The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-16

faith In every Instance the tex. has
been carefully read ana abbreVialei'
sELFIsHNEss-To Nv. for s-lt ard
spend everything upon sci: IS 70 i've IN
vain Rev. J. F. Hartman, Lutheran.
Altoona. Pa.
THE sTAGE-rh.. s;ese Is he 70, 70; 81 o,
p pur,'y cr By BE- ygroaeber Bap,ls,. ra,ef
soG. n. j.
INFIpFLS-The argument Of snfteh y
not 80 much against Christ and MS sa!-
walton as srRlnst protesting Christians -
Rev. DR.. wiidcme5. Cousresai!oaalis'.
Aspury PARK, y. !.
GoyFRHNif N-T-Gvi deals with gov
errneu's Is With individuals. where
w. II e isnor'i ttere cometh desifuc-
,iou --Eev. j, l. Weaver. Pre- hyiei'an.
Philadelphia.
SOCIAL. ETHICs-As Columbus i'scov-
cred q uea.ect.I hemisphere. 90 W. az
Just diseo.'i.ns nesitsts. h'I,iis III
ethics -Ref. W. +. craft sbyt-fia"'
Washington.
CHRIST THE EXAMPLE -rhe fame ~
the SAY Tor mas endured through ah tfe
ages. HIS life j. h- nuiy rHi '.. iu
the history Of mankind. We should emu
Episeopai!an. HostoH.
FElkiIS Or THE ~ Us ~ . '"N'i
not 20 be blind To out Nnil'nh rr'iis.
1h.re b. per.i To- qut government 'n iw-
ia grafton, go ~p'iii'F'W ~ NtNl'"i+f.it'
Hey y. X, Leans. Methodist, sal- Lake
Cny.
WAR-The world s. coming 70 IN 'r-
y, mi nora and moro ths absurdiy az
maintaining IA wariike atntnie and sup
porting "a tuues ~ "a -lt
gaining Rev a T. Conrad. Couer.s ga
uonzlts'. Nofcss'tE. Mass
wcMAN--I am ashamed 20 say mat
AID !o..lcs 10 t4e a- woman ba- t'ru
history knows mis- IS ne -heN. y. b.
W1ght, Cuas esaroaal.-i. Gardiner. Ill.,
CITIZENSHIP 80 GOOD citizenship de-.
MAIDS FIRST toe reeag.N on ~ Col a. st'
prone go' '-nor. As eiliz ne men hAN- 60
more fgnt ic igh'fe Coz 'ntA A1 i4'-
Nguaiy If clT bodies arl aql.r t.lpus
70 hin1. - DOES our state.-Rey. C. a
Nsa Anda. Chicago.
STRENGTH or TAE NATION A ma.
Ton may teecr-- temporarily strong by
Injustice hur can r. fe- remain grfaf e1-
ccpi Bag yar' and - . mrrais rtpun-
tor 81 .ie cl'iz us. w no'h!rE OF tAfth
can save Il from dissolution ROY H. -
Jenkins. Presbyterian. Kansas 'iiy.
UrOPfAN ATMOSPHERIC The Ven.-
zueiau AFFAIR. the Turkish a'r0ctns me
cumula'lous ~ U..rSoual wealth hud e.
conditions ~ tne fln, haVe 80 tr~1. 'l'
create au stwo sph.fe MT merely It7pian
Boston.
PATRIOTISM True Ame-'caD ra'rle..
'sm Hes n piGllmcut ~ Amer IAN 'ieas|
ialhe- thar In 0tcHlt'nF urou An'r-
.Auorieau sl.rt to hold iuty higher ,nau|
interest o. hod NE cititer'H OH cations
az least as sacred as hia rign'a Rev !
Mas
oy wE ,Nd3E! TN. 8, an age q yoorr
YcnGtet. our streets arc veneero1, our
th"oloFy trnuch Of ~ ls vcncc, a ana I
am thinking or patriotism iu many omar.
Itev + s Hulbcti. Cougr,rai4orQist.
Oak Park. Ills.
,cIiEERFtINEss There +, no uso 10
be- down IN the dark damp rcuar wtS~
ph'ir are .l*ht aua warmth ard cem" .
ser'iai Of "A Christian - Hhsr ~ r. 100
NiUe Of 1t I'm Tho uVrs of C1rlsirn ne1-
nls Fey J. |. Paxton. Presbyterian. i.hl-
THE STATE The state Is moral or
ganiHm one man Is NOS altogether man.
Human mature can ite maulrrs, ITSELF
velop ia isolation Hence smergr Of very
nccgsslt; ont Of m Co1l of Wmaniy hss'f
rAElliN HE social ifr, 'lripus lifc, puii H.
Tal We ~Rev. n. Luc ook, Method /,
hhtshurg.
MONEY IN POLITICS Tho paid roll.
tcian Is the cause OF All our woe Ho IL
partisan, II is 10 his interest to roo That
unc party that snppirs broad and butter
10 him does not suffer defeat Hv fair
means or hy foul his party mus, Shtaln
the victory, Roy S. Il. Rosslter. rresny-
terlan. New York,
SPIRITUAL GROWTH Spiritual Me /.
growth aud must be fed from streams
divine It's s'nwth goes on through IN,
these hoAcS have rnS'cd away There {.
an advancing hove from grace 10 rrac,
unii the tuN measure ~ glory is attntnct
beyond rho slUcS--Rev. J. a. Clyde. Ban
us,, Philadelphia
OUR FOREIGN POPULATION w,
have twice a. many lrlshmou ip Amerlc.
rs there arc In ireland. md We shall! Fooi
have TO om'rrato 20 ireland IL we wnul,
es age irish rule. W. have on Norwssi4i
fcr every nve IN Sweden aad Il pane 10
every eight In penmark.-Rev, pr. pllle
Methodist, San Francisco.
CHRISTIAN LGVlNG-wo have church
es and affairs all over the land, hut d
they glow with sutticien; love tor human
ity TO warm the souls Of those about VI
they really stand2 DO Individual chris
tians live such lives as reflect about thou
the goodness OF God?-Rev 7. a CanadS
Methodist Paris. III.
ETHICS ABOVE CREED-What Chris
taught concerning character tells us o
today that only Christian ethics gives
frm foundation and Is superior 10 the
ology. which Is only theory whereas re
lslcn Is lfe. The world selects men 10
what they are II We select receiver 70
hank or guardian Tor an estate w
would not select man because he WI
Unitarian or CalVinist. or a Trln,ta
ran. or an Armenian. we would selec
him because he was honest and n tru,
man before men.-Rev. Il. q. Dickinson
Methodist. Columbus. Ohio,
OUR NATIONAL PERIIs-The rrN,,
peril threatening our country today is IN
Indifference to political duty on tho par
OF many good citizens. The ballot DO,
should be guarded against the immorn
vote and the dtsloval vote. America wa
founded as AN asylum for the oppressed
aud she must ever be a refuge for al
people But there should not he a wei
come accorded 70 any one who does no
come 10 our land to he an American. Tn
prenCner of rpyOlutinn tha anastin -