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their burdens three times-before, in
the present and after. Once Is a great
deal REV. NJ. w. Stryker, Presbyte-
rian, Hamilton, N. Y.
Self-Cure.-Sin never cures itself.
Drunkenness Is not cured by the mis-
cry 1t entails. Impurity is not cured by
Its pains and loathsomeness.--Rev. DIR.
Holmes, Baptist, Terre Haute.
!, Heroism.-The real hero is the spirit
ual hero, the man not afraid to do
right. Christ, in such a view, must
forever remain the brightest example
Of earthly heroism.--Rev. w. A. Gard
ner, Christian Church, San Francisco.
Poverty and wcalth.--It is no dis
grace to be poor II we have done our
duty, and 1t is no sin to be rich II we
have dealt honestly with our fellow
men.-Rev. ]. H. Hartman, Baptist.
Cleveland.
Politics and Religion.-I have no SYM
pathy with the pious notion that a
Christian should take no part in politi-
cal matters until politics is purified.
That is rank heresy. Evils never puri-
fy themselves.-Rev. u, II. Swengel,
Evangelist, Fhiiadelphts,
wealth.-When man like Gould ac-
cumulates STE, 900, 900 and gives none to
charity, he Is not great. The mere ac-
emulation Of wealth is not greatness.
Many other qualities are necessary
Rev. Scion Cobb, Presbyterian, Pitts
burg.
White Slavery.-The American black
slave had as a rule better time than
the American white slave Is having.
Cane fields and cotton fields had their
drawbacks, but it was not a sweatshop.
Rev. Myron Reed, Independent, Den
yer.
The Rich Men.-Tne landlord has bur-
dens that the tenant knows nothing Of,
known to the employed, and the capt.
| talist has to bear burdens Of which the
pauper is ignorant.-Rev. Herbert
WEIGH, Methodist, Brooklyn.
Greatness.-To be great we must be-
come as little children. The docile, the
simple, the childlike, and innocent are
| the truly great, and without these
grand qualities there can be no great
ness.-Rev. John Hemphi,l, Presbyte-
rian, San Francisco.
Everyday Morallty.-The whole Of
mans life should be developed upon q
| high moral plane. Duties to society
| should not be performed from inferior
motives. Industries should be conduct
| ed upon the plane Of usefulness, not
profitableness.-Rev. w. ID. Williams,
Congregationalist, San Francisco.
Faith and Works.-The seen and the
unseen are not separate, but intimately
| connected. The unseen controls the
| seen. An invincible God is the guide
| to visible life. Whatever is embrac-
| ed in the word faith finds its outcome
in works.-Rev. Newton Slmmonds,
Baptist, Philadelphia.
What Religion Is.-All history and
| observation show mat religion is some
thing for every individual in every age
| and in every part of the world. 1t is
an instructive impulse in every human
breast, but manifested sometimes in
| the grossest forms.-Rcv. DR.. Smalley,
Congregationalist, Jamestown, N. Y.
Experience.-He who really seeks to
| know the truth will not long be kept
in doubt. Each man may test Christ's
| power to forgive sins. Each may know
| this for himself 1t Is the supreme
| test-the test of personal experience
Rev. G. 3. Mitchell, Methodist, Kansas
| City.
| Then and Now.-We live amid the
blaze Of Gospel glory. Ancient work
| ers had but dim taper to guide their
feet, but we have the brightest sun.
beams. They had the shadow, we have
| the golden harvest.-Rev. DIR. Stevens,
Methodist, Charlottesville, Ind.
Overcoming Evil.-The first thing nee
essary in overcoming sin is the con-
! quest of yourselves. The human heart
| is deceitful over all things, and a Chris
| tan life is not an easy thing. The
| struggle against sin is the saddesi
| struggle and hardest fight men have
| ever made In this world.-Rev. DIR.
Gallagher, Baptist, Brooklyn.
| Love.-Love does not sit down with
narrow heart to count the cost and see
! lust how much or how little it may dc
| for the beloved. Selfshness laughs
at loves sacrifice, which 1t cannot un
derstand and does not desire to initiate
and rebukes much of what love does as
waste.-Rev. A. s. Dealey, Episcopa'
liam, jamestown, n. Y.
Stewardship.-Many Of us go through
| this life without one thought Of God
and when we are called upon to give
an account of our stewardship we arc
not ready. We should always bear In
mind why we are placed on this earth
and when our time has come be ready
to give an account Of ourselves.-Rey
Father Powers, Catholic, Brooklyn.