Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-07-13
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT
AN EPITOME OF THE SERMONS ca
A WEEK.

Thinking and Saying-ThOught roH 'no
Life That Is and the Life That is to
Come
Edited by Will NJ. Clemens-l
Following is a summary of the prln-
cipal sermons recently delivered IN the
United States and Canada by the lead
ing clergymen, priests, prelates, rell-
gious teachers and professors OF the
Christian faith. In every instance the
full text has been carefully read and
abbreviated:
What Chicago Needs.
What Chicago needs is not a revival
of business, but a revival of conscience.
Rev. Kittredge Wheeler, Baptist,
Chicago
Love is the greatest and grandest
foundation stone upon which the human
character is built. Lacking it, a man is
a moral zero.-Rev. o. J. Davies, Epis-
copalian, Haddonfeld, Pa.
Heaven is but another word for har-
mony hell, for discord. In harmony is
blended all that is good and true, and
harmony means happiness. Rev. DR..
Mitchell, Methodist, Kansas City.
No Creeds.
Love of God and love of man are the
only requisites of religious faith today.
The only test of the religion the world
cares for today is the word character. -
d Trl1~ar1nr,+ Chico
A National Sin.
Every sacred thing is sacrificed on the
altar of covetousness-duty, honor, re-
ligion, patriotism. Is it not becoming
the national sin?-Rev. Washington
GLADDEN., Congregationalist, Column
bus, o.
A man with honestly acquired wealth,
using it for the benefit of his race, Is
one of the grandest sights of all ages.
Gold is only current to the grave. Rev.
George R. Wallace, Congregationalist,
Chicago.
The Ministry.
The Christian minister should be the
most manly of men. He should be re-
spected for his manhood, and not feared
for his priesthood or laughed at for
ghosthood Rev. Cortland Myers, Bap-
fist, Brooklyn.
Education.
There is a moralizing influence in
learning The educated man is, by vir-
tue of his education, more likely TO be
pure and true and good than the litter
ate.-Rev. L. f. Marten, Baptist, As
bury Park, n. J.
Parental Authority.
We want liberty for man, woman and
child, but we want the child under sub
lection while under parental authority,
so that they may be under control as a
citizen Rev. J. f. P. Bradley, African
Methodist, Dallas.
Gods World.
This is not our world We did not
make it; we bring nothing into it; we
take nothing away with us; 1t was all
here before we came and will remain
after we leave. Rev. DR.. Weld, INDIE
pendent, Baltimore.
Success.
It is not luck that enables men to
climb to positions of merit and attain
ments; it is the natural consequence OF
high and noble purpose coupled with
industry. M. G. Coleman, Meth
odist, Beardstown, Ills.
Science.
Science is simply inquisitiveness-
the thinker seeking some reason for un-
answered enigmas. The astronomer in
his Investigations is trying simply to
think Gods thoughts. Rev. Howard
Duffield, Presbyterian. New York.
The Law.
The discovery of law as operative in
the natural world has made possible true
science. Lawfulness is synonymous with
progress. Sequence and order are the
fundamental features of law.-Rev. A
z. Conrad, Congregationalist, Boston.
The Bible.
The best answer to criticism of Scrip
ture is Scripture. Know your Bible from
cover to cover. The tidal wave of oppo-
sition to the church is best met by a
clear presentation of gospel truth. -
Rev. Wayland Hoyt, Baptist, Philadel-
phia.
Religious Life.
Never was the religious life of peo-
pie more intense and throbbing with
energy than it is at this moment among
the Americans and they are the most in
telligent and progressive people in the
world. Rev. H B. Steelman, Baptist,
Salt Lake City.
The Flag.
A flags responsibility depends upon
what it stands for The stars and stripes
stand for a government of the people,
the liberty of the people. The flag
stands for freedom and for honor and
right. G. L. Thompson, Presby-
terian, New York.
Society and the Church.
The Christian church is not a reli-
pious club, which meets weekly for pur-