The morning times., 1896-07-13
THOUGHTS FROM PULPITs.

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THOUG HTS FROM PULPITS.
Epitome of the Leading Sermons of
the Week F
Following is a summary OF the principal
sermons recently delivered in the United
States and Canada by the leading clergy.
men, priests, prelates, religious teachers
and professors of the Christian faith. In
every instance the full text has been care
fully read and abbreviated:
LOVE.
Love is the greatest and grandest founda-
ton stone upon which the human character
is built. Lacking it, man is Il moral zero.
Rev o. ]. Davies, Episcopalian, Haddon-
field, Pa.
A NATIONAL SIN.
Every sacred thing is sacrificed on the
altar or covetouSness-duty, honor. religion
patriotism. 1t Is not becoming the national
sin?-Rev Washington GLADDEN., Congresa'
tionalist, Columbus, Ohio.
HEAVEN.
Heaven is but another word FOR harmony,
hell, for discord. In harmony is blended
all that is good and true, and harmony
means happiness. Rev. DR.. Mitchell, Metho-
! dist, Kansas City.
SCIENCE.
Science is simply nquisitiveness-the
thinker seeking some reason for unanswered
enigmas. TIE astronomer in his investi-
cations is trying simply to think Gods
thoughts. Howard Duffield, Presby-
terian, New York.
SUCCESS.
1t is not luck that ena bles men to climb
TO positions of merit and attainmeBts;
1t is the natural consequence OF high and
noble purpose coupled with industry
Rev. NJ. q. Coleman, Methodist, Boards
town, Ills.
EDUCATION.
There is moralizing influence in learn
ing. The educated man is, by virtue OF his
education, more likely to be pure and true
and good than the iiliterate.-Rev. l.. F.
Marten, Baptist. Asbury Park, n. ].
THE MINISTRY. .--.s
The Christian minister should be the
most manly OF men. He should be re-
spected for his manhood, and not feared
for his priesth ood or laughed at for
Ghosthood.-Rev. Cortland Myers, Baptist,
Brooklyn.
PARENTALAUTHoRI
We want liberty for man, woman and
child, but we want the child under SUBJ
lection while under parental authority,
so that they may be under control as 4
citizen.-Rev. ]. F. p. Bradley, African
Methodist, Dallas.
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
To-, D-y- A
z. Conrad, Congregat tionalist, Boston.
No CREEDs.
Love of God and love of man are the
only requisites of religious faith today
The only test of the religion the world
| cares for today ! S the word character
Celia P. wooley, Independent, Chicago
USE OF WEALTH.
A man with honestly acquired wealth
using it for the benefit of his race, is one
of the grandest sights OF all ages. Gold
is only current to the grave.-Rev. George
| R. Wallace, Congregationalist, Chicago.
GODS WORLD.
This S not our world. We did not make
| it; we bring nothing into it; we take moth
| ing away with us; 1t was all here before
| we came and will remain after We leave
| Rev. Dr.. Weld, Independent, Baltimore.
THE BIBLE.
The best an swer to criticism of Scripture
| is Scripture. Know your Bible from cover
| to cover. The tidal wave of opposition
| to the church is best met by n clear pres
entation of Gospel truth.-Rev. wayland
| Hoyt, Baptist, Philadelphia.
RELIGIOUS LIFE.
| Never was the religious life of people
| more intense and throbbng with energ,
| than it's at this m ON ent among the Ameri
cans, and they are the most intelligent
| and progressive people in the world.-Rev
n. B. Steelman, Baptist, Salt Lake City.
THE FLAG.
| A flags respecta bility depends upon
] what it stands for. The Stars and Stripes
stand for q government OF the people,
the liberty of the people. The flag
stands for freedom and for honor and
| right Rev. C. L. Thompson, Presbyterian
New York.
SOCIETY AND THE CHURCH.
| The Christian church is not a religion.
club, which meets weekly for purposes
| of mutual acquaintance and improvement
Sociability is a good and needed thing
| but the church is not a mutual admiration
society.-Rev. W. T. McElveen, Congrega
tionalist, Brooklyn.
| CHURCH GROWTh.
The church is numerically stronger thar
ever before; the influence of the church
and pulpit is stronger than ever before
Christian principles are influencing the
minds Of men more deeply and in more
| ways than ever before.-Rev. F. W Hamil
ton, Universalist, Roxbury, Mass.
THEOLOGY.
The religions of different peoples 70.
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
| system of theology.-Rev. ]. w. Chadwick
Unitarian, Brooklyn.
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