Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-23


Hcaven-Heaven Is but another wore
for harmony; hell, for discord. In bar
mony Is blended all that Is good and
true, and harmony means happiness
Rev. DR.. Mitchell, Methodist, Kansas
City. Is 81
eScience-Science Is simply inquisltive-
ness-the thinker seeking some reason
for unanswered enigmas. The astron-
omer in his Investigations Is trying sim
ply to think Gods thoughts.-Rey. How
ard Dufield, Presbyterian, New York
Successful is not luck that enables
men to climb into positions of merit
and attainments; 1t Is the natural conse-
quence of high and noble purpose. cOu-
pied with industry. M. G. Cole
man. Methodist, Beardstown, Ill.
Education-There Is moralizing in
fiuence In learning. The educated man
is, by virtue of his education, more like
ly to be pure and true and good than
the illiterate.-Rev. l.. f. Marten, Bap-
fist. Asbury Park, N. J.
The Ministry-The Christian minister
should be the most manly Of men. He
should be respected for his manhood.
and not feared for his priesthood. or
laughed at for ghosthood.-Rev. Cort-
land Myers, Baptist. Brooklyn.
Parental AUTHORITATIVE want liberty
for man, woman and child, but we
want the child under subsection while
under parental authority, so that they
may be under control as a Citizen
Rev. j. F. p. Bradley, African Metho-
dist Church, Dallas. NJ.
The Law-The discovery of law m
operative in the natural world has
made possible true science Lawfulness
is synonymous with progress. Sequences
and order are the fundamental features
of law.-Rev. A. u. Conrad, Congre2a-
tionalist, Boston. rr, ..-..b-a
No Creeds-Love of God and love OF
mans are the only requisites OF religious
faith to-day. The only test of the relig-
ion the world cares for to-day is the
word character-Cella p. Wooley, In
dependent, Chicago.
Use OF Wealth-A man with honestly
acquired wealth, using 1t for the benefit
of his race, Is one Of the .grandest sights
Of all ages. God is only current to the
grave.-Rev. George r. Wallace, Con-
gregationalist. Chicago.
Gods World-This is not our world.
We did not make 1t; we bring nothing
into it; we take nothing away with US;
1t was all here before we came and will
remain after we leave.-Rev. DIR. Weld,
Independent, Baltimore.
The Bible-The best answer to criti-
cism Of Scripture is Scripture Know
your Bible from cover to cover. The
tidal wave of opposition to the church
Is best met by a clear presentation Of
gospel truth.-Rev. Wayland Hoyt.
Baptist. Philadelphia.
Religious Life-Never was the relig-
ious life Of a people more intense and
throbbing with energy than it Is at this
moment among the Americans, and
they are the most intelligent and pro-
gressive people in the world.-Rev. III.
B. Steelman, Baptist, Salt Lake City.
The Flag-A flags respectability de-
ponds upon what it stands for. The
stars and stripes stand for a govern
ment Of the people, the liberty of the
people. The flag stands for freedom
and for honor and right.-Rey. G. L.
Thompson, Presbyterian, New York.
Society and the Chuwh-The Chris
tian church Is not rs!igious club,
which meets weekly t~ purposes OF
mutual acquaintance and Improvement
Sociability is a good and needed thing.
but the church Is not mutual admira-
ton society.-Rev. w. L. McElveen,
Congregationalist, Brooklyn.
Theology-The religions Of different
peoples reflect their racial Characters
tics or the stages of their culture. What
men really think and feel concerning
God is determined more by their asso-
ciates and environments than by theo-
logians or any system Of theology
Rev. J. w. Chadwick, Unitarian,
Brooklyn.
Boys-We like and love the boy who
Is every inch of him a boy. God never
meant boys to be namby PANTY and
girlish, but he did mean boys to be men,
and whether we become the right kind
of men depends upon the ideals that
we have as boys.--Rey. j. G. Mitchell,
Episcopalian, Philadelphia.
City Life-The. city is the battlefield
OF the closing days of this century. It
will be more and more so in the next
century. Some Of us deplore this mass
ing into the clties.--.What Is the need
Ofthe-hour? 1t is that moral fiber and
manhood shall be equal to the emer-
gency.--Rev. DR. Hickman, Evangelist.
Ierre Haute, Ind.
The Saloon-The saloon Is at the bot
tom Of about all that is bad on this CON
tinent. Alcohol Is the devil In solution
II we would destroy the works Of the
devil, we must be uncompromising foes
Of the grog shop. The welfare Of this
country is bound up with the moral con-
ditlon.of its people. --RevsG. Ii White.
Baptist. Pittsfeld. Me. Sss''Tr,f ~ !.
Poverty In the Church II think there
! Is no one In more need Of the gospel
than the rich man. 1t is true that the
gospel Is not preached to the poor ~
much as it ought to be. Nevertheless.
the church is made up for the most part
OF poor men, and the poor men furnish
the larger support Of the church.-Rev.
Wallace Nutting, Congregationaiist.
Precedence.