The morning times., 1896-11-09
WnRKS AM FAITH.


read and abbreviated.
WORKS AND FAITH.
A man who labors for the Master as lie
has opportunity grows in grace. We will
be Judged by our works, and not by our
churchgoing and orthodoxy.-Rev. l.. Y.
Graham, Presbyterian, Philadelphia, IA
SALVATION.
The supreme object of the gospel is sal
vation-salvation from sin TO righteousness.
In thi claim IL has never failed. whcrcverit
has met believing soul.-Rev. A. 4 David
son, Meth odist, Kansas City, Mo.
ACTIVITY.
Don't stand still intellectually or spirit
uaily; don't fritler away opportunity. BE
more than simply one of the mass; seize
every opportunity for rinfiuence.-Rev. w. E.
Barton, CongregatiOnaiist, Boston, Mass.
HAPPINESS.
If man would give more attention to the
study of the gospel and the spreading Of its
influences there would be more happiness
and the country would enjoy greater pros
perity.-Rcv. Z. T. Wexford, Presbyterian,
Newport, Va.
HOPE.
Hope is the star that never sets and the
one planet In the firmamcnt that is never
SSAPsSu. LUIS uss Wdlhs btlOIS al
man, never behind him; it illuminatcs the
face thatisset forw ard.-Rev. j. W. Gilland.
Presbyterian. Brooklyn, N. Y.
MERE WORDS.
We are not socarerul with our words I'VE
ought to be. We often wound and are
wounded by hasty or angry or rude words:
we say things not soon forgotten by the
hearer, and for which we feel sorry ever
afterwards.-Rev. o. +. Gregory, Baptist,
Baltimore, Nd.
CATHOLIC AMERICANS.
The better Catholic you are the better
American you are, and the better Am.ri-
can you are the better Catholic you are
and therefore the benediction of the old
church falls down upon the banners of the
young republc.-Rev. d. j. Stafford, Cath
ole, Washington, ID. c..
MODERN RELIGION.
Righteousness is no longer the cultivation
Of the Christian graces, but the endowment
OF college or a hospital. The statute
book is depended upon TO keep men honest,
and a police force and prisons usurp the
functions OF a moral law.-Rev. r. A
White, Cniversalist, Chicago, Ill.
ETERNAL LIFE.
In my creed eternal life is to know God in
ever-lncreasing fullness and &c share with
Him The purity and enjoyments of heaven.
and eternal life, To he cut off from COM
munion with the infinite and shut out Of
heaven. Rev. H II. Barbour, Baptist
Columbus, Ohio.
CHURCH RECRUITS.
The bane of the modern church is its
eager bidding for suffrage, the rivalries,
competitions and chcapness. There is moth
ing more harmful to officers and members
than when church goes up and down
offering all sorts of Inducements for re-
cruits. Rev. S. d. Mcconnell, Episcopa-
Han. Brooklyn.
MISSIONARY WORK.
We are all missionaries. 1t is wrong for
missionary to have a piano for his
children, it is wrong for the pastor OF a
Fifth avenue church to have one. If the
foreign missionary must be faithful even
unto martyrdom, so must the home pastor.
Kew. ii A. Gobin, Presbyterian, Evans
vile, Ind.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION.
II We must have fellowship with God.
we must teach the value f religious
education. The State puts the civil
before religious training, hut that is CON
trary to all Christianity. The child should
he taught religion from its earliest infancy.
Rev. Walter Galley, Episcopalian, Boston
Mass.
THE MOTHER CHURCH
The church is our mother, and when heI
sons and daughters are born to her they
become Christians. Whatever age you may
be makes no difference, you are still a
| babe in Christ. The church, or mother, is
supposed TO nourish and care for her chill.
dren, Just as your earthly mother. Rev
DR.. Williams, Evangelist, Marsballtown,
Iowa.
THE LAW.
Gods law governs the acts OF mankind
in their daily life and builds the edifice
in which we exists. as IL does the business
house OF the body in which we live. We
cannot mention a lawmaker without men
tioning a lawbreaker. Every law contains
righteousness and equity for all alike
Rev. j II. Morrison, Presbyterian, Nash
vile. Tenn.
THE LAW OF SUFFERING.
Gods original plan was one OF happiness
for man. even on earth. Man, indeed
was to be submitted to little trial, but
only such a one as love for his Creator
should have made light and easy. But
man sinned and so marred his own destiny,
| and with sin came suffering and sorrow
so that now the law of suffering is the
universal law for mankind.-Rev. j. P.
| Ryan, Catholic, Davenport, Iowa.
A SECOND LINCOLN.
II the Christian church shall ever need
| another Paul. a Luther or Wesley, God
| will raise one up. II. in the onward march
| of civilization. 1t shall again become neces
| sary to strike from the Scared ankles
| Of an oppressed people the cruel shackles
of slavery, God VIII send them a Lin
con.-Rev. T. W. Davis, Methodist, Phila
! delphia, Pa.
! ..., THE SABBATH.
| The Lords day, religiously observed, /.
| a day of intense labor. and not one o1
| rest. Labor performed as unto the Lore
| is seeking to better the condition. OF others
| idleness, then. on the part OF Christians
|, rs as much desecration OF the Lord.
| Day as labor was a desecration OF The
old Jewish sabbath. Rev, Joan H Eoyet
Baptist Lexington, KY.
| LOVE.
| Love is the greatest thing in the uni
| verse-the greatest on earth or-fn heaven
Love is the inspiration OF all celestia
| song. II is the bond between Father ant
| Son, and unites the redeemed family il
/ glory. God is love. Christ S the expression
4 OF Gods love. Christ's humiliation ant
/ sacrifice are the measure OF that love-
Rev. w. W. Landrum, Baptist, Atlanta
1 Ga.
CHRISTIAN UNITY
| There are many denominations in tb,
church, but this does not necessitate an,
| wanJof trueunity. DenominationalIoyalt
| is important to success. Only sectarianisn
is to be avoided. Let every man be in hi
| own place by bis standard when duty call
| and conflict with the powers of evil |.
1 waged. This is tie secret of progress anG
victory. Rev H. Hostetler Preshyfar