The morning times., 1896-05-11

eternity itself, we want the Bible.-Rev.
w. c. Spicer, Presbyterian, Harrisburg, Pa.
ARMENIA.
The Arncnians are being cruelty saugh-
tered. and all the great powers Of Europe
are simply looking on. No tongue or pen
can portray the appalling tOrtures upon
those pat todeath and the sufferingS of those
who are permitted to live. They have been
made to suffer for their faith in Christ.
This is the crime the cruel Turk charges
against them.-Rcv. j r. GUcttnah, Luz
theran, Allegheny, Pa.
PREJUDICE.
The natural heart is full Of prejudices
| There is no taste for heavenly things, and
| they all seem bitter. Did Christ's doctrine
cater to mems f!eshly luSts he would be re-
garded by the unthinking and inexperienced
| as making most easy demands. But because
| He preached the necessity of uprooting evil
! from the heart even in His day there were
| men who rorsook hin.-ECv. Z. L. Miller,
Lutheran, Scranton, Pa.
DRIFTING
Few men plunge at once into doubt, or
| deyiltry Men do not become atheists at
| n lean. For one man who rcsolutely sets
his face against God there are hundred
| who drift from him. Men do not become
dishonest and immoral at cnCe. The great
| moralshIpwreck brought daily to our notice
! In the press are all the result OF drifting
| Rev J. +. Carson, Pre- sbyterian, brooklyn,
Y.
| ARRIAGE.
God intends maria ge to be sacred, and
| filial affection must give way TO marriage
| and the care of the family TO cGme. The
| love of man for woman Is so great, ana OF
| such divine importance, that 1t has arrc-
| gated To itself the title OF love, Is though no
| other love exists. Upon the family rests
church and state. and marriage condition
is so sacred that God fcrbidS its violation
even in thought.-Rev. William K. Taylor,
PRESBYTERIAN, Rochester, y. Y.
THE WHOLE LAW.
We forget that the law OF God is unit,
and that IT is impossible to sin against
| part of a unit Injure any member OF the
! body and the whole body suffers. 1t is.
| impossible 10 sin against part OF your
| conscience If one member Of the family
| goes wrong the entire family suffers frcm
it. The breaking of single law is o
| disregard and defy the supremacy of
| God.-Rev z. 4. . Baker, Methodist, Colum-
bus, Ohio.
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES.
Every four years we 60 out in search of
an able mau-one able in the highest and
truest sense. and twice or thrice since the
nation began we have found such man
| Able men do not proclaim themselves
| Great men never seek the Presidency.
| Able men do not wear collars nor hang
tags about their necks 1t is your con-
sciousIy small men that must have toy
| swords and badges aud feathers in their
hats -Rcv s e. Nelson. Baptist, Brock
lyn, y. Y.
EVOLUTION
When we bear in mind that the ape is in
reality far below the dog, the elephant and
the horse in point of Intelligence, and when
we reflect upon the fact that man is Splr
ituaI being endowed with reason and a
moral nature, the idea of common origin
of mankind aud the ape becomes incredible
and it is far easier toaCcept tse declarations
| of Moses than the theories OF Darwin. easier
| indeed OF the two TO accept the African
tradition that men became baboous rather
than the reverse; that the gorilla and the
. | chimpanZee are degenerate descendants o.
man Rev H. r. Barbour, Baptist, Colum
bus, Ohio.
SERMONS
If the pulpit cannot help the pew 1t i!
| time for the pew to GUST the pulpit. Sup
pose a sermon is beautiful So is land
scape Suppose q sermon is deep. So is
well: and vet notice the buckets filled very
near the surface. Suppose sermon is dra
| matte Sois bliZZard-intenSelys so. Sup
pose sermon is absorbing so is dime
novel or a cock fight to certain minds
Back of all these qualifying terms there mus
be that solid, substantial material of help
fulness Then the more beautiful, reflec
tive. dramatic absorbing in It's interest, til,
hebette rthe sermon. Rev w. II. 6. Temple
Congregationalst, Seattle, Wash.
DOCTRINES OF DESPAIR.
Agnosticism skaters the highest stand
I ards of moral excellence, destroys persona
: freedom, robs the soul of God as It's bes
friend and withers the heart life. 1t knows
/ nothing of the forgiveness of sin, because 1
repudiates the fact of moral evil, and there
fore recognizes no redemptive love. 1t rob
man of his personal accountability, and 81
: invites crime and imperilS good government
1t is prolific of suicide and sim 1t is duml
| concerning the future, and can only CUES
| as to the Immortality OF the soul. 1t is
, | doctrine of despair-a huge religious nj
! hIlisin, condemned by science, contradicte,
, bv experience, rejected by revelation, an,
! discredited by ymorality,-Rev. j. Q "A Henry
, Baptist, Chicago, H.
r MATERIALISM.
!, Materalism has come forth from tn
haunts of German infidelity like some hug
monster of primeval days, and has strod
, forth over ehristendom touching every fai
s creation Of belief and fancy and art wit
s his communicating breath. He breathe
upon the Muse of Painting md she left OF
inspiring men through Angelo and Tintore
] and began to lure an attempt through tn
q sensuous school. He touched the Muse O
= Literature and France dropped from th
lofty ideals of Hugo to wallow In the fit
with Zola; America turned from the gent
spirit of Hawthorne a nd Irving and the viril
, imagery of Poe to the salacious vigor G
Amelie Rlves and the tiresome realism c
! the modern novels. He has swallowe
l politics bodily; the true patriotism OF Wasf
ington has given place to the gambling