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Immortality.--The best evidence OF
Immortality is the revelation of immor-
tality.-Rev. L. p. Mercer, Swedenbor-
gian, Chicago, Ill.
Two Kinds OF Religion.--There are
two kinds of religion-the religion Of
the crowd and the religion of the con-
secrated heart.-Rev. George Hodges,
Episcopalian. Cambridge. Mass.
self-Help. The truest benefactors of
the poor are.those who teach self-help.
Not aims, but friend, is wise motto
for philanthropists.- Il. j. villers,
Baptist, Indianapolis, Ind.
Mental and Spiritual Recreancy. TO
suppress any known truth or any part
thereof is mental and spiritual re-
creancy.-Rev. ]. l.. Barton, Congrega-
tionalist, Bangor, Me.
Emphasized Promises.--Many prom
ises of immortality are emphasized and
illumined by Christ's personal ascen-
sion to the heavens.-Rev. X. s. Storrs,
Congregationalist Brooklyn, N. Y.
Inward Impulses.-The masses of
men are as untouched by the breath of
inwardimpulsesa as are the depths of the
ocean by even the tornado's wrath
DIR. Z. G. Hirsch, Hebrew, Chicago, Ill.
A Wise and Benevolent Power.-Ev-
cry argument for the existence Of a
wise and benevolent power in the uni
verse Is an argument for the immor-
NJ
Universalist, Minneapolis, MINI.
The Idea of God.-Those engaged in
metaphysical speculations or scientific
investigations must have the idea of
God back of them in order to accom-
plish anything.-Rev. Z. L. Patton,
Presbyterian, Princeton, N. j.
Storms.-The Lord God has written
1t plain in his word that he often calls
the best people to suffer most Storms
are meant just as much for good peo-
pie as for wicked people-Rev. s. A.
Northrop. Baptist Kansas City, Mo.
Bible Contrasts.--The Bible always
revels in contrasts; 1t is the sledge-
hammer blows of genius; once you ad-
init its promises you are obliged to adj
NIT its conclusions.-Rev. +. De Witt
Talmage, Presbyterian, Milwaukee,
Wis.
Spiritual Progress.-In the realm Of
spiritual progress there is yet very
much land to be possessed, and this
coming year should enlarge and deepen
and broaden Christian life as never be-
fOre.-Rev. w. ]. Chichester, Presby-
tefian, Chicago, Ill.
Gods LOve.-God's love should not
be measured by comforts, possessions
and powers given to man, nor by the
wealth, but by the fact that he gave his
Son to redeem it-Rev. A. H. Evans,
Presbyterian, New York City.
The Inquisition.-The church would
be false to its trust if it did not punish
all heretics; but in the method of this
punishment 1t may be fallible. The APP
parent cruelty of the mode Of punish
ment Is due to the times and method
of life.-Rev. DR.. Breen, II. c., Roches-
ter, n. Y.
When Christ Was on Earth.-You
think what you would have done in the
times when Christ was on earth, when
the apostles had the whole heather
world before them. But If you fail
now, you would also have done so then.
Rev. DR.. H. G. Stanton, Presbyterian,
Kansas City, Mo.
Christ's Forgiveness. Every man
who has sinned and suffered and then
gone to the foot of the cross and asked
Christs forgiveness knows something
about the atonement that others do not
know, because he knows something Of
his own sin.-Rev. DR.. Van Dyke, Pres
byterian, Brooklyn, n. Y.
Social Reconstruction recon-
struction can come only when social
justice ceases to be the dream Of ideal
lists, and becomes the normal standard
Of social conduct, and social righteous
ness attains to the mightiness of eco
nomic law.-Rabbi Charles Fleischer,
Hebrew, Boston, Mass.