The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-19
RELIGIOUS THOUGHTS.

RELIGIOUS THOUGHTS.
The following is a summary q 'le prir
o!pd sermons recently delivered in TIE /
Cn.tel States and Canada Wy inc leadi1g
clctsYmen priests, pr,lafes. rAiic gus
faiih. In every instance the fnii teSt has
been carefully read ana abbreviated.
INCoNsTANCY.-It IS better - he a
skeIjic than 70 pr untrue - ORES in4iiil- |
tons. ones reason 5r ones cor= .enr"..-'
Rev l.. b. Voorhees,. Methodist Norfolk
virginia.
1NDoLENCE- The radical vice Of the /
tunes is the desire 70 got something for {
nothing. or az pear TO nothing as p9ssihlee--
Itcy. Henry II 3pllns. Conereea'ionaiist /
Kansas city No
V1RTUE.-A NE AZ saurtlty ard purity
is a more potent examrie for men % live
hv than any amount ~ crecds and n7c-
trineS.-K"v. K. 4. Van tossen. fgrsny-
terrain, Allegheny, IA.
EQUALITY Every person born on this
earth has Il ifnhte possibility OF ktowinr
God and - overcoming evii tendencies.
pa.niua; 10 th" and llfc eternal.-Nev. Ida
G. Hutton, Unitarian. Mol,ue. III.
THE PRESS Tho lnny papers are tor
\
IN check Through fear ~ their tower 80
de'cct aid EXPOSE. Reputation dear even
20 the ,onscisr, eless.- Rev. Tnso. Clifton.
CONFERENCE.-The, chicago, III.
THE HOME. TIL iieal home begins tn
marriage. \ man or woman may have "A
r. en- where he she stays. but thpi Is
not a home. The priest comes ths i.rares'
Of having home without having uno.--
Nvv. T.. NJ Wool, Methodist. AlleshAny,
Pennsylvania.
HARMONY. The iren' MOOD N the
world IA religion which can hprnon;1r
tic interest of the inlivfanal WIN the
interests Of society which can mako the
desire Of tho !udipldual and IN. d.sire az
society one and tho same timing Rev, ii
.Blgolow. Congrcaauoaalist. Cincinnati.
Ohio.
cRAToRY We have nil heard speakers
who wore rhetorical ana orator.cal. but
they said nothing. Every statement shnuld
he clear. Some people who are called deep
arc muddy. Like some Florida streams in
the intellectual word clearncss and depth
20 togothnr.-Rev. W. n. Moore, rreHby-
terrain. Doylos,own. IN.
RELIGIOUS LTBERTY.-Re lb-
er,y Us tho most rcsplcnden, gem IN CO.
lumhas diad"in Let not this jewel hc
dlmmod hy narrow mindeancss and IA
natioism. This is a FREQ religious country.
and church ana synagogue. with tho ais
of the press. nre the powers behind the
throne Rev. H. Win'ner Hebrew. Brook
Ign, n. Y.
WORK Work Is necessity. Worl,
tclisl No matter by whom II Is done. A
dollar of help II "A dollar tu be credited on
the right side of Gods ledger. whe'hor 4,
comes from the Hid glpvod hand of the r.,
fined or the hesrlmcd hand Of The ARTISAN
Rev. Richard Ilarcourt, Methodist. phlla
dclphia. Pa.
TODAY AND TOMORROW To-day tn.
riches OF the world, aud the pleasures o
the world, and tho hnnors of tho world ar
the things which clamor for your atten
tlon and for your life, aud you arc To MAX
choice between them ana the glory tina
shall be revealed hereafter Huv. IN
Smart, Methodist. Memphis, Tenn.
MUNICIPAL EViiS.--Thore are thre
organized iniqultics, parasites on modnr
city life which threaten every munlcipalt
In our land. They tho saloon, the Oh
gnnzed purveyor to drunkenness; tn
brothoI the organized caterer 10 huma
lust and the gambling hell. which is IN
business manager for the gambling mani
--Rov. j. T.. Stout. Methodist, st. Pau
MINI.
GOD AND MAN God governs in Il
life Of man by trusting each with son
GIT. NO outward array, no numbers, M
mere statistical army. counts in the kim
dom of God. ono single soul true unto
ideal one single soul sweet In its chart
and true to heavenly Instincts brings Il
Kingdom OF God near.-Rev. VIM, H. Ride
univcrsalist. Gloucester. Mass.
THE TURKS.--The Turkish govcrnmc
has no right TO exist. 1t Ia fast dy,n
Heaven and earth AFRO against II. ON I
Wall the handwriting Of destruction IL
ready visible. The persecution of tn
against Armenian comes from the fhna
cal hatred of Moslem TO Christianity. II
through the results of this same hatr
the Ottoman empire Will perish.-Rev.
-. Topper. Baptist, Philadelphia, ia.
MANHOOD. - The true type OF Ia,
manhood IL not the ascatic man with
starved and weakened physical deNeis
ment. but the athletic man In whom
faculties are keenly alive but held Ia Ell
poise by the predominance of the mo-
law In every part Of his being. NOT OF
ward weakness. but inward strength, mi
~ the test of morality In life.-Rev. A.
Hudson. Unitarian. Salt Lake city Wa
WEALTH. Sp;riinnl riches. the riches