Mozart,
but Of God in his purity, righteousness,
justice. love. And this joy can COM
mence now. Heaven is where God is
and is supreme. That may be in our
hearts our wills, our affections. God
offers US eternal life. To be or not to
be-that's the question.-Rev. DR..
John AFFORD Higgins. Presbyterian,
Philadelphia.
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Rev. e. H. Parkhurst. Presbyterian

Rev. G. H. Parkhurst, Presbyterian,
New York City.
IT'S ACTION THAT COUNTS.
! NO trif1er can succeed. Is a journey
TO De taken? Then step out into the
storm without a tremor. Is a task to
De performed? Then lose no time in
undecided uncertainty. Follow your
Destiny, and what thou must do shall
Drlg thee to thy triumph--Rev. A.
Buxon. Christian Church. Salt Lake
City
| TO Make LIFE A SUCCESS.
: II me Is ever to be successful, If
we are ever to enter into the mastery
OF ourselves, If ever we abandon the
disposition TO shirk and dodge Iife's
| responsibilities and duties. 1t will be
made possible largely through the
greater outlook on life which shall be
| ours When our eyes are opened and
we see hfe's problems in their proper
seCtlng and then appreciate all the re-
sources and reservations which are
within the reach of those who try to
90 GODS will we shall go forth with
| the step of conquest and enter into the
larger victories which reward those
only who have had the larger vision.
1t Is vitality important that we should
always be on the outlook for Cod
Rev DR.. Robert NJ. Moore, Methodist
EpiscopaD Brooklyn
| FULFTLLMENT OF FAITH
Faith is the most human, the most
natural thing there is for man and the
most necessary. No man can live
without faith. When a man says SCI
pelieVe nothing he might as we'll tell
US he has no heart, no lungs. One has
faith IN the greatness of man. Anoth-
er has faith in humanity A monist
has faith in nature. in life, as he says.
A pantheist has faith in the world
soul. A materialist has faith in mat
ter. multitude Of men who have
thrown off faith in God have faith in
fate, in destiny. Whoever says that
he confines himself to knowledge has
faith in the worth of science, has faith
in truth. No one can avoid it, His
center of gravity is somewhere. He
makes out of something his God or his
idol. Somehow he must appraise real
! tty and decide where what is most
worth while to him is. God is the full
fillment of faith, the satisfaction of
what is sought in all other forms, but
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-18
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned From the Teachings of
AL Denominations.

Gems Cleaned From the Teachings of
All Denominations.
Every phase of the life of Jesus is
an open book for every man.-Rev. A.
w Holder, Baptist, Brooklyn.
PROBATION.
Better have a wire fence at the edge
of precipice than a magnificent hos
pital at the bottom of it.-Rev. ]. d.
Adam, Reformed, BROOKLYN.
DANGER IN IGNORANCE.
Ignorance is the mother of all preju-
dice, and 1T is because we do not know
each other that we hate one another
Rev. T. Schanfarber, Methodist, Chi
cage.
CHOOSING THE RIGHT
Virtue comes when a man stands at
the parting of the ways between right
and wrong and chooses the right
Rev. G. L. Cady. ongregationalist,
Dorchester, Mass.
CHRISTLIKE.
! To be good when it is impossible for
us to do wrong is no honor to man, but
to do good when on every hand there
are opportunities for wrongdoing is
| Christlike.-Rev. L. NJ Zimmerman
Lutheran. Baltimore.
FUNDAMENTAL. SIN,
There is just as much depravity OF
heart, which is the fundamental sin, in
those who reside in the district of the
| rich as there Is to be found in those
! districts where we expect to find it,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-18
SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS.

