The morning times., 1896-04-20
THOUGHTS FROM PUlPI1S
Epitome Of the G Grealest Ser
mons of the Week.
VIEWS OF EVERY CREED
Civil Service as a Moral Issue-Po-
litical Purity-Rev. c. 5. Lucas
on Deeds, Not Creeds"-Too Much
Gospel as Cause of Christian
StagnatiOn.

Folio wing is a summary Of the principal
sermons recently delivered in the United
States and Canada by the leading clergynen.
priests, prelates, religious teachers and
professors or the Christian faith. In every
instance the full text has been carefully
read and abbreviated.
PURE GOSPEL.
What men want today is the pure Gospel,
not sensational stories or funny sermons
Rev. H. NJ. Watson, Presbyterian, West
chester, Pa.
CHILDHOOD.
A cbild's mind is more active, has more
things TO learn before he is seven years old
than in any seven after years.-Rey. NJ. w.
Reed, Independent, Denver, Col.
GROWTH.
Men and women are developed children.
We grow along the lines OF a past evolution.
We can make no leaps in growth, either
physically, intellectually or morally
Rabbi Elkin, Hebrew, San Antonio, Tex.
MOTHERS.
God pity the man who has a fool OF a
mother. To have a foolish father is bad
enough but foolish mother is a positive
- VI b,
New York city.
CIVIL SERVICE.
Civil service is question of morals and
not political issue. 1t differs greatly from
the tricks and trade of the partisan politician
and is a moral element in governmental
policy.-Rev. w. NJ. Welcb, Methodist,
Tacoma, Wash.
BOARDING HOUSES.
-, ,tofI -
jail, in which to bring up ones children is
the average boarding-house. There is in
nearly every one group of gossips wb opry
into eyerbody's busin ess.-Rev. V. ID.
Talmage, Presbyterian, Pittsburg, Pa.
POLITICAL PURITY.
The church stands for law and order and
righteousness, therefore it has a right to
shed lght-the light of Scripture, of divine
truth-upon the dark retreats of political
wirepullers and political wickedness.-Rev.
G. W. Ridout, Methodist, Philadelphia, Pa.
MYSTERIES.
We live amid an environment Of wonders;
we have touched SO manymysteries wehave
seen so many things done which we solemn
ly thought could not be done, that man
knows their limitatious or can mea sure their
potency.-Rev. Asa SAKE, Universalist, Roch-
ester, N. Y. ''.t"
MAN.
In our attempt tossolve the riddles of the
universe we must be governed by our rea-
son, and we can see nothing higher than
man. He may be enlarged, purified, de-
veloped, but there can never be anything
higher conceivable To us.7-Rev. Lyman Abb
bott, ConRrega tionaiist, Brooklyn, N. Y.
DEEDS, NOT CREEDs.
To have correctfatth is one thing, but a
l. tf1 10 hat Tor inn ,c,
and the deed time is here. higher life, a
purer spirit, are, among other things, i'm
periously demanded in our age of boasted
culture.-Rev. C. S!"Lucas Christian, A lle-
gheny, Pa.
TOO MUCH GOSPEL.
There are men who have h card the Gospel
SO long that 1t has become second ma ature
They have heard it so frequently that the
divine grace makes no impression on them
when the hearts of others beat faster by
reason of the touch of divine love.-Rev.
DR.. Pratt, Baptist, Rochester, n. Y.
CONVERTS.
When get fellow mad enough to abuse
and curse me i expect to baptize that fell
low. It's the man who wraps himself up
in gentlemanly culture, never gets mad and
treats you SO kindly. He is the man that
is hardest to reach.-Rey. A. c. Dixon,
ASPIRATION.
God created man with certain aspira-
tons, and ali the aspirations of the soul a re
| not satisfied by anything on this earth.
No matter how great the honors are that
man may acquire, il will not fill out the
aspirations Of the mans soul that God has
| implanted therein.-Rev. Father Burrice,
| Catholic, Austin, MINI.
THE LAW OF GOD.
| Life is the stamp of the unseen on the
seen. Men have been seeking for the origin
OF life In Spontaneous generation, and
| combinations OF dead matter, but why
| seek for the living among the dead, for
| that life comes only from life is the law
Of nature, or. better, the law of God.-
Rev. D. F. Pierce, Methodist, Rome, n. Y.
MOHAMMEDANIsM.
Mohammedanism possesses some good
| features. It's fundamental doctrine is the
| unity of God, and in that respect it is far
ahead OF The polytheism of paganism. An
other good point is its religious prohibition
of intoxicating liquors. In consequence,
there is not a single saloon in the world
| kept by Mo Mohammedan.-Rev.S ha s. c. Bedick-
Ian, Methodist. Pittsburg, Pa.
PATRIOTISM.
| Patriots are not made by parade and
|
| jingo sentiments and superstitious obeisance
10 any symbol. The roots oftrue patriotism
are the principles of honor, manliness and
| Justice. To cultivate these in the public
school is Of more value than to raise the
| flag agoverit-Rev. Frank Crane, Methodist,
Chicago, Ill.
LIFE.
Life is In no mans hand, and it is non.
sense to talk Of taking it in the hand. II
| is sacrilege to seek even TO touch it, The
suicide cannot approach 1t; the microscope
cannot explain it; it comes and goes at the
beck Of q yiewless hand and n Irresistible
power-Rev. Wallace Nutting, Congre
gationalist, Providence, r. I.
IMMORTALITY.
Mans life needs immortality to complete
1t. A single span is too short to realize
the fruit of honest endeavor, and HEAVIER
with it's completion and perfection fits OF
to this life with it's inadeQuacy and imper
lection The spiritual is the natural bios
som upon the natural; the celestial is the
fruit of the terrestrial.-Rev. n. P. Dewey
Congrega tionalist, Concord, N. H.
sPoILs OF OFFICE.
In the path of progress of the kingdom Of
| GOD on earth there is an obtacle which, a.
| Christian citizens, we ought to remove
1t is the bulwark of all forms of corrup
ton. / refer to what is known as the
spoils system, which, in brief, is the Gus
tom of rewarding political workers witt
office, and makes public office the legitimate
prey of the victorious party.-Rev. A. F
kirkpatrick, Presbyterian, Tacoma, Wash
JEKYLLs AND HYDEs.
Today we meet Mrs. Amiable, tomorrow
| Mrs. Irritable, and next day Mrs. Somebody
else Today she is Mrs. March, and to
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