The Advocate and news., 1898-01-19
Some Recent Religious Thought.

but what man can give; not what he
knows, but how he thinks.-Rev. Leon
Harrison, Rabbi, st. Louis.
Effect OF Great Forests ON Thought.
All have felt again and again the ef-
feet upon thought and emotion to be
found in the cathedral arches OF great
forests.-Rev. DR.. Barton o. Aylesworth
Christian church, Denver.
The Newspaper and ChristiAnity.
Cheerfully let us recognize this--the
newspaper is not an enemy, but an ally;
not curse, but blessing. 1t ought to
be better. Let us help make 1t so.
Brothers OF the press, bon voyage.-Rev.
DR.. George H. Combs, Christian, Kan
sas City.
The Religion OF Modern Society.
Society has always had its own re-
ligion, and dn our day 1t has reached q
high or low stage, according as you have
mind to call 1t, apart from what we un-
,derstand to be the religion of Christ
Rev. George G. Lorimer, Baptist, Boston.
Better Way.
People are coming to see that the
world is Gods world. And so long as
man sees that there Is better way than
the one he Is treading he will press
forward to it.-ReV. Mrs. Mary T. Whit
ney, Church Of the Disciples, Boston.
Thought for the Individual.
Let not one of us think for a moment
that he is not welcome to Christ. Nay,
he would draw all to Himself. We have
but to yield ourselves to His attraction
and we shall find ourselves getting ever
nearer.--ReV. B. Ezra Stiles Ely, Jr,
Presbyterian, Rockford.
Worldly Laurels.
Whatever worldly laurels you find on
your brow they will wither 1t is Christ
that you want. Success in life God
sometimes uses as lash to the cross.
Successful men are too often negligent
Of their souls-Rev. Dr. John Robert
son Of Glasgow, Baptist, Philadelphia.
The Living Wire.
Electricity was always floating in the
air. Only recently have we found wire
to make 1t light our homes and help our
work, Jesus is the living wire to bring
to us in unbroken currents the cheer
and power Of God.-Rev. DR.. Charles L.
Thompson, Presbyterian, New York.
The Need of the World.
The crying need of the world is more
ChTistlike men. We have knowledge
enough and theology enough, but these
will not save. Remember, we are not
saved by what we think or believe Of
Christ, but by what we have of Christ
Rev. Dr.. HarCourt, Methodist, Phila-
delphia.
True Patriotism.
AS honest and God fearing men we
must learn that true patriotism begins
at home, that those chapters of unselfish
service are the hardest which are near
est and plainest, and that rigOr Of con-
science puts them first.-Rev. DR.. NJ.
WOOlsey Stryker, Of Hamilton College,
Presbyterian, New York.
True Greatness.
It Is partial greatness that withdraws
from people. True greatness means
great sympathies as well as great power.
Because Jesus greatness was complete
he could live among fishermen as one
who belonged to them In masterful fell
lowship.-Rev. DR.. Charles L. Thomp-
son, presbyterian, New York.
Christian Cities.
When the cities tear down the slums
and build healthy dwellings for all,
when they give work to every starving
woman and every idle man, then they
will be Christian cities.-Rev. DR.. w.
D. P. Bliss Of Boston.
Remedy for Social Evils.
The remedy for existing grievous evils
cannot be found in disorder, but in the
complete recognition of the teachings Of
Jesus Christ, which mean not hatred of
class by mass, but justice and love for
man from man.-Rev. Father Ducey,
New York.
Fear and Worry.
AS the hawk pOuncing down upon the
birds causes each lark and robin
10 disappear and causes silence to be
a