The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-02
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SUMMARY OF SERMONS.
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Gems OF truth CLEANED from the teachings
CT all denominations. summary OF the
principal sermons recently delivered In the
United States and Canada by the leading
ciergymen. priests, prelates, religious
teachers and professors OF the Christian
faith.
CHRIST.--Christ is the child. not OF
time, but Of the eternities. He is the
Christ Of God.--Dr. G. II. Combs, Inde-
pendent. Kansas City, Mo.
ANNIHILATED. -Try to imagine in
what condition we should be and what
we would do II all the past could be an
initiated and we should start afresh.--Rev
b. i. Mills, Evangelist, Bosom. Mass.
SOCIETY.--Sn ciety Is not the result OF
compact freely entered into and freely
broken. 1t is a natural state. necessary
sta o and the effect OF divine will--Dr.
Connaty, Roman Catholic. Washington,
ID. c.
GODS PURPoSE.--Christ came into the
world to make known the purpose of God
and to furnish the means by which this
purpose should be accompllshed.--Rev !.
4 4 3 q'dd'ns''n' univ'r'''''t' Rochester
VAST TREAsURBs.--A simple thing it
Is to say God is spirit" but the phrase
holds vast treasures In the knowledge of
God Rev, DR.. Behrends, Congregations
ais Brooklyn, N, Y.
A DANGEROUS TENDENCY.--There is
dangerous tendency in Christian repub-
lies TO falsely glorify God and worship
materiaism at the expense OF manhood.
--Rov. VIM. RAIDER. Congregaionalist,
San Francisco, Cal,
DEATH. Death is not the end. Death
Is tho interfering OF the soul. The life
beyond Is the continuation of the life here,
only enlarged. enriched, ennobled-Rev.
J: f. Carson, Presbyterian. Brooklyn,
VENERABLE TRADITIoNs.-You are
face to face with the laws of the universe
ana your relations TO the source OF all
life can not be affected by man, by any
church, no matter how venerable may be
It's traditions.-Rev G. w. Stone, Uni
'arian, Kansas City, Mo.
THE INFLUENTIAL MAN.-The in
hueniia man in a city is. therefore. he
who quietly thinks out the eternal laws
OF God and teaches them and Is true TO
them.-Dr Joseph Stolz, Hebrew, Chicago.
IN
HIGHER LIFE.-It is the teaching of
a higher life tina, city missions and such
| agencies are engaged in today This is a
| discontented age, but a vision of the
| brotherhood of man is gradually stealing
IN to relieve. Rev. X. Thomas, Congre-
satlonalist, Boston, Mass
SPIRITUAL LIFE. germ Of tho
| spiritual life Is In every man. Ignore it
| and It will make OF him devil; cultivate
1t and it VIII transform him into noble
| man here and hereafter.-Rey w. H. Car
wardne, Methodist, Chicago. III.
! HAPPINESs.--Ali happiness must rest
| on a solid foundation il II is to he real
and lasting. Those who tic themselves TO
the things of this world forget that earth :,
| ~ honors are 6eeting and perishablc-
Cardinal Gibbons. Roman Catholic, Balti-
moro, Md.
FATALIsM, The doctrine of fatalsm.
teaching that men and women are not
morally responsible for their deeds would
work moro harm If generally accepted than
could be done by an epidemic of cholera
or smallpox.-Rev. Or. Ollie, Methodist,
Oakland. Cal.
methods to the people about 1t they will
give II a hearing. and IL the baptism of
power be upon the minister and people
those who come TO be entertained will re-
main 10 pray.-Rev J. A. B. Wilson, Meth
odist, San Francisco, Cal.
A PLAN IN LIFE.-There is a plan In
every mans life and. being q plan. 1t has
a purpose Nothing helps us more, notn-
ing more certainly makes the mystery Of
life easy to hear than to keep that truth
firmly fixed In the miud.--Rev. W. L. Phil
lips Episcopalian, New Haven, Conn.
LIVING FOR YOUR NEIGHBoR.-Are
you living for Yourself alone or for your
neighbor as Well? GO out into the world
aud increase the spirit of hrotherliness, of
humanity and generosity. This is the les
son OF Lent more impressive, more import
ant than forms ceremonies and fasting. 1t
is the spirit which Jesus exhibited and
which We should emulate.--Rev. Charles
II, Eaton, universalist. New York City.
TO DO BETTER, The greatest enemy
of the best Is the better. There are crises
in life most fatal to man when he TEN =
porizes with self and promises to do bet
ter To do better means patching up. az
It were, rather than doing the best When
a man Is brought face to face with cru
Gifted Savior, to do better simply means
to put Him away.-Dr. Cyrus Hamlin,
Congregatonalist Tougaloo Miss.
DIVINITY OF CHRIST.-The divinity OF
Christ is a question of fact, and therefore
must be proved by proper testimony Az
argument TO prove this dogma is taken
frcm the prophecies which Christ made.
He foretold His own death and resurrec-
ton and spoke of the future rs Il it were
as familiar to Him as the past and pres
emit His prophecies were fulfilled Rev.
II, A. Brann, Roman Catholic, New York
CITY.
QUESTION or THEOLOGY. Aside
from any question of theology, a broad
common sense view of the life OF Christ
shows that He possessed miraculous pow
ers. Otherwise what reason would there
be for His occupying the place that He
does in history? II we take away His d.
vine character then there is nothing left
hut a gentle amiahle man, who was per