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secular.--Let us not forget, friends.
that all departments Of human activity
are sacred. Let us drop that word Sec
| ular In this conslderation.-Rev.G George
w. Stone, Unitarian, Kansas City, Mo.
Immorality-Belief in immortality is
| the instinct of the human race. 1t IL
demanded alike by the analogies of ma
| ture and the logic of all true philoso-
phy.-Bishop Doane, Episcopalian, Al
bany, N. Y.
Life.--Life is still real and earnest.
New responsibilities announce them
| selves. Beyond the material and visi-
BILE this mortal puts on Immortality
Rev. II. NJ. Booth, Presbyterian, Au-
burn. n. Y.
Man.-Man does not grow old; 1t Ia
| the body which grows old. First 1t was
| the mans instrument Of development,
then of usefulness; finally 1t becomes
hindrance.-Rev. Lyman Abbott, Ev-
| olutionist, New York.
Ethical Causes.-I make the sweep
| ing assertion that II is the motive, the
| incentive-which Is desire-back Of the
| thought or the act that creates ethical
causes.-T. Is. Wilson, Theosophite,
Kansas City, Mo.
Scientific Discoveries.-All scientific
| discoveries are based, first, on faith In
| the verdict of the bodily senses; sec
| ondly, faith in the intellectual integ-
rity of the human mind.--Rev. s. r.
Calthrop, Syracuse, New York.
Revelation Of God.-The revelation Of
| God as we have it in the Bible should
| help us to see God everywhere-in the
world of nature and In the world OF
human life.-Rev. w. A. WATSON, Epis-
| copalian, Brooklyn, n. Y.
Life and Literature.-The life and lit
erature of the people are dominated
| more and more by the teachings OF
| popular books of the year.-Rev.J.H.O.
| Jesus, as demonstrated by the most
| Smith, Christian Church, Chicago, Ill.
The Average Alderman.-We foolish
| ly elect our aldermen on platform OF
great national issues, silver or gold, i'm
perialism or colonial expansion. And
yet what does the average alderman
know of these things REV. DR.. Hirsch,
Hebrew, Chicago, Ill.
The Spirit Of God.-The spirit is in
you for life; the spirit is upon you for
service. 1t Is not enough to have the
| spirit of God in us for life-you must
have the spirit of God upon you for
service-Rev. John L. Carson, Pres
hvtarian Rrooklyn n V
Human Existence. Human exist
ence has purpose. A mighty purpose
is being fulfilled thereby. God is to be
made manifest. This Is the aim and
end of human existence, the destiny OF
| the human soul.-Mrs. Gestefeld, Chris
tian Scientist. Chicago, Ill.
The Betterment of the Race.-I might
| go through every phase of society and
business life and 1t would show that
Christian men have got to put their
heads together for the betterment OF
the race.-Rev. William S. Rainsford,
Episcopalian, New York City.
Brute Force and Spirit Power.-If
Jesus had gone armed 1t would have
been a confession on his part that the
brute force of the visible world is more
| than match for the spirit power OF
| the invisible world.-Rev. DR.. Park
| hurst, Presbyterian, New York City.
Abundant Life. Christ not only
comes that men may have life, but that
| they may have 1t more abundantly; he
makes their life so large and full that
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physical accident of death.-Rev. Ed
win E. Hale, Unitarian, Boston, Mass.
A Personal Questionable greater
mems trust in God, the greater their
trust in their fellow-men, and the more
| Trustworthy will all men become. Thus
| the national question Is essentially
personal question. = Rev. L. Jefferson
Banner, Episcopalian, Pittsburg, Pa.
The Proven Fact.-With the proven
| fact Of the great demonstration-the
resurrection of our Lord from the dead
comes an assurance Of immortality
which enables us to declare: I'VE know
that we have building of Godfrey.
Edwin l.. Powell. First Christian
Church, Louisville, Ky.
Many Men.-Many men acquit them
selves splendidly on public occasions,
rise to great heights Of eloquence and
power when in view of other men, who
are mean and petulant and critical and
overbearing and difficult to live with in
private life-Rev. George l.. Perrin,
Universalist, Boston, Mass.
Immortality.-The sense of immortal
| ity is as innate as is the sense. of cause
and effect out of which science rises
to higher and higher peaks of knowl-
edge; innate as Is the consciousness OF
the existence of supreme being, bare
of which no tribe has yet been met
with.--Rev. NJ. Jastrow, Hebrew, Phil
| adelphia, Pa.
The Law of Progress. More aud
more settled is the belief that the law
of progress is the rule of life beyond;
that in closer fellowship with God our
being will expand like buds in the sun
shine; that exalted searchings shall be
stimulated in order TO be satisfied
Professor George w. Gilmore, Unitar-
ian, Bangor, Ne.
The Way of Duty.-This Is the way.
| Of duty and Of opportunity and the true