Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-07-11
fEdited by Nil q. clemens.

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Edited by VIII u CIemens.l
Following Is a summary Of the prin
cipal sermons recently delivered in thu
United States and Canada by the lead
ing clergymen, priests, prelates. reli
gious teachers and professors Of tn,
Christian faith. In every instance thu
full text has been carefully read ant
abbreviated:
What Chicago Needs.
What Chicago needs is not reyiya
of business, but revival of conscience
Rev. Kittredge Wheeler. Baptist
Chicago
Love is the greatest and grandes
foundation stone upon which the human
character is built Lacking it, a man il
a moral Zero Rev. o. J. Davies, Epis
copalian. Haddonfleld, Pa.
Heaven is but another word for har
mony; hell, for discord In harmony il
blended all that is good and true. ant
harmony means happiness. Rev. Dr.
Mitchell, Methodist, Kansas City.
No Creeds.
Love of God and love of man are tht
only requisites of religious faith today
The only test of the religion the worlt
cares for today is the word character. -
Celia P. Wooley, Independent, Chicago
A National Sin.
Every sacred thing is sacrificed ON the
altar of covetousness-duty, honor, re
hgion, patriotism. Is it not becoming
the national sin?-Rev. Washington
GLADDEN., Congregationalist, Colum
bus, o.
Use of Wealth.
A man with honestly acquired wealth,
using it for the benefit of his race, il
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 fo1
ghosthood. Rev. Cortland Myers, Bap.
fist, Brooklyn.
Education.
There is a moralizing influence IL
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 q
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; it was all
here before we came and will remain
after we leave. Rev. DIR. Weld, indie
pendent, Baltimore.
Success.
1t is not luck that enables men tC
climb to positions of merit and attain
ments; it is the natural consequence Of
high and noble purpose coupled with
industry. Rev. M. 6. Coleman, Meth.
odist, Beardstown, Ills.
Science.
Science is simply inquisitiveness-
the thinker seeking some reason for un.
answered enigmas. The astronomer il
his investigations is trying simply tC
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 q
clear presentation of gospel TRUTH
Rev. Wayland Hoyt, Baptist, Philadel
phia
Religious Life.
Never was the religious life of a PEG.
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 upor
what it stands for. The stars and stripes
stand for government of the people,
the liberty of the people The flas
stands for freedom and for honor and
right.-Rev c. L. Thompson, Presby.
terrain, New York.
Society and the Church.
The Christian church is not reli
gious club, which meets weekly for pur.
poses of mutual acquaintance and i'm.
provement. Sociability is a good anG
needed thing, but the church is not q
mutual admiration society. Rev w.
7. McElveen, Congregationalist, Brook.
Ign.
Church Growth.
The church is numerically stronger
than ever before; the influence of the
church and pulpit is stronger than ever
before; Christian principles are inf1uenc-
ing the minds of men more deeply and
in more ways than ever before. Rev.
T. w. Hamilton, Universalist, Roxbury,
Mass.
MateriaIism.
The materialistic philosophy of the
times is not the cause of materialism,
but materialism is the cause of its own
philosophy. When men are determined
to go in wrong path, they wish to be
furnished with reasons for considering
it the right one.-Rev. c. K. Binder.
Lutheran, Camden, N. j.
Boys.
We like and love the boy who is every
inch of him boy. God never meant
boys to be namby PANTY and girlish,
but he did mean boys to be men, and
whether we become the right kind Of
men depends upon the ideals that we
have as boys.-Rev. J. c. Mitchell,
Episcopalian, Philadelphia.
Theology.
The religions of diffSent peoples re-
fleet their racial characteristics or the
stages Of their culture What men really
think and feel concerning God is deter
mined more by their associates and en-
vironments than by theologians or any