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The Minister.-A minister must be a
follower, as well as a leader, of his
people, and his deeds and words must
always harmonize.-Rabbi Isadore
Myers, Hebrew, San Francisco, Cal.
Men and Churches. People like a
man who believes In himself; they like
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. NJ. w.
Reed, Independent, Denver, Colo.
City Dangers 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 sim
ply the wedlock of bodies, but of spir-
it's. 1t is the union of the entire per-
sonality.-Rev. q. b. Vosburg, Baptist,
Denver, Colo.
Blood Of the Poor.-New York is
building herself up with the blood Of
her poor, who are crowded into wretch
ed tenement houses, with mismanaged
schools and criminally neglected aims
houses and prisons.-Rev. III. Il. Shop
herd, Congregationalist, San Francisco,
Cal.
Man and Reason.-Man is a reason
ing animal. He alone Is capable of
perceiving truth, of discerning false
hood, Of sitting out fallacies, of weigh
ing evidence, of thinking. To think Is
a high prerogative.-Rev. U. s. Mil
burn, Universalist, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Missionary Work.-The field of mis-
sionary efforts in the direction of gach-
ering into the churches often seems to
me 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. Z. A. Horton, Unitarian,
Boston, Mass.
Wealth. am no communist, and be-
lieve not in the equi-distribution Of
wealth. II a man works for his money
he has right to Rave 1t. Because we
are lazy, do not grurible because some
one else is willing to slave.-Rev.
Frank Talmage, Presbyterian, Chica-
so, Ill.
The Price Of Liberty. 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 men have
had to pay high price for the liberty
which they demanded.-Rev VI. j..
Savage, Unitarian, New YORK City.
Solitude.-The superior spirits are
more or less alone. Shakespeare hasn't
much company. There are few to walk
with Francis d Assist or Fenelon. The
heroes retire into the solitude of their
singular work and there are few TO I'M
derstand them.-Rev. G. l.. Thompson,
Presbyterian, New York City.
Empty Pews.-When the spirit of self
ish exclusiveness in the church has
given place to the broad spirit of
adaptiveness, and the church becomes
all things to all men in the Pauline
sense, ministering to all men and all
of the man in all ways, our pews will
be full.-Rev. G. "A. Dickinson, Congfe-
gationalist, Boston, Mass.
st. Paul's Infiuence.-Eighteen cell
turtles and more have passed since
Paul said: II am not ashamed Of the
gospel" Thousands have been asham-
ed of it and are forgotten. But the
power and influence of Pauls life and
letters are still felt and acknowledged
by multltudes.-Rev.J ]. X. Montgoln-
cry, Presbyterian, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Catholic Unity.-The recent efforts Of
Leo XIII. in favor of Christian unity
show the position of the church toward
the classes and the masses. She would
bring all the children of Adam into her
heart, warming them with charity, in
spring them with hope, and saving
them through faith in Jesus, the Lord.
Rev. J. p. O'Donnell, Catholic, Bos-
ton, Mass.