The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-05

/ the Bible and for the truth as there laid
down for human guidNaRe--Rey c. H. Ea-
ton, Universalist, New York City.
| THE LIBERAL CHURCH.--People will
not seek new religious fields when their
! wants are being met in the churches with
| which they have been long affiliated. The
! liberal church has served its purpose: its
usefulness is gone, and in the natural Or
| der of things 1t must die out.---Rev Colonel
| Duncan, Salvationist, Chicago. Ill.
| THE SCRIPTURES.-The Scriptures are
| plain enough to be understood by the hum
| blest reader In all matters pertaining 10
! life. duty and destiny. Our Protestant be-
| lief in this truth Is nowhere Rlore clearly
set forth than in our oft-asserted truth OF
the right OF private Judgment --Rey. e. T,
| Lee, Presbyterian, Cincinnati Ohio
| THE WAY OF CHRIST.-Back to the
| Christ days and the Christ methods, who
| came not to condemn, but TO saye--not to
| condemn the saloon, the theater. the circus,
the horse race, but 10 substitute some
| thing better. Before you marry woman
| you WOO that woman. Before We can save
soul We must win that soll,--Rev G. r.
Robbins. Baptist, Cincinnati ohio.
POLITICS IN THE PULPIT do not
lake politics Into the pulpit. When poll
les climb into my pulpit and lift the ak
upon the platform upon which the preacher
stands, which IL builded OF the Ten Com
mandments, then the religious teacher has
| ro choice left but to lift the scourge and
! utter the vnlce Of condemnation.--R N.
d. Hills, Independent, Chicago. Ill.
tBRlBERY,-We need honest convictions
and the stamina to live up TO those convie-
tons. Bribery scandals and such political
| corruptions wiil always be coming UP until
| there is a sentiment created against the
| briber. There Will alwaw be weaklings to
! buy as long as there are buyers ready TO
pay the price.-Rev. +. A. Noble, Congre-
! gationalist. Chicago, III
1 WHAT YOU WILL.-God gave dominion
| to man, and no sorrow, no tear. no sigh
ever came into mis- life except as he failed
to grasp the truth of this possession. The
/ world is yours. given to you to control TO
4 make servant of; everything Is given aud
! you can take out OF it what you wilL Life
(, Is yours and you can make Of IL what you
! will.-Rev. Or, Rougton. Methodist Cin-
cinnati. Ohio,
/ SYMMETRICAL MEN.--Some college
graduates are moral sewers. Some promi-
( nent men In the professions are moral lep-
ers. Seine religious people are cranks and
ignorant fanatics. We need symmetrical
men and womsn. We need msn that are
fuil OrDc0 anu ueNttOptI III every lituitS.
Gush and sentiment will not take the place
OF education and morality.-Rev. w. G..
Partridge. Baptist. Cincinnati, Ohio.
I DUE TO IGNORANCE.-The Jewish
spirit OF justice must occasionally unmask
what parsdes as Christian charity The
ir-minded. and these do not always num-
Der those who strut about In the purloined
plumes OF liberalism, will readily recog
nize that such reyilements Of Judaism ard
OF the life OF the gentle teacher OF Nazareth
are due to manifest ignorance.-Dr. W. S.
Friedman. Hebrew Denver, Colo.
RETRIBUTlON.--From the worlds ear
i Hest morning wherever we md the i'd c
Of a future life. we find 1t represented r.
based upon the life lived upon earth. II
there were M retribution beyond the limit
< OF the present life. We should be Obliged 70
! admit either that no moral government
81 the world exists, or that justice and
! Judgment were not the habitation OF His
thrope Rev. NJ. C. Peters. Independent
New York City.
/ NON-CHURCH GOBRS.-The first drift
''eway from habitual church going and var
ish support Is among the working people OF
all kinds. for such term - "owrkinE