The Republican journal., 1896-09-17
much of what love does as waste. [Rey.
A. 5. Dealey, Episcopalian, jamestown,
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much of what love does as waste. [Rev.
A. 5. Dealey, Episcopalian, jamestown,
n. Y.
STEWARDSHIP. Many of us go through
this life without one thought of God, and
when we are called upon to give an ac-
count of our stewardship we are not
ready. We should always bear in mind
why we are placed on this earth, and
when our time has come to be ready to
give an account of ourselves. Rev. Father
Powers, Catholic, Brooklyn.
COPS PURPOSE. Man lives not to die
though men appear to die. Go out into
the thoroughfares. From early morn
there is a ceaseless search for Mammon
and pleasure. That seems to be the only
object of mems lives. There is, there
fore, necessity of reminding man, Sunday
after Sunday, and year after year. of the
purpose for which God put you on earth.
| Rev. Joseph Selinger, Catholic, Milwau-
| kee.
FREEDOM No nation is free till it is
right. No city is free till it is right and
just and honest and faithful in its policy
with all the people. No party is free until
| ~ 10 II H. iAuu W udl OS JuuSCu do
right is that policy and law and admin
istration that shall best conserve the best
fortunes of all the people. Rev. E. P.
Rexford, Universalist Columbus, O.
CHANGE. The Church has nothing to
fear from enlightenment and nothing to
! hope from darkness. A new era is dawn
ing upon the world. Old things that have
had their day are passing away. Changes
in the physical, intellectual and spiritual
world have taken place. Our religions
must change or perish from the earth.
| Rev. DR.. Harcourt Methodist Philadel-
phia.
The BIRTH OF THE WORLD. What a
beginning was that-when, in the welter-
ing, inorganic chaos, the first living cell
trembled and palpitated with the life that
is the Gift Of God Out Of the beginning
what was yet to come-mosses and grasses,
flowers and blooms and forests, the fishes
of the sea, the beasts of the earth the
birds Of the air, all tribes Of humankind
with their age - long developments in
arts, letters laws-with their rise and
| tall of empires, dynasties, Civilizations
with their thousands of millions of hui
man hearts beating with the passion of
love, the Joys of home the hopes of
heaven. Rev. W. GLADDEN., Congrega-
| tionalist, Columbus, O.
CHARITY. The entire Christian religion
| is a work of CLARITY. Its aim is to ac-
cOmplsh things for others sakes, to ele-
yate the degraded to lift up the fallen, to
| bring relief to the sick, to comfort the
/ dying, to knit an together in the bonds of
love and Christian fellowship. 1t converts
! no one by force, it robs no one OF his
! home, it makes no one miserable. Rev
| D. II. Keech, Moraviau, York, Pa
| LOVE AND LIBERTY. True unity is
! possible only in love, and if we be knit to-
gethel in love we shall never believe evil
OF one another. We shall indeed live the
life of brotherhood. We shall see the viz
tues rather than the vice, the excelences
rather titan the intirmities OF each other
| character Love never accounts that any
thing has been given SO long as anything
has been withheld. Rev. ". A. Shank
lin, Methodist, Seattle Wash
Con CHEMISTRY. The heart of the
Christian is a crucible into which God
| pours or permits to be poured all kinds of
| joys and sorrOws, successes and failures.
good and i'll, prosperity and adversely,
losses and crosses, much of which is any
thing but good in itself, yet which under
| the master hand of the divine chemist
works together for good and issues an
eternal blessing to those who love God.
Rev. J. \. Montgomery, Presbyterian,
! Cincinnati
BACKBONE. Backbone endows life with
! fi 1
want to high, useful and commanding
positions. 1t raises men out of animal
| ism into self-mastery 1t fills men with
grit. 1t never stops at trials and hind
RANGES; it goes through them. 1t stems
every opposing tide, 1t avoids ruts 1t
allows no crying over spilled milk. 1t puts
the shoulder to the wheel and pushes, 1t
never says quit. Rev. f. Bergstresser,
Lutheran, Allegheny, Pennsy lvania,
YOUNG MEN. Christian young men
should WELD an influence in politics.
There are 5000, 900 young men in this
country and about 1000 600 of them are
affiliated with some Christian association.
If they were to Join hands together they
would form a belt from Portland, Me-, to
san Francisco and still farther out on the
Pacific Ocean. All young men should be
patriotic and be loyal to their God. The
present period is a most critical one. We
need leaders among our young men. Rev.
H. b. Grose, Baptist, Boston.
| PREPARATION. This life should be a
time of preparation for the next. In pro-
portion as we obtain righteousness and
truth here we will receive advantages in
the next world. There will be work to
do on the other side, and we should equip
ourselves here to begin, when we pass
away, the great work of the future If
we live in this life in conformity with the
will of God, we not only lay up treasures
in heaven, but our enjoyment here is
manifold more than it would be other
wise. Apostle Lorenzo Snow, Latter Day
Saints Salt Lake City.
| WoRLDLINEss. That which keeps men
back from free and ready acceptance of
the good news of the Gospel is worldli
ness, a sort of satisfaction with the con-
ditions of things as they now exist; a love
of the world, and an indisposition to
change the habits and modes of life to
| which thew are Observation-Disclosures are the