The morning times., 1896-05-18
VIEWS OF RELIGIOUS MEN
Churches Dpgenerating Into Money
Making Machines-Fatherh the
Growing Glory of Man-Good
Words for McKinley-The Bible Is
IA LIbrary-Not Easy Understood. :

In religion and morality numbers are no
criterion. The right and one are amajorlty
Rabbi Philipson. Hebrew, Cincinnati, ONO.
PRESUMPTION.
The souls that presume too much Oh Gods
mercy Will be shpw rocked. God will not
work miracle to save one who courts
teinptaton.-Rev NJ. b. Donlan, Catholic,
Scranton, Pa.
SCIENCE AN ID RELIGION.
Genuine religion gees hand in hand with
all forms of truth. Exact aud large-minded
science is in perfect accord with pure and
spiritual Christiauity.-Rev A. j. Garfield,
Uuiversalist Chicago, III.
PERSISTENCE.
Spasmodic euGeayor to save souls or to
build up the church does but little good.
1t is the constant, persistent work for others
that coGnts.-Rev. w r. Laird, Presby-
terrain, West Chester, Pa.
DEGENERATION.
Many churches are Gcgenerating into mere
money making schemes fashionable clubs
or bureaus OF entertainment. and there is
danger that the divine life is being al
lowedto die out.-Rev Dr. Cartw right, Epis
copalian, Brooklyn, n. Y.
FATHERHOOD.
ing glory OF manhood. All other relations,
positions. pursuits, offices, and honors are
mere incidents and by-pays subordinate TO
this great end.-Rev. DR.. Cherington, Con-
grcgationalist, Seattle, wash.
PEssIMIsM.
The pessimist is a freak PCssimism is
the child OF day or of Il In cod, optimism is
the great under current OF human life.
PessImisTn is abnormal. 1t is disease Of
the mind.-Rey. b II. Overton, Presby
terian, Brooklyn. n. Y.
LANGUAGE.
Words are the sherpeet stiIettos ever
welded by the hand OF friend There is
no sledge hammer on earth so powerful a
language; no lilies so white: no tbCrDs SO
sharp; no poison SO deadly-Rev. Frank
Talmage, Presbyterian. Pittsburg, Pa.
INDIVIDUALITY.
Neither you nor ] have right to ask
any one to accept toureonstruction OF Christ
or the Bible The right to individual be-
iief-that is professionalism, that is Presby-
terianism, that is Christia y.-Rev. F.
c. Vrooman, Presbyterian, Chicago, III.
The stride of creeds S nearly over In
the near future the warning seCts OF Chris
tendon will cease their unChristian quar-
rels that they may join hands in fraterDal
rivalry for the lifting OF the nations. s.-Rev.
II. c. McDougail, Unitarian, Marbehead,
Mass. .-tu-,-. sss. -.-.s.-
AGNOsTICIsM.
An atheist is a man who knows no God
| An agnostic is one who. while tie does not
! deny the existence OF God, claims 10 he
| very much in the dark about the matter
and when interrOgated hens nd haws and
| goes into scientific explanatioEs.-Rev p
= R9 mi
wOMAN's WORK.
To men labor is iifework a nd they pre-
pare for it as such. and fit themselves with
a thoroughness for their task. To women.
as a rule. work is IA temporary ma keshift be-
| tween school and marriage. She does not
! fit herself for hfework as men do. fer
Her future reaches into maria Rev. E
| l.. watson, Methodist. Minneapolis, MINI.
VIVISECTION.
Statistics show that crime is increasing
and u vast amount OF it can be traced 10
tue cruelty of man to animals, and in tur:
to his fellow man. God has given US the
! animals Ia treat kindly. and one day He
Will require an account OF our steward
| ship.-Rev. II G. Coddington. Episcopa
| lian, S yracuSe, N Y.
DANCING.
Dancing is evil. because it takes the
1DlllO from Tue uuIltS bOtl EdS commando
US to perform. Even if it does no harm
to some. II should not be practiced q.
! account of tie effect il has upon the weak
the unbalanced and those of excessively
emotional character. Rev. j. L. Smith
! Lutheran, Pittsburg Pa.
ARISTOCRACY.
An aristoCratic life can be lived in n hut
as well as on a throne. and ii consists il
kinglIness nd knightly kndiiness thai
serves and suffers. that consumes self m.
ConScrves the other self, an atruistic cop,
of divine righteousness. as it is given Il
us in the person of Christ.-Rev. E. T
Lee, Presb yterian, Cincinnati, o.
FALSE TEACHING.
am confident that many lives are KEEP
away from CHRISTIAN activity because o
false definitions CT Christian life, they arr
told to believe certain things as wrop;
which their conscience does not condemn
and the whole meaning and power Of Chris
tian life is lost in q petty wra ngle over
point unfairly gained.-Rev. II. NJ. Bow
der, Congrega gationalist. Braddock, Pa.
CREED.
Tell a mans creed and I'll tell you hi
character. We can't have great Christia
characters without sound, consistent creeds
You can't be a strong man without back
bone. And the creed amounts to no mor'
than the practice or unat creed. I'ha
which l love is the best theology and tn
best practice.-Rev. II. c. Morrison, Metho
dist, Dallas, Tex.
CHARACTER.
Chara cter is what a man is the sum tota
| of himself. Backbone is essential to til
standing power of the human body, and tn
standing power of character is its essentia
element. Nobility always gets its stand
ing place without compromise of principle
that would be quicksand or a floa TIM