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Ignorance.-It Is a sin to be ignorant
In this country when books are sold at
10 cents each and kerosene at 10 cents
a gallon.-Rev. Sam Jones, Evangelist.
Asbury Park, N. ].
Aimless Lives.-The devil feels sure
of young man who is living In idle
ness. Having purpose In life IL es-
sential to right nving.-Rey. j. X.
Jewell, Presbyterian, Saginaw, Mich
Growth.-Evcry man must grow, an
trees do, downward and upward ar
once. The visible outward growth must
be accompanied by an invisible growth.
Rev. w. G. Partridge, Baptist, Scran-
ton, Pennsylvania.
Suicide.--The suicide is a deserter
from the post where providence placed
him, or a vessel on the high seas o.
eternity without proper clearance pa
pers from any port of time.-Rev. e. 8.
Todd, Methodist, Baltimore.
Meekness.-M Weakness Is not a weak
ness; 1t Is strength. Kindness. gentle
ness, meekness, gives man power In
his very self-possession. He Is calm
and quiet in the midst of threatened
disaster-Rev. Il. Il. Curnick, Method
list, Lowell, Mass.
The Glasses and Masses.-Something
is wrong when so large percentage Of
our working classes never attend d.
vine service. Something Is wrong when
the chasm between the rich and
the poor is continually Widening
r. w. Sharp, Presbyterian, Thomaston,
| Conn.
| Spiritual Sameness.-Men differ In
many ways. Their ability is not al
ways equal, but In the spiritual there
| is no difference. The illiterate, the
learned, the rich, the poor, can come
alike, and be justified.-Rev. Father
| O'Callahan, Catholic, Augusta, Ga.
The Coming OF Christ.-Christ will
come. The belief in hereafter and In
| the personal coming Of our blessed
Lord is not only the secret Of Joy, but Of
holy living. The sense of personal i'm
mortality Is the key to personal right
eousness.-Rev. Adam Chambers, Bap-
list, Philadelphia.
Mothers Love.-The power Of q
mothers love cannot be overstated. 1t
Is as a guardian angel to the boy when
| far from home and loved ones. For all
that makes our country great and good
we are largely indebted to Christian
mothers.
| Justice and Mercy.-Justice and
mercy in our dealings with one an
other, man to man, are near together
In the circle of life's actions. Where
one leaves off the other begins, but the
center of the circle is the relation we
bear to God.-Rev. e. ii. jerks, Pres
byterian, San Francisco.
The Personal Devil-There Is a per-
sonal devil, who Is the tireless enemy Of
all that Is good. If you will believe this
with your heart, it will help you on the
one hand almost as much as your faith
| in a personal God helps you on the
other.-Rev. II. g. Warner, Methodist,
Knoxville.
Political Activity.-Man owes to the
State active participation in practical
political affairs. To be political indif-
ferentist is to be a political criminal. In
this country every man should be poll
tician. More, not fewer, politicians Is
the demand of the age.-Rev. George
E. Reed, Methodist, Carlisle, Pa.
Confidence.-Confide is the great
underlined principle of business, and
when confidence Is shaken you must
expect depression in business. What
we get from God Is through confidence
In Him. Abraham showed his conf
dence when he started to offer up his
son.-Rev. w. r. Lawton, Presbyterian,
indianapolis.
Religious Values.-It Is not what the
church costs In dollars and cents, but
it is what 1t costs in devotion and sacri-
flee. that makes it precious in Gods
sight 1t represents all that Christ calls
blessed. 1t represents everything that
it should-faith, hope, charity, and
gratitude.-Rev. ID. 1. McDermOtt,
Catholic, Philadelphia.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS is the result OF
harmony with our environments. Out
of water fish Gle, the lark would per-
ish in the ocean, the ignorant would
be unhappy amid the learned and the
sinner miserable in heaven because In
each case they would be out Of harmony
with their environments.-Rev. j. Il.
westwood, Methodist, Philadelphia.
Charity.-Christian charity is the love
which one human being feels for an
other when he recognizes him as fell
low-pilgrim on earth, a creature OF
Gods, and because he is creature Of
God he loves him. Charity Is the love
Of God animating the human heart and
binding together all Of his creatures
Rev. Father Byrne, Catholic, Evans
vile, Ind.
He Rose to the Occasion.