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ZION preSuppOses immortality, ana
bears directly upon it.--Rev. r.. s.
Storrs, Congregationalist. Brooklyn,
N. Y.
A Spiritual World.-Rational thought
Is unable to do more In the face of its
own problems than to assert that there
is spiritual world.-Rev. l.. r. Mercer.
Swedenborgian, Chicago, Ill.
Moral Progress. have not been
wanting In number or in argument
who have declared the assumption OF
moral progress to be an unverified
myth.-Rev. Il. q Hirsch, Hebrew,
Chicago, Ill.
Good Christians~-Many people whe
account themselves good Christians
are good Christians only In the crowd.
1t Is so easy to go with the multitude
Rev. Geo. Hodges, Eplscopalian, Cam
bridge, Mass.
Missions.-Through prayer were mis-
sions born; by prayer they are nour-
ished, and only by the aid of the united
prayer Of the Christian church will
they reach their ultimate, victory
Rev. ]. l.. Barton, Congregationallst,
Bangor, Me.
National Convenience would
have you understand is that we must
always judge events from high moral
and religious point Of view. Do not
emphasize too much national cenveni-
ence.-Rev. II. L. Patton, Presbyterian,
Princeton, y. j.
Doctrine of Evolution.-A deeper
reading of the doctrine of evolution
shows that the goal which Nature had
In view from the beginning was the
production and perfection of the spirit
of man.-Rev. NJ. ID. Shutter, Univer-
salist, Minneapolis, MINI.
A New Duty.-We must boldly face
the new duty that confronts us and
give to those distant islands religious
liberty, the open Bible, self-govern-
ment, Anglo-Saxon law and the separa-
tion of church and state.-Rev. w. J.
Chichester, Presbyterian, Chicago, Ill
A World of Spirit-This everyday,
commonplace world Of hopes and fears,
meetings and partings, joys and sor-
pei story, is incased in a world of spir-
1t, immersed in it.-Rev. Minot Savage,
Unitarian, New York City.
The Work of Christ.-If there is any
man on earth who does identically the
work Of Christ it is the self-sacrificing
physician. Over your office door let me
write, pray for him whose flight is in
the winter. Christ spared not himself.
BY his stripes are we healed.-Rev s.
A. Northrop, Baptist, Kansas City, Mo.
Our Conceptions Of Christ.-There
were three great ideas in which the
world had made great advances in the
last 200 years, and it seemed that they
must have an influence on our concep-
tions of Christ. The first was the.per-
ception of the unity of mankind.-Dr.
Van Dyke, Presbyterian, Brooklyn,
n. Y.
Right Social Relationships is, per-
haps, the greatest age that ever was.
But how pitiably small it will seem to
future generations, that will not only
outshine our material splendor, but
also will employ ethical principles for
the establishment of right social re,a-
tions.-Rev. Charles Freischer, He
brew, Boston, Mass.
True Peace.-TO attain true peace of
soul we must fight and put out of our
lives those evil tendencies of selfish
ness, ETC., represented by the Amorites,
Hittites, etc., as encountered by the
Israelites. Good suggestions and influ-
ences do not drive or force us; they
only lead.-Rev. DIR. Pratt, Sweden
borgian, San Jose, Cal.
An Eternity Of Joy.-God is marshal
ing his hosts and calls upon every man
of you to follow. If you are not pre-
pared to follow him now, entreat of
you to put 1t off no longer. The deci-
sion you make to-day may mean an
eternity Of light and joy, or an eternity
of sorrow and darkness.-Rev. H. G..
Presbyterian, Kansas City,
Mo.
The Institutional Church.-The ca
terers for the entertainment Of the
study the wants and needs Of
the people. They are practical. and
Ministers would do well
to study the methods of mere pleasure
seekers. Some have done so, and the
result is the institutional church,
Rev. w. III. Tubb, Congregationalist,
San Francisco, Cal.
Unity.-The nature Of this unity is
explained in different ways and all
care is taken to exclude the Catholic
notion. 1t consists in a common union
which Christ by faith, hope and char
ty, in believing in certain fundamental
truths which are necessary for saliva
ion, in serving the same Christ, and in
ldoring the same Godfrey. ]. NJ.
Hayes, Roman Catholic, Dallas, Cal.
Flowers as Symbol.-From the ear
lest historic times people have placed
lowers on the graves of their dead.
lowers which symbolic the beauty and
railty of human life. AS the loved ones
whose memories are cherished have
AIDED and withered, so these flowers,
placed above their graves, fade and
vither, telling the story of human life.
We honor orr soldier dead precisely
because Of their faithful service to
heir country. They faced danger and
welcomed death in order that they
s.-l.s L. I..A.. N. A..