The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-10-23
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned From the Teachings
OF All Denomination.

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the way 0f duty and bear up under
troubles.-Rev. ]. II. Boggs. D. D.,
PresbyteriaD, Lawndale, Pa
Grace of Giving.
There are many grnces in the Chris
tian religion through which the pos
SCISSOR may let bis light shine. but none
10 more luminous than the grace Of Civ
ing. Rev. John Weidley. Lutheran.
Pittsburg.
Woman In War.
The passionate self renunciatiou Of
woman's heart makes her brave in bat
tie. an angel of mercy after the battle,
and, finally, il need be, a patient martyr
TO the cause she loves.-Rev. J. H. o.
Smith, Christian Church, Chicago.
Omnlsclence OF God.
Acknowledgment of God insures his
presence at every narrow and dangerous
turn in the path of life and the light
of divine wisdom in the midst OF the
gloom of embarrassment and perplexity.
Rev. Edward McEngh, Methodist,
Cincinnati.
Don't Worry.
Let Us not climb the high wall till
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opens or shed tears over sorrows that
may never como or lose the joys and
blessings that we have by the sinful
fear that Gcd will take them from us.
DIR. Cuylec. Presbyterian, Brooklyn.
Oar Highest Lifo rs Men.
These are the twin secrets of true ad-
vanco in our highest life as men. Earn
ncflxy uY,6 klxr fol-e, hO1I % bo
nearest honest work. Wait for nothing.
Press toward the mark Keep your eyes
upon the true end of life.-Rev. Dr.
Ethelbert Talbot, South Bethlehem, Pa.
Virtues Needed to Secure Liberty.
Wiso discipline, intelligent obedience
and loyal endurance brought success to
the cause Of liberty in time Of war. The
same virtues displayed in the moral and
political conflicts before Us will secure
those whose destiny is being nodded by
us.-Rev. Or. William White Wilson,
Episcopal. Chicago.
To Preserve Ones Strength.
Fer an individual not to use his
strength, whether in the form of knowl-
edge OF goodness or money, for the good
of others is to permit it TO become a
curse to himself. Tho only way to pre-
serve ones strength as man and
child of God is to use it to Mt up the
rest Of Gods children who need it
Rev. James W. Lee. Methodist. st.
Louis.
God Gives Opportunities.
Gcd gives to every ono opportunity
and there arc times il human history
when these opportunities to choose are
great. Tho young man that came to
Christ had an opportunity when he was
hidden to sell &Il he had and folIowsshe
Master, but he went away sorEowful,
and ho drops oCt of sight like stone in
midocean and rs heard CT no more
Rev. Or. John Mathews, Methodist, St
Louis.
The Need of Rest.
We all need rest from nervous anx-
ieties, from feverish activities, from
fdgety manners. as we'll as rest amid
the great moral struggles and trials.
Our lives ought more and more to have
this central secret, to go with us in the
perplexities ard annoyancesof business,
and in the monotonies and frictious Of
the home, and especially in. the trying
hours of self weariness and. disgust
Rev. Robert T. Mathews. Christian
Church, Louisville
Discipline of the uomeA
Adult anarchy is nrrscry lawlessness
come to the full corn i'll the ear. Au-
thority is as strong a friend if yielded
to as it is bitter as an enemy if resisted.
Exyarx-ff,iR,cr in oh
thing in art obeys. Only man nutinies,
and his mutiny is his misery. Not
harsh, but firm; bving, bat faithful,
should be the discipline Of she home.
Guard the child's reading. Suffer not
tho evil oro to sow the seed of death
through the printed page.-Rev. DR.. S.
H Werlein. Methodist, St. Louis
Brave Men Still Live.
Tho Spanish war has, shown that
brave men still hve-America's sons
bavo not lost their patriotism. We hon
or tho men who starved at Valley Forge
and Bunker IEFk The suffering at An
derson and Libby prisons is not forgot
ten. No lower place IN our hearts and
history will be given to the men who
stood behind the guns that sent two
fleets to the bottom OF the seas or the
soldiers that lay IN the trenches and he'd
the charge at Santiago-Rev. Bruce
Brown, Christian Church. Chicago
An Opini@1 Of the War.
We are sadly deficient in diplomatic
refinement. There may be many things
which we cannot approve and Of which
we arc ashamed But when you cut to
the quickening nervo of the present
war it is the conflict of barhnrism and
civilization, of savaSe-y and humanity
On the main question we aro right,
and the world knows it. Our causo is
just, and to tho God of battlo we mako,
in this auspicioas hour. when perhaps
the great guns arc booming i'll tho far
Pacific. or sarinrs md snlernn nnncnl