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The Soul.-The soul is destroyed or
released to the realm of universal
forces by the event of death.-Rev. G.
w. Wendte, Unitarian. Los Angeles,
Cal.
Christ's Divinity.-Faith In Christs
divinity may be difficult, but less diff
cult than the acceptance of any other
possible explanation of his person.
DR.. G. Ii. Combs, Kansas City, Mo.
Seience.-Science knows nothing OF
spiritual word, though 1t leads the
mind up to problems which require 1t
to postulate a spiritual world. Rev. l..
r. Mercer. Swed anborgian, Chicago, Ill.
The Divine Methods. The divine
methods are wise in matters of religion
rs all else. God requires that man shall
recognize his duty in spiritual things.
Rev. DR.. Geo. Ii. Adams, Methodist,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
A Larger Faith.--The religion Of a
larger faith calls Christian men to a
larger and more adequate faith in God
as the invincible power of righteous
ness.-Rev. l. p. Coddington, Univer-
tallst, Rochester, n. Y.
A Primary Conviction.--The idea Of
immortality is so ingrained into my
whole nature-it is so universal among
men-that it seems like primary con-
viction.-Rev. NJ. ID. Shutter, Univer-
salist, Minneapolis, MINI.
Science.--Science reveals man as
Gods likeness, that cannot help being
immortal. Though the grass seemetb
to wither, and the flower to fade away,
they reappear.-Rev. Mary b. G. Eddy,
Christian Scientist, Concord, N. III.
Too Suspicious.-There is no reason
why Protestant should not be permit
ted in Catholic pulpit and preach the
truth which he sincerely believes. We
are still too suspicious of one another.
Rev. Chas. III. Eaton, Universalist,
New York City.
Coolness and Good Judgment.-Nev
was there a time when cooness and
good judgment and close attention to
the fundamental principles Of our gov
ernment were more demanded than at
present.-Rev. DR.. COnaty, X. c.,
Washington, ID. G.
The Minister'S Duty.-The minister
must investigate the divine truth. He
must study the relation Of these truths
to the life of those whom he teaches,
and he must declare the truth i'm its
entirety.-Rev. j. l.. Barton, Congrega-
tionalist, Bangor, Me.
Prove All Things-In the name of
the great and electric 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, Mass.
Absolute Equality.--Absolute equali-
ty among men is neither possible nor
desirable, but Christians should so use
their money as to bring about a social
state in which universal fellow feeling
Is possibility.-Rev. DR.. NJ. @. Peters,
Reformed Church, New York.
God as Father.-As Father, the dis
.ipline to which God subjects us, even
tary and saving. 1t is our good he
seeks. There must be sweetness in the
cup Of gall.-Rev. DR.. Behrends, Con
gregationalist, Brooklyn, II. Y.
Truth. - Truth is the matching OF
thought with reality, and when we find
that our world is world of thought
relations we must not conclude that
some one thought out these things be-
fore we found them to exist.-Rev. r.
L. Patton, Presbyterian, Princeton, NJ.
Success of Chrlsts Work.-Opposi-
tion, obstacles, outward hindrances; it
Is not these which will prevent the final
success of Christ's work in the world.
Failure or success will be from within
the church and not from without.-Rev.
A. Z. Woods, Baptist, San Francisco,
Cal.
Our National Life..-It Is In connec-
tion with our national life, however,
that God is now summoning us onward
as never before. Under the pressure of
his divine providence we now find our
selves as q nation face to face with I'M
precedented issues. : Rev w. J. Chi
chester, Presbyterian, Chicago, Ill.
The Mysteries.-There are those who
violently oppose the mysteries which
have grown up with religion. They are
unwilling to await the process Of evolu-
tion to gradually cast 1t off. In their
haste they would destroy religion itself,
or cast 1t off with the mysteries
G.. w. Stone, Unitarian, Kansas City,
Mo.
Immortality.-Imm is fact
of nature. Coexistent with the univer-
sal belief and persuasion of a supreme
being. of an infinite, all powerful and
all wise governing power, has been the
ever-enduring idea Of life beyond the
limit of physical death.-Archbishop
Williams, Roman Catholic, Boston,
Mass.
Immortality. - The epistles and the
Apocalypse are alive with the assur-
ance Of immortality, and all answer
to true and vital intuition In the hui
man soul, which no people on person
can destroy, and which no careful stu
dent of life and history can ignore
Rev, r.. s. Storrs, Congregationalist,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
The Patriot.-The patriot will think
on temperance and education and in