The Winslow mail., 1897-06-05


prodigal mothers to-day as there are
prodigal sons know more infidel
women than infidel men.-Rev. G. 81.
Woolston, Baptist, Philadelphia. Pa.
Greatness.-No matter from what
class of society man springs he can
be great, for, after all, greatness is but
goodness.-Rev. Lyman Abbott. Unita-
rian, New York City.
Predestination.- human being
is by his very creation predestined and
elected to heaven, in that every human
being Is born with the capabilities of
spiritual life.~Rev. T. A. King, Swe-
denborgian, Chicago, Ill.
The Bible.-The Bible is the great
textbook of humanity. In American
history it has been the character of our
civil liberties and the source of our
high civilization.-Rev. w. Il. Boggs,
Presbyterian, Athens, Ga.
Satan's Work. II you do the work of
the devil you. are certainly his child,
for the man that Is dead and in sin
Satan has. Dead fish go with the cur
rent, live fish against it.-Rev. D. L.
Moody, Evangelist, New York City.
Creed.-We have no right to reject
the fundamental basis of a creed and
retain the denomination. We should
be intellectually children If we wish to
eat our cake and to have lt.--Rey. Tim
othy Brosnahan, Catholic. Boston.
Mass,
Changing Conelusions.-The Chris
tian Is not justified in holding to the
constantly changing conclusions of sci
ence rather than to the Bible. The
Bible does agree with science, but may
not coincide with the conclusions of sci
entific investigation.-Rev Frank r.
Morse, Baptist, New York City.
Charitable Wage-Earners. - Wage
earners must themselves be enlisted in
the services Of those nearest them In
their different stations in life. Why
should they not be made to feel the
obligation to sacrifice, if but a fraction
Of their earnings for the benefit Of their
fellows who are In danger Of becoming
paupers rabbi Gottheil, Hebrew,
New York City.
Purity.-It would be easier to put the
scales back again on the wing Of the
butterfly than to restore the purity
that has been stained by vice. Samson
was the strongest man Of his age, but
he could not break the cords of his own
iusts.-Rev. Dr. Gumbart, Baptist, Bos-
ton, Mass.
New Creeds.-Peddlers of new creeds
daily offer us their vanished wares,
but the cry New lamps for old!' shall
not rob us Of the Aladdin's lamp of the
old Gospel, which has wrought all the
wonders Of the Christian age.-Rev. W.
H. Moreland, Episcopalian, San Fran
cisco, Cal.
Newspapers.-The newspaper does
more toward the maintenance of the
prerogative of citizenship than any 9th
er instrumentality 1t investigates sci
ence; it directs charity; it is the best
auxiliary to the courts Of law. Wrong
doers stand more in fear of the news
paper than of all the anathemas of the
churches.-Rev. DR.. Rylance, Episcopa-
lian, New York City.
Love.-No ambition can take the
place of love. The man or woman who
has a fine house, elegant equipages and
not love is to be pitied. The man or
woman who has no equipage but
baby carriage, whose books are the
daily press, whose clothes are twice
turned, but in whose hearts Is love.
needs pity from no one.-Rev. Lyman
Abbott, Congregationalist. Brooklyn.
Ny.
Followers of Christ.-Christianity is
Christ. A Christian is follower OF
Christ. He Is one who adopted the
rule of life which Christ announced in
the Sermon on the Mount, and who
earnestly and honestly endeavors to
embody it in his daily speech and con-
duct. Christianity in its essential
meaning is the religion of Jesus Christ.
Rev. G. II. Eaton, Uniyersalist, New
York City.