The morning times., 1896-08-24

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successful effort to keep the divine laws
/ of love, justice and hight uppcrmost and
supreme and constant in all the varied eX-
| periences OF life. Rev John Goddard, Swe-
| denborgian, Cincinnati.
FAITH.
Faith is tile 'ma1nspring OF all human
endeavor in the material as well as the
| spiritual kingdom. Faith In the fnteg
| rty of our fellow men is at the founda-
| ton of business effort. Faith in the
| goodness and. mercy, and wise laws or an
| all powerful Creator are at the fonnda-
ton OF orr religious belief. Rev. Charles
| Morris, Episcopalian, Evansville, Ind.
TEMPORAL WELFARE.
The bodies as weh MS the souls of the
peopie need our compassion. Their tenn
| poral as muti as their spiritual condition
| demands our service, and in hundred
| practical ways. In hospitals as well as
| in- churches, in food and clothing as well
| as in sermons and sacraments, we must
| have c,mnpassiouoI the multitude. Dr.
| Cartright, Methodist, Brooklyn.
| THE SINGLE SIN.
The man viii ge down over and again
under some temptation, while he is like
scious of our strength of will, as rule
| we are disgusted to find ourselves on our
backs, floored again and again by that
| one sin which has repeatedly laid us low.
Rev George d. Baker, Presbyterian, Phila-
| delphia.
| s--- CELIBACY.
| Single life, is, infinitely better than un-
happy marriage. Notice how blessed and
| noble a single life may be. Look at Isaac
| Of Pa 1f "a
| Florence Nightingale ana Frances willard
| Celibacy often facilitates ones life work
| 1t is abundantly justified also when its
motive is the hallowed memory Of de-
| parted one.-Rev. A. &. Hutchins, Presby-
| teriaD, Cleveland.
| POVERTY AND VIRTUE.
| The crowd that followed the Divine
Master was OF the common people-the
poor and the simple hearted, the meek
| and the lowly. Such was it in olden times;
SO it is today. If we desire TO meet with
piety, with faith, with Christianity, IL
is generally necessary to look for it
among the poor.-Rev. Joseph Nanan,
| Catho lie, Los Angeles.
THORoUGHNESs.
| No one can enjoy his vocation thor
| oughly unless he aims at thoroughness
| in his work. The finished product af-
| fords deep satisfaction. Thoroughness is
Deedful for success everywhere. No one
| has a right to palm off cheap or imper-
| feet work upon any one. To do 30 is to
commit robbery aga inst God, against
man, against oneself-Rev. J. o. Haryig,
| CoDgregationaiist, Lynn. Mass.
BOSSISM.
| A government of the people, for the peo-
pie. and by the people is a most noble motto,
| and We rise to ii on rare occasions. But in
| q n
| in force century and quarter, in most
| cgmmonwealths it is still government of
| the bosses, FOR the bosses, and by the bosses.
Rev. n. Luccock, Methodist, Pittsburg.
sELF-MADE MAN.
| self-made men are always more efficient
| than artificial men made such by their
| surroundings. A life that rises to great
| and masterful prominence by the force OF
| its own will and the wise direction of its
own powers is a nobler life on the moral
lists than that Of Il being made perfect al
once even by the will OF Cod Rev. E. L.
Rexford, Universalst, Columbus, Ohio.
THE LIQUOR QUESTION.
There is more importance in debased
| manhood than in debase ed COMA ge
Neither of the two great parties has
| ever discovered this. The most impOr-
tant question before the people today is the
| liquor traffic. Reason shows it is a
| shame for the politicians to ignore this
| question out of pure cowardice. The
greatest-hattle to be fought in America
is the battle against rum. Rev. COrt-
land Myers, Baptist, Brooklyn.
PERSONALITY.
We need to distinguish between a per
son and an office. A mans personality
persists through many offices. Grover
Cleveland was sheriff, a mayor.
| governor He is now a President. The
offices change, but the man abides. He
was citizen many years before he was
| President, and let us hope that he will
be q citizen many years after he ceases
to be President. Rev o. p. Clifford,
| Baptist, BrookliDe, Mass.
-.. NATIONAL WELFARE.
If this nation is to endure, it must be
loyal TO God, who caused it to exist, and
whose blessing has thus far prospered it.
Honesty, morality and industry must
make themselves felt. The rich must
not oppress the poor and the poor must
not fight those on whom they are Ge-
pendent. The Sabbath day must be hon
ored and the liquor traffic must be con-
trolled. Rev. W. r. Goodwin, MethO-
dist, san Francisco.
PREDESTINATIoN.
The Methodist church believes the
Bible, and everything in it, and predes-
tination is as clearly taught in the BIZ
bic as sanctificatiOn. 1t is not, However,
Methodist doctrine in the same sense
that sanctificatiOn is. SanctificatiOn is
one of our distin ctive doctrines and
predestinatiOn is one of our neglected
doctrines. CaIvinistic churches empha-
size predestination and neglect sanctifi-
cation. 1t may be as wrong to neglect
one as the other.-Rev. G. r. Lamar,
Methodist. Galveston.
THE COMING CRISIS
believe that there is an Impending
national crisis and that the call of tht
hour is for the largest wisdom. There
lis larger question than the merchandise
Of our silver or gold. 1t is that of simple
honesty and personal and national in
tegrity. 1t is the supremacy Of the nation.
the preservation of comfy between the
varied sections OF our land, and the preach
ing of love, not hate.-Rev Almon Gun
| nison, Universalist, Worcester, Mass.
KIND WORDS.
A single bitter Word may disquiet an
entire family for q whole day. One
surly glance casts a gloom over the house
hold, while a smile, like a gleam Of sun
shine, may light upthe darkest and weariest
hours Like unexpected flowers which
spring up along our path, full OF freshness
fragrance, and beauty, SO do kind Words and
gentle acts and sweet dispositions make
glad the home where peace and blessing
dwell.-Rev T. F. Stauffer, Reformed
Church. Lincoln, .Neb.
INCIDENCE.
A lazy man has no place in position
| OF trust, and l never heard OF God hon
oring man in laziness. II David hat
| hooo ngficphnlder never VrOul(