The San Francisco call., 1896-03-21

the laboring man is sweet. whether he eat lit
tie or much, but the abundance Of the rich Will
not suffer him to sleep.-Rev. j. s. Martin,
Methodist, New Castle, Pa.
THE HUMAN.
Humanity is naturally so material. so limit
ed in its view. that only God in the flesh would
adequately bring man and the adjust Father
into oneness. The incarnation is an inextric-
able mystery, but not more SO than the funda-
mental principles of our life. 1t requires great
er faith or degree of credulity to account for
Christ as mere man than as the God man
Rev. o. f. Bartholow, Methodist, Brooklyn,
NY.
There is a hell-llot the old materialistic
birthstone and fire prison, but, like the king
dom OF heaven, it is within man. Its purpose
is not to scare him or drive him into being
good but to make him so uncomfortable in his
sins that he win gladly come out OF the haunts
of wickedness and dwell in the light OF love
and good will-Rev. c. r. East, Uniyersalist
Kansas City, Mo.
PRAYER.
You may PROSTATE yourself in the dust you
may sit in sackcloth and ashes, you may rise
from your bed and spend the hours of sleep In
wakeful vigils; you may stand as did the
Pharisee at the very altar of God, and speak
loud-sounding prayers, and II your heart Is not
in your words you have not prayed.-Rev. w.
2. Swartz, Presbyterian Wilmington, DEL
LENT.
Lent is forty days of starvation. don't be-
&.
pose all things that attempt to shadow human
ity. There is enough sadness without teaching
men to submit to forty days of sorrow Get all
the hope you can; there is despair enough
enough in the world.-Rey. Il. NJ. Wood, Meth
odist, Pittsburg, Pa.
He'll is peopled with the cold and neglectful
the sinful and corrupt, and ii the cries OF the
damned could be heard there would issue
earthward the wailings of those who spurned
the means of sanctifieation while in the flesh,
and who foolishly imagined that though they
outraged the laws of Christianity they would
not hear the fearful words of just God.-Rev.
Father Curry, Catholic, Philadelphia, Pa.
CONFESSION.
1t is no use to confess your sins and then
proceed to live the same life over again. You
must have sorrow. You must know and feel
that you have offended God. This cannot be
palliated by the mere formality of confessing
your sins. II you want them to be forgiven
you must have contrition and be firmly re-
solved to sin no more.-Rev. c. Z. Woodman,
Catholic, Philadelphia, Pa.
EVOLUTION.
We are all evolutionists, but not all of US are
radical evolutionists. The radical evolution
ist believes that all the processes of God are
growth, and that all forms of life have sprung
from primordial types. Man, he believes, is
no exception to the rule. AS he sees the 1nd1-
so does he believe the race has developed. /
am q radical evolutionist-Rev. Lyman Alb
bott, CongregatiOnalist, Brooklyn, n. 7.
MODERN INFIDELITY.
Where does infidelity get its ideas of justice,
mercy and truth? l say it has stolen them
from Christianity. Where do men get their
ideas of morality except from the Bible? Every
man worships something. Even infidels wor-
ship Ingersoll. They must think as he thinks,
do as he does and initiate his weaknesses.
About all they get is his doubt, and his doubt
means desolation and damnation to the SOUL
Rev. F. w. Jacobs, evangelist, Seattle, Wash.
TRUTH AND LOVE.
Wemust learn to abolish all class distinc-
tions. God is no respecter OF persons, and If
we are to be godlike we must not care for
learning, or position, or wealth, but first have
our greatest care for integrity of character.
We must learn TO present the truth more
simply and practically and in a spirit of love
and earnestness that will do much to recon-
mend it to those who have not learned to work
out their own problems-Rev. W. l.. Gladish
Swedenborgian, Indianapolis, Ind.
A SINGLE-TAX PREACHER.
Equal rights without equal opportunities
serve as fine themes for patriotic holidays, but
do not solve the real problems of society or
industry. Equal rights fiatter our National
and individual egotism, but do not feed the
starving masses, provide work for those VINO
are out of work, or give a real ballot TO the
hoodwinked and practically disfrancnised vo-
ters OF the country. The real struggle is now,