The morning times., 1896-05-25

share of the lifting or fighting leaves just
SO much for his fellows to do. A live
churchcannot waste timein discussing what
should be done with sleepy heads and the
trtcksters.-Rev. W. H. G. Temple, Con-
gfegatlonalist, Seattle, Wash.
MONEY.
Money may give you fine clothes, but it
will not make you a gentleman. 1t may
build you house but ii will not make q
home. Money cannot buy happiness, and it
cannot buy heaven. What money cannot do,
Christ can. Do not trust in gold, but in
God; 40 not trust in coin, but in ch ara cter;
DO not trust in currency, bu tin Christ. Rev.
w B. Wallace, Baptist, Utica, n. Y.
sECTARIANIsM.
The church has much yet TO do before it
divests itself OF its chrysalis and energies
into the glory of its strength and usefulness
AS whole, the church must diyest itself of
its sectarianism. This has been its bane of
the past. And it is far from being rid of it
yet. But there has been glorious progress
along TINS iiUe in the last quarter of q CEN
tury.-Rey. B. X. Long, Congregationalist,
Columbus, o.
HELPING THE FALLEN.
Society is hardest on the fallen woman 1t
makes II all but impossible for her to return
to clean ana holy life She, in God IS sight,
is no greater sinner than her companion,
and though society forgets or over!ooks the
male offender, 1t has only stones for the
woman. 1t should be our delight to stand as
ready to forgive and help the female sinner
as her male coadjutor.-Rev. DR.. Mitchell
Methodist, Kansas City. Mo
GROWTH
True, substantial growth. whether physi-
| cal, intellectual or spiritual is invariably V
| gradual Gradually the life spontaneous
| goes into the life reflective. Regeneration is
| immediate; conversion Is gradual. AS stars
come out one by one, SO graces come out
| one by one in the soul. First comes the
| state Of sin, then the state of grace, then
| the state OF glory. The growth OF the soul
| too, is always dependent upon personal
| endeavor.-Rev. X. Is. Tupper, Baptist,
| Philadelphia, Pa.
HEREDITY.
| Heredlty is blamed or praised for almost
| every popularity OF temperamentand dispo-
| sttion which so strongly individualizes every
| man living. or course, the law of environ
| ment may change TO certain extent the III
| herited tastes or dispositions. but the child
| OF the poet will have as a rule the poetic
| instinct, whatever his surroundings, and the
| child of the farmer will, as Il rule. fail 10
! develop the genius OF the artist.-Rev. G.
| H Hills, Episcopalian, West Chester, Pa
CRIME IN CITIES.
| Beer and Doodle elections breed a disre-
| spect for Officers and laws. and the city be
| comes the hotbed OF every iniquity. where
| anarchy. riots and crimin mails are multiplied
| The city furnishes from seven to nine times
| as many criminals in proportion to popula-
| ton as tie rural districts Murders in tie
| United States have increased more than tive
| and one half times as fast as the population
| during the last seven years. 1t is III tie
| cities that most OF these crimes are done
, Rev. c. + Henry, Unversalist, Cleveland,
| Ohio.
MOTHERHOOD.
1t is Il fact that the large increase in our
popula tion comes from the poor and unedu.
| Gated. Small families are found among tht