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| 10 the elevation or our tnOugnts.-hev.
#. K. Mason, Christian Scientist, Brook
lyn, N. Y.
! Desire for Immortality.-There is in
the nature OF man desire for immor-
tally. 1t is impossible for natural
desire to be In vain.--Archbishop Win
Jams, Il. c., Boston, Mass.
A Joyful Religion.-If there is one
thing that rejoice In 1t is that Chris
tianity is a joyful religion. 1t is the
most harmonious religion In existence.
Rev. w. H. Carwardine, Methodist,
Chicago, Ill.
Christ's Divinity. Strongly and
magnifcently as the church must af-
firm Christ's manhood, strenuously
must 1t contend for his divinity as well.
DR. G. III. Combs, Independent, Kan
sas City, Mo.
Blasphemous Doctrine.-A doctrine
that holds that certain human beings
are to be eternally blest and other eter-
nally lost is diabolical and blasphem-
ous.-Rev. l. p. Coddington, Universal
ist Rochester, n. Y.
| An Organic People.-Formed from all
the peoples Of the world, we have be-
come an organic people, fixed to the
soil and politically independent, and,
therefore, sovereign people, with SOW
ereign interests.-Rev. DR.. Conaty, R.
c., Washington, d. G.
| The Materialist.-The materialist as
sures us that the animating principle
Of mans being, his so-called spirit or
soul, is merely product of matter, or
a refinement of 1t. 1t has and can have
no separate existence without the body.
Rev. G. w. Wendte, Unitarian, Los
| Angeles, Cal.
DespOtism of the Dead.-In religion
nine-tenths of the race are under the
despotism of the dead. Not one out of
| hundred devotees Of any religion can
give any reason for his opinions and
practice beyond this: dead men did
it."-Rev. B. Fay Mills, Evangelist,
Boston, Mass.
Thinkers and Scholastic Is I'M
worthy of any age to depreciate the
worth Of its thinkers, its scholars, its
priests and its prophets, for 1t is around
these that all men and all institutions
revolve. And yet we need men of
| action as well as men of reflection.-Dr.
Joseph Stolz, Hebrew, Chicago, Ill.
Personal Existence After Death
Death does not end all. After death
there is personal, conscious existence.
Personal identity does not reside in the
body, but in the SOUL and the death
of the body is not the destruction of the
personal, conscious self.-Rev. j. +.
Carson, Presbyterian, Brooklyn, N. Y.
The Duty of the State.-Does the in
dividual exist for the state or the state
for the individual? If the latter, then
the function Of the state is to be strong
and to look for open doors and new
spheres of influence to conquer by force
or influence to benefit the individual
Rev. DR.. Patton, Presbyterian, Prince
ton, n. j.
The Power that Governs the Uni
verse.-We know that not one mistake
ever has been or ever can be made by
the power that governs all this marvel
Gus universe. Such laws as come with
in our comprehension seem to be benef-
icent. We feel the hope that all this
knowledge brings.-Rev. G. w. Stone,
Unitarian, Kansas City, Mo.
Christ as Lover of Nature.-Christ
was lover of nature; it was natural
for him to grow up and see the beau
ties of nature. He had profound love
for the beauty and sublimity of nature,
and recognized the voice Of God speak
ing to men in the flowers and in the
whole universe.-Rev. DR.. Behrends,
Congregationalist, Brooklyn, N. Y.
The Rise and Progress of Humanity.
Facts beyond question justify us in
saying that mans belief in mans i'm
mortality and his capacity for improve
ment and power Of achievement under
the government and guidance of Goo
are the bottom causes of the rise and
progress Of humanity.-Rev. Mr.. Web
Der, Universalist, Rumford Falls, VT.
The Saloon.-I deny that the saloon
Is an essential element of civilization
as place of rendezvous for the work
ing classes. Fully 700 saloons in the
City of Detroit are almost entirely
patronized by the working people.
Those where the weather. classes
gather are nearly all punched down.
.town.-Rev. ID. ID. MacLaurin, Baptist,
Detroit, Mich.
Struggle.-Struggle Is the law of life;
natures methods of preventing decay.
1t was the condition of life, for where
the mind was placid it had passed the
dead line; where the soul was at rest
1t was lost. The gospel recognized this.
Its promises were to those who over
came; its crowns for the bearers.
Rev. DR.. Taylor, Congregationalist,
Poughkeepsie, n. Y.
Value of Pain.-St. Pauls imprison-
ment had been a grievance to him and
seemed likely to hinder his work, but
he had discovered It had been an adj
vantage to the cause. He had been de-
veloped and ennobled, and given an
opportunity so to exemplify the spirit
of the gospel as to impress every one
and to embolden his fellow-w workers.;
his sufferings are therefore an honor
because they have been for the sake of
the truth. Herein is the supreme value
of pain.-Rev. w. l.. Phillips, Episco-
palian, New Haven, Conn.