The morning times., 1896-11-23

| of the Christian faith In every instance
the text has becn carefully read and alb
breviated.
CAPITAL AND LABOR.
Capital and labor naturally are friends
1t is had teaching and narrow vision that
has made them, in so far as they are,
| enemcs.-Rev j. II Hartman, BAPTIST,
Cleveland, ..
THE SALOONS.
Give the youth Of the land a fair chance
take away the snares and pitfalls; close
the dram shops, and the next generation
will call you hlessed-Rev. Frank Hungatc,
Baptist, Columbus, o.
UNIVERSAL CHRIST.
The true man is universal. Christ was
born in Bethlehem. Lut He was Gentle as
much as Jew. He belonged to the Occidcnt
as much as the Orient. You cannot take
Him out of His latitude.-Rev. William
Tracey, EpiScopalian, Philadelphia.
LUTHER.
IT is easy now for us 10 preach, to teach,
to utter our convictions of truth. 1t was
not so when Luther attacked the iniquities
Of the church and led the way into the
freedom we now en.oy-Rev. S. J. DCmer,
Lutheran, Washington, d. c.
THE SUM OF RELIGION.
lHe sum 6l tll illt is,
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with
all thy heart, and thou shalt love thy
neighbor as thy self" This is the law Dr
the prophets This is the sum Of religion
Rev. j. X. Montgomery, Presbyterian, Gin
cinnati, o.
THANKSGIVING
Thanksgiving is always ar essential elc-
ment in prevailing prayer. If petitions do
not ascend frcghted with grateful acknowl-
edgmcnt, we need not be surprised if they
descend empty. God has scant fayors Tor
the unthankful-kcv NJ. II. Edwards, Pres
byterian, st. Paul, Mimi
PHYSICAL WANTS.
The physical wants of men should he
attended to, as well as their souls one OF
the mistakes of the churches in the past
has been the care of the spiritual uatur. )
of men and dtheintcllectual, too, perhaps but
not the physical natures. Rev. l.. v Gra-
ham, Presbyterian. Philadelphia, Pa
CONSCIENCE.
When Il man or a nation ignores the great
laws of conscience il will be learned sooner
or later that no official and no legislature
can ever override the operation of Gods
great laws Sow the wind, reap the whirl-
wind, is Il divine law Rev. j L. Chcney.
Baptist, Cleveland, o.
REVELATION.
Jesus Christ was revelation not only of
God to man but of man to himself Before
the coming of Christ man never dreamed
of himself as a priest or Il king Thcs.
two root ideas of civil and religious liberty
are essentially and exclusively Christi n
Rev. j. W. Magruder. Methodist, Gin
ciunati O.
TRUSTS.
We have many trusts committed to our
AT h.4ftt nj t.c 4
others are our birthrght and every trust
involves both a privilege and udar"sponsibility
Our bodies are inrrusted TO US for safe
keeping. So are our homes and our
churches. Rev. j. c. Russell, Presby-
terian, Camden, y ].
WEALTH
The wealth of u country is Personal not
material Evcuin the things we call lwcaIth
1t is tine personal element that MAKE them
valuable Farms, buildings, railways,
foods and money are valuable only in their
human equation. The more good men
there are the richer the nation -Rey Dir,
Crane, Methodist, Chicago, III.
SURROUNDINGS.
Man is first natural, and behind nature
is the fact Of great spirit that creates
oil natural things. Man finds in the
natural life the things that lead up to his
spiritual life: his surroundings affect his
spiritual life. We are light when we
try to make our surroundings better =
Rev J. c Wilson, CuHgregationalist, Brook
lyn, n. Y.
VICTORY.
Refinement and larharism. science and
ignorance. heathenism and Judaism. th,.
Sophistry Of Athens, the over of Rom,-all
were lcagucd against Christianity, yet all
We're conquered. How? No: by the genius
of Tlpf.uItJS hK. b.;
fluencc, but by the spirit of the Lord of
Hcsts.-Rev. +. +. Rurriss. Methodist.
Philadelphia, Ia.
IGNORANCE.
Wise citizens have written laws. fash.
ioned tools, invented institutions. but ig-
norancc Smites = nation like pcstilence.
wastes IKE fire, destroys like an earth
quake. No Washington, 10 Webster. mo
Lincoln ever had To MAKE his Y mark
There has never been an ,illitcratc states
man or sage or secr.-Revi DR. Hills. Indn-
pendent, Chicago.
SECRET CHRISTIANS.
Thousands Of men try TO te secret Chris.
tlans. Many are ashamed to confess Jesus
Christ before the world. Thousands are
laughed out of their religion or -idiculc,,
into "innocuous desuetude'' Is church mem
bers. Suppose every believer in Christ
was proud To carry the cross. How soon
this world would be evangelzcd-Rey. W
Il. Partridge, Baptist, Cincinnati
THE SABBATH.
Withoutthc sabbath the heAnglo-Saxonrace
Would eiapSe into hcathcnism. Without il
there would re no ministry, no memorial
of Chrlst's death and resurrection nc ben,
ficent government, no light from heaven
revealing the way there. Every form If
Wickedncss prevail and the miscries ~
the lost would be anticipated on earth
KEY. DIR. Sample. Presbyterian. New
York city.
JUDGMENT.
Preliminary Judgment often has to h,
based upon profession. Such Judgment.
however, is always held Dpan 10 lewiston
better acquaintance with man lelps us
TO rate MN at his proper worth, and if
ne is worth more than the price no sets
upon himself we honor him the p,orn
gladly. If performance does not match
profession, he has 10 come down.-Rey.s
b. L. Whitman, Baptist, philadelphia
IMPRESSIONS.
No man liveth unto himself. No man on,
i've without exerting influence of some
sort upon others. The doors of orr sonls
are open toward others and theirs towarI
US. without being conscious of il. we are
always impressinG others by this STRANGE
power. Without being conscious of il n1r
actions are modified by the touch of Other