The Republican journal., 1895-12-12

|zltsiPERANCE. Intemperance rests
\ America as a blighting curse. 1t is
roaoing plume in the ranks Of wick
Is that is making its deadly charge
5Manity. But it has thousand enc
h e-iay where it had one year ago.
/ D. Steele. Presbyterian, Nash
\ Tenn.
.yalANCE. However learned a man
NJ. it is quite possible that he may be
8taally ignorant, and the most litter
asl, If taught by the spirit Of God,
. NOW more than he and be able to
Aim. Rev. Alice p. Newton, Meth
Philadelphia, Pa.
r-TloNs OF THE Hour. The ques-
y, N the hour are social questions
Ne III questions Of tariff or finance,
s4yer they affect commercial prosperi-
NeN are questions that involve the
4 xstence of scciety-moral questions
,-eiv allied to religion that the church
\ Hotice. them REV. Henry Branch,
.9teiian, Ellicott City, Md.
nHcm WORKERS. The church is not
s0jnts' rest. = 1t is not an asylum. 1t
H \ hospital. 1t is not place even
aNlr chief duty will be to save our
rs. The church is a great army.
81, rganization of workers. REV.
lNNtee, Methodist, Columbus, o.
,S- w RELIGION. Religion must
ne all-controlling thought Of idea.
sr mast be some central figure or some
.g5gihg principle. Confucinism rests
ade Of morals. Buddhism rests
a system of human philosophy; but
iStsnity rests upon the character and
.4ritY of a person. Rev. G. w. Gibe-
ltsbyterian, Spokane, Wash.
H&AAcTER. Character is what God
lss Won are; reputation is what man
ss sou are. Character may, and
als does, make ones reputation, but
ways. Circumstances may so con-
sAlt a good person is thought evil and
-vI person good. Character is inward
sepntation outward. Rev. G. A.
"a baptist, Indianapolis, Ind.
aR GOLDEN RULE. The golden rule
Aa gospel in nutshell. The world is
efn. from a failure to observe the
ltp rifle. Nowhere is this failure more
leeAple and working more harm than
ihe business world The rush to get
"a, makes men forget the golden rule,
t insists upon a fair balance and
4 HAL Rev F. Bergstresser, Luth-
a Allegheny, Pa.
Hir happiness All that the world can
! can not recompense man for the loss
.is soul. 1t is only by self-control, by
thence from the world pleasures, by
of our appetites and our
sions that we can hope to gain that
That complete happiness-the
ard God has promised us all in the
Rev Father Murtagh, Catholic, st.
.Fh, No.
Christianity comes as
fuitiliment OF the most real elements
iaT human life. 1t rounds out our love
pening it to the houndless love of God
az humanity. 1t fills up our joy by
aius and uplifting and hallowing our
ST pleasures. 1t finishes our hope by
inl u see God $ plan in the world and
wing us the certainty of its successors.
y ". II. Jones, Episcopalian, Cleve-
a. y.
FG NEW WOMAN. She is in trade, She
d w the professions, she is in shops
stores and factories, she is in schools
leseS, she is almost everywhere in
life and feeling with her brothers
ai responsibility in tile high aim of
A4 life and The home and the work
IN ~weeter and more beautiful. Va
4ei with JOY and bless God for the
woman. Rev. r. Ii. Pullman, Uni
'aist, Baltimore, Md.
4GqrRY. A man is not liberal simply
4NSe he holds advanced or radical
Hohs. Whether he is liberal or not
'ep+nd upon the spirit in which he
u, Ehen. Ii that spirit is narrow, IN
iaihetic, scornful, intolerant and irrev-
'T-sich a man is not liberal He is a
Nj. no matter how freely he has dis
ed the traditional creeds or how
emently he denounces the authority of
= epuncil, church or priesthood. Rev.
NJ Wendte, Unitarian, Oakland, Cal.
AIRIoTIsM. Our flag should be a
lo9l Of purity. We should cherish our
buttons and principles. Anarchy and
seSSness should be put down by the
AIIil OF public opinion, or with arms,
1eeessary. We should honor our
oeS We should teach our children to
iol them. We should cultivate an in
Y american spirit. There is no room
As country for any other flag than Old
iy Above that flag nothing but the
De fpr without the divine word we
.aid have neither flag nor country.
~ i}r. Dinsmore, Presbyterian, San
Z. alifornia.
flI%loUs EDUCATION Our public
pos are justly forbidden to enter the
nam Of religious instruction. Even
pNpils, perhaps unwisely, are much
u W The discussion and application of
Me problems beyond reach of the
'l S mind. And SO we are forced
HNe'slly to admit that there is no def
PROVISION for the sympathetic in
NNen 10 the things of the spirit, save
'Fager hour Of the Sunday school.
= y the one attempt to bring our chill
y NO open, direct and social contact
ua,, OF L.
A Jenkin Lloyd Jones, Indepen-
y aicago, III.
Ht BIBIE. The Bible will stay here
7A- as there is on earth government
Seaiesinanship; as long as there is
it + law, jury in the box, witness
N tand " Judge on the bench. 1t
Sfiy as long as there is true literary
'0'e and a desire for more; as long as
peel walks tla oartb. 1o,1 n