The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-04
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned From the Teachings of
All Denominations


Gems Cleaned From the Teachings of
All Denominations.
Recall the past. Learn its lessons
future.-Rev. A B. Medium. Presbv-
terrain, Cleveland, o.
MUSIC A POTENT FACTOR
Music is. and has been for the last
500 years the most potent factor in the
preaching of the gosDeI-Rey. DIR.
Russell II. ConweH, Baptist. PhiladeI-
phia.
CHRISTS EXAMPLE
Christ sets before US the ideal of a
pure life, a mighty zeal in service and
falthful obedience to the Fathers will.
Rev. H. Hepburn, Presbyterian, Chi
cago.
THE FUTURE.
If there be no hereafter and no fu-
ture vindication of the upright, then
virtue and purity are but names. and
the only possible conclusion is. LET
US eat and drink, for tomorrow We
die!''-Rev. w P. George. Methodist,
Denver.
SERVING MANKIND.
Be yourself and be YOUR best self.
Make it your ambition to be of service
to men in any adverse condition you
may be placed. You cannot be of SER
vice to man without being of service
to Godfrey. w. H. Felkner, .Epfsco-
BUILDING CHARACTER.
The making of character is like the
making of a book. Building character
resembles the making of a book first
of all in the fact that it is so fine an
art that only a few nobly succeed
Rev. DR.. N. MCGEE Waters, Congrega-
tionalist, Brooklyn.
GOOD SHIP PROGRESS.
With the state, the home and the
school the church stands a great light
in the world, and by that light the
Progress UIxT Int oIxy
moves on to a higher and more stable
civilizatiOn-Rev.sW w. D. Simonds, Uni
tartan, Oakland, Cal.
RIGHTFUL HEARTS.
Let our hearts be right toward God
and we shall come forth, like Corne-
Illus, from temptation with a clearer
vision, a more enduring faith and bet
ter fitted to receive the honors that
God may further confer upon US
Rev. Robert H. Carson. Presbyterian.
Brooklyn.
MORAL LAW IS SURE.
There is a moral law as truly as
there is a law of gravitation, and this
great law of laws will stand for no
trif1ing with itself and with both the
individual and the nation nothing en-
dures that does not rest on justice and
decency-Rev. Thomas B. Gregory,
Universalist, New York.
IMPORTANCE OF CHARACTER.
Pride and vanity emphasize calling
that counts and not office: No Office
ever yet made a man. If man hasn't
the character and ability to fill a posi-
ton that office will never give him
those things.-Rev. j. w. Brougher,
Methodist Portland, Ore
BASEBALL IS RARE RECREATION.
Baseball offers rare and splendid
recreation for the hard driven man
of today. 1t makes him forget bust
ness and causes his blood to jump
with new vigor as he works up his in
terest in the game. Every bit of clear
sport is religious, for the better the
body the better service the individual
can render to God in helping man
kind in the upward progress.-Rev.
Christian F. Reisner, Methodist, New
York.
SPIRIT OF WELCOME NEEDED.
1t is not necessary for our church to
grind out laws for the everyday bust
ness of our churches and force upon us
a marriage law which is a slap in the
face of good men and women who are
unfortuna ate / will welcome to this
holy communion any person who may
come without question. We must have
more of the spirit of welcome in our
churches than at present. A church
cannot lead the best sentiment of its
age by making huge barriers of un-
Christian workmanship like the pres
ent attempt to change the divorce
law.-Rev. George c. Richmond, Epis-
copal, Philadelphia.
DICONTENT OF THE DAY.
Even the casual observer of the
times cannot fail to notice the dis
content of men and women. Per-
haps never before in the history of
life has the world witnessed such a.
scene of unrest and dissatisfaction as
we see today. The laborer is discon-
tented with his wage, the employer is
dissatified with his profits, the rich
are unhappy in their possessions, and
even in the domain of religion men
and women complain of the lot God
has given them. What is the cause
of this universal unrest and dissatis-
faction? What has brought about this
growing tendency of criticism and
malevolence? 1t has come to us SIM
ply because we have forgotten our
real position in life, because in the
turmoil of activity and endeavor we
have ceased to be thinking men and
women and because human life is no
longer true to it's real status, but rests
on a falseness. pride and conceit which
must bring in their wake pernicious
conseQuences.-Rev James A. Supple
Catholic, Boston.
Cars Aid to American Church.
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