Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-11-27
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THOUGHTS FOR THE WEEK.

y minister elecIeU 10 Jne beSls-
lature is not worth as much as a
Spitz dog says a speaker at a New
Haven ProhibitionisL meeting.
Nor will anything but the gos-
pei Of Jesus Christ ever dissipate
the standing armies Of the world,
and seal the sword forever in the
scabbard, says Rev. \. J. +.
Behrends, ID. ID. ,-.t
1T is hundred.fold better for
society and for ones self that one
should be u trustworthy farm
laborer than an uutrustworthy
physician says Rev. Henry Clay
Trumbull, u. ID.
'The fagot and the stake have not
tested the church more severely
than will the destructive forces Of
modern criticism and the bitter
invectiyes of modern iniidelity.
says Rev. Edward Warren Clark.
81 thoughtit would be a good
thing if a concession were made to
those who look npon beer as a nec-
essity, who drink it in their homes.
This concession would be the
opening of saloons on Sunday after
noon says Mayor Grace.
what the world wants is laws
adapted to its present circumstan-
ces and to men as they are not
laws adapted to an ideal state OF
society which does not exist says
Rev. George Wasbburn, ID. D.,
The lives of many Of the church.
made saints are much better left in
the distance which lends enchant'
ment to the view. The odor of
sancity was too commonly in early
times one that suggested disinfec.
tants,' says Rey.R r. neoer Newton.
1T will not be many years before
it will be, as difficult to find an
intelligent person doubling the
theory of evolution as it now is to
find o person who believes in the
old doctrine that our earth is the
center of the universe, says Rev.
Robert Collyer, d. d.
'We must read the Bible as It
stands and learn to appreciate the
outward act which reflected the
inward thought; for the Hebrew
Scriptures 90 not inculcate dogmas,
but commands, leading to manly
deeds, boneiicials to the human
race; says Rabbi Morrir Jasrow.
rThe idea OF railing and voting
for the best looking man aud havs
| ing girls sell cigars. L saw
church fair advertised that a man
would kIssiany girl for twenty-five
cents. / had rather that you
would worship in barn than rc.
sort to any Of those methods says
Evangelist Moody. 344n
we will show brothcrly love,
bat we shall uphold the primitive
example in all things, or else forfeit
our right to our name. Let us not
compromise the truth or the great
law Of continuity. In working cut
this principle of unity we mutt
start out with the Apostolic and
Nicene basis of Christianity says
Bishob Arthur Cleveland Coke.
The churches of Protestant re-
latlon must either disintegrate and
run out to nothingness, or they
must come together. and seek a
higher plane. The problem Of
ecclesiastical reconstruction can
never be formulated in advance.
We can but take the first right
step and wait till the next Is shown
says Rev. w. w. Newton. ,,,.
: The richest man the world ever
saw was also one OF the best.
I Abraham could have bought out
| Vanderbilt, and scarcely have miss
! ed ont Of the bank the monej OF
: the eheck.he drew to pay for Var
. defbilts estate, and yet he waSone
, OF the best men on earth. IL is not
so much the money as the sort OF
fellow that hasjt,' says Rev. Sam
. Jones. lae 9l ..i.