The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-11-20
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.


truth makes free. Rev. Herbert r.
Stillwell, Baptist. st. Paul
Value of Our NObIest Convictions.
Be true to your noblest convictions
with unswervine fidelity and neither
life nor death can do yon harm Rev.
George M. Hepwcrth, Congregational
fist, New York.
Presence OF God.
God is in our common human life ev-
erywhere, if we have only open eyes to
sec, hearts Co feel. sympathies to be
touched by his presence. NJ. J.
Savage, Unitarian. New York.
Christian Effort.
The central and cardinal object of ali
true Christian effort and enterprise is tc
accomplish the present and eternal well
fare of mankind.-Rev. A. II. Rogers.
Congregationalist, Kansas City.
Condition of Humanity.
Lost. .Found''-this is the represen-
tation which Christ gives Of the condi-
ton of humanity. Humanity. though
lost, still belongs to God.-Dr. W. O.
Webb, Evangelist, Philadelphia
Moral Truths.
Moral truths can be settled only in o
moral way. The mission of America is
to take her place ms a Christian and
philanthropio nation. - DR. G.. ID.
Boardman, Baptist, Philadelphia.
Steps OF Good Men.
1.-The steps Of good man are ordered
by the Lord" His footprints are found
on no forbidden path, but he leaves in
effaceable evidence of q righteous walk
deep in the dust of the highway of holi-
ness. Rev. Edward McHugh, Method
ist, Cincinnati.
The Keeping Power of God.
Our Lord Keeps an unceasing watch
over us, and he looks out that the guard
does not sleep. That is the way God
keeps us, and if we could remomber
that our lives would be more powerful.
byterian, London.
Being Spiritual.
No Christian can improve tho spirit
ual condition of the church better than
by being himself spiritual We can Gre
ate faith in prayer best by showing the
| effects of prayer on our own souls
Rev. John Stephens, Simpson Memorial
Church, San Francisco
Peace.
Peace is tho ideal Of life. It is the
loftiest conception of music, art ana
literature. Peace, not struggle. is the
SOULS heaven and it is the vision of the
future in which is the 'rest which re-
maineth of the people of God. Rev.
William RAIDER. CongreSationaIist, San
Francisco.
'One View of Life.
Life is the basis, motive ard aim Of
all that man accomplishes. The dia-
mond, ruby and emerald are beautiful
to behold, but it is better that the crys-
| tai secret be lost and every star annihi-
lated than that the law Of gravitatior
| should suffer failure or fracture.
R. R. Claiburne, Episcopal, Kalama-
zoo, Mich.
The New Religion.
The old statements of religious mo-
| tives have lost their power in inspiring
reform, and / am not sure but that the
| true church of the near future is to be
| formed from those who havo a passion
/ for the perfection of the social we'll be-
ing of the race without regard to former
theological opinions. B. +. Mills,
Evangelist, Boston.
Stimulating Power of Faith.
Faith is TO the sorl what the czone
of the mountain summit is to the body.
1t stimulates, it rouses enthusiasm, il
renews your youth, it keeps you young
until that last day when you fall asleep
with a pleasant good night on your
| lips, to be wakened by the welcoming
| good morning Of the angels.-Rev.
George H. Hepworth. Congregational
ist, New York.
Secular Wealth and Heavenly Rtchcm.
Secular callings aro valuable as a
mears to an end, and men are called to
make money as they are called to preach
the gospel. But the wealth so created,
by a divine alchemy, must be transmit
ted into soul force before it becomes
heavenly riches, for nothing goes from
this world into the other except the
righteousness Of character we have in
curselves.-Rev. G. E. Wilbur, D. D.,
Methodist. Pittsburg.
The Nobility of Gratitude.
1t is pet notion of ours that we hate
ingr0titude, but the practical lives of
most of us are in direct contradiction of
this theory. There is always q conflict
going on within MS between two oppos-
ing forces. The nobility Of gratitude at
tracts us and appeals to our better senti-
ments, but tho temptations of life of
constant ingratitude generally get the
better of us-Rev. Jerome B. Hanni-
gan, Catholic. San Francisco
Mission of the AnglO-SnxOn Race.
God has not left other races who live
on earth today without a call to give
whatever of value they possess to other
races. but he calls the Anglo-Saxons, in
q distinct and superlative sense, to use
their religious knowledge and civil law
for the good Of tho weak and helpless
OF mankind, because they possess more
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