The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-18
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.


forgiveness of injuries are battles and
victories.-Hitchcock
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned From the Teachings of
All Denominations.
Self-control is an essential to man
hood, and the only way to change your
disposition is to bride your conduct
Rev. Robert Gordon, Baptist, Milwau-
| kee, Wis.
WELL BORN
1t is a great thing to be well born,
| not in the matter of clothing or mate
| rial riches, but to be well born into
the possession of those things which
| cannot otherwise be obtained.-Rev.
Luther B. Wilson, Methodist, Paw
tucket, R. I.
SUNDAY OBSERVANCE.
Respect for Sunday should keen us
from doing anything that would desc
crate it. We are commanded to keep
| it holy. Opportunities should be given
to all to observe the sacredness of the
day, and hence no man should be
! Bishop Conaty, Roman Catholic, Los
Angeles, Cal
MARRIAGE AND THE RICH.
Marriage is too much of a joke If
the wealthy cannot bear and forbear
if they cannot endure ard be chaste
and faithful with all they have to help
them, what is to become of those who
are beset by the narrow financial mar
gin today? Society ought to clean
itself out from the top if it expects
Rev. G. L. Cady, Congregational, Bos-
ton.
JOY OF GIVING.
The rich get no more joy out of CIV
ing a million and often not as much
as the widow who gives her mite. One
fA,1 fNrr efr vfcs 81 a11l
from the throat of a healthy boy in a
poor mans home that a million dol
lar gift could not bring to many a
mansion. One true man may so touch
a life that his influence may count
for the benefit of the world for more
than the $4O0.000,0OO given by Rookie
Teller and Carnegie-Rev. c. F. REFS
ner, Methodist, New York
FEW INFIDEIS.
There are but few infidels in this
country, and the amazing thing is that
there are any Instead of having any
problem about church attendance and
support all of the people should be so
grateful to the Almighty that every
meeting house would be crowded, all
preachers getting the salaries their
gifts and splendid service to the state
entitle tn I'm to receive. And mis-
sionary treasures ought to be over
flowing with the means of carrying
gospel that has done SO much for US
all who are in want.-Rev F. E. Hop
kins. Congregational. Gary, Ind
HOW GOD ANSWERS PRAYER.
If we pray, how does God answer
US? We find men hold two diverse
theories as to this. One is that God
sends his answer directly from heav-
en- and not through an agent. This
is surely contrary to our universal ex-
rerlence. In our secular life every
good and perfect gift comes from God
alone, but always through some one
else. Our money comes from God, but
through dealings with men. Our cloth
ing comes from God, but through deal
ings with an importer, merchant and
tailor. In our physical life our birth,
development, cure and nourishment all
come from God, but through our
mother, exercise, doctor and food
Rev. H. Page Dyer, Episcopal, Phila-
delphia.
PATRIOTISM
Patriotism, like charity, begins at
home. AS little as we shall ever have
society moral before the individual
will have learned to be moral, so little
will the nation, state or town be pa
triotic before the citizen will have
learned to become patriot. We have
striven to reform the mass without
having first tried to reform the indi-
vidual, and, naturally enough, we have
failed The whole can never be better
than its component parts, and as long
as the part continues unpatriOt1c even
the hardest effort to make the mass
patriotic will be fruitless. Progress
proceeds from the one to the many.
We shall not be in doubt of the many
once we shall have made sure of the
units = Rabbi Krauskoff, Hebrew,
Philadelphia.
IF CHRIST WERE ABSENT.
Many sermons have been preached
on IF Christ Came to Chicago ?"
These proceed upon the wrong as
sumption that Christ is not here. He
is here. His teachings have dominat-
ed our life and institutions and have
created the very atmosphere of our So
ciaI life So the better question is,
What if Christ Should Leave Chica-
go?" What would be the condition of
our city? The greatest moral agen-
cies would be sti1led- TIL churches
Bible schools. Christian associations,
rescue missions and scores of other
moral organizations would be forever
closed on the side of our benevolent
institutions our city would be we'll
nigh helpless if the influence of the
Man of Galilee were. withdrawn
Rev. Austin Hunter, Christian, Chi
cago.
TEMPTATION NECESSARY
No character can ever be really de-
veloped and strengthened except by a
process of trials and temptations. God
permits US to be tempted that we may
overcome the temptation and thus
gain in strength of manhood and wom-