He that will believe only what he
can comprehend must have a very
long head or q very short creed
c. c. Cotton.
In prosperity prepare for q change;
in adversely hope for one.-Burgh.
n y X
The trivial round, the common task,
Will furnish all we need to ask.
Room to deny ourselves, road
To bring us daily nearer God.
-Keble.
4 y X
We must never throw away bushel
of truth because it happens to contain
a few grains of chaff.-Dean Stanley
X X
Every one of US, however lowly,
who hears a clear word of God and
sends it on without a lisp, is a prophet.
John G. Woolley.
y \
The highest duties
Oft are found
Lying on the
Lowest ground.
-Monsell.
:: 4
Only the Golden Rule of Christ can
bring the Golden Age of Man
Frances E Willard.
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News and Notes.
A church periodical club which is
distributing to shut-ins and others no
less than 1900 magazines regularly
each month is one of the philanthropy
ic activities of the Emmanuel church
of Boston.
Work among the Italians of New
York City under the auspices of the
recent annual gift from John d,
Rockefeller, amounting to $4,000.
Westminster Abbey is soon to have
a memorial window to John Bunyan,
Seven thousand dollars has already
been subscribed for the purpose, and
the window is now being erected.
the legislature OF Iceland forbidding
the importation of all fermented IL
quors except for medicina' and indus
trial purposes. A previous measure
had prohibited the manufacture OF in
toxicants.
More than one and q half million
dollars has been disbursed in Italy
under the personal supervision of
Pope Plus x, in behalf of the VIC
tins of the recent earthquakes. An
illustrated report of the work accom-
plished has been issued by the Vati-
can.
Both houses of congress have now
passed the bill appropriating $4,000
to repay the contributions to the fund
for the release of Miss Ellen Stone,
the missionary, who was captured by
Turkish brigands in 1901.
The sale of whisky to its Indian
wards is forbidden by our govern
ment. Nevertheless, more than a
thousand American citizens have dis
regarded this prohibition and have
paid the penalty in arrest and punish
ment during the last eighteen months.
Colporteurs speaking italian, b.
h 10 VII Ion
guages are to be employed by the
American Bible society to work among
the camps along the line of the New
York City waterworks.
An interesting parish is that found
at Sailors Snug Harbor, Staten Is
sand veterans of the sea are spending
their last years on an estate of $500
acres. A chaplain devotes his entire
time to this work, holding two SER
vices each day. giving three hours to
visitation and conducting almost
daily funerals. The institution, pro-
vided by sea captain, is managed by
a board of trustees consisting of the
rector of Trinity church, a Presbyte-
rian minister, the president of the
chamber of commerce and the mayor
of New York -- .f
movement in France which was start
ed by Roman Catholic young men
about eight years ago. They propose
to express the spirit Of Christianity In
all social affairs and they are doing
this in practical ways. They hold an
annual congress in which they pro-
claim the principles of trades unions
and cooperation. They fight the
sweating system, advocate limitations
of hours of labor and pensions for
working men. They publish a weekly
newspaper and have frequent meetings
in various parts of the republic which
are attended not only by Catholics but
by Protestants and Freethinkers as
we'll
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-18
Number One, or Number Two?
Terse Comments for June 19-"Tht
Yoke of Christ" Matt 11:25-8o.
BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS.


The world has its ways and they
are as old as Adam. Their charac-
teristic is what some one has brightly
called "the mark of the beast-which
is number one" A familiar proverb
crystallizes this dominant principle of
the world, "Self-interest is the first
law of life.'' So IL is, of the old life.
Look out for number one" is the
law of the worlds highway. To get
and not to give, to be served and not
to serve, to seek and not to share, to
put self first and everything else sec
ond-that Is the way Of the world.
Christ's way is so different that when
he announced it from the sides Of
Kurn Hattin his hearers were startled.
Even his friends and followers could
not take 1t in. Jesus absolutely re-
versed the worlds order. He put
number two in place of number one.
Self-seeking he made to appear a sin.
Life is only for service In his sight
not the getters but the gtvers are rich.
To save ones life he called losing it;
and to lose 1t is unselfiSh service and
sacrifice he called saving 1t. The old
teaching Of loving your friends and
hating your enemies, and the spirit
which underlay 1t and tended to make
religion the exclusive possession of a
self-righteous few, he declared to be
wholly wrong. Love your enemies,
pray for them that persecute you,"
said he, simplifying the great para
| blessed are the poor in spirit. Blessed
are they that mourn. Blessed are the
meek. Blessed are they that have
| been prosecuted fo~ Righteousness"
And, wonder of wonders. these teach
| ings of Jesus running directly coun-
ter, as they do. to mans natural i'm
pulses, are becoming the accepted laws
! of modern civilization.
They who give up to Christ go up
I to Christliness.
Christ's single standard is straight
and invariable; and the worlds stand
ards are many and crooked and shift
| ing, and the attempt to conform to
| them brings only disappointment.
Small wonder that heart peace is I'M
known in the world.
Christ's standards are good for two
worlds
| Christ's calls are often calls to sac
rifice. We cannot follow him without
| leaving all else behind He does not
use the disciple who would not let go
his hold upon the world and all that
pertains thereto. Yet by this call to
| sacrifice. the Savior also calls up to
a newness and largeness and richness
Of life that more than compensates
for the loss of all else.
The service of sin is the service of
| Borrowing. But Gods ways are ways
of pleasantness. and all his paths are
peace.
1t is a great blessedness that in all
our Christian service we have for a
| co-laborer the Master himself His
yoke is made for two.
We cannot choose our own way if
we would walk with Christ. His will
must prevail in the companionship
between himself and disciple. Self
surrender is the first condition of
| communion.
The disciples who get closest to
Christ, and who live most constantly
in the sunshine of his near presence
are those who have passed through
! the valley of self-surrender. and who
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-18

