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Generosity.-To love to receive Is nat
nral; to love to give Is supernatural.
Generosity is divine; selfishness Is sa-
tanic.-Rev. J. G. Jackson Jr., Congre-
gationalist, Columbus, Ohio.
A Tonic for Pessimism.-They whose
work keeps them in close contact with
the weaknesses of people should read
Ing and Walt Whitman. These mighty
Optimists will act as a tonic on their re-
duced confidence in humanity.-Rev.
DR.. w. S. Grove, Universalist, New
York City.
Religion Of the Architects.-Not tenn
Piles, but great Libraries, auditoriums
for the people, are now voicing the re-
ligion of the architects.-Rev.J enkin
Lloyd Jones, Independent, Chicago, Ill.
esponsibillty.-God's love and kind
ness surely increase our responsibility
to him, and a responsibility of this kind
is indeed sacred one.-Rev. DR.. VIII
son, Congregationalist, Council Bluffs,
Iowa.
The Two Ways.-There are but two
ways dictated by conscience, and the
general trend of life must be one way
or the other, by the very conditions and
destinies of moral force.--Rev. w. L.
Chase, Baptist, Philadelphia, Pa.
Old Creeds.-The forms Of creeds
pass away. They get worn out. The
style becomes old, but the garments
woven by the true selfhood Of Christian
manhood shall be in style forever
Rev. j. Il. McNamee, Baptist, Chicago,
Ill.
Patriotism.-True patriotism begins
at home. Those chapters of unselfish
service are the hardest which are near
est and plainest, and rigor of conscience
puts them first.-Rev. DR.. NJ. w. Stryk-
er, Presbyterian, New York City.
Gods World.-People are coming to
see that the world is Gods world. And
so long as man sees that there is bet
ter way than the one he is treading he
will press forward to it.-Rev. Mrs.
Mary Whitney, Disciple, Boston, Mass.
Counting the Cost.-The world has
cy of the man who sits down to count
the cost. 1t may fail, but its failure
will pave the way for successes to
come-Dr J. +. Roberts, Episcopalian,
Kansas City, Mo.
Death.-In view of all the dangers,
death and sorrow into the world, we
should be very solemn. Death Is ap-
pointed unto men, and every man
should continually remind himself of
this truth.-Rev. w. II. Hanna, Chris
tian, Carnegie, Pa.
Chamberlain decides the ques.
ton of character. If God had made il
impossible TO sin, there could have been
no character. Man at his best would
have been a machine. Neither virtue
nor heroism would have been possible.
DIR. j. r. Westwood, Methodist, Phil
adelphia, Pa.
Gods Ways.-God's ways are not our
ways. Strange are his methods of ed
ucating humanity. In this process even
the follies and superstitions of men are
a.
the truth by making mistakes.-Rev.
f. Staff, Congregationalist, Forestvi:,e,
Ill.
A Heaven Anywhere.-IIeayen Is not
local place beyond the stars. Heaven
is not place with four square walls,
with God on throne as n personal be-
ing. God is everywhere, and heaven
may be in every heart. The kingdom
of God is within you.-J. J. Cornell, So
ciety of Friends, Baltimore, Md.
Environment-The place makes the
people, and the people make the place.
Men are largely the product of environ
ment. We are all influenced by our
surroundings. The overcrowded tene-
ment houses are the hotbeds of moral
and physical disease.-Rev. w. G. Part
ridge, Baptist Cincinnati, Ohio.
Giving the Babies n Show.
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