Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-08-11
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT
Gems of Truth Cleaned From the Teach
ings of All Denominations.

LIZ SrouG u6SQ OF GQ6 QOur III the
church is an intense inward longing
and earnest outward living Christ
ward. Rev William Runyan, D. D.,
Methodist, Northside O.
God Comes to Crown Humanity.
Man has vindicated the world and
humanity for God. God comes to crown
humanity and put him in legal and
final possession. Bishop Hugh Miller
Thompson, Episcopal, Mississippi.
Christ's Atonement.
The extent of Christ S atonement may
reach out in saving influence to the IN
told millions that never heard Of him as
Saviour if they accept the offer of
mercy extended.-Rev. Paul @. Cur
nick, Methodist, Cincinnati.
Divine Truth.
Divine truth, like divine love, is of
God-infinite, eternal, Interchangeable,
indestructible, as it was in the begin
ming, is now and ever shall be, world
without end.-Rev. DR.. Charles Cuth-
bert Hall, Presbyterian, New York.
Mans Place In the World.
\ mans place in the appreciation of
the world seems to be determined by
law which eschews Partially and IA
voritism and fixes ones place on the
historic page according to intellectual
and moral achievement DR.. W.
w. Ramsay, Methodist, Philadelphia
Judge Not, That Ye Be Not Judged.
We so plainly see the faults of men
on6 MO 1i,,,1p COO tbaiy ri, orr
first impulse is to be uncharitable, and
it is sometimes difficult to overcome
that impulse. We seldom judge as we
would like to be judged. George
H. Hepworth. Congregationalist New
York.
Our Hearts Purposes.
May our hearts purposes be SO ac-
cordant with the life Of heaven that
whatever may have been our sentiments
or creeds or professions here they will
become like white rainents the cloth
ing of pure and righteous heart
Rev. John Goddard, Church of the New
Jerusalem, Cincinnati.
Christ on the Battlefield.
In these days Christ is on the battle
field. AS of old loving women bound up
the dead Christ's brows, SO still they
are to be found patiently biding their
time until the battle is DONE and then
ministering to those in whom still they
recognize him who said, 81 was sick
and ye visited me. Rev. DR.. George
D. Baker, Presbyterian, Philadelphia.
The Greatest Hero of All.
There will come times, young men,
when all the joy of living will seem to
have gone out Of life for you and you
will have nothing to do but keep OH the
dusty road where there is no water. It
is the greatest hero of all who can keep
on walking when the road is dry and
the day is hot and not faint. Rev.
DR.. Lyman Abbott, Congregationalist,
Brooklyn.
Prayer For Our Country.
From the graves of the dead heroes
comes call to us today to stand by the
flag. We look from the mounds under
meath which they sleep up to the flag
for which they died and from that be-
loved standard we look to the God of
battles praying that into his keeping
shall be committed the interest of the
nation. Rev. John w. Sayers, Metho-
dist, Philadelphia.
Enduring Injustice.
It is not sweet to the heart of any
man to endure injustice, but we should
be unworthy of our calling if we were
not willing to endure it manfully and
patiently, when such mighty privilege
is ours, the privilege Of serving Christ's
living and progressive church, as she
steers her homeward way along the
splendid shore Of truth.-Rev. DR..
Charles Cuthbert Hall, Presbyterian,
New York.
Silent Heroes and Heroines.
There are fathers who grandly strug-
gle against the tide of fate and never
lisp the secret of their despair, whose
young dreams have all faded, but who
patiently bear their allotted burden
with what tries to be resignation. There
are noble women whose domestic Attic
tions of all sorts would crush them if
they were not heroines, who silently
suffer and make the best of their disap-
pointed years. They sing in the minor
key, but still they sing, and so the
world thinks them happy when they
are only brave.-Rev. George H. Hep.
worth, Congregationalist, New York.
Creeds Fall Like Leaves.
Creeds, like leaves, fall beneath the
changing winds Of opinion. The beau
ties of rituals are fading flowers They
pass, they wither, they are renewed
when the light shines full and warm.
But our practical age, demanding per-
manence, crying for help, crying for
strength, goes down to the root, lays it's
hand upon the living basis and asks re.
ligion: Can you harden fiber? Can you
strengthen vital tissue? Can you hold
this towering growth in the rock ribbed
earth, proof against tempest and disas-
ter, defying storm and wind, wrestling
with the elements and standing upright
in spite Of every unseen blow-a mon
ument Of strength?-Dr. Leon Harrison,
Rabbi, st. Louis.
The Wells We Wear.
There are those who move upon this