The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-03-13
AMONG THE CHURCHES.

I OF probability In religion as In secular at
| fairs? Ia It not fair to recognize the clc-
| mcnt of probability on Sunday as on Nom
| dayg--Rcv. ]. u. Cothell, Episcopaliar. Dea
Moines, Iowa.
| CcNSECRATION.--T consecratcd life
means that the good, noble purposes. roso-
lutons promises aud God-given abilities Of
my life shall not lie dorment, but be SO
mingled with my thoughts and actions NJ
10 bring to the world the healing balm 81
| ChrIat's atoning sncrifirr,@Rcv. w. u. nu-
| gam Methodist, San francisco. CAL
ETERNAL LIFE Science joins with
philosophy In affirming that the wonder
fact Of life, oil itason, Of Justice, OF lows,
must mean more than death; that tho
great lifo OF man cen not end in the dust.
the ashes Of tho tomb. Rev. DIR. Thomas,
Independent, Chicago, III
GOD AND MAN,--ln the great ert or life
We infuse into the process something wa
share with God. There are only two words
in all the language that command olir
highest bomagc-~God and man-~nnd all
and the soul IN mon.--rRcv. Thomas il.
sliccr. Unitarian, New York City.
THE REAL 1IERo.--.We have heroes
and heroes. but the only real hero Ii the
Ltnssilming, modest man whose acts,
whether for patriotism, science. philan-
| thropy or religion, are not selfish, hut are
| tor the common good of all manbind.--
| Rev. NJ S. Levy. Hebrew, San Francisco,
Cal.
DLASPHEMY--To commit any crime re-
CURES time to arrange and plan But an
evil word, an on III, escapes the mouth -
quick as thought Swearing and bias
pbemy are by some said to be our National
sin. But It. might be doubted bad as We
are, we are not worse than other nations.
1t is singular sin. meaningless and
empty sin.--Rev. +, NJ, Munson, Whining
ton, Del.
BEAUTY Soul beauty wears, Some
girls with blue eyes and golden hair seem
very beautiful at first. but lacking this
deeper beauty II soon fades; while the plain
giil who Possesses it grows more beautiful
as you know her better. Beauty like that
OF the fsr-famed Helen OF poppaea. viii
soon fade. but the beauty of the soul.
where Christ dwells. shall last TO make
happy the city of God. A. NJ. Har-
yr0t Disciple, Cincinnati. Ohio.
THE SPIRIT GU1DE.A man attains to
the perfect law Of liberty when his m-
pulses Noinclut WIN MS COnNtctl0ns. lHt
law of his conscience has become the Inn
pulse of his life. Putty is no longer task
he must do, nor even III conviction he must
obey. II Is something TO which his heart
iteelt instinctiyoly responds, lie neris no
rules and no restraint, fer the Spirit within
him Is surer guide than any rules that
cen be irnposed.7-Roy. Richard Ccrd!cy,
Congrogationalist, Lawrence. Kan.
A FREE Lp.-~Governmontg, socc-
ties. organized reformers mar schools can
ever settle or adjust these conditions be-
tween Individuals by tho Incubation of The
moral principle alone, They can do that
by making every man awake to the sense
OF his relation 80 man as brother not a
e,asper, as helper. not as an oppressor.
When that time comes, when Justice is
universal law, the universal ideal. when
Justice throhs ~ tho heart OF civilization
through It's religions and through it's laws,
the world will be free. Rev. Dr. ]. II. Rob
or IniencuIput Ifify In