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Christ.-Christ was a simple man,
who had never read Homer or Caesar.
or knew how to paint or carve stone.
Still he rs the ideal Christian.-Rev. G.
H. Parkhurst, Presbyterian, New York
City, .,s-...s., ..a.... .-,
Punishment-God Furnishes a. the
righteous parent must ever punish--for
the benefit of the one punished, and for
punishment that will endure until the
| Improvement IL brought about.-Rev.
f. A. Bisbee, Universalist Philadel-
phia, Pa. ptl se la
Saloons and Churches.-The laborer
who Is out of a job finds the churches
shut, but the saloons open, and to the
poor man there sometimes seems more
brotherhood in the saloon than in the
church.-Rev. w. ID. Bliss, Christian
Socialist, Boston, Mass.
Benevolence.- When n Gould gives to
society, 1t Is but tardy and small re-
turn for what Gould took from So
ciety. A little less in benevolences and
little more In just dealings to society
and the praise would be more deserved.
Rev. r. A. White, Universalist, Chi
cago, III.
Oharlty.-The charity that consists of
giving check to help the needy and
knowing nothing of the life Of the one
helped rs not Christian charity. We
need more OF the philanthropy taught
ut Calvary by him who gave himself.
Miss Jessie Alderman, Baptist, Chi
cago. Ill.
Companionship.-Am man Is known by
the company he keeps. II you go with
a man who drinks, man who steals or
a man who lies, you are liable to drink
and steal and lie. / might advise q
man to keep good company, yet he
might keep good company all his life
and not be saved.-Rev. Sam Jones,
evangelist. a.,,...,
Observation-Disclosures Is as neces-
sary to mankind as IL food, or air, or
light. 1t tones up the Individual 1t
cheers his wearisome road through life
and lightens the monotonous toll and
labors of the matter-of-fact and work.
a-day world. Every one of us needs
recreation, the indulging in some light
some recreation.-Rev. Joseph Silver
man, Independent, New York City.
The Fear Of God.-If we would nur-
ture civilization and moral culture, II
we would keep society from anarchy
and barbarism, IL we would stem the
tide Of animal passion which is con-
stantly striving to flow over the world,
we must make God known to men. So
ciety must be built upon that one cor
ner-stone, the knowledge and the fear
Of God.-Archbishop Ireland, Catholic,
st. Paul, MINI.
Spiritual Help.-Every impenitent
sinner Is like disabled ship at sea,
and assistance Is imperative immedl-
ately, or loss is Imminent and irretriev-
able. Every human soul has a pre-
cious cargo, and eternity alone can ap-
preciate It's priceless value. Thou
sands Of our disabled fellow-men can
never reach the celestial haven without
some moral tow.-Rev. w. G. Part
ridge, Baptist, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Pity.-There is nothing more harden
ing to the sensibilities than the failure
to translate pity into action. Christs
pity was practical. We are told thst he
had compassion on the HUNGRY Multi
tude, and the Immediate result Of 1t
was how many loaveAhH ~ THIS is
finely illustrative of the way in which
Christ's whole nature moved Mt once
and in unison.-Rev. George d. Baker,
Presbyterian, Philadelphia, Pa.
Falsehood.-Many of the truths about
God and man are suppressed. Any
man who to-day attempts to proclaim
the whole truth, who strives to reveal
the facts as they are, is liable to be
condemned. No man can, in any way,
attack wrong without being traitor
to some cherished evil in society. AS
consequence of this voluntary suppress
sion Of truth, there Is gross misun-
Outstanding of the main facts of life.
Men live and walk in falsehood-Re
l. j. Lansing, Baptist, Boston, Mass.
Where Sound Travels.
Eighteen miles is the longest distance