Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-07-28
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems of Truth Cleaned From the Teach
ings of All Denominations.


dence and teach nh the secret of tran
quillity.-Dr N. D. Hills, Independ-
ent, Chicago.
The Secret Of Great Service.
The great secret of service in human
life is to recognize that each one Of
us is part not only Of the human but
the divine order. Bishop Potter, Epis-
copal, New York
How the Church May Win the World.
The way to win in the world is not
for the church to compromise with it,
but to possess the courage of its own
convictions. H. D. Jenkins Pres
byterian, Kansas City.
The Idea of God Supreme.
The idea of God is supreme, and
there is nothing behind it. You will
make the mistake of your life if you do
not make it supreme. F. L. Pat
ton, Presbyterian, Princeton.
Christ's Humane Spirit.
The humane spirit of Jesus is the
spirit of the worlds great reformers. Tt
is banishing cruelty and suffering from
the earth, building our asylums found
ing our orphanages.-R Don S. Colt,
Methodist, Pittsburg.
A Side Issue of Life.
Amusement is not the chief end in
life. 1t is side issue; it prepares us
for the real work Of life Let us not let
incidentals take the place of the eter-
nal.-Rev. John L. Scudder Congrega-
tionalist, Jersey City.
To Grow Inwardly.
Sometimes you must stand still in or
der to grow inwardly. If we are all the
time giving out our energy and showing
ourselves, we get, after awhile, to i'm
agine that everything depends upon our
selves.-Rev. William D. Gay, Baptist,
New Orleans
A Good Developer.
Earnest endeavor is good developer,
and it is in doing our best that we are
prepared to do better. Life should be
concentrated on the work at hand, and
the full time and attention should be
given to its accomplishments Rev. G.
H. Gamble, Baptist, ST. Paul
A Good Principle.
In life, as in chess other things be-
ing equal, the man who acts slowly,
measuring the consequence of what he
proposes to do, is apt = gain his end,
While the man VINO is governed by i'm
pulse rather than reason does himself
very slender justice and fails in the
achievement of his ambition.
George H. Hepworth, Congregational
ist, New York.
Power Of the Rays Of Gods Truth.
The life Of our nation and the life Of
our individual relationship will be pow
erless unless it is lighted by the pro-
found convictions that come to us as
our souls are illumined by the rays of
Gods truth; until our hearts are filled
with the purposes and plans that come
to us from him who is the light Of the
world. Rev. William M. Lawrence.
Baptist, Chicago.
Mankind's Purified Vision.
When land knows it's genuine pa
triots from demagogues, when church
loves sincere truth seekers and upright
characters, though their theology is
novel; when majorities honor courage
and frankness above fattery, then man
kind will have come to that purified
vision which legends ascribe to patri-
archs and lowly cottagers in the morn.
ing of the world.-Rev. George A.
Thayer, Unitarian, Cincinnati.
The Child as Social Factor.
One of the evidences showing So
ciety's high estimate of the child is our
school system, costing great sums of
money and employing large forces Of
teachers. 1t is true that the child in
very remarkable sense leads the man.
The influence Of the child is such as
very often turns parents away from
things that are evil and leads them to-
ward things that are better and truer.
Rev. S. T. Warner, Methodist, Kan
sas City.
Problems Of Advancing Civilization.
More and more the world is coming
to recognize the principle that COM
munity or state is but an aggregation
OF individuals in which the welfare of
one is the welfare Of all and the hurt
of one the hurt of all The truly loyal
man does not close his eyes to the prob
lens presented by an enlightened and
advancing civilization, but is swift to
recognize them and brave and true in
the attempt to solve them. DIR. Gum
bart, Baptist, Boston
Our Flag Sacred Emblem.
Garry the flag bravely, for you can
behold in it the rejoicing spirits Of the
brave men of every age and cline who
loved liberty and hated tyranny, who
went down the red gap of death joyful
ly, with shining eyes, because they
died for freedom. It is the incarnation
of their hopes; because that banner is,
they have not died in vain. In it is the
song of Harmonious. There is the glory
of Thermopyle; there is the great
heart of Tell; there the pierced breast
Of the martyr of Sempach, Winkelried;
there is the desire of poor Poland, the
desire of poor Cuba, the desire Of poor
Ireland. Carry it religiously, for it is
indeed sacred emblem. Father RYAN.
Catholic, Denver.
When We Fight Our Last War.
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