The St. Johns herald., 1897-04-24

Common SenSe.-TOO many Chris tians drop their common sense alto oather when they read the Bible.-Dr. T Dixbv. Unitarian, YOnkers, \. Y. Eyil.-Evil, under the cover of betin- seled gauge. is more insinuating and de moralizing than when it faunts it's un- covered nakedness.-Rev.J J. D. Stanley, Episcopalian, Cincinnati, Ohio. avagance.-Two hundred and fif- ty thousand people in want of food and coal, and S250,000 squandered in a sin gle society ball finds excuse and ap- plause only in hell.-Rev. COrrlandt Myers. Baptist, Brooklyn, \. '. NewSpaperS.-Our legitimate newspa- per Is our public arena; it is our safety valve; it is the artillery that turns threatening revolution into needed re- fOrma tions. II is our public conscience. Rev. Joseph KrauskOpf, Hebrew, Philadelphia.
 Determine tiOn.-The man who is openly antagOnistic has at least deter imitation, and that is something. De termination is what you need, and Is the best capital a man can have if it's determinatio right thrOugh.-Rev. San Jones, Evangelist, at Boston, Mass.
 The Use Of MOney.-Righteously got ten wealth Is a legitimate and honOra- bIe possession; If it ministers only to display. it becomes a yoke and bur den: if 1t pampers the children and shuts them away from their fellows, It is q failure-Rev. W. H. P. Faunce, Baptist, New York City.
 Christian Living.-Christ tians wonder why 1t is that men will sell their vote, or. in office, sell their honor. It is sim ply because they are not Christian; be- cause they have not been brought un- der the reign of the Christ principles of living.-Rev. F. X. Bisbee, Univer- saHst Philadelphia.
 Charity.-The conditions i'll which thousands of fellows live and die chal- lenge society to put away for while frivolity and gayety. Our present duty is to consider sOberly how we can help the cause of the poor. Philanthropy alone will not suffice.-Rev. c. R. Ge- bauer, Unitarian, Cincinnati, Ohio. Suicide.-The present life is only q stepping stone to a higher and a nobler one. No matter how lOwly you may be and what your troubles are, you should remember that there is nothing heroic i,, ;nfI i..h ;,,o o;t iOus act of cowardice or one of mad ness.-Rev. Joseph Silverman, Hebrew, New York City.
 GOodness.-The noblest thing is to be q good man. Piety is helpful, but good ness is supreme Human life is not a cursed thing, to be disinfected of it's poison. but a wonderful seed to be studied nurtured, given right soil and grown to its native perfection.-Rev. l.. s. McCOlleSter, Universalist, De- troit, Mich.
 EQuality.-Our greatest peril is the cOncentra ton of wealth, our greatest need an equitab ble distribution of wealth. Political economists say that the benefits of the present civilization are not impartially distributed, and 1t Is not strange that workingmen should agree to he restless.-Rev. A. J. White, Unitarian, San Francisco, Cal.
 Heaven and Hell.-Intelligent people will only believe in a heaven and hell that Is purely spiritual. Familiar as we are with this idea, 1t is one that can never lose it's power over us, and while we may hope to escape all else, but from ourselves never. It is that which we fear, it Is that to which we look forward.-Rev. E. Worcester, Episco- pallan, Philadelphia, Pa.