The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-13

nELIUIUUS IDOUVULs
Following IS summary OF the prlnci-
4 pal sermons recently delivered In tho Unit
"a States and Canada by the leading cler-
Gymen, priests, prelstes. religious teachers
and professors OF the Christian faith. In
every instance the text has beon cares
fully read and abbreviated:
PREJUDICE--A head full Of prejudice
has no room in 1t for the simplicity OF
rlst.--Rev Frank Crane, Methodist
Chicago, Ill.
SPIRITUAL T'RAINING.-A man can no
more be spiritual athlete without train
ing than he can be physical one, -Rey
O. NJ. Baker, Presbyterian. philadelphia.
Pa.
FACT H AND fSOLSEHooD. Nothing
needs Inspiration except falsehocd or u
mistake. fact never went into partner
shin with d miracle. --Rov. DIR. O'Grady
Catholic, Bellevue, KY
4 M0BpiNG HUMAN NATuRE.--The
noblest labor that can be performed is for
a man 10 take the rough materials OF hui
man nature ana mold them into SANITY
soul.--Rev. John stevens. Methodist. San
Francisco, Cal
THE SOUL OF PROGRESS. The heart
Is The soul OF all progress When our
hearts are In love with our highest ideals
we can reach and actualize them in seito
of many difficulties. --Rcv. j. $. ThumDsua.
Unitarian. Ghicngo, III.
MORAL FORCES. Not oven education
and culture arc sufficiently strong 10 act
MS moral forces. MI attempts to found
morals upon exptdiency or upon eternal
force or even upon education. must fail
DIR. SHERMAN Hebrew. New York cay
LlFES vALUE.-Idfe is worth just that
our VOWS. under God, make 1t TO he. A
man without VOWS Is not star but d ne
tcor; moi u mountain range, but sand
dune drifting now to the shore and now to
the sea. REV II. d. Jenkins, Presbyte-
rian. Kansas CITY. Mo.
DREAMS OF THE FUTURE.-~Wiih the
blessing Of God the day is dawnlng when
none shall be able to become rich il all are
not comfortable, aud no man shall become
poor without all others becoming likewise
impoverished REV. Father Dueey. Roman
Catholic, New York City
ABUSE Is GLORY.~lt Is the grandest
compliment 10 be spoken III OF by some
kinds OF men Their abuse Is yonr glory
aud their shame. 1t Is ther unconscious
and unwilling ACKNOWLEDGMENT of your
sincerity aud courage DIR Joseph krAus
Fopf. Hebrew, Philadelphia.
CHRISTfA NiTY-- Christianity offers a
God who fits into the religious nature oi
man as key fits into Its lock, teeth lnto
oogs. The skcptio may assail our undoi-
standing. but can moi storm tho citadel OF
consciousness, Rev j. d. Rankin I'rcs-
byterian Denver Colo,
SYMPATHY =. Suffering humanizes us
and opens orr sympathies to all our fellow
sufferers II is easy 60 single out In d
crowd the men and women who have bfer
humanized who have heen pnrged by rhC
purifying lyo Of pain-rRev, A. b. Curtis
Baptist, Springfield Mass
CONSIDERATIONS Is god nj lilo {,
stop once IN n while, TO put our lfe's worl
away from us look at u al arms lcngth
Icol at IL when we are not IN a hurry
estimate the value of the quest when W,
IRE not In the excitement Of The chase
Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones Independent, chi
cago.
TEMPThTioN--The God who can Save
can keep the power that can fake the sin
ner ont of the road 10 perditon can pre-
serve BIN from falling hack Into It., tn,
Almighty Is stronger than NIL the force,
OF evil. No temptation ever yet came 10
man that could not he ressied.--Rev IL
II. Barbour, Baptist, Columbus Ohio
PEACE AND Europe is on Thu
brink OF d volcano, ready 10 burst iorth n
any moment and destroy much OF the pres
ent territory of KINGS apl onlperors. Amer
ica il the only land on the globe whsralth
white wings Of peace, tranquility and pros
perity are spread over the people Rev
NJ. 5. Levy Hebrew. san Francisco, Cal.
MYSTERY is n mystery of III
within the blade OF grass: there are mys
teries in chemistry aud In all science,
a Religion liz, therefore not ifforeat fror
the rest of life In this respect. Guilt o
the unseen ana unknown, all truth nigh
be Inferred as suspected, Rev, j ., Cal
hell, Eilacopnlian. pcs Moines. Iowa.
INEQUALITY Inequalities In men pre-
ducc inequalities in their circumstances.
ibis is not an evil. Ii might exist |
heaven itself, as one star differs from al
other In glory. We should not call an
man poor so long as he can gisc fair nln
10 his faculties. so long as he Gun live
truly human lfe.--Iiey. G. q. Ames, Dis
cipie, Boston. Mass
Y OUR FUTURE MOTHERS Compare III
life q society young lady OF today VT
that Of any female Hiblican character, ail
the differences IN the result Of dolnesti
training will become at ones apparent. Th
ooctety belle has nothing to do but rea
nodprn novels. dress and talk we'll an
these nre tho future mothers.--Rav. ia
cob Nieto, Hebrew, San Francisco. Cal.
IIARMONY--The sun brings Health /
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