The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-09-01
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.

Gems Of Truth Cleaned From the reasA
tngs Of All Determinations.
No race on earth is naturally athe-
istio Religion 10 o. natural as ones
breath. Rev. Merle st. Oroix Wright
Unitarian, New York.
Too Embarrass sing.
The devoted life Is too embarrassing,
too unconventional; hence how few
there are who spend life Of true devo-
ton to the good Of others!-Rev. W. 8.
Key Before z. NJ. G. q. of Boston.
All Are Brothers.
In the true religion the open sign Of
fellowship is we'll doing. and the serv.
ants Of humanity, whatever their vary
ing names aud tongues are brothers.
Rev. N. NJ. Maan, Unitarian, Omaha.
Sunshine and warclouds.
War under any circumstances is hor-
rible, but it has under the direst condi-
lions its mitirat,ons. 1t is an eclipse,
but tehind it thc sun is ever shining
Rev. s. A. Mutchmore, Presbyterian,
Philado lphia.
Ambitious Young Men.
Those of the younger generation are
no longer satisfied with the simple re-
cording Of their fathers deeds. As their
fathers were men Of action and convic-
ton, so would they be.-Rev. Lyman
Ward, Universalist New York.
For Q Curfew Law.
Ipray for the time when the curfew
law shall be enforced. Do you know
where your boy is tonight? If you don't,
the time is coming when you will sing,
"Oh, where is M wandering boy to-
night?'-Rev. J. W. Collie, Adventist,
Louisville.
An Inevitable Law.
By an inevitable law which we do
not make and which we cannot control,
like produces like, and what we really
are and not what we wish to be or to
appear reproduces itself in those about
Us and makes them more holy or more
corrupt - Rev. Frank Coyle, Christ
Church, New Orleans.
All Owed to Nature.
! Allour language is a reflection Of
nature and ia borrowed from natural
sights and sounds. We cannot converse
with each other until nature steps in
and gives us the alphabet Of expression
for our thoughts and feelings Rev.
G. II. Bridgman Before Students Of
Hamline University, st. Paul.
Whist Constitutes Education.
Education is not merely in the mas
ter's word from his desk to the pupils
seated in the forms before him. Edu-
cation is in everything that tends to de-
velop the human mind, to ennoble the
human heart, to educate, to instruct
and perfect an.-Father T. J. Conaty,
Catholic, Of Washington, in Chicago.
The Origin of Gothic Architecture.
The old Goth kneeling in the forest
put his hands together in the form of a
sharp capital A. Comforted by that
aspiring mood, he asked the praying
hands to repeat their form in the up
ward pointing windows. Analysed, his
cathedral is frozen prayer, petrified
pulse beat, the outer and material en-
bodiment of an inner and spiritual
aspiration. REV. N. D. Hills, Central
Music Hall, Chicago.
A Continental Sabbath.
There is a profound danger in the
growing disregard Of the Lords day,
and thoughtful men who have traced
the influence which the different meth
DDS Of observing the day have had upon
civilizations are asking whether we de-
sire to see civilization like that Of
France. Of Italy or Of Spain reproduced
here, and if not they warn us to beware
Of the introduction Of a continental
Sunday.-Rev. William Short, Episco-
pal, st. Louis.
Stock Gamblers and Other Thieves.
Sharp men acquire wealth and polit-
ical prominence by the most unscrupu-
lous methods without losing caste
among their fellow citizens The world
discriminates in favor Of the stock gam
bier against the petty gambler, whose
operations are conducted on an infinite
ly smaller scale Yet there is no differ
ence in the degree Of their sin. Men
who water stocks are never placed on
level with burglars and thieves, where
they properly belong.-Rev. W. w.
Boyd, Baptist, st. Louis.
Wise Counsel For Young Women.
Young women, hold fast to your
good spirits and good times. Never
outwear or outlive the free ripping
laugh, the unconscious song or the happy
face which makes your youthful life SO
beautiful. Bear the sunshine and bright
ness of life to many weary father and
brother and many jaded mother Hold
fast your love Of outdoor sports. Hold
fast to everything which keeps the bloom
Of health OH the cheek and the bright
ness and gayety Of a jubilant life. Rev.
O. NJ. Southgate, Congregational. Be-
fore the Young.
memorable Conscience.
Oh, conscience, tho revisionary court,
condelnning or excusing! Where is the
man in all this vast audience who never
felt the pangs and pains Of an outraged
COuSSAShCC' oAs SohnSAShCOJ tuuI noluS-
thing within me that will not let me
eat betimes, though the table is richly
loaded before mel Conscience, that
something within me that will not let
me sleep betimes, though the bed is soft
and downyi Conscience, that something
that makes me hang my head in guilt
when all the world is gay about mel
Rev. Sam Jones, Evangelist, Hawkins
vile, Georgia.
Poor Prophets.
Men blunder when they try to proph-
esy. When William H. Seward proph-
esied at the beginning of our civil |
war that it would be all over in q
month-that it would be sort of be-
fore breakfast job-he was poor proph-
Ct When Tom Paine prophesied at
dinner party, Gentlemen, in five years
there will not be Bible left in Ameri-
Ca" he was poor prophet When Jo- j
seph Smith prophesied to his Mormon
dupes that the day would come when
he would be president of the United
States he was a NOR pronhet Rev &