The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-23
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Is as much condemned by every humane
man among us as that of the Jews by the
CHRISTIANS. Persecution arouses the live
Hest repugnanoe and calls forth the great
est Indignation from all true men and
women.-l'abbi David Phlllpson, Hebrew,
Cincinnati. Ohio.
FAlTH-Lfe is hard; life is a struggle:
me ls mystery, but life Is not SO hard
but that We can endure 1t; life is not so
much a struggle but that we can win; life
Is not so much mystery but that we can
md out way through It to the land where
all IS clear II depends on faith.-Rev. w.
+. Merrill, Presbyterian. Chicago, ILL.,
ClTIZENSHIP-The day is past when a
dead conscience is the price of party 10y
ATTY Ihey are the best party men who
stand for the right. and as partisan, |
dare TO say that a party does not merit
success which must achieve it at the cost
or degraded manhood The day has come
when 1t Is good politics to listen TO the
voice of righteous citizens.-Rev. S. Il.
Nicholson. Kokomo, Ind.
THE Observation-Disclosures may. 70
out of fashion. but 1t will never be out OF
date. 1t is not local. It applies to the
Fueslans and the Bushmen of Australia
equally as TO the Americans and Euro
peans. 1t is not partial. but all compre-
hensiVe of mans duties to his neighbor.
1t makes no class distinctions There is
one law for the rich and poor, high and
low, kings and princes.-Rev. VIM. K.
Taylor Rochester, n. y.
THE NEGRo-The negro is welcome
guest at every door that leads downward,
every door that tends to degrade him.
that tends TO rob him Of exalted charac-
ter that tends to put HIM on a low plane.
1t Is only when he attempts to stand Shout
der TO shoulder. on the same plane. seek
ins the same honors, demanding the same
respect for which others aspire that the
door is slammed In his face Rev. II. G.
hanson, African Methodist, Cleveland,
Ohio.
MANHOOD-We need higher type OF
manhood IN professional life. at the bar
and on the tench--a manhood that will
sentence a millionaire as mDarullly as "A
bootblack. We need higher type of the
press ami higher type IN the pulpit, ard
lastly We need higher type of Chris
tianity not a namby-pamby religion. but
a religion that is coed for seven days In
the week and twonty-four hours in the
day.-Rev, <. j. Greenwood, Baptist.
Utica, y. Y.
MODERN CHRISTIANITY-W modern
Christians are willing to preach and pray,
but we don't want to associate with COM
mon humanity. The trouble with our
nominal Christianity is that it is too tender
to be touched, too holy to be handled, too
nice to he nudged, too exquisite to be
exposed, too dignihed to be desired. too
respectable for decent people too cultured
for common people, too shallow for SEN
sible people, and too idealistic for every
day people.-Rev. j. l.. Gordon, Independ-
ent, Boston, Mass.
CHRIST-Many seem TO think that tho
Gospel is n very complex system. They
look into the churches. the creeds and
systems and are confused They can't
understand and haimonze all these things
After all, at the last analysis. we find
Christ to be the center of It all, so Christ
Is the source of all this truth and life
Rev. DR.. Smiley, Presbyterian, Pueblo,
Colo.
TRUTH-There Is n Christian Bible, as
there are many other Bibles of different
names, but there is no such thing as
Christian truth. or Jewish truth, or Mo
hamnedan truth. Truth knows no local
name, no excluding titles. Whatever Is
true under one name is true under any
name. Christ was not Christian. Plato
was not Platonic, Buddha was not Bud
dhlstic. These We're universal men. We
have robbed them and betrayed them by
narrowing them to the dimensions OF self
ish and exclusive sectarlanism -i.ev. j.
Il. Roberts, Unitarian, Kansas city. Mo
HELL-Hell Is not n fierce doctrine to
frlghten people into heaven; It Is stern
necessity an memorable law against which
all the waves of unbelief beat in vain. The
old-fashloned theory with Its literal fro
and birthstone and bottomless pit, have
passed away. | call that state hell. when
is bare of all the glories Of the redeemed
life. whether OF this world or the next l
can that hell which is devoid Of all longing
or higher things. of all hunger and thirst
after Righteousness, of all interest I'm Je-
sils Christ. Of all love Of God. When
a man Is in that state he is in hell.-Rev,
Claude Rabotcau, Baptist, Jersey city.
y. j.
SENSATIONAL SERMONS-One objeo-
lion intelligent men urge against inc
church Is its own lack of faith. TINS.
they toll us is seen IN he conversion OF
the pulpit into an arena for the harlequin
ma the substitution for Scriptural preach
ing of the quips aud jests of the concert
hall. Such alleged preaching Is Ike tao
foam cas-: MP By the sea It feeds no man
II Quenches no mans thirst But u Zoos
Mace the church under the ban NJ inteih'
renee and brings the ministry INTO MS
repute. IrreYerent sensaticnalism' per-
hans. more than all other causes com,
bined Is respor sble for the weakened
hold Of the church upon the respect 81
men of sense and sersibitty . u
Nelson. Baptist Brooklyn, N Y
e-u,c-t-r AID SHOTS AT THE PULPIT.