The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-09-25
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems OF Truth GIeaned Prom the reael.-
ings of All Denomination.

OnrlslIan Church, Denver.
The Cody Man.
The godly man is steadfast and faith
ful. Like the everlasting hills, he keers
his place, being rooted and grounded in
love. Rev. T. O'Connell, d. D. Meth
odist, Philadelphia
Real Awakening.
The beginning of real awaking is the
church's earnest cry to God, and our
most intense prayer is but the faintest
echo OF divine promise.-Rev. Edward
McHugh, Methodist Cincinnati
Christian CnIty.
Christian unity is more than fr1endh.
ness 1t is being one in faith, one In
heart and soul. one In mind, one in
work, cne in organism--Rev. Dr.. d. e
DUNCAN. Christian Church, st. Louis
Amuserene.
Amusement is not the chief end in
life. 1t is side issue. It prepares us
for the real work Of life. Let us not LET
incidentals take the place Of the eternal
Kew John L. Scudder, CongreRa-
tionalist, Jersey City.
when We Know Christ.
We do not yet know this Christ. but
when we do we shall be Transformed
and trAnGfgured. and it will be only a
glad and welcome step from earth To
neaven--George II Hepworth. Congre-
gationalist, New York
One Condition OF BIessedness.
That language. the highest to be
found In its day, describes a condition
OF bIessedness arising out of the final
and eternal associations of the children
OF God with one another and with him
-Hev. James Vernon, Independence.
Kan
Opportunities.
Opportunities lie before our voun0
men as wide as Webster found in the |
senate, Grant in the army, your fathers |
In the commerce Of San Francisco 40 |
years ago. There are place and means
Ior every man alive.-Rev. DR.. Robert
Mackenzie, Presbyterian, San Francisco
LIES Problem.
In the problem of life the first thing
is to find working principle which if
carefully applied to the problem will
BRING the correct solution. This princi-
pie has been found to be faith. Faith is
not only the working principle. but
also the key to the door of life.-Rev.
n. D. Walters, Presbyterian. st. Louis.
Gods Blessed Promise.
Sympathy, aid, prayer, helpl Blessed
promise! Servant of God, go On. Some
where at the crossing CT the road, at a
turn IN the thorny path, in the gloomy
vale, ON the stormy night, you will
meet some one that will grasp your I
hand and share your burden. God has {
sald SO, and SO it has ever been.-Dr. G
j. L. Green, Baptist. Liberty, Mo.
Our Natures Highest Plans.
The higher planes Of our nature. the
heavens within us, are the region of -
our nohlest possibilities, those farthest
removed from what Is merely animal
mere are the noblest pleasures. the
most holy impulses and the unrest ,
light; there the most elevatinR influ.
'nces are received. William l. e
Worcester, Church Of the New Jerusa- 81
EN-, Philadelphia. 81
Nail Men" of the Church. 8
The nail man knows how to say lust i
he right thing at the right time. He is O
member Of the church who knows Q
low to shake hands we'll He NAV not X
eep himself informed as to the latest .
aethod OF handshaking, but he puts his 4
cart In his handEhake, ard the church .
2 which he belongs has the reputation K
being cordial church.-Rev. Cor 3
ellus Patton, Congregationalist, Du- z
1th, Minn. q
Things That Make Heaven Desirable
There is a place called heaven. but Z
o man knows where it is nor in
hat direction it lies We know that 2
hrlst Is the way to it and that is all 8
q do know. And we will be surprised 2
find that all that makes that place 8
eslrable grows out of the characteris- e
cs OF those who are there With that 3
lmpany any place would be heaven. Q
flthout 1t no place would be-Rey. "
Ames Vernon, Independence, Kan.
Crucial Hours of Our Lives. q
There is crucial hour in every life.
hat hour decides futurity. 1t NAV be
10 hour when a young man chooses
8 vocation, or his companions or his O.
ife, or his education. 1t NAV be the ~
'ur when a young man or woman is
mpted to commit some sin 1t may be
@ hour when a person chooses Christ
MS Master or rejects him These are -
g starting points of success or failure
life These are the things of mo-
entous destinies - DR.. Warren G.
rtridge. Baptist, Cincinnati.
The Result OF Evolution.
Evolution takes the golden age out of
past and places it in the future.
le pains Of the work have been mis- -
ken for the dying commissions of a =
ce lost in sin. They are, in fact, the AH<
wall pains with which a nobler race
continually born. Creation throbs
tn the anthers Of hope The past is
{ the racnrd of a dis,,,nl "a il. L.