The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-10-09
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.

inGs of ALI Denominations.
Let our work, whatever it may be
and however lowly, be taken up and be
bound together with the glowing threads
Of Eope.-Dr. Frank w. Gunsaulus,
Congregationalist, Chicago.
Influence of Intelligent Men.
Be the salt of the earth. Think of the
influence which men of intelligence
may exercise in the world if they will
only put their culture to the right use.
Rev. DR.. Henry Van Dyke. Presby-
terian. New York.
The Beginning and End OF Life.
We know little about our beginning
and less about our end. It is the pur-
pose Of revelation to clear away the
stumbling blocks and make the end and
purpose Of life more clear TO us.-ReV.
g. A. Raum, Catholic, San Francisco.
Making Life Valuable.
It is indeed glorious to die ON the
battlefield for ones flag, but it is just
as glorious in the sight Of God and Of
reason so to order ones whole life that
it is of permanent value to the people
and institutions that flag represents
DR.. Frank Crane, Methodist, Chicago.
Christ Our All In ALL
In letter from Mr. Gladstone re-
ceiyed not many years ago this is how
he expressed himself regarding his
Christian belief: "AIl l think, all
hope, all I write, all live for, is based
upon the divinity of Jesus Christ, the
central joy of my poor, wayward life. "
Rev. Dr.. Kerr Boyce Upper, Baptist,
Philadelphia.
The True Scholar.
Tho true scholar, whatever his sphere
of study, is the reverent scholar. Such
he has been; such he must ever be.
More light means more marvels; more
knowledge means more humility. Every
new fact suggests the still undiscovered.
Every new truth serves to magnify the
greatness of all truth.-Rev. David W.
Moffat, Fort Wayne, Ind.
Charity the Sum of All Graces.
Charity is the sum of all the graces,
just as the perfect white light is the
sum OF all the seven primary colors.
We can't take two colors and make the
white, or three, four, five or six, but
seven. So it is with charity, we must
have all. Faith, hope and charity, and
the greatest of these is charity
Dr. T. Fl. Whisner, Methodist, Louis
vile.
Mans Desire.
The desire in the heart of man to be
brotherly and thus holy. and the clear
ing away of images idols, pictures of
false gods, the imaginings of credulity,
these have made the vision of the di-
vino Father a possible joy. Indeed, it
were not possible for the man who is
holy on account of brotherly love to
hide God from his eyes-Dr Barton
o. Aylesworth, Christian Church, Dem
yer.
Men of Gods Kingdom.
Tho kingdom of God needs men Of
honor, men whose word is as good as
their bond, men whose religion is not
an affair of Sundays and of church, but
which enters into every detail of life;
men whose light SO shines in che world
that those who see them believe in hu-
man nature and in God the more, just
because of their characters. - Rev.
James NJ. Farr, Jr., Presbyterian, New
York.
Belief, Love and Faith In God.
Belief in God, love of God, faith In
God, covers the body and the spirit
alike. If the world were wholly good,
it would be entirely well. The machin-
cry of muscles and nerves is secondary,
while the soul is primary, and a mans
religion if it is genuine, vigorous. SIM
pie and Interchangeable will tend to drive
disease into the background. - Rev.
George Fl. Hepworth, Congregational
ist, New York.
Daily Duties of citizenship.
would have you remember, howev.
er, that after all the most potent pub
lie service is that which is rendered by
the aggregate of 4rnest, honest. con-
scientious, God fearing Christian men,
who bring to the discharge Of the daily
duties Of citizenship the influence of
principles which they owe to Christian
training and the teaching of the word
of God.-Dr. Francis Laudey Patton,
Presbyterian. Princeton, N. ].
The Chime of . New Age.
Ah, bright will be the day and full
Of glory when the bells Of every church
Of every schoolbouse, Of every college,
Of every university. ring with the mu-
sic Of this message and find their echo
in the hearts of the youth Of America
That will be the chime Of new age:
Ring in the valiant man and free,
Ring out the darkness OF the land.
Ring in the Christ that is to bel
Rev. DR.. Henry Van Dyke, Presby
terian, New York
Our Ambition For America
This is my ambition for America
that we may found our empire upon
love; that we may spend our money ON
churches and libraries and hospitals