The St. Johns herald., 1899-05-06
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i tween yourself and God.-Rev. G. w i Stone, Unitarian, Kansas City, Mo. Rational Beliefs.-The two rational beliefs are Calvinism and Universalism Rev. I. P. Coddlngton, Un!yersalist Rochester, New York.
 Knows God.-He who knows Jesus Christ knows God, and he only does.- Rev. Dr. Behrends. CongregatiOnalist Brooklyn. New York.
 A Strong City.-God with man make; ! him strong city; man without God 1: a ruined city.-Rev. W. II. Carwardine Methodist, Chicago. III. The Mind.-The mind has no concep ton of what 1t Is to be tired or impair. ed, but 1t knows when its instrument is.-T. B. Wilson, Theosophite, Kansas City, Mo.
 Church of Christ.-Pure hearts and clean hands upbuild the cause and Church of Ohrist-Dr. Alfred Harlow. Christian Scientist, Kansas City, Mo.
 Immortal Man.-If man De not jm. mortal, then God has planted false hood in the very center of our being.- Rev. J. F. Carson, Presbyterian, Brook. lyn, N. Y.
 Necessary Agency.-Every agency, whether civic, religious or educational doing the work of Christianity, is nee essary.-Rev. Reuben Thomas, Con Macs
 The Supreme Interpreter. The church will hold Christ as the supreme Interpreter. In him Is the interpreta ton of nature, of man, of God.-Dr. G H. Combs, Kansas City, Mo.
 National Idea.--The American na t1onal Idea Is personal liberty; the lib erty of the individual man, because he is man.-Dr. Conaty, Roman Catholic Catholic University, Washington, D. O
 Capital Punishment. - Our capital punishment Is social crime, inherited from the dead, and is a confession of the weakness and pusillanlmity of SO ciety.-Rev. B. Fay Mills, Evangelist Boston, Mass.
 Human Glories.-How feeting hu, man glOries are and how short Is tho duration of earthly happiness. The true happiness Is founded on Christ in devotion to his eligion.-Cardinal Glib bons, Roman Catholic, Baltimore, Md
 To Be Truly Great.-A man to bs truly great and to have all his uOblest powers aroused needs to feel that thrill and throb of the long yesterdays and the Quivering pulsatiOns of the great to-morrows.-Rev. Geo. B. VosburgI Baptist, Denver, Colo.
 Theosophists.-Th are as much fatalists as are MohammedanS There is an iron law of remorseless necessity, of unchanging and un changeable force. There Is no possi bility of setting fate aside; the only thing you can do Is to submit.-Dr. Dille, Methodist, Oakland, Cal.
 A Character.-Three things will build up a character, the refusing to do wrong, the acceptance of the Divine Providence and the practicing his will. These will make a character conform. ing to the will of God, and such con. formance Is heaven, and abldeth for. ever.-Rev. Wayland Hoyt, Baptist, Minneapolis, Minn.
 Detraction.-Somes sins may be pecu- liar to certain professions, to certain times, to certain places. Detraction presents itself to all professions, in all ages and in all places. It is evil in It. self and in its motives. Envy, jeal. ousy, hatred, pure malice; these are the motives of detraction.-Father Du. boise, Roman Catholic. San Francisco, California.
 The Power of the Church.-There is in the church a power which tells men what to believe in a very dogmatic way. This power Is infallible, being the voice of the Holy Ghost. Free dom of conscience Is a gigantic errorI God has a right to regulate what men should think, and man is amenable in his thought only to God.-Rev. Dr. Breen, Roman Catholic, Rochester New York.