The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-06
AMONG THE CHURCHES.
own can accomplish. Rev Robert MacDon
aid, Baptist, Brooklyn, y. u.

/, own can accomplish. Rev Robert MacDon-
aid Baptist, Brooklyn, y. \.
PARTY SPoIIS--Thc treatment OF pub
| lie places as spells 20 be )arf;cled out Dy
4 victorious party leaders among their hcnch-
l men, is a source OF scandal and corruption.
| An attempt has been made 10 check this
| process by legal reguistlons. by what Is
! known as the civil Service rules but the
| men, whose Wade is politics, are deter
/ mined TO overthrow this system. - Rev.
| Washington GLADDEN.. Columbus. Ohio.
THE FUTURE OF MAN-Nian has been
animal and he is TO be spiritual To know
man we must look forward and not back
ward. Man has come 80 far that he cer-
| taiply must 20 further, He is learning to
master himself and 10 master nature aud
| TO live In perfectly helpful relations TO his
| fellow and to all things about him and he
certainly has not YET reached the limits OF
his growth ---Rey. y. Fay Mills, Evangelist
Boston, Mass.
THE OLD AND THE NEw.--we live in
an ave when there g clainor 20 very
thing new, among these cries being one for
a now gospel. Some say that education Is
all that is necessary. The little red school
house In every 9tliago AMI The lggcr one
in every city is all we want. Others would
substitute for the church and the cross
now environments Tho old gospel ever
new, Is the need OF tho hour Key ~ j.
Rowland, Baptist. Philadelphia ia.
GODS SEAf.--Whcn the president 81
the United States sends an envoy 70 for
cien court or n plcnipotentiary to negotiate
treaty with a foreign power. he furnishes
him with credentials that certify that en-
bassaloriai nrercgntives have bern ron
F,.ts "A. L.a, lnt, t.I ultNd "a
delegate TO speak 10 The human race, He
arms him with credentials aud these Gre
dcntials must be Of such nature hat they
can not be counlerfeited Rev. Dr.
o'Grady. Catholic, Bellevue. Ky
REASON. y God has made us In His image
and given the power o' reasoning. IN "A
largo sense. man is the only earthly cren-
ture capable al constructing an argument.
and from premises 10 come TO u correct
conclusion. Much Of our thinking must b.
OF necessity, about material things. What
wG shall oat what we shall drink and what
we shall nut on But large portion of
our thought might be devoted to Cod and
concerning the welfare of our felloWmon.-
Rev II, NJ. Munson. Wilmington, Del
THE TEMPTING DESIRE. When In n
place of solitude one may not be assaulted
rs fiercely as in business or society circles
Yet temptations come 10 liz everywhere. TO
those in the church as wen as to these out
side. But don'l doubt your redemption
because Of your temptation. For Jesus
who now has all power in Heaven ana
earth, viii vet worl, the miracle If strength
In us. since Hts mission was to destroy the
works OF the devil in seeding and sewing
the lost REV. j. II Prugh. Luthpnnr,
llttSburg, Pa.
THE PHYSICIAN There is always
something mystcrious in knowledge IL, the
gnorant, and Of all Tie professions Of sci
nee the doctor has succeeded IN remaining
HE greatest eNoicrs. There s n thick
Nall OF mystery that hides HIS Schoals over
HE world; the halo Of mYstlhcation hangs
,ver the dlsscctns- room and the labora-
ory. No one but the initiated ran read The
leroglyphics Of his prescriptions ard he
0 hound 10 his craft by llipDocratic
'oih When the doctor cutters The sick
room the morane are excluded --Rsv. DR..
Voorsangcr Hebrew san Francisco, Cal.