Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1896-12-15
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Of Truth Cleaned From the Teach
ings of All Denominations.

Gems of Truth Cleaned From the Teach.
ings of All Denominations.
Art serves All important purpose. but
art separated from religion is dangerous.
Religion restraints art, and it then be-
comes beautiful. The value Of work of
art lies in the soul which the artist puts
into it-Rev. DIR. Lorimer, Baptist,
Boston
The Average Politician.
The average politician il backbone.
less. He is all things to all men. He
can be good Lord" or good devil. "
He is "a purchasable commodity. Dear
at any price he is, for he is always back
on the market Rev. DIR. w. Is. Leach,
Methodist, Chicago.
Three Kinds of Warfare.
There are three kinds of warfare in
which every good man engages-the Of
fonsive, defensive and suppressive. Sin
is the enemy, and the great fight con-
sists in destroying sin and saving the
sinner. Rev. w. A. Gardner, Chris
| tian, San Francisco.
| Practical Pity.
There Is nothing more hardening TO
| the sensibilities than the failure to
translate pity into action. Christ's pity
was practical. We are told he had COM
passion on the hungry multitude, and
the immediate result Of il was how
many loaves had he. This is finely IL
| Illustrative of the way in which Christ's
whole nature moved at once and in uni
son. Rev. George ID. Baker, Presby-
terrain. Philadelphia.
| Qualities Essential TO Success.
There are certain principles that
make man successful if followed, and
chief Of these are sobriety, industry and
integrity. II they are faithfully applied
by man, he will succeed. The greatest
recommendation young man can have
is that Of personal character. No large
| corporation or business house will en-
| ploy young man whose character is
not good and who is not honest, sober
and industrious. Rev. l. V. Canter,
Methodist, Washington.
The Power OF Prayer.
We need not only To be trustful, but
| prayerful. Prayer is great power. Did
| you ever think that every time you pray
you bring Christ and heaven nearer to
earth? Look at the many men carrying
on great work just by prayer. Oh, if
we would all pray trustfully, what great
| good would be dOncl And we must help
one another. Happy, prosperous business
men, think Of your poor ncighbor Go
and encourage him. Tell him why he
| does not succeed. Give him some Of your
wisdom. BE helpful and prayerful -
Rev. \. G. Barron, Baptist, Louisville.
The Function of the Church.
1t was to urge men TO forsake sin and
| to explain 20 them the possibility Of
| salvation that Jesus came 20 earth and
assumed manhood. As God may be seen
through the universe. SO is 1t possible
, to see what a man is by what he does
There is no such thing as "a soul, while
| in sinful state and with "a sinful dis
| position, having communion with God.
But the soul may be taught purity and
| love for its Creator, just as the body
may be trained. The great agent through
which such growth may be obtained is
the church. Bishop Foster, Methodist,
| Brooklinc, Mass
|
1t was "a heaven born zeal that led
| John Knox 10 cry out, ooh, God, give
me Scotland or | dier' That induced
Whitcfield 10 exclaim, Give me souls
| or take miner' And that filled John
Wesley with the desire 20 preach beyond
| old England. declaring that the world
was his parish. But in the case of none
| % ~. f,I1,,,.rS hos E,dlr cool ,,r.x.J
upon their vitals like a consuming fire
as it did upon him who said. "Wist ye
not that l must be about my Father s
| busincss?" and who was wounded for
our transgrcssions and bruised for our
iniquities. Rev. David J. Beale. Pres
bytcrian, Philadelphia.
Choosing "a Vocation.
Some people often misnterpret their
life work. Iremember "a young man who
imagined he had received "a call to the
gospel ministry. The young man stated
| that he was ready 10 be ordained and
| begin the work He said he had receiv-
| ed vision. and emblazOned on the sky
were the letters G.. =. q. He inter
| preted them, "Go preach Christ. \
member of the church who was present
asked If the letters could not mean, $50
pillow corn. =" Some men have an idea
they can do something when they can't.
They should learn TO gauge their work
by the measure of their abilities. Rev.
DIR. Laudrum, Baptist, Louisville.
Fashion and Life.
The great mistake in life is to think
that each succeeding phase and fashion
is the real thing, while, i'll fact, each is
but passing show. This is an abuse of
| life. Another abuse is to underestimate
its real value in opportunity, friendship,
development of character, success, etc.
All these are of value, and how best 20
use them is the secret Of the best use of
life. God puts no premium on misery,
but means that each individual shall
find happiness in life; so he has or
dained that happiness does not waste in
the using, but rather breeds more hap
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