The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-12-22

Good Influences Good suggestions
and influences do not drive or force us: ,
hey only lead.-Dr. Pratt. Swedenbor-
gian. san Francisco Cal
Man.-Man has power over the laws
II the universe. and can and does often |
times bend them to his wlll.-Rev. n. r.
Coyle. Presbyterian. Detroit. Mich.
Gods work.-In the great church Of
God there Is somewhere a work for
every honest man.-Rev. Mm. ]. Long.
Congregatlonalist. North Cambridge.
Mass.
Rest.-The rest God speaks Of Is not
the alternative OF something else. hut
the quality which marks the highest
attainment OF the human soul.-Dr. +
Storrs, CongregatlonalIst. Brooklyn.
Is. Y.
Fatherhood Of God.-Some people say |
that the fatherhood of God is all the /
theology they want. With one excep-
lion. am inclined to accept that view.
} DR. Abbott, Congregationallst. Brook
} lyu, \. y.
Gods Question.-When God asks
question he pronounces Judgment. His
question searches MS through and
! through His question carries its own
answer-Rev. d. Gregg, Congregation
allst. Brooklyn, y. Y.
|, A New Epoch.- is class OF
people who have outgrown the church
=, aud who find the satisfaction that they
require In literature. science and many
4 other new theories of life.-Rev. Thos.
q Van Ness, Unitarian. Boston. Mass.
a The Idea OF God.-The idea of God
y helds very large place in human life.
o 1t matters not how we got this idea.
e We have II and live in 1t. The idea
10 energies whenever we get at the con-
d ception OF truth.-Dr. Patton. Method
s. list. Princeton. y. j.
y The Great Truth.-Among certain ele-
ments of faith which are fundamental
u we must emphasize the great truth that
~ man is spirit. the conviction that man
- Is free and the fact Of grace.-Rey. j. \.
as Beard, Methodist. San Francisco, Cal.
4. Honor and Happlness.-Honor and
y. happiness are not dealt out in due pro
ha portion to mems just deserts. Many
,io who are good and kind suffer the loss OF
he fortune. reputation and everything tina
ms makes life worth livlng.-Rev. DIR. Nc
Elveen, Congregationalist, Brooklyn
ne New York.
he The Happiest People.-lt needs som
cle one very often to show us how fortu
nate we are. The happiest people In til
world are by no means those who hav
the most to be happy with. but thos
who are most aware of what they hav'
ent and who make the most of it.-Rev. v
The Ii. Lyon, Congregatlonalist, Brooklln
re. Mass.
The Invisible God.-As we are taugl
~ ~. in the peaceful hours of childhood,
49, -. we are taught in the yearsof manhoo
I.h God Is everywhere, yet God Is invislbl
-; and the angels of God, his mlnisterll
spirits, his viceroys, they, too, are sp
no. lts.-Rev. ]. J. Prendergast, Romi
l. a Catholic, San Francisco, Cal.
it'll. Americas Duty.-America owes
5 of duty to Spain. She will utterly peri
the unless she learns self-reliance, and s
ac- will never learn this until her colon
ices are taken from her. For this reas
4, a the United States should entirely 81
pro- arate the mother country from her c
ers, onies for the advantage of both.-R
ued G. G. Earle, Baptist, Boston, Mass.
TINS Our Flag-Our flag is a symbol
all light, the banner Of dawn. The p'
ayes slave, the downtrodden creatures o.
foreign despotism, the starving yictl
of barbarous oppression, lind Ill
and freedom beneath 1t. In all tn
:, or years 1t never lost star. God bless
Ten soldier who goes with it.-Rev. w.
ny Moreland, Eplscopalian, San Francis
'Ne Cal.
Repentance.-If there is to be c
g re- nine repentance there must be so
it is body to repent 10, as well as someth
it is to repent from. In John the Baptl
preaching the emphasis laid on the h
BUSINESS Of sin was strong, but the
ut a phasis on the loneliness of Christ
skey. stronger. His denunciation of sin
n ,e0- terrible, but his alteration of j
knew no bounds.--Rev. j. A. Fran
Baptist, New York City.
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