The morning times., 1896-12-07

woke war, but to prevent it; not to
threaten the liberties Of any, but to up
hold the liberties of all SO long as they
remain loyal to these patriotic and pacific
ideals none are more worthy Of grateful
recognition 10y their fellow-citiZens.-Rey.
j. II. Hull, Congr egationalist, Cleve
land, o.
RECIPROCITY.
No people can live unto itself Nations
are Complementary TO each other What
one may lack arc her may Possess in full
measure. By a liberal policy OF intcrac-
zion the y, oples of the world cannot but
mutually benefit. Selfish su1flciency is the
death knel to po oIle's growth Influences
from without are SO many factors Of
progress. The scattering OF its benefits
unto others is the surcst road to Increase
of greatness.-Rabbi Philips on, Hebrew,
Cincinnati, o.
JUDGMENT.
The time OF Gods final judgments and
the dispensing of rewards and penalties
has not yet arrived The Lord Jesus
Christ does not formally and finally judge
the quick and the dead until the last great
assize at the end Of the world We are
not now through with life. nor is God
through with us. To judge man at present
Is to PREJUDICE him. Judgment is not
the matter winch God has now in hand -
Ign, n. Y. $50
WAR
War that is polite is not war The Gu
bans are making war on the proper lines.
The more savage you can make the battle
the sooner it is done. What is the of
doing all you can to break a man to pieces
and then tenderly binding the pieces to-
gethcr. Make war SO inhumanly savage
that human nature Will not permit it,
hof iS nntr ri ne No fol
ambulance, no quarter, no Red Cross.
Make it too horrible to undertake.-Rev.
NJ. W. Reed, Independent, Denver, Col.
PURE IN HEART.
Many who declare that their hands are
clean and their hearts pure-tell an untruth.
Their hands would be repulsive if we could
see them as God sees them. Many thlngsin
society and business are condoned. There
is a great deal of sham, which, according to
an unwritten law, is looked upon by the
world as right andfair- There is, however,
a standard of honesty, and all should live
up toit. We cannot have clean handsif we
have impure hearts--Rev. r. F. Maclaren,
Presbyterian, San Jose, Cal.
MONEY
Money is of God. 1t is one of His most
benevolent provisions. But it belongs to
Him Every dollar a man has he oTrows.
He can no more claim ownership over it
than he can over the air he breathes, or
the sunlight that guides his steps. 1t is
only given TO man in trust, God is the real
owner. When man IL owes out OF the world
he does no. take dollar with him f the
money he has been calling his own. Man
has but one thing which is peculiarly his
own, and his forever, and that is his char
acter-Rev. Frank Hungate, Baptist,
Columbus, o.
THE TRUE HERO.
The true hero puts no faith in charms
and nostrumS but believes only in hard
facts and in immovable realities. He be-
lieyes in imm utable laws, natural, econom-
ic, commercial, financial, social He be-
heyes in an iron chain of cause and effect,
which for good and evil bind all things
and all men. and nations. He looks at
things and men with clear and keen eyes.
He weighs all matters in the balance OF
sober Judgment He decides whatever
questions and problems come before him
only after considering the ripest eXper-
fence of mankind .-Rabbie Moses, Hebrew,
Louisville, Ky.
THE BIBLE AND PROGRESS.
No real progress Of the race ever started
from infidelity, or was ever helped to sue
cess by men who cut themselves loose from
the historic influences of Christianity. All
| remedial, preventive ana rcdemptive phian-
| Of God, and the men who have wrought
! the most for their fellows have ever been
| guided and empowered by the forces enl-
| bodied and made radiant ill the historic
| events and the noble lives of the Church
| of God in all time, for all real progress
will always be based on the principles Of
| the Bible.-Rev T Beeber, Presbyterian
| Norristown, Pa.
SYMBOLISM
| Beautiful as this description of the higi
| priests robe is, we may be sure that it il
! only the symbol of a reality more beautiful
still in the mind of its designer. The Bib,
| is full of symbolic language, probably be.
/ cause like itself has so much to do withsym
| bols. Man, immortal in spirit, child o
| God. yet lives and works and sings ant
! speaks amid the things of sense and sound
| ever under the necessity of expressing thu
| figures that are but types and symbols of his
| thoughts and sentiments. Rev. G. T Brown
| Congregationalist, Salt Lake City.
CATHOLICISM.
The originality of the Catholic Church
| can no more be denied than can the fac
| that we are governed by the Constitution
! of the United States. 1t cannot be denie(
| that leo XIII is the present head of thu
1 Catholic Church, and we can count hacl
| from this time to the time of st. Peter
| who was the first head of the Catholi,
| Church. 1t can be proven from sacred ant
| profane history that our Lord Jesus Chris
| possessed a divine nature; that he lived
! labored, and preached around Jerusalem
| 1900 years ago. No church but the Cath
| Ole Church can claim for its founder thi
| divine person.-Rev. Father O'Sulliyan, Ro
man Catholic, Denver, Colo.