The St. Johns herald., 1899-03-11
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Christianity.-Christianity gives joy, temporal and eternal. Infdelity is hopeless.-Rev. A. c. Dixon, Baptist, Brooklyn, N. Y.
 ] Gratitude.-We have three great req sons for gratitude national unity and successful war.-Rev. S. H. Cox, COngregationalist, Brooklyn, New York.
 Creed.-A careful study shows the sig nifcant fact that the less of creed an organization has the less it flourishes.- pr. B. F. De Costa, Episcopalian, New York City.
 Duty of Christian People.-It should be the duty and privilege of all Chris tian people to help their fellOw-men.- Rev. R. S. Dawson, Presbyterian, Brooklyn, N. Y.
 Christian Life.-The Christian must speak as a Christian-breathe forth his faith as naturally and regularly as the breath of life. He ought to be a living epistle, seen and read of all men.-Rev. J. B. Mes, Episcopalian, Brooklyn, N
 A Safeguard.-The Bible safeguards against sin and error. It is the great food and tonic for faith. It promotes as nothing else deep, abiding, OverfiOwing jOyfulness. It fits one for effective work.-Rev. R. A. Torrey, Presbyterian, Chicago, III.
 Happiness.-True happiness does nQi happen" It is governed by fixed laws: Peace with God. Submission to his will. Gods promise to provide bliss full environment, hereafter if not in this life.-Rev. Mir. Taylor, Presbyterian, San BernardinO, Cal.
 All Creation.-All creation partially but beautifully reveals the truth that is In Christ. Thus are all things gathered up in Christ, both the things which are In heaven and the things which are on earth.-Dr. McElveen, Congregational ist, Brooklyn, N. Y. Memory.-Memory plays too impOr- tant a part in the education of the young. More stress should be placed upon observation, upon the power to describe what is seen, to reason from It and depict 1t accurately In words to others. pr. BOynton, Congregational Ist, Chicago, III.
 Religlon.-It Is a good plan to fOrmu- late our religion, to put it into a creed, but religion is not it's acceptance. It is hn E0f fn- ward the Savior, hatred toward sin and acceptance of forgiveness.-Rev. Dr. Abbott, Congregationalist, Brooklyn, N. \.
 The Old Testament.-The one won derful characteristic of the Old Testa- ment is that God walked with man, talked with him and mapped out his ways. The incarnation of Christ was the eulminatiOn of Gods purpose, which took place in the fullness of time. It was no accident, there are no accidents with God.-Rev. Dr. Patton, Presbyte- rian, Princeton, N. J.
 Worship of God.-In this country there Is not support coming from the Government to the church, but the Gov ernment imparts to Us the great and glorious gift of being free; 1t enables us to worship God as our conscience die tates.-ArchbishOp RiOrdan, R. C., San Francisco, Cal.
 Controlled by Law.-GOd, in creating man. so constituted him that he might be controlled by law. God provided the law by which that control is to be main tained. Therefore 1t behOOves-man to both know and obey that law.-Rey. O. O. Bowen, Swedenborgian, San Jose, Cal.
 Evils In Society.-We find that there are evils in society, and 1t is impossible to make much headway against them. There are evils which may not be recit- ed. but which cannot be credited until the social glass Is driven from the home. Rev. Geo. c. Lorimer, Methodist, Bos- ton, Mass.
 Greatness of God.-Men hardly speak of the grandness of Gods works with out some subduing sense of their ma jesty. How indecent, then, Is it to take the name of God on the lip without some feeling of the Vastness of him who Is so much greater than all the things that he has made.-ReV. A. B. Myers, Collegiate, New York.