El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-21
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.

Men move up toward nobility and
culture as they come to see Jesus for
what he was.-Rev. William E. Dan
forth, Congregational, Chicago.
Grace.
Grace is the favor of God, ripening
into salvation and putting the soul on
the stretch for holiness and heaven
Rev. DR.. w. D. Robinson, Methodist
Episcopal, Cincinnati.
Belief In linn ortaIity.
Belief in Immortality is the instinct
of the human race. 1t is demanded
alike by the analogies of nature and
the logic of all true philosophy.-Bish-
op Doane, Episcopalian, Albany.
Goodness and Good Judgment.
Never was there a time when cool
ness and good judgment and close at
tention to the fundamental principles
of our government were more demand
ed than at preSent.-Rev. DR.. Conaty,
Catholic, Washington.
Cooperation of Pulpit and Pew.
When the pew stands side by side
with the pulpit and feels this worlds
woe as keenly as it ought and reads
the royal commission Alright, it will
then see that God has intrusted to
his people the gospel of reconcilia-
tion-Rev. Franklin Il. Conner, Pres
byterian, st. Louis.
Demonstrating Your Christianity.
The best method of demonstrating
ones right to be called Christian is
to be kind and loving to those about
you and ready to assist them in emer-
gencies, for that is wise, and the fool
loves not even God and thinks only of
himself.-Rev. Alexander Alison, Pres
byterian, Philadelphia.
Our Ideals.
The Christians ideal is the life of
Christ We shall never reach that in
this life, but the things we want to
reach are what we shall be judged by,
and our ideals will always play more
important part in the development of
spiritual character than the gross sum
of our actual attainments.-Dr. w. ].
Kittrick, Presbyterian, st. Louis.
Man Is Natures Highest Work.
Man is the etf1orescence of all the
kingdoms below him. Nature has &C
complished her mission when she has
produced a human being perfectly de-
veloped. She now turns over to him
some Of the powers she alone has here
tofore controlled and expects him to
evolve himself still further, conscious
ly and by his own individual effort
Herbert S. Turner, Universal Broth
erhood, Kansas City.
Coincidence.
Conscience is an intuitive and not
derived faculty. Those philosophers
have greatly erred who have declared
it to be a composite, made up of sep
arate parts of memory, judgment and
will. Conscience is the supreme facul-
ty of the soul. 1t allows no rivals in
its sphere. And that sphere is one of
government and superintendency of
the whole man.-Rev. DR.. Otis A.
Smith, Bay City, Mich.
Growth of Nations.
The growth of all nations is not in
crease in territory or even popula-
ton, but it is the development Of
spirit, the growth and outpush Of
life that makes a nation strong. No
amount of territory or commercial
greatness can save a nation from de-
cay. Certain spiritual forces are the
dominant forces of national life. We
need growth in honesty and righteous
ness-Rev. L. A. Crandall. Baptist,
Chicago.
Wisdom is neither religion nor mo-
rality, but is servant and guide to both.
The practical questions of life are
hardy, ever direct questions of right or
wrong and yet unwiSely met, decided or
evaded, they involve us in situations
where we have only a choice of evils.
Wisdom demands of us that we work
on long lines, seek out in thought the
remote consequences of each move we
make on the checkerboard of life
Rev. David Utter, Unitarian, Denver.
Duty of Christians.
AS it was SOlOmOn'S business to
beautify and adorn the sanctuary on
the summit of Moriah with choicest
woods from Thermometer glory-and
ours today to beautify and adorn his
church with choicest lives and char
acters as pure as beaten gold, and his
promise is that, when we so do, he
will glorify the church with manifesto
tons of his presence and pOwer.-Rev.
J. Knox Montgomery, Presbyterian,
Faith In Divine Guidance.
Believe where you are and as you
are. Look for divine guidance in what
ever position Gods providence may
have placed you. In the common
round or daily task you can find him,
and there he will bless you. and there
you can serve him. Instead Of a curse
work will become a blessing; instead
of a hardship life will become a grand
opportunity for development of char
acter when we believe that all things
work together for good to them that
trust in Godfrey. DR.. William White
Episcopalian, Chicago.