The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-08-05
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT
AN EPsToMe OF THE SERMONS OF
A WEEK.

What the Pastors OF the Country Are
Thinking and saying-Thought For the
Lilo That Ii and tho Life That Is to
Come.
Edited by Will N. Clemens.]
Following is o summary OF the prln-
sipal sermons recently delivered in the
United States and Canada by the lead
ing clergmen, priests, prelates, reli'
gious teachers and professors Of the
Christian faith. In every instance the
full text has been carefully read and
abbreviated:
What Chicago Needs.
What Chicago needs is not revival
Of business, but a revival Of conscience.
Rev. Kittredge Wheeler, Baptist,
Chicago
Love is the greatest and grandest
foundation stone upon which the human
character is built. Lacking 1t. man Is
a moral zero Rev. O. j. Davies, Epis-
copalian, Haddonfeld, Pa
Heaven is but another word for har-
nony; hell, for discord In harmony is
blended all that is good and true, and
harmony means happiness. Rev Dr.
Mitchell, Methodist, Kansas City.
No creeds.
Love Of God and love Of man aIe the
only requisites Of religious faith today.
The only test of the religion the world
cares for today is the word character
Celia P. Wooley, Independent, Chicago.
A National Sin.
Every sacred thing is sacrificed on the
altar of covetousness-duty, honor, re-
ligion, patriotism. Is it not becoming
the national sin?-Eey. Washington
GLADDEN., Congregationalist, Column
bus, O.
Use of Wealth.
A man with honestly acquired wealth,
using it for the benefit OF his race, Is
! one Of the grandest sights Of all ages.
Gold is only current to the graSe.-Rev.
George r Wallace. Congregationalist,
Chicago
Tho Ministry.
The Christian minister should be the
most manly of men. He should be re-
spected for bis manhood, and not feared
for his priesthood or laughed at for
ghosthood.-Rev. Cortland Myers, Bap-
tist, Brooklyn.
There is q moralizing influence In
learning. The educated man is, by vir.
tue of his education, more likely to bo
pure and true and good than the iillter-
ate.-Rev. l. F. Marten, Baptist, As
bury Park, N. j.
P-rental Authority.
We want aberty for man, woman and
child, but want the child under sub
lection viii under parental authority,
so that they may be under control as
citizen.-Rev. ]. F. P. Bradley, African
Methodist, Dallas.
Gods World.
This is not our world. We did not
make it; we bring nothing into it; we
take nothing away with Us; it was all
here before we came and will remain
I after we leave.-Rev. Dr.. Weld, Inde-
pendent, Baltimore.
It is not luck that enables men to
climb to positions of merit and attain
ments; it is the natural consequence OF
high and noble purpose coupled with
industry.-Rev. M. G. Coleman, Meth
odist, Beardstown, Ills
Science.
Science is simply inquisitiveness-
the thinker seeking some reason for un-
answered enigmas The astronomer IL
his Investigations is trying simply to
think Gods thoughts.-Rev. Howard
Duffeld, Presbyterian. New York
The Law.
The discovery of law as operative in
the natural world has made possible true
science. Lawfulness is synonymous with
progress. Sequence and order are the
fundamental features Of law.-Rev. A.
q. Conrad, Congregationalist, Boston.
The Bible.
The best answer to criticism of Scrip
ture is Scripture. Know your Bible from
!. cover to cover. The tidal wave of oppo-
sition to the church is best met by a
clear presentation Of gospel truth
Rev. Wayland Hoyt, Baptist, Philadel-
phia-
Religious Life.
Never was the religious life of peo-
pie more intense and throbbing with
energy than it is at this moment among
the Americans, and they are the most in
teliigent and progressive people In the
world.-Rey. a. B. Steelman, Baptist,
Salt Lake City.
The Flag.
A flags respectabihty depends upon
what it stands for The stars and stripes
stand for a government Of the people,
the liberty of the people. The flag
stands for freedom and for honor and
right.-Rev. c. L. Thompson, Presby-
terian, New York.
Society and the Church.
The Christian church is not a reli-
gious club, which meets weekly for pur-
poses of mutual acquaintance and i'm
provement Sociability is a good and
needed thing, but the church is not
mutual admiration society.-Rev. w.
T. McElveen, Congregationalist Brook
lyn.
Church Growth.
The church is numerically stronger
than ever before; the influence OF the
church and pulpit is stronger than ever
before; Christian principles are infnenc-
ing the minds of men more deeply and
in more ways than ever .,efore.-Rev.
F. w. Hamilton, Universalist, Roxbury,
Mass.
Msterialigm.
The materialistic philosophy of the
times is not the cause Of materlallsm.
but materialism is the cause OF It's own