The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-24

men, pr1e8Us pleiet0Ss iohesS
and professors Of the Christian ram. lu
every instance the text has been careful
" read and abbreviated:
DARKNESS. --Skepticism surrounds HE
With fog, precipice ana tne p,aS Nv Val
darkness forever. REV. George w. war
lace. Cougregationalist, Chicago.
FALSE RELIGION, --Falso religion Ia
DISTINGUISHED from true by this: The raise
speaks always OF get get. get; the true
speaks always OF give.--Rev. Frank crane
Methodist. Chicago
UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD. - No
book of Old Testament 80 closely teaches
the lesson Of universal brotherhood as does
the book OF Jonah Rev. X. s. MacAr-
thur, Baptist, New York City.
THE TRUTH. Let us tell the utter
truth to the world, the truth about itseit
and its sins. the truth about God and HIS
goodness. --Rev. II. W. Waddell. DaDtlFt,
Philadelphia
SELF. Self realization Is tho highest
function Of man. The method Of self
sacrifice. But 1t Is TO find ourselves that
we lose ourselves. Rev. A. a. Berle'
Congregatlonalist, Boston.
RBwARDING VIRTUE. In human laws
virtue as the people understand H. Is re-
warded and vice punished. No country
Furnishes what 1t declares 10 be right
Roy. Dr. Gullette. Methodist. Cincinnati.
THE DowNTRoDDEN.- There Is too
much suffering. too much degradation. too
much poverty in the world. There is
real and serious grievance back OF the
t.tr Il et,.atI Iona .Ny Inn
+. A. Hinckey Unitarian philadelphia.
KLONDIKE. Why are people fever
crazy over this find of yellow metal In
the Klondikc? 1t seems character and
manliness have been at a discount lately
while this Is on the ascendant. --Rev. VIM.
Leach, Methodist, Chicago.
POWER Men are falling down todnA
before power until the political boss finds
Sunday the best dny at Manhattan and
elsewhere in which to hold his conference
and plan his dabolsm. REV. Cortlandt
Myers, Baptist. Brooklyn.
THE OLD FoLKS.---I congratulate you
who are old. All the sorrows OF your life
lie back Of you; nil the sins, Weaknesses
and pains are back OF you, and each step
is one step nearer to your crown of hap
piness.-Rey. j. b. Graft Methodist, Phila-
dephia, Pa.
MISTAKES. There the unfortunate ten
denotes In churches, the same as every.
where else Churches are mado I'm OF
human beings, and mistakes may be made
IN them as well as out OF them.-Rev
George G. Adams, congregat Qnalist. San
Francisco, Cal
THE HEIILS OF EARTH.--The mytbo.
ant sxgt -. A,
now labor with the other bodies 10 savo
our brethren from the real hells--the hollis
OF ignorance, poverty, selhshnes, and sin.
Let us pull together.--Rev. Thomas n
Sresory, Episcopailan, Chicago.
GOOD GOVERNMENT good clt,
zens work MS hard for good government az
gamblers work for dollars and noIitlcaI
influence, and there will be no need Tor
CONSTITUTIONAL amendments and the people
Mould trust their legislators -Rey. Alfred
w. Wishart Baptist, Trenton, N. j.
CAPITAL AND LABoR--worklns
naye rights that should be respected,
and so have capitalists. There should h,
no quarreling between them. They ara
necessarily joined together. and no man or
organization should try to put them MS
under.-Rev. r. lIdrcourt, Methodist. phil.
adelphia Pa A''
THE CLERGY IN PoLITIcs.--ror year,
my conviction has been daily deepened
that Christian ministers have failed ~
SUITABLY qualify the men In our churche,
10 help on the kingdom of God hv tha
proper performance OF their political du-
ties.--Rev. Charles Pelton, Presbyterlan
Cincinnati. Ohio
SPIRIT AND MATTER. ,,.,
me compost man, is IN no wiss subIent
10 mans choice. neither h Ma nressrv.'
uon IN existence which, after ali 10 h,,,
o continuation OF the creative aet pen
Macs. pos'on'
DpLUSIoN.-vAt midday. while tho ,r,-
hant, warm sunshine bursts abon, ~.
ana envelops me. tell me- that I am do
iipded and that grope in styeian darS.
ness, and shall come nearer bellevins
YOU than when you say there is no God :
b ney. g. y. Adams, congregatonalIst
EXTRAVAGANCE. --Many church NOW.
Ders pay more for tobacco than toward
Tue support OF the Gospel. Many wnnI,
pay more TO see bicycle race thar !,
neip bring about the millennium, Man,
WIZ give pennies to missions and spont
WHAT'S LOT JeWelry.--Rev. G, A, Jenkins
Baptist, New Brunswick, N. r. T
CHURCH DISTdaAy.--Any dlsplav n,
wealth in the church proper such as dee.
orations. etc.. ie for the benefit OF the no,
even more than the rich, for the reason tina
the. poorer class have little other oppor
tnnities for cultivating the artistic sid,
OF their ratures--Rev. y. J.. Prender
esst Catholic, San Francisco. Cal.
HEAVENWARD--W may make mis-
takes, we may be imperfect we ma,
blundcr, stumble, Tumble. like the chilli
learning to walk. like the person takin,
tho first lessen on the bicycle. but tn,
\ earnest question asked OF the Lord. "wha
4 good thing shall do?" is the first ster
toward Hsaven.--R John Goddard. Swe.
denborgian, Cincinnati Ohio.
THE RED AToNEMENT.--The natural
geisls at the thought OF blood,
A t1cs, but blccd was she'd for sin BE-.
81 eoyi md 1--WE left Eden. The Lord
b IA I've With coats OF SKIN