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Prejudice. Nothing is more imper-
vious to proof or logic than prejudice.
Prof. Felix Adler. Ethical Culture. New
York City.
Christian Christian Scien-
lists believe that God is Infinite love,
the beautiful source OF all life, the great
physician who heals all our Diseases
VIM. g. Ewing. Christian Scientist,
Chicago, III.
Blessed In Work.--A secret OF bless
etlness in work is the conviction that
we are doing the work that God
wishes us to do, for the benefit of our
fellow men.-Rev. DIR. Kent, Congre-
gatiOnalist, Brooklyn, n. Y.
Transformation. = The transforma-
tons nature works upon things dumb
and dead. are as nothing compared to
the transformation that God can work
upon mans sOul.-Rev. DIR. Hills, Con-
gregationalist, Brooklyn, n. Y.
The Church of God.-The church of
God knows no classes and no masses.
Before its affairs stand only men and
women and its ordinations and sacra-
ment make no distinctions. Rev. III.
Il. Foss, Methodist, Bangor, Me.
Observation-Disclosures Is the sin of all
sins. We become very much exercised
over our special sins-but the sin of
all sins is the rejection of Jesus Christ,
our Lord and Savior.-Rev. w. b.
Stradley, Episcopalian, Atlanta, Ga.
The Living Christ. THE living Christ
must abide with us i'm the church and
everywhere. What he will not say we
must not utter. In his steps is the one
safe path for us to take.-Rev. Albert
Hyde, C0ngrega tionalist, Toledo, Ohio.
The New Church.--The new church
is often misrepresented, some claiming
that we are Spiritualists, others that
we do not accept the divinity of Christ.
We found our faith on the Bible.-Rev.
Julian X. Smyth, Swedenborgian, New
York
Skeptical.-Half the scientific men Of
EurOpe-in England and America
much smaller proportion skepti-
cal Of the integrity of the human mind
when the heart and conscience are m
vOlved.-Rev. $. X. Calthrop, Unita-
rian, Syracuse, \. y.
The Jewish Credible keynote Of
the Jewish creed has been holiness UNI
to the Lord. 1t has made them peo-
pie distinguished for virtue, temper
ance and purity, the chosen people of
God.-Rev. +. Il. Williams, Presbyte-
rian, Baltimore. Nd
Weakness of the Christian.-The con-
scious weakness of the Christian is a
virtue whose prayer finds answer in
the cooperation of the victorious hand
of God, the glory of which the firma-
ment declares.-Rev. w. ID. Thatcher,
Baptist, Philadelphia, Pa.
Christians Christians must obey
that final command of their risen Lord
to Ego into all the world and preach
the gospel to every creature" This
does not mean that every Christian
should be foreign missionary.-Rev.
f. A. Woods, Baptist, San Francisco,
Cal.
Character Study.-Character study
is always interesting. To search for
the springs of human action, and, as
far as possible, discover the reason for
the divine attitude toward any given
man. Is a matter OF keenest Interest,"
Rev. w. f. Lloyd, Methodist, Louis
vile. Ky.
Inspiration Of Christ.-TO-day is GER
tainly marked by a return Of the in
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form Of Christianity comes far short
Of being the ideal; it does not tell Of
his spirit in any form, nor reveal the
broad possibilities of the Christian life.
Rev. j. =. Penman. Bangor, Me.
Whole Personalities-When desiring
to share the fathers life, we try to
perfect ourselves as whole PERSONAL
ties, striving in all the functions Of
body and soul to become a finished in
strument of divine activity that is re-
lgion; that is salvatiOn.-Rev. Lester
Bradner, EpiscOpalian, New York.
Divine InstitutiOns.--It is quite uni
versally believed that there are three
family, the church and the state. These
fundamental elements which enter so
thoroughly into the life of every indi-
vidual, come out of the heart.-Rev. G..
G. ROwlinson, Independent, Indianap-
oils, Ind.
First Cry of the SOul.-The first cry
Of the soul Is that the past may be
blotted out, forgotten, regarded as
though 1t were not. Every hope for
the future seems TO lie in escape from
its bondage. This desire fosters be-
lief in atoning sacrifice. Rev. A. Y.
Raymond, Congregatfonalist Science
tady, n. y.
The Body.-The body, like the mind
and soul, Is an attribute of whom we
call God. But while the body may be
dissolved to the last analysis as
physical substance, the mind cannot
he comprehended at all, except that
consciousness feels its force, so to
speak.-T. Il. Wilson, Theosophite,
Kansas City, Mo.
Critical Study of the Bible.-The crit
zeal study Of the Bible has uncovered
the Word of God itself to the modern
world. 1t Is not too much to say that
we have gained new Bible. The Bible
itself Is the same Bible. but in our age
the distinction has become plain be-
tween the Bible itself and the opinions
of men respecting 1t. We are no longer
compelled to study the Bible behind