The morning times., 1896-12-07

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Following is summary of the principal
scrInons recently delivered III the United
States and Canada by the leading clergy
men, priests, prtlatcs, religious teachers
and professors OF the Christian faith. LII
every instance the text has been carefully
read and abbreviated:
SUCCESS.
What the world calls failure is often
magnificent success. True success Is TO
make the most of yourself and your oppor-
tunities Rev. w q. Partridge, Baptist,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
IDEAS MOVE THE WORLD.
The men who leave their mark are the
men of one idea, or men who subordinate
all to one motive. Every idea has behind III
a universal power.-Dr. J. ID. Buck, Tneoso-
phist, Cincinnati, Ohio.
FAILURE AND SUCCESS.
He is.a failure though he be ten times
millionaire, who does all Tor sell anu
naueht for others. He is success VINO,
though he have naught for self. does much
for others. Rabbi j. l.. Levy, Hebrew
Philadelphia, Pa.
SIN IN THE CHURCH
TIE church cannot sin and pray at the
same lllllt. SIN st phittNN7 VI Aa'4iA N'SNA'
Sin hides the face Of the Fdtaer. All the
sin OF GOODNESS, neglect and Gssobcdlenee
must be given up.-Rev. j. W. Marshall,
Methodis ST., Camd en-, y. j.
PEssIMISM.
Among the Dc ople there is atpTesene but
little, happiness, whereas thirty or forty
wears ago there was coutentmcnt- me ar
is full of pessiInlsm and crime is stalkilg
unchecked through the land -Rey. w. w
Case, Methodist. Ban FRANCISCO, Cal.
sAyTAG SOULS.
We should try 10 fullyIIeaHZe the value
of one human soul land then we would ne
careful Of our iives. If only one soul is
saved the Gospel is q success 20 CHRISTIAN
has any business 20 be anything else thln
soul saver-Rev &c q Il. Lamar, Meth
odist, New York ethyl
,CHEERFULNESS.
Human hearts arethe vehicles employed
of Heaven 10 enrich the world. More il
contributed by the chec ring word, the sunny
countenancc and the thrilling hand grasp
than this world dreams OF. Despise no
voice. for God can give it mclody.-ReY.
A T. Conrad Congregat onalists Worcester,
Mass.
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT.
As long as men live above the law they
do not feel any restraint, but as soon as
they drop below they feel the hand Of
corporate society, The problem to be
solved is how shall the corporate hand
hold a man as long as he ought to be held
and then let him go?-Rev. Dr.. Perrin, In
dependent, Boston
THE MINISTRY.
The Christian ministry is the divine
agency for distributing to mankind the
gift of God. The agency employed by
God nearly 1000 years ago was n con-
secrated human agency. LAS my Father
has sent me, so send you" The power
of inspiration is needed today.-BishOp
White, Episcopalian, indianapolis, Ind.
DEMAGOGUES.
Demagogy is one of the greatest
dangers Of the times. An appeal to preju-
| dices is always more potent than an ap-
peal to the reason. When prejudice is
| substituted for reason, the deina gogue be-
| comes the man of power, and at that
moment danger threatens the government.
Rev A. L. Hudson, Unitarian, Salt Lake
City, Utah.
THE NEGRO.
The time for the negro to successfully
rely on the white for support is gone, and
| aow in this country it is every man for
| himself, White or black, rich or poor
great or small, with almost equal oppor-
| tunities, and if he fails in life he has
| no to blame but himself.-Rev. BIT. Wash
\ ington, Baptist, Atlanta, Ga.
THE SALOON.
| The organized institution Of the saloon,
| licensed by the State, permitted by the vOt-
| ing Christians of the country and certified
to by the city authorities, is the stupendous
/ wonder of the modern world the most
| deadly foe to independence and liberty and
| n nulJifier of the Constitutipn.-John G
| Wooley. Prohibitionist, Boston, Mass.
THEOSOPHY.
| Theosophy has been accused of coming d
| new religion and ufinventing new doctrines
! and PHILOSOPHERS; but such ideas in respect
| to it must be at once dispelled for the
! unbiased investigator, for all religions ana
| PHILOSOPHERS from ancient times have de
| clared all that theOsophy declares.-H. d.
| Bride, Theosophist, Philadelphia, Pa.
LABOR UNIONS.
| Let labor unions mark well that freedom
and liberty are the inalienable right OF
every American citizen, and when they
use coercion and act tyrannically toward
| unorganized laborers, hindering them from
| making their own contracts, they are falst
| to the spirit and genius of the Constitution
| of the United States.-Rev. B. T. Newton
| Congregationalist, Cleveland, Ohio.
APPLIED RELIGION
The Christians to save men by divine
contagon--a living touch. He is Gods
leaven, and leaven must be mixed with the
| meal. He is Gods salt, and salt can only
| save by actual touch, There is salt enough
| in the world, but 1t is barreled up in the
| churches, and needs to be scattered and ap.
| piled Applied religion is the want of our
! day.-Rev. Richard Harcourt, Methodist
| Philadelphia, Pa.
OPPORTUNITY TO ALL.
If you will think of it for a moment, al
| of US tame, prosy, common people iiv,
/ in the same world, with the poets ant
artists, the philosophers and seers. Thous
| ands have seen the peasants stop and So
| their Ave Marie ut sunset, but Mille1
| painted it. All oyer the world in TIL,
| unnunbered homes the same scene II
enacted, but Burns wrote it.-Rev. J. II
Ecob, CoDgregationalist, Denver, Colo.
THE NATIONAL GUARD.
Cur citizen soldiers are guardians of gu
| peace. They are banded together, no
Tor conquest, but for Iefense; not to pre-