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


living. And the church, which IS the
great teacher of morals, is justly looked
up to and must necessarily bear an, I'M
portant part in the education OF the peo-
pie on lines of rectitude and justice.
Rev. G. Ellis Stevens, Episcopal, Phila-
Selphia
The Spirit of the Home.
The spirit of the home must be devouu
If the influence is to be on the side or
right. The .undertone Of the home life
is often more important than the over
tone. Parents should bring daily heaV-
emily influences to bear upon those
whom God has intrusted to their care.
Rev. M. Ross Fishburn, Congrega-
tionalist, Washington. ,,,
Religion at Home. ia
The affairs at home are vanishing
element in the busy life of today. You
may say you can worship as well1in the
temple of nature or at home, but, as
fact, the great life Of religion has al
ways come from some church, sotne sa-
ored spot where praise and prayer 'testi-
fy to the commonest need of the manli-
est souls. Rev. James De Normahdie,
Unitarian, Boston.
All Work Is Noble. ,ya
The mechanics work is as noble In
its way as the profession Of law, niedi-
oine or the ministry, and the Brook
Ign bridge is as grand an achieve
ment as the works of Virgil. The youth
should choose that for which he is in
tended by nature, but all should begin
their battle with the world believing
and trusting in God. Rev. E. r. Ollie,
Methodist, San Francisco.
The Power of Faith.
A Christian cannot escape temptation,
but he can resist and overcome it,. Our
trouble is that we lose faith. If the dis
ciples' faith had not failed. they need
not have awakened the Master Give me
faith, and will meet the stormiest sea.
Give me faith, and will turn the pris-
on cell into palace and the handouff
Of steel to glittering gold. 1t is not the
day of miracles, but the day Of faith
that has past. Rev. ]. W. Porter, Bap-
fist, Louisville. M
God believes in the moral influence
Of beauty. There is not an ugly thing
In nature that is natural. 1t would have
been sufficient for agricultural purposes
If the sun had set every night in gray.
But he sends his angels to paint the sky
in glory. A raindrop is so simple
thing, and yet it has the possibility Of
the rainbow. No artist has yet been
able to blend its colors in such sweet
symphony. Who Of us would have
thought to have painted rugged rock
with such marvellous beauty? God did
it because he loves beauty. Rev. Smith
T. Ford, Baptist, New York.
Gods Supreme Court.
God made his supreme court almighty
and all knowing. He sent his apostles
into the world to decide disputes and
end controversies go ye, therefore,
unto all nations said our Lord. He
authorized them to say what was so
and what was not So And so the end
and arbiter of all controversies is the
Christ that moveth about us and abid
eth with us. He is the judge to whom
we can take all our differences. He is
the magistrate at whose feet we can lay
all our quarrels, and from whom we
can expect far treatment, man to man.
Rev. Father P. O. Yorke, Catholic,
San Francisco.
New Host OF Saints.
The Old Testament saints form d ros-
ter that cannot be duplicated by any
single nation. nor yet by list composed
Of the best examples Of all nations up to
the time of the coming of Jesus into the
world. The characteristics are clear
apprehension of God, a recognition of
the supremacy of righteousness and an
heroic loyalty. Yet there was need Of
something better, of new host of saints
who should be all that the old were, and,
in addition, should show forth the new
truth Jesus himself came into the world
to reveal, and through its workings es-
tablish the kingdom of God. Rev. j.
T. Stout, Methodist, st. Paul.
A Plea For the Turk.
For half q millennium the Turk has
been standing astride the Bosporus
with uplifted scimeter. Tonight his
name is on every lip in every land, with
of vituperation, denunciation
and calls for Judgment against him.
too bad can be said Of him.
He is called the incarnation of every
thing detestable and unspeakable. As q
soldier he is said to be the concrete ex-
preston of cowardice and fiendish bru-
tality. Yet the Turk never did as the
soldier Of the Thirty Years war, when
all Europe was filed with armies cut
ting each others threats in the name Of
Jesus Christ. He never did what the
English soldiers have touchdown help.
less prisoners from the mouths of shot
ted cannon, punishment invented BY
the subjects of her gracious Britannia
empress Of India, by the grace
Of God. Brutal as the Turkish soldier
may be, he has never been guilty OF
one-half the atrocities the Spanish are
in the Philippines and right
here at our very doors in Cuba. That
10 is courageous let the cold moonlight
hat looked down in the trenches OF
Plevna tell, when he died with his face
70 the foe, with no hope Of reward. To
fight like a Turk" is proverbiAl,
synonym for courage. The Armenian is
l born consDiratOr He is oily obse0ui-