El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-04
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.

RELIGIOUS f7OO0T11s
Gems Cleaned From the Teach1n&a
of All Denominations.
One of the surest proofs of friend
ship is seen in a Willingness to sacri-
dce.-Rev. Harry r. Graves, Baptist,
Albany.
Spirltualism.
No facts on which spiritualism Is
built are revealed to us in holy Scrip
ture.-Bishop Moreland of Sacramento.
Life.
Life is still real and earnest. New
responsibilities announce themselves.
Beyond the material and visible this
mortal puts on immortality.-Rev. II.
NJ. Booth, Presbyterian, Auburn, N. Y.
More BrotherIiness Needed.
What we greatly need in this world
Is to mellow up our hearts by more
regard for each other, more brotherii-
ness. more Christlikeness.-Rev. DR..
Cornelius H. Patton, Congregational.
st. Louis.
Prove All Things.
In the name of the great and cleo
trio age let us wake up and try to be
ourselves. Let us prove all things,
counting nothing too sacred for our
testing and hold fast only the good
Rev. B. Fay Mills, Evangelist, Boston.
When a men gets to where he is
thinking constantly Of besting his fell
low man and making fortune, he
had better go back to the beginning
again. He's in the plains.-Rev. DR..
Frederic B. Myer, Congregational,
London.
The RELIGION Needed.
The unhappiness in mems lives DEM
onstrates the necessity of religion, not
the religion of dogma, but the religion
of childlike faith, the religion which
the Christ taught and lived.-Rev.
George II. Hepworth, Congregational,
New York.
Lesson Taught by the Lily.
What the lily does under the blind
conduct Of natural forces we can do
under the direction Of a pure and sim
pie religion. The lily tells us how to
reach the highest success and shows
us that it can be done by itself doing
it.-Rev. George H. Hepworth, Con-
gregational, New York.
Conscience.
Conscience is the alarm clock of our
everyday life. If we neglect to obey
conscience, in time it fails to affect
us, just as when we at first refuse to
heed the alarm in the morning. After
awhile we do not hear the clock and
experience delays and sustain losses
in consequence.-Rev. DR.. Cortland
Myers Baptist. Brooklyn.
Men That Are Needed.
We want men who realize that their
opportunities are greater now than
1,os,, hi
vaster than in any past generation and
who, with grateful hearts and souls
stirred with heroic purpose, will de-
vote themselves unflinchingly to the
duties Of the present hour.-Rev. e.
w. Simon, Lutheran, Denver.
Working Out salvation.
A mans salvation is wrought out as
an artist works out a picture. Just as
the crystal is transparent and let's the
light flash through it's close, f1inty
body until it is gem Of light, SO with
the Christian. But remember It is
Christ that works in you to will and to
do his good pleasure.-Rev. James Nc
Farland, Hyde Park Church, Denver.
Power of Silence.
We often speak when we ought to
keep silence and are silent when we
Jesus is our perfect example. That
flawless and majestic character rises
solitary over a noisy and brawling
age, bushes our clamor and makes US
to know the divine power Of silence
Rev. Alfred E. Myers, Marble CoIlegi-
ate Church. New York.
MOneyed Mems Interest In Churches.
Why do moneyed men hold by the
oh will tnI r,
man mind is curiously complex ma
chine, and one of it's mainsprings is
fear. 1t exists in every animal, from
the lowest to the human, and we need
not be ashamed of it, This funda-
mental principle of the human mind is
the basis of moneyed mems interest
Spiritualist. Chicago.
Valued For Our Appearance.
Men and women are valued every
where. not for what they are, not for
what they do, not for what they are
worth, but for whatever of appearance
they make in the society of the world
Character is lost beneath the glitter of
gold, the sparkle of stone, the rattle Of
silk and the price paid for dinner or
the cost Of a carriage ride. Labor and
Character SHoulu De tne rullnS capital
of the world.-Rev. II. c. Myers, Den
yer.
The Second Best.
In one of his shorter poems. entitled
'The Second Best Matthew Arnold
speaks of one who falls short of ma
lures highest attainment by yielding
to manifold trivial though useful pur-
suits. Not only in nature but like
wise in business in art i'm reJipion in
life, there is Second Best" One
may he almost in nnSSnSSin1 ,f