Evening journal., 1900-04-30

wants the sympathy, and the comfort,
and the love OF the ever sympathetic,
and comforting, and loving Christ. We
are His representatives in the earth.
Let us 20 in His name, and pour into
the lives Of the shining multitudes the
warmth OF His gracious love. Pure re-
ngion has all the elements necessary to
bless. cheer and make life happy, and
for these elements, sympathy. comfort
and love. / plead; for pure and unde-
fled religion before God and the Father
is visiting the fatherless and the
widows In their affliction and to keep
oneself unspotted from the world.
That means helping somebody. In
pure religion we all believe, for It
means living right and doing right.
It is not half so important a ques-
tion. what church are you a member
OF? as are the questions: Is your life
pure In Gods sight? Are you striving
to keep yourself unspotted from the
world, and to develop your nobler self,
after the pattern OF the highest type OF
manhood? This should be your aim
and the goal for which you strive. Re
/ ligious bigotry Is religious fOOlery. De-
lnOminattOnal egOtism Is denomination
al arrogance. We all belong TO God If
we do His will-doing whatsoever He
commands us. So that the all impOr-
/ tant questions for us to ask ourselves
are: Are we doing His WHIP Have we
! forsaken the evil things and ways Of
! the world and do we keep ourselves un-
spotted? Have our bodies, intellects,
and hearts been made pure by the
grace of God? Are we being led 10 do
the best and noblest deeds by His spirit
who brings salvation nigh unto us all?
Pure rellgionl we all believe in IT, we
all love to see 1t. Oh, that we may all
possess it, What cheer it brings to
discouraged soulsl What a light il
sheds in sorrows night It makes
sweet the cup OF life. and brings hope
TO the disconsolate. for earth has nc
sorrow that heaven cannot heal" II
makes a dying bed soft as downy pin
ions are, and removes the gloom from
the grave as angelic choirs sing their
songs of welcome to earth's departing
souls
COMMON SENSE RELIGION.
Pure religion in our lives is also
practical-cOmmon sense religion. II
does something to help and never tries
to hinder. nor hurt. Pure religion Is
I sanctihed common sense, for IL helps
the needy. Pure religion cOmpels hon.
esty; the merchant TO give an honest
yard, and an honest pound; and tn,
buyer to pay his honest debts. Tn,
employer to deal honestly with the EN-
ployed, and the employed to render al
honest days work for their honest dol
, lars. Pure religion is philanthropic
This is worth more to humanity thar
all the tongues of Christendom. Yol
and l must do something, else whel
we have been long forgotten. Childs
Peabody, Rockefeller. Miss Heller
! Gould. Miss Frances Willard and on
own Ferris, who by their deeds hav
I blessed humanity, shall continue L
! live in the lives and hearts OF man
4 kind. Our religion finds expression ii
: our deeds. The opportunities to he'll
: humanity are numerous. There nee
Z be- there should be, no idlers. M
. friends, my young friends especially
= do something noble and Christlike. s
that In all eternity some poor soul shal
n gladly remember you. AT Pilau. 1
! Prussia, there once lived a woman VIII
! gave her services to the dangerous an
% noble task of rescuing drowning mel
q Whenever the storm came on she mad
: ready her boat TO go and rescue an
l. that might become shipwrecked; mor
If than 300 souls did she save from
II watery grave. Everybody loved Catl
l. arine Kleinfeldt. The children bowe
" to her and kissed her skirts, and tn
g. sailors looked upon her as their guar
% dian angel Standing unon the cbo,
10 of time we see thousands of our fe
s. lowmen shipwrecked in the seas of so
le row, temptation and sin. ] call upo
&c you all this night in the name OF yot
saviour and mine, and in the name
drowning humanity, to go at once
their rescue. Tomorrow may be tS
or late. BE practical In your religion. 4,
We pure religion finds its highest and /
~ noblest expression in the service whi,
~ we render to those in need.