The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-26

professors or the christian fHlth. IN
EEsvery instance the text has been care
FULLY read and abbreviated:
II LABOR.--God did not give labor as a
Burden to humanity, but as n boon.-Dr.
~. A. Crandall, Baptist, Chicago. Ill.
DEATH AND LIFE.--If this life be a
tream. 1t Is not too long. II death be the
.frawakeniDg," 1t does not come too SOON
aSev. G. w. Williams, Baptist, Denver,
Coi.
IL LIGHT.--If the children of light were
Rnly as wise In their generation as the
fshildren of darkness. they would hide
Their light under a bushel."-Rev j. T..
g~Brushingham. Methodist. Chicago, Ill.
NJ SPIRITUAL GUlDES.-As the railroad
book would give directions from one
AStatc to another, SO the word OF God gives
,pecific directions from earth to heaven
Rev. Edward Hunt. Methodist. Medford,
tAiass.
n CONSOLATION.-our Heavenly Father
shastises those whom He loves, and never
7re We so secure of eternal life as when We
neekly receive from His hand the cup OF
bitterness. Rev. 7. j. flaherty, Catholic,
Philadelphia, Pa.
II ENCLuStON.--No man. no people. can
i've unto self. The walls of exclusion must
iown. the boundaries Of sect. class and
freed must away. II we are to march on
ward and upward.-Rabbi ID. PhiiIppson,
Hebrew. Cincinnati. O.,
\ THE sLuMs.-when the cities tear
Town the sluins and build healthy dwell
,nss Tor all, when they give work to every
star'lng woman aud every idle man. then
shey VIII be Christian citiea.-Rey. DIR. ".
D +. Bliss, Methodist, Bostou. Mass.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. make heaven
more glorious and add stars TO the crown,
our present light Affections, which are
out ior the moment, work out for us nm
selnai weight OF ~glory.-Rey, Theodore H.,
Tompton, Baptist. Louisville, Ky,
STAND YOUR GRouND-The Bible il
gooa sword In practical life. Never
i'nihd about the sheath. Weld the eyer.
,sAstlng steel, II Is better than some
i'odys opinion. Above all. stand your
Iro,nd REV, William RAIDER, Congrcsa-
aonailst, San Francisco, chi.
TRUTH WILL SuRvIvE-Drop n few
s,eeus OF truth under any piled up wrong.
X. ~ lhbtliNhtu III Dollilur favor.
POW them under the institutions that nro
respectfully yeneered and hide your limo,
tiieie WIZ be an explosion some day.
saev. q L. kloss, Cougregationalist, Kan
ans City, Mo.
- CRYING NEED. The crying need Of
me world is more Christ like men. We
ave knowledge enough and theology
pnough. but these will not save. Remem-
Per. we are not saved by what We think
" believe OF Christ, but by what we have
~ Christ.-Rev. DR.. Harcourt. MethodIst
philadelphia
ii THE HARVEST OF '97.-Each year
brings Its " new harvest OF questions
True souls must bring their answers. IN,
same Drawn that lifted the fail TO Tho
crop of 1896 and made the chat NV shall
Inake al the harm floor rattle with III,
frashings OF lSsf.-Rev, DR.. Nj. w. Sllyk.
sr. Presbyterian, New York City.
THE CHRIST CURRENT.-Elec.rlci
hNas always floating In the air. Only re.
Gently have we found a wire to make /,
ight our homes and help our work. .csu.
rs the living wire To- bring TO us in un.
sproken currents the cheer and power Of
rsod.--Rey. DR., Charles l.. Thompson
presbyterian. New York City.
~ ..aH s--- raHH
sELFlsHNEsS Selfish indulgence op,
poses Itself to the law of God, and III,
brotherhood of man, aud this Is a sin while.
~flature, high heaven and the masses OF IN,
people have never failed TO punish. am
vengeance is sure. though Il Is some time.
gong delayed,-Rey, Father Ducey. Cath.
f,lic. New York City.
X SHARPNESS LII you know a boy S,
rsmart and mischievous that he is the tie,
cor OF the community, pray that no ma,
lpecome q missionary, for when his facul,
ries shall uncling from downward and
sling upward, he will be worth q whott
margo ~ people too stupid to be bad ~
isaev. s. e Young, Presbyterian. Newark
IN. J.
= HEART HUNGER, -pain fortllizes The
boil OF the mald. rs the summer daisy
yprlnEs from the decaying leaves of tho
previous autumn. so many OF the nos
helpful acts, beautiful thoughts ana n.
Npifing words spring from n great hear,
hungsr, an oyerposering sorrow REV. L,
y Milhuan, uniyerSalist, Cincinnati.
4 MOTIVE IN REFORM The great ,yoyp
az the Christian religion Is tc save men
pow from the commission OF sin i.
now because God loves us. II He fi,5s
us IN q sinful state. He COMES not Il
bnt to point a better way. Thi,
hs tile leading motive In oil reform move
menss " J J.. Cornell. Quaker. Sal
,,tiniOfri Nd
i.
Il DELIGHTS OF LOvE.--Iove glyes--de.
Might 70 give. Lows also receives. II de-
,fights to receive 1t receives as naturaliy
~ the flower d 'irks in the rays OF The
s?un, One can receive material Thing
leFtthout iov'ng tie giver. but tho higher
lthin9s are received by love alona.-Rev g,
Gullette. Baptist. Cincinnati. Ohio.
THE SPIRITUAL MAN.-The church Il
3he moral university OF the world. Il II
the spiritual brain OF human society. II
% the perpetual bulwark against insulnr-
W. self ahness, barbarism, immortality
!1,ammonism and matvriaiism. II IA the
5ffrnal reminder to the world that man ID
= spiritual being.--Rev. A. A. Rerle. Con-
TreE~zttonaiist. Boston. Mass.
LUxURY.--Why do 70 many rich men
~ ~ slccess. They were reared too DELI
frtely, Their luxury In youth took The he
= tthrf out OF their souls. MIllionaires
- t1eiv Wills. ALMOST dislnhcrit their
w They Iesve their own sons but
dollafs per year. The rich
- trust their own SONS with