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thought themselves holy. He is the Chlis-
tiap business man OF today who meets tie
temptations OF life and ovelComcs them.
Who. casts his influences for Jesus in the
everyday lire.-Rev. c. N. Coburn, Mcthu-
dist, Denver, Col.
LABOR AND CHRISTIANITY.
Employer and employ ye are equal in Gods
sight. Christianity gave hLinhniOy tne
u,oLlerhooa oil man, unus bringing II as'ci
and workman closer. 1t has promoted
many institutions and efforts for anchor
ating the condition of workmen. The re-
ngiuu OF Cnrist gives character 10 .hc
wage Garner, making him honest, sober,
Industrious. truthful, steady, 'ican, anu
conscientious.-Rev. George Duncan, Pres
byterian, Harrisburg, Pa.
SATISFACTION.
We may Struggle through The long, weary
years for the applause OF men, but what do
we find 1t In the end? mere bubble. The
desire for real happiness sui remains, and
the only hope OF obtaining it comes from
the vision OF future home. Win the
eyes of divine faith We can see the ladder
"uich ieaus 10 LcaveD. Nrarness 10 tGd,
the possession of Him alone, is what sat
isfIeS the heart of man.-Rev. w. L.
waterson, Ca,noiic, Phnaceli!Ia, Pa.
SCIENCE AND RELIGION.
Science and religion, when closely and
faithfully studied, agree perfectly and
offer no contradictions. The most learned
OF scientists, men who have deS oted years
Of study to all the varied branches OF
scientific research, men whose opinions
have been respected and sought by reason
of their profound learning. have not kesi-
tated to accept the Eible as the primary
source OF all their learnibg.-Rev. ather
Lambert, Catholic, Chicago, Ill.
FAITH.
There can be no real unbeliet, for Who
ever believes in the steadfastness and re-
liability OF the laws or nature. whoever
believes in the supremacy OF right over
wrong, whoever even plants a tree or
trusts to the future, thus bears nilness
10 his faith in God, whose name, perhaps,
he may find himself denying. and his
faith only needs expansion and to be
CONSCIOUS of itself in order 10 be the sup
port of a consciously religious life.-Rev.
E. NJ. Wilbur, Unitarian, Portland, Ore.
SIN.
The worst thing in the world is sin. 1t
is not suffering, or sickness, or loss Of
property, but SIN. Concerning the Worst
sin whIch affects ourselves, one sin is
as bad as another. Sin is poison TO the
soul and sin kills the soul. Which is the
worst SID which affects society? The
worst or very nearly the worst sin in its
effect on society is intemperance. Gam
bling is bad, murder is bad, stealing is
Dad, but intemperauce comuIhes them all
Rev. A. F. Newton, Congregationalist,
Brooklyn, n. Y.
LIBERAL THEOLOGY.
We are coming to appreciate more and
more the great essential truths of Ch.ls-
yianity. the falherhood or God, the brother
hood of man, the perSonaluess OF Christ.
The narrow creed is being put aside. We
hear IT said that the broad theology is
new - but in reality the broad theology
is older than We think. 1t is the Greek
gheoiogy rather than the Latin. 1t goes
back to the beginning of Christianity. back
To the New Testament, back TO Christ Him
Seif.--Rev. William Mitchell. EpiscolaiIaD,
Terre Haute, Ind.
REMEMBRANCE.
Christ appeals to what we all know and
have forgotten. 1t is the power of the
apostles, stirring up mems pure minds 10y
way of remembrance" and il is the power
OF every vital preacher today. He appeals
10 the ought" within us, and the real
strength of every sermon lies not half SO
much in the preacher in the pulpit as in
that silent preacher which every man car
ries uuuer his own coat. AS Coleridgc said:
Il know these things are true, because
they find Inc. The Rev. George Thomas
bowling, Episcopalian, Toledo, o.
INDIVIDUALITY.
Each man has his own individual, per-
sonal relation to God. Each man lifts up
/, different need to God, and for each man
God has q different answer. Each man is
isolated from another, insulated, inlpene-
trable by any one save God alone. He is
relatet. :. Ike great aggregate of humanity,
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of Ipen with God. God knows each one OF
his servants, his circumstances. his Sorrows,
his Joys Each servant of God has within
his own heart the secret OF God. The Rev.
John Henphill, Presbyterian, San Fran
cisco, Cal.
THE TRUE LIFE.
"Shall save myself or save others?" is
the problem. that confronts every true soul.
To save myself is much the easier. 1t is
possible to live an easy-going, sef-satis-
fled, self-complacent life, but this is not
worthy to be compared with the life Of him
who had compassion on the shepherdlcss
multitudes, who strewed his pathway
through life with deeds Of loving Kindness,
who dropped tears of love over the sOrrow-
ing and the lost. Only by a life Of service
can we bless the world and make it pure
and happier by our lives. The Rev. d. B.
Cheney, Baptist, Racine, Wis.
ADVICE TO VOTERS.
Let men lay aside passion and unnatural
prejudice; let them give each other credit
for honesty and patriotism, and then, with
clarified vision, seek the truth of the present
controversy. Then, convinced, let them
vote with their convictions. Truth will
prevail at last in politics, as well a in
religion, whether that truth resides on
banners of gold or platters of silver.
For the truth on whichever 81 lie of the politi-
cal house IL may be concealed, let every
Voter be an honest searcher, and then cast
his vote for the honor of the nation. fair
and loyal mother of US all;-Tbe Rev. r. A.
White, Universalist, Chicago, Ill.
INEQUALITY.
Society is made up of inequalities neces-
sarily. Men are unequal; unequal in intel
ligence, in will, In energy, in industry, in
sclf-restraint. and, consequently. they are
unequal in their possessions and their
social power. We must respect these In
cQualities which give to some men more
than to others. If fortunes We're equally
| divided at this minute among citizens. in
| eQualities would come in before evening.
| Property is the extension OF the inaividIai,
| the product of his faculties and his powers;
| his right TO property is his right to him.
self. The possibility of extending ones
| self, Of gaining property is the stimulus
| to social development and social welfare
| Hence anarchy, which covets the property
| Of others through Illegal means, Is the
| deadliest foe of society and religion. Arch
l n eb,,, aJohn Iralaud Catholic paul