The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-03-08

IIEER-y-We hear Cccd deal &cco'
liberty Of conscience and iieerty 81 thought,
wh.oh. in fact Is q plea Tor license 20 tra-
down and destroy. vsth san;le Inference
and rretnase. tire fsith az men II the Oh
and settled truths ot the gospel. Rev. -
p. Baker. Columbus Ohm
woRKrNGMEN--T'he lshorv- q today
may he the millionaire az the future IN
these times o. cAAneeaAle fortunes The
rich man is hS-1 70 convert afser he has
hecornc r4cn and the OILY SUR nay 20
have the -sah IL 70 rSsch them when they
are laharers. REV. W. s Fitch Meth
odist. FsirhAver. Mass.
TIE SALVATION ARMY woaia to
God that every church in Ame-iea WIS
animated with the sair5; ~ the salvation
Army. II So what = golden stream 81
treasure would pour into The stcreAciisss
Of heaven from uhz: has ken reear6ed as
the waste-beaps q human lfe.-Etev- l..
A Banks Methodist Brooklyn. y. 7.
TRUE CERISTIASTTY-Tae church IS
no, Ch-.s.iaafty. Neither is orthodoxy. Z;
IS POSSIBLE tor a church WITH an orthodox
c-ssd TO eA devoid % the Christianity Of
Christ. which IS rsither an organization
no- a creed. sE; spirit and iife--the spin;
Of love an1 tire Eio 9. God.-Rev. W. NJ.
Harris. Bspi,s- Galveston Texas.
TRrFLERs-He who viii trtae with
wosnaa's love VIII t-1as with all oth>=
sacred tAH-rs n TIE universe Lat no
young woman shs6 tear WHEN such a
man leaves he-. Shs shpnl. re3cicc that
hefo-s !; IS 100 late she IS Ire. from su-
ve-t1c4zl tr~Rche-eas haart--Rev. Smith
Raker. Ctrgrs gationslls-. East Boston,
Mass.
INFLCESCE-ou Individual thoughts
ard acts are upe-.sAEtle- Every deed We
y-erfsrTn has an outward and inward office
: ~ moment we Influence others ve ou:-
stives are sp-noed. C7rt,sc, has ITS
hound s'gt rehoVno \ good deed IS
ste-ral. and M power car blot cot The
.aHu~roe x Al evil issi.-Eev :. ). Sci
son, Bapt,si. Brooklyn. X. y.
DAILY RELIGIoS-The Christian creed
needs o be preached 10 the people every
day II the year The trouble with the
Christian religion - that IL Is too much
housed IL I: IS lock=d Up IN the sarct,i-
Arsss on Sunday and locked out o. week
days chu-cnes SHOULD be opened every
Gay In the yea--stshop Huntington. Fps
oolaAaa, Rochester, y. Y.
MANHoOp-Ths best Dissemination for
sly man IS that which gives him the great
-si altitude ard tne greatest latitude. It
upllft and the outlook. BE Bap:ists be
Presbyterian. be Methoiists - Friends
re Cuifs--sns. be Professionals. te Roman
Catholics, be Jews or Buddhists. but re-
rrember. first AMI fore most. you are men.
Rev 2. 4. A!ncSiey. u i;arian. Flor
ence. Mass.
RCSsIA-Ths Russian breathes the air
a. Europe Nnd thinks the thought Of Asia.
Iiis feet are ca the threshold OF the TWEEN
usih century yet MS head Is still In medi-
eayal tine. He m!mlcs the style OF tho
West European, yet follows the habit Of
the Tartar. Ills aspirations are never
very high. ard biz passions are often very
low.-Rey Joseph kranskopf. Hebrew.
philadelphia, Pa
PROFANITY-Profan is a relic Of bar
barisrn and an evidence Of low state Of
hy!rE. II is repuis.ve and gross Insult
20 decenry- i places men IA the lowest
society and robs them OF all self-respect. 1t
takes neither brains nor common sense
20 swear. and generally speaking the less
the brain the profdrer the nan.-Rev. G.
q, Gruver Lutheran, Lockhaven. Pa.
JCUR&AIIsM-The Influence OF the
newspaper is not so good as it might he
rot 30 good as st should he. and not so
- Cd "a We have reason TO demand that a.
shall be-. When one lie Is told it circuld,es
amc us perhaps a score OF persons anu
works eva 10 comparatively small Geld.
hui ono lie published la a newspaper gives
hfe TO Jo,pp9 falsehoods. Rev. G. A. Car
stenseH. In1iar apol!s. Ind.
LUCK AND PLUCK-success In life
does' not depend upon luck Every
man IS the builder OF his owr
destiny aud it Is written in hts own hand
writing. There are no unfortunate DEGREES
OF fate that can not be overcome by tho
determined efforts of man with the pluck
and purpose 20 combat them. Luck should
be spolt with Ave letters Instead of four.
ana those five letters should be p-l-u-c-k.
rev William II. Ftshbura, Presbyterian.
Columbus. Ohio.
MODERN MAnTYRDoM-The days Of
crucihxion arc not over The DAYS of
marytrdom are not gone forever There
IN suffering as Keen as the spear wound
/ aod the thoruy crowns cruel picrclnrs
Every Christian. evary minister, every
| church, must be cruched with Christ TO
worship not man nor Il building. nor an
organization. but God Almighty the owner
and furn'sh"r Of bulldogs and palaces
who has made tho church all tfat is nos
| sihle-Rev. G. +. Kenngott. Conservation
nlls', Lowell. Mass.
PRlsoN-The whole subject OF rrtson
treatment and pardons needs thorough
| oVerhhuling upon scientific grounds. 0 II rs
a burning shame It 'an tc said In any
Christian community our treatment ~ such
thht criminals come out Of the penal IN
slitutions worse than when they entered
| 10 the extent that this Is true. the State
suHtains schools for criminology, instead Of
! Mtorm. and must answer for the consc-
| qucnce. our poniientiaries should be
SCHOOLS not monOy-making Institutions
Rev A. j. Garfield, unlversalist. Chicago
| WoMEN-The greatest agency for tho
nphiting OF our race TO heaven Is our wo-
muhhooh. There II no limit to the Influence
either Tor good or for bad. The greatest of
inc three agents IN the employ OF Satan
| IL eFil women. Take women on the stare
out OF the circus, and from the dance. and
then these places would not be visited nv
men so often-it at all You will never
$50 two men dance a germaa together
itcv. w. t. IIaggard. Nashville, Tenn
MARRiAGG-The highest, most iu-
ror,ant OF all LIES duties and labors must
DC performed strictly IN accord with the
| divine laws az fparrfaga Tho