The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-01-22
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems of Truth Cleaned From the Teach
inYs of All Denominations.


Gems of Truth Cleaned From the Teach
inYs of All Denominations.
Art serves an important purpose. but
art separated from relig ion is dangerous.
Religion restraints art, and it then be-
comes beautiful. The value of work of
art lies in the soul which the artist puts
into it.-Rev. DR.. Lorimer, Baptist,
Boston.
The Average Politician.
The average politician is backbone
less. He is all things to all men. He
can be "good Lord Or "good devil.
He is a purchasable commodity. Dear
at any price he is. for he is always back
on the market. Rev. DIR. W. B. Leach,
Methodist, Chicago.
Three Kinds of Warfare.
There are three kinds of warfare in
which every good man engages-the Of
fensive, defensive and suppressive. Sin
is the enemy. and the great fight con-
sists in destroying sin and saving the
sinner Rev. W. A. Gardner, Chris
tian, San Francisco.
Practical Pity.
There is nothing more hardening to
the sensibilities than the failure to
translate pity into action. Christ's pity
was practical. We are told he had COM
passion on the hungry multitude, and
the immediate result of it was how
many loaves had he. This is finely il
Illustrative of the way in which Christ's
whole nature moved at once and in uni
PnJc ebxy
terrain, Philadelphia.
Qualities Essential to Success.
There are certain principles that
make man successful il followed, and
chief of these are sobriety, industry and
integrity. If they are faithfully applied
by man, he will succeed The greatest
recommendation a young man can have
is that of personal character No large
corporation or business house will en-
ploy young man whose character is
not good and who is not honest, sober
and industrious. Rev. |. V. Canter,
Methodist Washington.
The Power of Prayer.
We need not only to be trustful, but
prayerful. Prayer is great power. Did
you ever think that every time you pray
you bring Christ and heaven nearer to
earth? Look at the many men carrying
on great work just by prayer. Oh, if
we would all pray trustfully, what great
good would be done! And we must help
one another. Happy, prosperous business
men, think of your poor neighbor. Go
and encourage him. Tell him why he
does not succeed. Give him some of your
wisdom. Be helpful and prayerful. -
Rev. A. G. Barron, Baptist, Louisville.
The Function of the Church.
1t WAS TO urge men to forsake sin and
to explain to them the possibility of
salvation that Jesus came to earth and
assumed manhood. AS God may be seen
through the universe, so is it possible
to see what man is by what he does.
There is no such thing as a soul, while
in a sinful state and with a sinful dis
position, having communion with God. |
But the soul may be taught purity and |
love for it's Creator, just as the body |
may be trained, TIE great agent through |
which such growth may be obtained is
the church bishop Foster, Methodist, |
Brookline, Mass.
Christian Zeal.
1t was u heaven born zeal that led |
John Knox to cry out, "Ob, God, give |
me Scotland or / diep' That induced |
Whitefield to exclaim, "Give me souls
or take minep' And that filled John
Wesley with the desire to preach beyond
old England, declaring that the world |
was his parish. But in the case of none
of his followers has Cody zeal preyed |
upon their vitals like a consuming fire |
as it did upon him who said "Wist ye |
not that / must he about my Fathers |
business?" and who was wounded for |
our transgrcsSions and bruised for our
iniquities. Rev. David J. Beale. Pres
byterian, Philadelphia.
Choosing a Vocation.
Some people often misinterpret their
life work. remember young man who
imagined he had received a call to the
gospel ministry. The young man stated
that he was ready to be ordained and
begin the work. He said he had receiv-
ed vision, and emblazoned on the sky
were the letters q. P. 9. He inter-
preted them, go preach Christ" A
mem Der of the church who was present
asked if the letters could not mean, go
pillow corn" Some men have an idea
they can do something when they can't.
They should learn to gauge their work
by the measure of their abilities Rev.
DR.. Laudrum, Baptist, Louisville
Fashion and Life.
The great mistake in life is to think
that each succeeding phase and fashion
is the real thing, while, in fact, each is
but passing show. This is all abuse of
life Another abuse is to underestimate
its real value in opportunity, friendship,
development of character, success, etc.
ALI these are of value, and how best to
use them is the secret of the best use of
life. God puts no premium ON misery,
but means that each individual shall
find happiness in life; so he has Or
dained that happiness does not waste in
the using, but rather breeds more hap
piness Life is nursery, and its best
til. are those that will bear trans.
pl. .4g.-Rev. DR.. W. L. Barton, Con.
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