The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-05

: areflh Tn nr1 ~ whole need Gospel
ltrstiI to-day more than tho poor ---itev.
John Htsphsns.. M0th0dist, Bal Fraucisco
MBTHDDIsM.--Th Metbudita denomi-
| natinu. from beIng TIN smallest and poor
est, has now become tho richest and larg-
est ia t1je land. II controls 200 colleges
| aud 10000 schools In which there aIo
l 2.2isp,0D0 pupils. When the missionary so-
ciety was organized In 1873 IL secured
| gifts. OF $500 Its last year's collection
amprntsd ta more tliau sl,51p 900 - Rev.
lsH. Il. Howe. Methodist, Boston, Msaax.
I WEALTH is wealth. II is nat
money: u 10 happiness, and discomfort rs
pDverty. We Americans think thar to get
wealth wa must 10 lar away 10 look for
IT, and at the end of tho rainbow there
are 10 he found pHfg OF gold. We forget
there ans diamond mines in our back
Yards. aud wealth in our personalities. -
RoT DR. RAIDER, Congresat.onalist. San
Francisco.
I LABOR. Paul said that II 4 man should
not work he should not eat, that he
should not enjoy the fruits OF the earthis
bounty he did not earn them by brain
or by Drawn. Labor liz honorable. toll is
r~specialie Paul aa lie toied was found
INK the church. Peter was a fishernsu
aud Christ carpenter. Christianity nnts
q premium OH labor Rev. w, 8. Graft,
Methodist, Davenport, Iowa.
SaCRiF1CE.-It iD the SACRIFICES az
Deryitc TINT Is acceptance OF Cod, not IN
atoncment for our Ans granted out OF
our relation to God after receiving tile
benefit Of Jtunrment Sacrifice ig spDian
OF as being A living sacriflce. A sacrifice
d ourselves. our ives not the dead sacri-
Tees, liiie Those offered before tho Gum-
na Of Christ. Our sacrifices should he IN
our own lives 30 the service
" God REV. &. c. Meador, Baptist,
Washingiou. D. O..
THE MILLENNIUM. With the second
'oming OF ChriHt, israel like thr Drndigal
iani VIII return 20 bis fathers house, the
warfare ~ thu church VIII bs over; the |
'arth win be delivered from lts burden OF
'orrow Satan win be bound ana sin blot |
~ olti The living changed, the Son Of |
sou VIII be giOrlfie,t and crowned King |
II Kings aud lord of lords; ltc viii seq |
hc travail Of nis goul and be eteinally |
satisfied. Rev j. A. Mack Prasbytar- |
al. Fort Mil, $. c.
DRIFTING --'lorlfting' has ruiner |
unra souls dian anything else Ia the |
'''A'f f'H tlN lufu iltu women VIM al /
he present time IRE drifting away on The
filrNent of time. sut this drifting away |
. not confined 70 individuals. Look al /
ne nations which began, lhtle by lutlo I
hig Drogiiass at drifting. How aid ngypt. I
Babylon, Niueyah, Rome Carthage and
ihens lose their pawer AMI their glory? 4
'hey commenced 10 drift away stop by
tep Internationally blp surely, gradual
J hrlfung hntl they had departed from
Ina
axiom Evangelist Philadelphia, Pa
CHRISTIE LOVE. --ChriBt's love was rs
lnch shown ia little things as In great,
M me II but "A snriag Df little tiiings
~ love thar trusts on hopes GA
ringing 10 pass tho things IL hopes for
miilug Il possible for a mum 10 attain
nto he height witch love bcspeaks for
'm' 4 lave THAI hnpeih all things he-
eNeth all things. endureth all things.
ever f1iieth. II IL noI always the wor.
hiness az The object that produces the
Featesi love; this liz determined ny the
featness of the heart that gives IT, --Rev. |
= M. C0oR. Baptist Chiuasu
THE CATHOLIC PRIEST. -rhe Cathn-
c priest Ia nor only dispenser az the
Ystaries af God, hut Is a mysterious be-
" himaeit m tho ewes OF the world
'iilc aiy dt the priest, az wax said Of our
ord ma ~ good man others say no M
'eeiveth thu people fIe IL hnuorad and
we'd most by t,tnse who knuw him best
II whether he Ia honored or iishonored
bethcr ne Ia loved or Ia ted the Catholic
lest has been too prominent a figure ia
"a history of the world ami ia the prn-
'esa OF our Christian civilization 10 bs
er iguored. Cardinal Glbbnns, Romnn
ithollc, Baltimore Nil. ,