Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-08-18
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.

bright side in the character of those
about us.-Rev. George H. Hepworth,
Congregationalist, New York.
The Gospel of Christ.
The gospel of Christ is the power Of
God unto salvation There can be no
substitute for it. We must accept God
and Christ as they are revealed to U.S.
Rev. DR.. D. R. DUNCAN, Christian
Church, St. Louis.
Righteousness.
Righteousness is unchanged through
the roll of eternities. Righteousness can
be reached, and from the lofty summit
of the perfected life in glory open the
grandest views of heaven. E.
Trumbull Lee, Presbyterian, Cincin-
natl.
Mans Spiritual Life.
The life of man as spiritual being
will never be full and blissful until all
its powers, intellect, affection, will,
are engaged in the knowledge of one
whose nature is infinite and holy.-Dr.
Alvah Hovey, Baptist, Newton Centre,
Mass
Heart Longings.
Each heart knoweth it's own bitter
ness, each soul is conscious of it's own
need. And yet there are longings and
deep desires, of the real meaning of
which multitudes are not conscious.
How few are satisfied!-Rev. j. Knox
Montgomery, Presbyterian, Cincinnati.
An Admirable Grace.
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our sorrow and discomfort, and no grace
is more admirable than fellow feel
ing, which brings us close to all. Com
pei yourselves to be tender, pitiful, gen.
erous and heedful.- A. B. Ken
dig, Congregationalist, Brookline, Mass
Gospel Comfort.
The gospel alone can soothe the sor-
rows, save from the sins of our modern
life. Childhood is charmed by the story
of Jesus Youth is panoplied by the
gospel armor. Old age is comforted by
the grace of God. Rev. George Iub-
bard Payson, Presbyterian, Railway,
N. j.
Life Filled With Good Cheer.
Life will be filled with good cheer
when we know that we are in the
hands of Providence and that nothing
can happen to US that we cannot use for
the formation of character which will
be worthy of immortality. Rev.
George H. Hepworth, Congregationalist,
New York.
God Our Ruler and Commander.
1t is God who has willed the present
armed conflict; it is he who engages in
it; we are but the weapons in his en-
ploy, are but carrying out the will Of
the Commander of all commanders, Of
the Ruler Of all rulers, of the King of
kings.-Rev. DR.. Krauskodfs, Rabbi,
Philadelphia.
Gladstone's Greatness.
Gladstone's greatness was combina-
ton which embraced statesmanship,
literature, religion and domestic life,
and the world realizes that his death
has made it poorer in moral excellence,
benevolent feeling and noble example.
Rev. Charles Colman, Baptist, Ger
mantown, Pa.
Lies Supreme Desire.
The supreme desire Of normal life
is to be right. Not to become righteous
in the sense of possessing an ecstatic
emotion merely, or by some unique re-
lation to some divine ordinance, but to
become square with law, duty and op-
portunity.-D Barton o. Aylesworth,
Baptist, Denver.
Influence of the Child.
Our most effectual way to influence
the future generations is through the
child of the present. One of the highest
functions in life today is the culture Of
the minds of the children, and he who
is master at that is master of the
highest art.-Rev. S. T. Warner, Meth
odist, Kansas City.
Tho Secret of Power.
The success of your lives will depend
upon your understanding the secret of
power. Achievement depends on power
It may be physical or intellectual or
moral or spiritual, but, in one form or
another, it is power that makes achieve.
ment.-Rev. DR.. Lyman Abbott, Con-
gregationalist, Brooklyn.
The Power of God.
Ihere is power OF GOD III every man
of which every man may hold. God is
breaking away from men their shackles.
God is helping men to push away the
cords that bind their wings and helping
them to fly up into the light of right
eousness. Rev. DR.. Lyman Abbott,
Congregationalist, Brooklyn.
Self Appointed Worship.
Self appointed worship will not save.
We must change the market. Let us
preach the gospel and live the gospel
till the people shall come to delight in
it. Then will the arm of the Lord be
revealed. Then will men believe the
message and be saved. Rev. DR.. D. R.
DUNCAN, Christian Church, St. Louis
The Beauty of the Present War.
| The beauty Of this war-if there be
beauty in warts that it is not for the
greed of gold, for the lust of territory.
But when some future historian writes
| the book of this time one of the golden
pages that will shine out is that page
that records how the American republic
moved out to the help of suffering Cuba.
Row n H;rst Methodist Chioopo