The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-19

ton nations of Europe, demanding of
them compliance with the injunction of
that great jew, Jesus. the founder Of
Christianity. Love ye one another?r--
Rabbi Eisenberg, Hebrew, Peoria, Ill.
Personal Christian
ity Is not an abstract philosophy, or
system of ethics merely, but ii is before
all and above all Il personal religion.
The clam which Jesus Christ makes
upon every man and woman in the world
is one which, if yielded to, must in the
very nature Of things change and trans
form the entire life.-Dr. Lewis Banks,
Methodist, Brooklyn, n. Y.
THE CHURCH--Whie the church
must be in the world the world must not
he permitted in the church. The church
is like river; insist that il be kept pure
The church is temple; keep it from de-
cay. The church is an army; it must
be true 10 its spirit and mission, and he
loyal TO its communicative 7. Il. Bus
field, Baptist. Utica, n. Y.
THE STANDARD OF PURITY
The standard of putty has been steadily
raised, and It Is steadily rising Neither
Swift nor Sterne would he tolerated to.
day in any Christian pulpit. The tone
of English literature has been greatly
elevated since that time, and, moreover,
it Is cause for gratitude that pure and
healthy literatur is. nowadays. quite
MS cheap us that which is filthy and de-
grading. Rev. James Mcleod, Prcshy-
terian, Scranton, Pa.
WAR-War means a picture too horri-
bic TO contemplate. 1t means sacred re-
lationships broken; it means homes shat
tered: il means universal sorrow and
mourning: it means prosperous cities
erased from the map of our country; it
means great fortunes lost: II means an
Inheritance of poverty to our descendants.
War is a relic of barbarism, n brutal
device of savagery. ii has no place in
Christian civilization today.-Archdoaco
II. s. Rousmeniclc, Episcopalian, New
Bedford, Mass.
POLITENESS-Politeness costs little
but it pays well. Courtesy in the home
ia like morning sunshine pouring in al
every window An employer can well
afford TO be polite to an employe, for it
makes the workingman do better work
and binds together the two classes in a
beautiful fellowship. In the effort to
settle the differences between capital and
labor. if we could bring into the CON
moss of speech ii would help ANA .inGly
in solving the qucstion.-Rev. john l..
Jacobs, Baptist Grand Rapids, Mich.
LOST TIME-In view of the brevity
of time and its rapid fight the utmost
care should be taken in the use of time,
lest any of it should be wasted. The
wind that blows by us may return again
on It's backward sweep; the stream that
flows by us may descend again upon
the earth and resume its channel; the
sun that shines in heaven today "may
shine again. but wasted time is lost for
! ever. Wasted health may he restored
lost reputation may be regained; squan-
dercd wealth may be recovered, but lost
time is forever lost and not a single
hour can be recovered, G. b.
Stricklcr. Presbyterian, Atlanta, Ga.
ATIILETICS-In the Christianity OF
tomorrow men would learn of the sacred
ness of the body. Athletics today perco
! lates into all kinds of society. Men
thunder against women riding the bicy
clc but the laundering does not de-
crease the number of women astridc the
wheel. God is behind this general craze
| for outdoor sports. Men now need
health, and God will give it to them, just
ms He gave the world steam and cleo
1 tricity after many years: il was at time
when most needed. Out of this improve
mCnt in health is to come IL race OF
strong men and women. who will be the
greatest toiers ever known in the king
dom of God.-Rev. j. IL. Smith, Meth.
! odist, Trenton, y. j.
| THE UNAVOIDABLE SIN.--The
objectionable sin is the act of one who
is highly enlightened and nj the same
4 tine very malicious against God. Light
respecting spiritual things and malice
against the person, work or offices OF
the holy ghost are the essentials. In
many ways man may commit such q
sin, ana he who would not sin beyond
( forgiveness must take heed how hf
tribes with holy things. To continue tC
say No 10 the offer of mercy is one way
to commit the sin. A wlful and con
tinued rejection of evidence is one way
ANY one who can deliberately reject the
offer of Christ's mercy can commh thf
objectionable sin and be left alone Ny
the Holy Spirit to periSh.-Rey. D. y
Cunningham, Wheeling, W. va.
ENGLAND AND AMERICA-HavC
YOU thought for a moment that wal
between ENGLAND and America would
mean? 1t would be n war between m
two greatest Christian nations of the
earth. 1t would mean vastly more thaI
what is involved in the boundary dis
putc between England and Nenezw'ia
1t would be cHlaiuity rum "H'N" w
cause of Christianity would not recover
for centuries 1t would result IN th'
fatal disturbance of those social com
mercial and spiritual relations which
wear by year have been drawing rhsial,'
and Aemrica closer together 1t wonl'
tend to unsettlc the faith that mas ne
come so firmly fixed, the belief that aftei
nineteen centuries of the reign oil IN
prince of peace. war between ChriS,ihl
nations had become Impossible - l,..
DR.. Cornell, Episcopalian' SIOUX 'ltS
Iowa.
JONAH AND THE WH VIA, ,ntar
story of Jonah and the whale inter
pretcd by liberalists, has been a mos '9.
prolific cause of skepticism; More I'ul
cule has been armed NJ the biple DC
cause of this than any other one INN nm,
The religious world has been more uisas
trously aflicnfd over the attempt
swallow the whale than the Whaie VA
with Jonuh. and a great deal OF nv :,
has been thrown out in the attempt U
dispose of Jonah As long as lai,ins~
defend the story as literally true mgr
, soils will ridicun It as absurdly ialse,
As long AZ one insists on having iona
/ swallowed the other will ENJOY draW ';iiii
; word pictures of Jonah 'dodging rni !, -