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Miracles There Is no greater mira
ele In the world than that which every
man carries under his own hat.-Rev.
George II. Bowling, Episcopalian, I'd
ledo, Ohio.
!. Hate The breach between capital
and labor is wide enough already, and
he is a dangerous man who seeks to
make II more so. Hate heals no wounds.
Hate builds no bridgcs.-Isev. J. L.
Scott, Presbyterian, Philadelphia.
Poetry.-Poetry seems to be the nat
ural language OF the soul under the
Immediate influence Of the spirit or
God: the natural language OF the soul
when it is keyed up to its natural pitch.
Rev. II. A. Thomas, Congregational
list, Boston. Mass. "a VI
The Christian Life.--A Christian life
does not consist N believing long
creed or long list of doctrines. A
man might believe in these, might
know the creed by heart, may read the
Bible every day, and yet not be a
Christian, or lead Christian life
Rev. r. G. McNied, Presbyterian, Salt
Lake City, Utah.
Self-Love.-It is mans duty to love
himself. So self-preservation Is tile
/ first law of life. To take my own life
| is as much murder as to take the life
Of my fellowman. But self-love is diff
ferent from selfishness. Self-love Is q
duty; selishness is a sin.-Rev. w. Il.
Partridge, Baptist, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Equality.-What makes a man is not
circumstances, but self; not the accl-
dental but the essential; and beneath
mankind there is y strong, solid sub
stratum. All men are alike in their
origin. The Lord is maker of them
all, rich and poor, great and small,
Christian and pagan.-Rev *. b. Tup-
per, Baptist, Philadelphia.
Nature.-Nature is full of our own
human heart; is a reflection of our own
nature, and the beauty we admire in
1t is the sympathetic expression Of the
beauty Of our spirit. We act upon 1t.
and it reacts upon us. Thus the beau
ty, the grandeur Of nature is a part Of
our own beings-Rev. NJ. q. Linton,
Universalist, Charles City, Iowa.
Creed.-Let us not think too much of
form. God can educate the world and
redeem 1t without the church IL he
wishes. At the last we have him and
need no temple, rs the plants which
have the summer sun need no dollhouse
The sun shines and the Land smiles
God near to each is the final temple
Rev. John Rusk, Militant Church, Chi
cago.
Dcath.--Death in the country seems
always attended with a deep and pc
culiar pathos. In the city life Is go
compact and eager that its noise and
hurry close in quickly, even rudely,
upon the loss Of death. 1t is as 1t Is
In battle, the break in the ranks is in
stantly filed, and the pushing column
marches on.-Rev. j. IL. Cobb, Congre-
gationalist, Denver, Col.
Love for God.-We should love God
above all things. because he is the SUI
preme God, and because he is the au-
thor of everything that exists except
sin. Our soul is the image of God;
and this is why the devil hates the
soul and tries to destroy it. The
enemy of the soul holds high carnival
when he takes a soul from God. The
world would have gone on without us
had we never been born, and it would
be impossible for us to exist were
God to withdraw from us n single mo-
ment.-Mgr. Thorp, Roman Catholic.
Cleveland, Ohio.
The Remedy.-There is but one rem
edy for the ills of society. That s the
gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. the
great thought OF which is reconcilia-
ton by sacrifice. The golden rule
must be applied, and when generally
applied we will find that goodness has
promise of the life that now is. as well
as Of that which IL to come.-Rev. ].
b. Westcott, Methodist, Philadelphia.
Pa.
Art.-Art is something more than n
mere ornamental fringe on the social
garment. 1t continually opens new
windows to reality, and does a work
that produces n priceless harvest to the
soul. The true artist. be his language
architecture, sculpture, poetry. music
Orpainting, Is ordained for the strength
ening and enrichment Of human life
Rev. d. Dorchester, Methodist, Pitts
burg, Pa.
Labor.-The noblest thing in the uni
verse Is honest labor. 1t is the preserva.
tive principle of the world. Labor
raises cities, adorns the earth and beau
titles with works of art; whitens the
sea with wings Of commerce.; binds
continents together by means of the
telegraph; extinguishes barbarism and
plants civilization upon its ruins. Thank
God for nation of workngmcn.-Rcv.
g. o. Baechus, Methodist, Washington
ID. G.