And he will make it plain"
There are many peculiar rewards OF
friendship with Jesus, but none great
standing with him. His sheep know
his voice.
Just as a husband or wife. or other
good friends. catch a meaning in
look or phrase which stranger can
not fathom, so the intimates of Christ
can read his purposes where all is
dark to others.
The Crop of Character.
AS explained to those who had his
confidence the parable of the Sower
represented the field of the human
heart. 1t was one more of those
miniature portraits of life, such as
Jesus delighted to draw. 1t fitted
everybody everywhere at all times.
God cares for the fields of earth, but
he cares most for the field which is
the human heart, and the crop which
is character
tory is wrapped up in that short sem
tence. The sowing of the word of God
has begotten harvests that have over
turned empires, transformed peoples,
created different civilizations, and
made the world new. At least once a
year the preacher and Sunday school
teacher should explain the importance
of the Bible to civilization and char
acter President Taft told the great
Sunday school crowd at Washington a
few weeks ago that all teaching is
vain without this. No nation that has
ever had the word of God open to
all the people, has ever relapsed into
barbarism. At the Washington con-
vention there was a huge pyramid Of
Bibles, and on top of it a lighted
globe: the support and foundation of
an enlightened world is the Book of
God
Some seed falls, ran the parable, on
wayside soil, not receptive or fit for
growing. Pity the hearts over which
the worlds traffic and dreary pleasure
seeking has been permitted to trudge
unheeding, unspiritual lives-what
profitless lot is theirs.
Next came the soil without depth,
the shallow lives, quick to follow each
new impulse, but with no steadfast-
ness of purpose or fruitage. There is
more shallowness than sun in the
world. The vacuity of countless char
acters is a tragedy Of barrenness and
joylessnesS. People who mean moth
ing much for either good or evil are
host.
Then the Teacher portrayed the
over-crowded life-the thorn infested
field: the care filled character. Life.
like a landscape, needs open spaces.
The twentieth century should null over
the meaning of the third sort Of plant
ing.
But after all and after all, most of
the sewers soil was good, and brought
forth varying degrees of harvest. The
only question then left is, how many
fold should my life produce?
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The Story Teller by the Sea.
The international Sunday School Les
son for June 10 Is THE Parable OF
the Sower." Matt. 1919, Is, 20.
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We are not slaves. driven to our
work by the lash of a taskmaster.
We are the sons of God, laboring to-
gether with our Father in his uni
versal and infinite work Therefore,
the joy that God has in his work,
when he sees that 1t is all very good,
should be shared b. US, his fellow
workers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-18

Christ's yoke is not the yoke Of hu
initiation or punishment. but the yok
of fellowship and service.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-18

Christ's burden is light because he
helps US to bear II.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-18

have there learned the secret of a sub
missive spirit Jesus delights to walk
with those whose hearts declare, mot
my will, but thine, be done"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-18
News and Notes.

We must be willing to go Christ's
way IL we would walk at his side.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-18

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, June IL.
Pastor Russell of the
Brooklyn Tabernacle preach
ed here twice today to large
and attentive audiences. We
report his discourse from the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-18

I Christ best understand the mind of
Christ. Discipleship is the way to
knowledge. Mere wisdom is no guar
anty of spiritual perception.
Blind unbelief is sure to err.
| And scan his work in vain;
God is his own interpreter,
And he will make 1t plain"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-18

The disciples who get closest to
Christ, and who live most constantly
in the sunshine of his near presence
are those who have passed through
the valley of self-surrender. and who
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-18

We cannot choose our own way if
we would walk with Christ. His will
must prevail in the companionship
between himself and a disciple. Self
surrender is the first condition of
communion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-28
INVITATIONS TO
 HEAR DEYLIN SPEAK
LOCAL IRIsH-AMERICANs RELIEVE BIRMINGHAM CITIZENS WILL BE MUCH INTERESTED IN WHAT IRISH LEADER HAS TO SAY

Joseph Devlin, member of parliament, will deliver an address on Home Rule" in the Majestic theatre at o'clock Sun day afternoon before the local National Irish society. and the general public has been invited to hear the noted Irish statesman.
 MT. Devlin, who represents West Bel fast, Ireland, in parliament, is the lieu tenant of John Redmond. the leader of the nationalist party, and has been recognized force In national politics since he entered parliament at the age of 2l years, being now only 32 years old.
 Local Irish-Americans point out that home rule, the measure which he repre- sents, bears the same relation to the British people that states rights does to the United States government. and should, therefore, be not only of great interest here because it involves the same principle which is now agitatinG national politics; but because of the great sympathy the American people have al ways had for the Irish people in their just claims for legislative recognition.
 The following invitation has been sent out:
 Birmingham, October 26, 1910
 Dear Sir: The undersigned respects fully request the honor of your presence at a meeting to be held in the Majestic theatre next Sunday afternoon at o'clock.
 "The purpose of the meeting is to heai an address by the Hon. Joseph Devlin member of parliament, who will speak or the subject of home rule for Ireland.
 MT Devlin is one of the most earnest and eloquent members of the Irish na- tionalist party, and in his address he will set forth the justice of the claims of the Irish people for Legislative independence
 Everyone who is animated with the spirit of liberty is bound to sympathizs with and give his moral and material support to nation rightly struggling te be free. We are, sir, very respectfully yours. REV JAMES E. COYLE,
 "F. I. MONKS, .'B. B. MARTIN, HUGH M'GEEVER, 'J. L. WEIGH. "W. P. GORMAN.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-28
FOUR FIRE CALLS IN
 FIFTEEN MINUTES


