The St. Johns herald., 1896-10-31

ManolOgy-As preachers, we want tC know more about the way to win souls
 We want more manology and less the ology.-Rev. Sam Jones, Evangelist ASbury Park, N. J.
 The Secret of Happiness Invest your life in other people, take society to your heart, throw away selfishness and you will be better and happier for the trouble.-Rev. B. F. Mills, Evangelist Lancaster, Ohio.
 PerSeverance.-Pers is assur- ance. No one can get to heaven by a few frantic efforts and then no more endeavOrS. Sticking to it-hOlding on makes one certain.-Rev. W. H. Moore, Presbyterian, DOylestown, Pa.
 Fruitful Lives.-A fruitlesS life in Gods vineyard is worthless existence. comes seeking it. Shall he find nothing but leaves s?-Rev. T. c. Easton, Presby- terian, Washington.
 Love.-No man acting the part of a man liveth to himself. Thou shalt love is the very law of our being. Man was made to love and be lOved.-Rev. John Peacock, Presbyterian, Philadelphia.
 Faith.-Faith is mans first instinct. He is born blind and gropes his way, and the philosopher, with hardly larger vision than the child, walks by faith and not by sight.-Rev. Dr. GunnisOn, Universalist, Worcester, Mass.
 The Home-One of the safeguards of young men is a love for the home. When a young man comes to form a dislike for the home, to make it place of retreat simply long enough to eat and sleep, he is standing on dangerous ground.-Rev. J. R. Tewell, Presbyteri- an, Saginaw, Mich.
 ESsentials-In the kingdom of God there are three great words s-independ- ence, liberty and liberality. They are the highly important nOn-esSentialS that will produce the great essentials righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Ghost.-Rev. J. A. Rondthaler, Presbyterian, Chicago.
 Eternal Rest.-As Christians we are content to live, and yet are anxious to die, not merely because we desire to be eased from our burdens, but especially because we long for the time to come when the soul, like the dove, may fly away and be at reSt.-Rev. D. R. Hilton, Baptist, Philadelphia.
 Eulogy-Christianity pronounces the greatest and truest eulOgy on man. 1t lauds him not for his riches, nor for his fame, nor woman for her beauty. Chris tianity praises man because he Is di- vine in his origin and destiny-because he is the son of God.-Rev. s. W. Sam pie, Independent, Jamestown, N. I.
 The Devils Web-The devil delights in dazing us with flashing but false opportunity, d fascinating but fictitious chance, and unless a man is possessed of q spirit of diScernment and self-con- trol he falls into snare that none but fool will ever get into second time. Rev x. c. Fetter, Baptist, Doyles- town, Pa.
 Co-operatiOn-LYe are In partnership with God to say souls. We cooperate to bring sinners to him. The church exists as a means to an end. If we wish to lead Christian lives, we must cooper ate with God and bring him into our life. There must be no silent partner ship.-Rev. J. S. Huston, Baptist, Ale gheny.
 The True Life-The type of religious life we must illustrate is not that repre- sented by the plants of the greenhouse, of no benefit specially to the world, but that represented by the flowers that beautify the highways of life, and by their perfumes gladden. the sOrrowful and sad.-Rey. G. w. L. Brown, Meth odist, Sioux City, Iowa.
 ReputatiOn-It is the duty of man to live in the good opinion of his feIlow men, but no one is to be sypOchant. Reputation is not to be sacrificed to opinion. Opinion is breath, and repu- tation is life. Public opinion is as fickIe as the wind and transient as a tender J. P. Newman, Methodist, Brooklyn.
 The Kingdom of Love Gods king dom on earth is a kingdom of love, and he only is prepared to be happy, free and faithful subject thereof who con- ceives this to be it's nature and is drawn into it by this fact. Love makes the otherwise difficult duties of the Chris tian life easy and delightful.-Rev. T. C Warmer Methodist KnnNVillp