San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-10
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.

l lL1OONAll.
Epitome OF Sermons OF The Week BY
Eminent Clergymen OF All De-
nominations.
TEARS-The whitest robes in heav-
en- will be found on those that have
been baptized with suffering and bath
ed in tears Rev. NJ. c. Peters, In
dependent. New York City.
SOCIAL ORDER-Social order is
necessarily conservative. Those who
would overthrow must remember how
long it has taken to evolve it, imper-
feet as it is.-Rev. l.. w. Sprague, Uni
tartan, Boston, Mass.
| HOPELESS. CLASSES-There are
| two hopeless classes, one incapacitat-
ed by nature to receive truth, and the
other so incapacitated by conceit
that they will not receive the truth
Rev. J. H. Coleman, Methodist, AL
| bany, n. Y.
TIME FOR REST-Man should earn
| his living by the sweat of his brow or
mind. but he is not told that he is to
| sweat all of the time. Man has a
right to a time for rest, for home,
for thought.-Rev. Lee S. McCollester,
Universalist, Detroit, Mich.
WITHOUT GOD.-The experiment
of trying to get along without God is
not new one. God is inconYenient.
Men do not often like to retain him
in their thoughts. 1t is the isnanest
thing ever thought of in this repub-
lic.-Rev. A. B. Storms, Methodist, De-
trOit, Mich.
THE GOSPEL-The gospel is not I'M
manly or unwomanly, as some mis-
guided people are apt to believe. The
greatest men in the worlds history
have acknowledged its truth and bow
ed down to it. 1t is worth working
for. Rev. S. A. Northrup, Baptist,
Kansas City, Mo.
THE SALVATION ARMY.-You
may turn up your nose at the Saliva
ton Army, but just such people as you
crucified my Savior and prosecuted and
killed the apostles, charging that they
were disturbers of the peace. God
bless the Salvation Army and give you
the divine power they have.-Sam
Jones. Evangelist.
LICENSED SALOONS.-If we Ii
cense saloons because some people
want them and are willing to pay a
tax to conduct this business, why not
license opium joints and other dens
of infamy if somebody is willing to
pay for license to run such places?-
Rev. c. L. Morgan, Congregationalist,
Jamaica Plains. Mass.
SUNSHINE.-The sun is the flag of
life. Considering what the sun does
l do not wonder that men worship it.
There is no wheat in the fields, nor
play of lambs nor chatter of children
or thought of mind or hearts ease.
without sunshine. Light and heat
and motion are One.-Rev. NJ. W.Reed.
Independent, Denver, Col.
LABOR.-All that is worth having in
life, whether on the material. inteIlec-
tual or moral plane, is the outcome
of labor. Effort is the measure of
value. Industry is the heart of civ
ilization. The dignity and joy of life
are found in activity. Idleness is a
curse.-Rev. C. H. Eaton, Universal
ist, New York City.
MORALITY.-The moral man must
do more than conform to the laws of
morality before he can receive the di-
vine inspiration. He is to be admir-
ed, but there is a lacking which is a
paramount necessity to the moral
mans claim on heaven, and that is the
profession of Christ's love, in his soul.
Rev. Edmund Hewitt, Methodist.
Camden, n. ].
MANHOOD.-Man and circumstan-
ces may inseparable. but they are not
Identical. We are to love the man
though we may despise his surround
ings. Manhood above money; man
hood above party; manhood above
sect; manhood next to God. This is
the sure passport into the presence OF
the Great King.-Rev. DR.. Williams,
COngregationalist, San Francisco.
RUM AND RELIGION.-If religion
has nothing to do with the shutting up
of the grog shop it has nothing to do
with anything in this world. Just so
soon as we try to make religion prac-
teal among men we come face to face
with things that have to be done in
practical way, and when religion is
~ - SUES llShN up against lIlt
| saloon dOor.-Rev. l. J. Lansing, Con-
! gregationalist, Boston, Mass.
TOMORROW.-The future is the
child of the past. Our tomorrow's are
heirs of our today. Idleness today.
incpacity tomorrow; profigacy today,
want tomorrow; violation of trust to-
day lack of standing tomorrow fidel-
ity economy, diligence today, honor
abundance, capability tomorrow. God
bestOws his blessings in accordance
with law.-Rev. c. N. Sims, Methodist,
Indianapolis, Ind
OUT OF THE CHURCH.-There is
a great body of men out of the church
who are the peers of men inside, and
of these men, the easy-going fellow
will say that it is esaier for some to
rise and follow Christ than it is for
| others. The obligation is, however,
| on every man to follow the Lord, but