 While four calls came into the fire department last night in 15 minutes but one turned out to be serious. A call was received to Fourteenth ave- nue and Beach street, south; to Mag no1ia avenue and Twenty-first street, south; to Avenue H and Twentieth street, south; and to the Margaret apartments at Highland avenue and Ash street.
 The garage of J. c. Turner. 1405 Beach street, caught fire last night from exploding gasoline and burned to the ground despite all the efforts of three stations. It Is estimated that the damage will amount to about $2500. The garage was burned as was ser wants house connected with 1t. A val uable automobile in the garage was also destroyed. The building was valued at little over 5000 and the contents at $1200 or more.
 Fire stations Nos. 8, 8 and answered the call and had hard work to keep the blaze from spreading. After work ing for an hour or more the fire was under control
 l The alarm at Magnolia avenue and Twent yOfrst street was false, and the 1 call to Avenue H and Twentieth street | was to extinguish burning telephone post. The fire at the Margaret apart ments, was slight and extinguished without the aid of the department
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-28
German Iron And Steel
 Man Spends The Day Here

In order to see the much talked of Bir- mingham industries three prominent German steel and iron men arrived in Birmingham yesterday morning. They were Karl Schneider H. Schubeath and M. Bahlon of Rambach. Germany.
 The distinguished visitors were carried to >Ensley, where they were permitted to see the plants of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company and the fur naces at that place. They were also car ried to Bessemer. where the visitors in- spected the plants. The partya left last night over the Queen and Crescent route for Cincinnati They stated yesterday that their trip south from New York was for the sole purpose of inspecting the in- dustries of this city. MT. Schneider, who spoke for the party. said:
 We had been told so much about Bir- mingham that we concluded our trip in America would be incomplete without coming here and looking for ourselves We are interested in the same business
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-28
THEY ACTUALLY
 DO THE WORK
Food Eaten Is Worth1ess Unless Di- gesfed-Some stomachs Must Have Help.

Food taken into the Stomach which, from the nature of the food or the con- dtion of the stomach, is not digested, is worse than no food at all. This Is a true statement as far as it goes and great many dyspeptics go only this far with their reasoning They argue with them selves that because their stomachs do not do the work given them, they must be given less work; in other words, they must be starved. It would be just as sensible for a business man who is unable to do all his own work to cut down his business to his own capacity as 1t Is for a man to starve himself to relieve his stomach. The sensible bus iness man employs help and goes for ward with his business. Likewise the sensible dyspeptic will employ help for his stomach and give his body proper nourishment.
 >. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets actually do the work assigned to them. They re- lieve weak and overburdened stomachs of great portion of digestive action. Their component parts are identical with those of the digestive fluids and secretions of the stomach and they sim ply take up the grind and carry on the work Just the same a good, strong, healthy stomach would do 1t.
 On this account Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are perfectly natural in their action and eHeCLS. Iney QO not cause any unnatural or violent disturbance in the stomach or bowels. They them selves digest the food and supply the system with all the nourishment con- taIned in what is eaten and carry out Natures plans for the sustenance and maintenance of the body.
 How much mewe sensible. Is this method than that employed by many sufferers from weak stomachs. By this means the body and brain get all the good, nutritious food they need and the man Is properly nourished and equipped to carry on his work and per form his duties. He could not possibly be in proper working condition b, starving himself or employing some new tangled, insufficient food that doe. not contain enough nutriment for z year-old baby. A strong man doing strong work must be properly fed anC this applies to the brain as well as tho body.
 Stuart's Dypepsia Tablets, by reliev- ing the stomach of it's work, enable fl to recuperate and regain its norma health and strength. Nature repairs the worn and wasted tissues just al she heals and knits the bone of { broken limb, which is of course no used during the process of repair
 Stuarts Dypepsia Tablets are fo sale by all druggists at 50 cents a bo, and they are the one article that thu druggist does not try to sell something in the place of that's just good. Their unqualified merit and success ant the universal demand for them ha, placed them within the reach of ev DSyones