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question that he puts to the emperors ana
rulers who visit him. Rev. j. V. O'Con-
nor, Roman Catholic, Philadelphia, Pa.
THE DELUGE--The deluxe WAS not
myth produced by the Imagination. but a
tradition which spranE out of an event
There is evidence OF local food occurring
In that part OF the world poopled by our
ancestors before they separated into races
The tradition OF flood Is held by all the
branches of the human family except the
blacks. The dclugo was used to teach the
unity and vengeance OF God: the law of ret
ributiyc justice and the fact OF sin.-Rcv.
William RAIDER, Congrcgationalist, San
Francisco
PROHIBITION IN MAINE-The prohibit
ton law of Maine is enforced-not ~ eep-
ingly. not as 1t ought to be. not as it can
be, but still 1t is enforced better than I
ever believed possible. / would not see the
prohibitory law taken from the Maine stat
utes for any consideration under heaven
5avc heard IL sDia that the Maine law was
farce and acandal. ! declare that ac-
| cusation to be lie; do. with all my soul
and am ashamed OF the men who utter It.
Rev. H. b. Rose, Universalist, Auburn,
Maine.
ABuSE-The abuse Of a thing has never
| yet constituted a sound argument for the
/ uselessness Of that thing. The pollution Of
the air is not yet n proof that breathing
might be dispensed with. 1t is true. there
ought TO be no such glarina imperfections
in the clergy. The profession is too white
| for black sheep to expect to 20 unobserved
| But, since this Is not so, and probably can
| not be, is it serving the best interests of
| human kind for the best elements Of society
| TO publicly uncover the nakcdness OF the
church REV. Joseph Krauskopf, Hebrew.
| Philadelphia.
CHRISTIAN ZEAL-It was heaven
! born zeal that led John Knox to cry out
''Oh, God. give mo Scotland or die!" That
| induced Whtcheld to excnim. give me
souls or take mine.' 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 godly zeal preyod upon their
yitals like consuming fire as it did upon
| him who said. twist ye not that | must be
about my Fathers business?' and who was
wounded for our transgressions and bruised
| for our iniQuitles.-Rev. David J. Beale
| Presbyterian, Philadelphia
| CHRISTIAN SOClALISM-The socialis,
| who calls himself Christian Ia in strange
| company. for most Of his associates are not
| Christians 10 their knowledge. The essen
tial thing in their doctrine is that private
ownership Is robbery, and that, therefore
| the whole fabric of our industrial and COM
mercial life is built upon moAtrous
crime. One-fifth OF the moral law would
| have no application in a sociaistic state
| One may so further and say that in such q
state the very teachings OF Christ. which we
are accused of dsregardlng, would be TN
| intelligihle.-Rev u. H. Wheeler. Meth
odlst. New York City
| Theosophy establishes the
reign of law and of Justice. In country
where the murderer goes unpublished and
| the thief unmolested there Is no stimulus
to virtuous living. Such is our condition
] today. S'romulga.ior OF the inevitable
/ Justice of karma VIII change this. Trick
cry and false representations would bring
| certain discovery The rich would know
! that they could not with impunity take adj
vantage Of the poor The poor would know
that their duty must equally be fulfilled
Such a conviction would abolish crime. OPP
! preston and wrcng.-Durcham Harding
| Theosophist, Kansas City. Mo.
EVANGELISM-The best type of evange-
| lism must understand. whether It accepts
or not, the trend Of scholarship within the
! church; 1T must be able to appreciate,
| whether 1t adopts or not the methods by
| which tina church maintains It's constant
| and beneficcnt work in the world, and never
| underestimate these or give way to a shall
| low pesslmsm Or cheap and harmful criti-
| cism based on imperfect induction IT must
believe In tho sincerity and efficiency OF
| tho men who year IN and year out bear the
| great burdens az pulpit and parish work,
end whcse knowledge % tho bible is usually
! centainly not inferior to that OF the evan
gsllst--Rev. W. E. Barton. Congregation
| allst Boston Mass
7 r,ccp>c m, ,,,r c,.cN., rr, .i.
| time has about Il all tho freshness and
! beauty of the morning Of life. and 1t comes
| to us laden with sweet niors and bright
] hopes, with swelling buds and bursting
! blossoms. The Summer gives us the full
! richness Of srn life, the ripening corn and
fields Of harvest, which tell nf the full
prime Of life when men and women are full
| OF intellectual vigor. The autumn is like
| the long arm of the evening. when the
shadows are lensheuing 1t tells us Of
maturity. 1t tells us OF decline. Winter IL
| like the night which men call death. hut
which is merely sleep, although II looks Ike
death. We call 1t a picture of death, but
| Il Is only a picture Of sleep Rev. T. NJ.
| Halves, Presbyterian, louisville Ky.
SUICIDE AND CIvILrzATIoN--we nnl
that suicides figure most in the best conu
| tries. where culture and learning exist.
I Where there /. the highest civilization
there is the most suicide Is civilization.
then. a curse, and Is IL false that knowledge
IS power? MOI II Is simply this, that with
the higher power there Is more danger ot
Q misuse OF II. And with the nice delicacy
and higher sensitiycness and the feelings
| that education refncs there Is greater pain.
and there Is no moro moral strength, rs a
usual thing to bear II. II IS that the shame
and remorse Of cultured mind VIII nct
tolerate what Ignorance and dopraviS
would hear Suicide, along With insanity,
advanced with tho advance ot culture ana
education. II r. the price OF clviliza ION
II is the cost OF progress--Rev VI. ST ~
Wright, Unitarian, New York City
MUNICIPAL OwNEFsHlP-Why IRE
American cities worse than European Not
because we as individuals are worse. IN
| many respects our life Is pnrer, truer anu
cleaner than the life OF European cues
Wages are higher and in America the we
| OF the family Is truer. Why are our clvic
functions worse? In American cltizi lne
private CORPORATION Is the dominant factor
In Europe 1t IL the municipality In Eu :
rome the individuality acrnmplishes inc
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