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Prof. Story, of Scotland, in answer
to the question whether the palpit is
losing its power, says: ''The pulpit
will never lose its power unless the
person in the pulpit is powerless.n
Instead of the many carefully pre-
scribed rules of Pharisaic righteous
ness, our Lord gives us one grand,
principle: "Seek ye first
the kingdom of God and his righteous
ness, and all these things shall be add
ed unto you. ."-Southern Presbyterian.
Genuinely good men like preach
er who will tell them plainly of their
sins. Worldly men, however, do not
like to be told of their sins, and when
a faithful preacher does tell them,
there are only two things to do-quit
the SHINING or stop the preaching
Lutheran World.
Singing in the choir ought to be a
loving service rendered to the Master,
rather than an attempt to show the
qualities of ones voice. Ifall
songs were sung for devotion's sake,
and not for exhibition, choirs would
be less touchy and congregations less
critical.-Alabama Presbyterian.
The careful and prayerful reading of
Gods word always brings blessing.
The neglect of it brings disaster, Just to
the extent of the neglect. The better
the use made by an individual of the
Bible, the surer will be his growth
in Christian character. The more
general the use of the Bible in any
community the more prevailing will
be a wholesome regard for law and
for righteousness. A neighborhood
in which the Bible is disregarded is a
poor one in which to live or to hold
real estate. Presbyterian.
A man was asked, 'Have you joined
the church," He replied, "No! the
dying thief didn't join the church, and
he went to heaven" When he was
asked as to whether he had been bap-
tized, had taken the sacrament, had
been engaged in active service for
others, he would reply that the dying
thief was saved without doing any of
these things. Finally he was asked,
Chow much do you give to missions?"
He said, "I'm just like the dying thief;
he never gave anything to missions"
His questioner answered, 'Just like
the dying thief, are you? But there's
one difference at least-he was dying
thief and you are living thief."--
Ram's Horn.
King David q Sam. 24:24) said:
'sNeither will offer unto the Lord my
God of that which doth cost me moth
ing" A missionary made fervent
appeal to an audience and urged them
to have ''self denial week" One of
the families, when they gathered at
the table for the next meal, proposed
to settle what each should give up
that its cost should be applied to the
spread of the gospel. The father
agreed to give up his cigars, the
mother coffee, one sister would not
eat meat, and another would surren-
der her butter. Little Johnnie was
rather slow in csming to decision,
but at length said: ~ will give up salt
mackerel; we don't have it very often,
and don't like it anyhow" RAMS
Horn.
Workers, the humble. Not the lead
ers, but the great rank and file Of COM
, mon soldiers, decide the destinies Of
nations. After the battle of Bunker
Hill courier rode breathlessly up to
General Washington at Cambridge
and announced the news. The great
general asked one question-only one.
He did not inquire who commanded,
nor how many were killed, nor even
whether the British were finally re-
pulsed. He simply said: "Did the
militia stand fire?" The messenger
said they did. "Then," was his COM
ment, "we shall win our independ-
ence." He recognized the fact that
the success of the struggle depended
not so much upon the generals as up
on the courage and determination OF
the rank and file. Just 80 in the
Ichurch. II the members are conse-
Grated and diligent Christ's cause will
march on, conquering and to conquer.
I-predcher'g HelpeY.
j In a recent interview with CORES
Ipondent of The Congregdtionalist, DR.
d. K. Parsons, who has given over q
| million dollars to different educational
, institutions, was asked how he made
{ so much money. In reply he said;
"By the strictest economy. Inevei
spent a dollar fooiishly. Ihave never
. seen horse race or a ball game, ol
gone to the theater or the opera.
D belong to no clubs or secret societies
. / live simply. People call me tight
close fisted. | am. Sometimes the,
call me an old Puritan. Then taxi
D off my hat and make three bows ant
y say am proud of that. A good man,
D years ago a man wanted my horses OF
8 Sunday. ] would not let him hav'
them. lie said / was an old Puritan
Ny habits are simple. I retire early
q My house is elegant. My wife has
right to that. We have travelled al
n over the world, That Ia not spendinI
g money foolishly. That has done US
great deal Of good. But my principle
= are those OF a Puritan. have mad
my money honestly. am sharp, bu
have never taken advantage of an
, man.-Rdn's Horn.
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