The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-09-25

Loyalty to self means making most of
self, net at the expense of others, but
for others welfare.-Dr. William R.
Harper. President Chicago University,
Chicago
Self Denial.
Denial of self is requisite for admis-
sion into God s kingdom. Self abandon
ment is the law Of true greatness
Rev. ]. H. Main, Lutheran, PhiladeI-
phia.
Praying Man.
A praying man must be strong man.
for he takes hold of the strength Of
God He must be great man, for God
is with him.-Rev. W. II. Mcmillan.
Presbyterian. Allegheny.
Gods InvitatiOus.
God sends us his invitations to ac-
cept salvation by faith in his SON, and,
like the king in the parable, feels that
as we treat his invitations so we treat
him.-Rev. T.. e. Schumacher, Baptist.
Pittsburg.
Doing Things That Are Worthy.
Only be sure to do in life the things
that are worthy of immortal souls and
are blessed Of God. Then yours will be
the path that leads from glory to glory
until you appear in peace before God
Rev. David W. Moffat, Fort Wayne,
Ind.
Mshkind the Object of Divine Affection.
Man is the masterpiece of Gods
creation. He represents something more
than mere existence. In him is the
soul in which the spirit of God shines.
Man, so created, is the object of Gods
eternal love.-Rev. Mr. Yonnan, Cath
Ollie, San Francisco.
Our COuntry'S Flag.
Remember, soldiers of America the |
red stands for bravery. the white for |
purity, the blue for trust in God. How |
beautifully are they blended in our
country's flag! See that they are blend |
ed in your hearts-Rev W. Fl. More |
land, Episcopal, San Francisco
Gods Gospel For All.
The gospel is no longer the gospel of |
the poor, as at first, but of the middle |
and rich as we'll. The poor are not in
the churches and will not be until love
reaches after them in the same gift Of
self in which Christ gave himself for
man. Rev. G. E. Wilbur, Methodist,
Pittsburg.
Loyalty to Christ and His Kingdom.
Life is too short for anything save
loyalty to Christ and his kingdom, the
church, ard being kind and forgiving
and considerate and helpful to men,
realizing with God whereof they are |
made and remembering that they are
but dust.-Rev. E. W. Hunter, Episco-
pal, New Orleans
All Life Is Sacred.
To the truly devout soul there is nc
secular history in tho sense that it is
history apart from the immediate pres
ence, power and purpose of God. All
life is sacred; all events are divine in
their control and all movements are
benefcent i'll their ultimate purpose
Rev. DR.. Robert Stuart Macarthur, Bap-
fist, New y ork
BE Christ's Soldiers.
Be, my people, for God; be for
Christ, and not against him; be honest,
upright and net crooked, deceitful.
Gather with the Master and scatter not
from him. The church is a fighting
church, fighting for and with Christ.
and you by your presence hero proclaim
yourselves his soldiers.--Rev. Jesse
Moore, Episcopal. st. Louis.
Hcw to Make Life Worth Living.
Life is not worth living if the chief
purpose is TO get money or to acquire
knowledge. Life is only worth living
when we make cur chief aim the build
ing up OF personal character 1t is that
for which we must strive, and it is to-
ward that that tue influence of the
church is especially directed Rev
John A. Cass, Presbyterian, Swarth-
more, Pa.
The Power of Love.
To be Christ's epresentative-whe
greater, nobler mission could be intrust-
ed to our care? 1t is the gospel we must
preach to the selfish, astute and cum
ming man of this world who tramples !
on his fellow men and rises on their
ruin to greater victories. 1t is the great
gospel of love that must finally regen-
crate the worId.-Dr. Charles Wood. |
Presbyterian, Philadelphia.
Loyalty to God.
These are days in which mems minds |
and hearts are filed with the thought |
of loyalty to God. The world knows
God as it has not known him in all
past ages God was known only IN part
before the day when science began to
make her contribution toward better
knowledge of the laws through which
he works.-Dr. William R. Harper,
President Chicago University, Chicago
Good Works Are Profitable.
Good work ought not to be hard
work. Good work should come from Us
as the very expression of our nature.
What we need is to he properly wound
up; to be taken up by some infinite
motive to do things not because they
are profitable or Improbable, comfort
ing or Dncomforting, popular or unpop-