Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-07-11
Edited by Will NJ. Clemens

Come.
Edited by Will NJ. Clonens.l
Following is summary OF the prin-
cipal sermons recently delivered il the
United States and Canada by the lead
ing olergymcn, 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 revival OF conscience.
Rev. Kittredge Wheeler, Baptist,
Chicago.
Love is the greatest and grandest
foundation stone upon which the'human
character is built Lacking it, q man is
q moral ero-Rev. 0. ]. Davies, Epis-
copalian, Haddonfeld, Pa
Heaven.
Heaven is bat another word for har-
mony; 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 are 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-
lision, patriotism. Is it not becoming
the national sin?-Rev. Washington
GLADDEN., Congregationalist, Colum-
bus, 0.
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 grave. Rev
George r Wallace, Congregationalist,
Chicago
The Ministry.
The Christian minister should be the
most manly of men. He should be re-
spected for his manhood, and not feared
for his priesthood or laughed at for
ghosthood. Rev. Cortland Myers, Bap-
fist, Brooklyn.
Education.
There is a moralizing influence i'll
learning. The educated man is, by viz
tho of his education, moro likely 60 be
pure and true and good than the illiter-
ate.-Rev. L. f. Marten, Baptist, As
bury Park, n. J.
Parental Authority.
We want liberty for man, woman and
child, but we want the child under sub
lection while under parental authority,
so that they may be under control as
citizen.-Rev. J. T. 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 rs; 1t was al
here before we came and will remain
after we leave Rev Dr.. Weld, Indc-
DeGuSOVt OaltlllOI'.
Success.
II 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. NJ. c. Coleman, Meth
odist, Beardstown, Ills.
Science,
Science is simply inquisitiveness-
the thinker seeking some reason for IN
answered enigmas. The astronomer III
bis investigations is trying simply to
think Gods thonghts.-Rev. Howard
Dufield, 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
clear presentation of gospel truth
Rev. Wayland Boyt, 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
telligent and progressive people in the
world.-Rev. H. 3. Steelman, Baptist,
Salt Lake City.
The Flag.
A flags responsibility depends upon
what it stands for The stars and stripes
stand for q 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 end 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 q
mutual admiration society.-Rev ".
T. McElveen, Congregationalist, Brook
Ign.
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 infuenc-
ing the minds of men more deeply and
in more ways than ever before. -Rcv.
+. w. Hamilton, UniverSalist, Roxbury,
Mass
Materialism.
The materialistic philosophy of the
times is not the cause Of materialism,
but materialism is the cause of its own
philosophy. When men are determined
to 90 in O wrong path, they wish to be