The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-01-06

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The Minisfer.-A minister must be q
follower, as well as a leader, OF his
people. and his deeds and words must
always harmonize.-Rabbi Isadors
Myers. Hebrew. San Francisco, Cal.
Men and Churches.-People like a
man who believes In himself: they Ike
a church that has convictions and the
courage to maintain them.-Rev.
Frank Crane. Independent. Chicago.
Ill.
Depravity.-No totally depraved man
ever lived. Sitting Bull said some good
last words: God Almighty made me
an Indian. God Almighty never made
me an agency Indian. "-Rev. II. w.
Reed. Independent. Denver, Colo.
City Dangers.-The city is destruc-
tive of womanhood. Turn young girl
loose in any OF our great cities and you
might as well turn her loose on some
lonely South Sea island.-Rev. William
RAIDER. Congregationalist. San Fran
cisco, Cal.
Marriage.-To be model husbands, in
the loftiest sense, we must be true
Christians. For marriage is not sin
ply the wedlock Of bodies, but OF spir-
its. 1t is the union of the entire per-
sonality.-Rev. g. B. yosburg, Baptist,
Denver. Colo.
Blood of the roor-New York is
building herself up with the blood OF
her poor, who are crowded into wretch
ad tenement houses. with mismanaged
schools and criminally neglected aims
houses and prisons-Rev Fl. I. Shep-
herd, Congregationalist, San Francisco.
Cal.
Man and Reason.-Man Is a reason
ing animal He alone is capable of
perceiying truth. of discerning false
hood. of sitting ont fallacies, of weigh
ing evidence, of thinking. To think Is
4 high prerogative.-Rev. L. s. Mil
burn, Unlversalist, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Missionary Work.-The field Of mis-
sionary efforts in the direction of gath
arlng into the churches often seems TO
ne as large in the region Of the wealthy
and well-to-do as among the wage
earners and less favored parts of so
ciety.-Rev. f. A. Horton, Unitarian,
: Boston, Mass.
Wealth. am no communist, and be-
lieye not In the equl-distribution OF
, wealth. II a man works for his money
! he has right to Fave It. Because we
.. are lazy. do not grurible because some
one else is willing 10 slave.-Rev
Frank Talmage, Presbyterian. Chica
90, Ill.
The Price of Liberty Every forward
movement of thought has brought
! about bitter contest, and In the strug
: gle which has been carried on in every
line of human thought many mnn have
had TO pay a high price for the liberty
which they demanded-Rev. NJ. ]
: Savage, Unitarian, New YORK City.
f Solltude.-The superior spirits ar,
+ more or less alone. Shakespeare hash
z much company. There are few to wall
with Francis d'Assissi or Fenelon. Th
heroes retire Into the solitude of thei
singular work and there are few to nm
ltGsldIil llltlh.-lNSN. y. -. LHVlhlfSpii
Il Presbyterian. New York City.
= Empty Pews.-When the spirit of self
:, lsh exclusiveness in the church ha
a given place to the broad spirit o
4 adaptiveness, and the church become
!. all things to all men In the Paulin
! sense, ministering to all men and al
Il Of the man In all ways, our pews vii
> be full.-Rev G. A. Dickinson, Congre
gationalist, Boston, Mass.
: st. Paufs Eighteen cen
u turtles and more have passed sine
IS Paul said: Il am not ashamed of tn
Y gospel Thousands have been ashan
e ed of it and are forgotten. But til
a power and influence of Paurs life an
If letters are still felt and acknowledge
r by multitudes.-Rev.J ]. X. Montgon
cry, Presbyterian, Cincinnati, Ohio.
II Catholic I1nity.-The recent efforts Q
% Leo XIII. in favor of Christian unit
D. show the position of the church towac
y the classes and the masses. She woll
bring all the children of Adam into he
% heart, warming them with charity, il
II spring them with hope, and savln
IL them through faith in Jesus, the Los'
Rev. j. L. ODonnell, Catholic, Bo
ton, Mass.