The morning times., 1896-11-16
Gleanings From
Sermons of Yesterday
the Country Over

io 30 Outs Dub DIdNtTg HfTplsIl anu
staying qualities on the battlefield. amid
shot and shell and belching cannon and
fire and blood and smoke, prove a man
Ia soiuier. touiIcls, aLe huG t.rt.ss parade,
are the test Of a soIdier.-Rev.. J. +.
Meyer, Reformed Church, Altoona, Pa.
UNSAFE GUIDES.
The blind leaders and the blind both fall
Into the ditch together. The man who fol-
lows the willow-o the -wisp is. sure to land
In the bog. The SIRENS voice lures the i'll
fated ship OF state to the hidden reef. A
false light is more dangerous than none at
ali. The awful wrecks which we behold
on every hand, on every shore, of every
class, Is due to the misdirection OF unsafe
guides. KEY. j. q. c. Henry, Baptist,
Chicago, Ills.
TRUTH
There Is no ally SO strong as truth. We
are greater towards than we need be. Truth
respected will Tree US from cowaruice. Step
ping out IS Judgment. and We can step out
with truth for our ally easier than we think.
The man whose life is buttressed with gospel
truth carries asuprene courta bout with him.
truth that passes upon his own life, and
judges the world through which he pass 60.
-Rev. S. g. Anderson, Methodist, Toledo, o.
AUTHORITY.
The Bible has authority, not because it is
an ancient book, but because IL eulbodi"s
the truth which Christ has revealed. The
Church has authority only To make known
to men her Masters Will, and TO carry
on the work which he inaugurated; and
WiieH tnt CHuTCH UNDERTAKES 10 speak III
her own name, and seeks TO impose her
own authority, she sinks to the level Of
the worlds religions, and her ministers
become merely one set OF scribes among
hosts OF others.-Rev W. S. T. Bryan,
Episcopalian, Chicago.
THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC.
God has 1871 temples and III ,O36
ministers in the country working Tor the
10000 temples and SUD, 600 priests for
the destruction and dannation Of men.
The groggerles Outnurnber the churches
almost two to one, and there are nearly
five times as many bartenders as minis
tiers. Then twenty-fiv times as much
money Is spent every year for drink ds is
given for the church and benevolent pur-
poses in this country.-Rev. Frank Hun
gate, Baptist, Columbus, o.
SUCCESS.
Each Emerson. each Webster each Burke,
tolls for thirty years upon his books and
briefs before ne finds fame. Success is a
pathway measured by thrtisscore years
The Micawber who reads law III The spring
tines life insurance in the fall. farms one
year and fishes the next, ends in poverty.
II not In the pOorhouse. No art Or s'ience
has yet been found that does not ,.sk for
seventy years OF uninterrupted ,',il.-Rev.
n e. ID. Hills, independent, Chicago.
CHEERFULNEss.
Persistent cheerfulness is a grace that
neeus nur ure some plants h n! not en-
dure the rigors of our climate without great
care. but after time they develop
haIGihoOd and defy winter winds 3Hu sum
mer heat. Personal sunshine acCumplishcs
precisely the same results in the I"urt that
are accomplished BY sunshine in the ma
by cheerful heart are burden hghteners.
Difficulties are divided and delights are
doubled. Rev. A. 2. Conrad, COngrega-
uonaiist, Worcester, Mass.
GODS WORK.
Put yourselves into Gods hands and He
VIII work His Will. MnSpS fiInin : y,nIl
are. He made excuses as you do. God used
him as He VIII use you when You give Your
power to your faltering speech your tongues
shall speak effectively. God did not ask
Moses what he thou:.It OF the rod he held
in his hand; lie sent him forth to do
mighty work with il. God has given each
OF Us just such powers as He will use when
we conseCrate ourselves To Him.-Rey.
j. l.. Ray, Baptist, Brooklyn, n. Y.
GLOOM.
The danger to which most of us are ex-
posed Is To think of the evils and the Ills
OF life. We think Uf the three DAYS of storm
in the month, overlooking the twenty-eight
beautifuin nd bright ones; OF the two weeks
sickness, forgetting the fifty weeks of good
br'iltA. Ne t..tun % me t',o or tuJet. mean
| persons who havesaid something gainSt US.
| forgetting the many. who have spoken well
| of Us. We look at the thuusa nd dollars lost,
and fail to congratulate ourselves IN the
thousands made.-Rey. Richard Harcourt,
Methodist, Philadelphia, Pa
MYSTERY.
We live in a large world, the mysteries
| OF which have never yet been half revealed.
| You can fathOm the bottom OF the seas
aud find myS erleS stiIi man has not
solved: turn the telescope 10 the stars and
| discover heavenly bodies hitherto un-
| known to the astronomers OF the world;
| to the northern regions you can send eN-
| plurerS. and they say Greenland is a vast
continent. Great old Africa is not OF our
| bpyhood days, but 1t is still a mystery.
We live III a large wCrid, and / tuhe> a
| great while to get around Bishop Hurst,
Methodist, Cincinnati, Ohio.
PEACE.
| The love of Jesus Christ is bringing the
world to n true brotherhood. The heart tina
| love. The man who a little before smote
| down his fellow now reaches forth his
| hand to lift him up. Men in their selfish
ness would shut out the poor, the lame, th
| ton, but Jesus reaches forth his hand of
| love to every class and to every condition
| Of men, and lie never rejects any. Thus
| peace is Coming to all troubled lives in all
the nations. Key. s; r; Wallace, Presby-
| teran, Brooklyn, n. Y.
| DEFEAT
I can conceive of no greater calamity
| Christian Church. Do You see what it
| would mean? Defeat OF the hope of ever
| lasting Hfe through Christ, defeat of all
| those graces and blessed ministries which
| are taught us not only in the Ten Com
| mandments and in the sermon on the
| mount, but in the whole life of Christ 1t
| would take out OF our literature the songs
| of praise to God, the songs OF hope, the
| songs of encouragement that make the
| Christian Church a helpfui power the
| terian, st. Paul, MINI.