News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1900-10-24
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned From h Teachings
of All Denominations.

delusion returns to eack one of us in
some field of effort or thought.-Rev.
]. II. Barrows, Oberlin, o.
Christian Purity.
The purity of the Christian is like
tie purity of the precious stone
brought out on the wheel.-Rev. DR..
James d. Rankin, Presbyterian, Den
yer.
At a Cost of the Best Blood.
1t cost the best blood of all the cen
turtles to establish the truths of Chris
tianity and to defend the dear old
Bible.-Rev. L. l.. Sieber, Lutheran,
indianapolis.
JOY For the Followers of Jesus.
There is a joy and strength and
beauty of life which ought to be
clearly manifest in every avowed fol-
lower of Jesus.-Rev. George Z. Steel,
Baptist, Braddock, Pa.
Doing Ones Duty G~raciOusIy.
If q duty is assigned to us that is
hard and unpleasant, let us do that
duty, even though to us it may seem
foolish and a waste of time and energy.
Rev. f. P. Delaney, Baptist, Mount
Washington, Pa
Manly Christianity.
Manly Christianity is essentially pro-
gressive, for it believes IN develop
ment, and the ethics of this progress
siveness is founded upon the law Of
love.-Rev. Arthur j. Francis, Congre-
gational, Chicago.
Power of the Gospel.
No man can ever be the same in
every respect after Gods word has
once come to him; no locality can ever
be the same after the gospel has once
been preached in it.-Rev. Homer A.
Flint, Episcopal, Pittsburg.
Trust God For the Future.
God may not desire us for great
reformers, but he desires to use you
in q little, if not in a great, sphere.
Place yourself on his side and trust
him for the future.-Rev. George e.
Stokes, Methodist, st. Louis.
Lies Haven.
Home is the haven of life. 1t may
become a heaven, but in order to become
such the ideal of life must be an eX-
allied one. The conversation must be
pure, the ambitions holy, the pursuits
noble, the associations righteous.-Rev.
d. n. Gillett, Christian Church, Tux,
edo Park, n. Y.
Religious and Intellectual Interests.
AS civilization progresses the highest
achievements of enterprise will be in
the direction Of intellectual and re-
ligious interests; greater success will
attend all efforts to provide for the de-
fective classes of society and to pre-
vent crime and suffering.-Rev. H. A.
Goblin, Presbyterian, Indianapolis.
Sorrow and Dependency.
Sorrow may have made you despond-
ent. A genuine sorrow is to be cher
ished, not to be forgotten. Instead of
asking, How can | throw this off ?"
ask, what can l let God do for meY'
To the soul that takes this attitude de-
spondency will give place to service
Rev. Charles w. Carroll, Congregation.
alist, Cleveland.
Saving the Nation.
Education, religious liberty, material
prosperity, will not save us. Character
In her citizens will give America sta
bility and perpetuity. And they who
by preaching the gospel Of Jesus Christ
are bringing up the character of the
individual citizen to a higher plane are
doing a most important work toward
saving the nation.-Rev. John Moore
Baptist, Williamsburg, Pa.
Influence and Character.
Our Christian influence will be either
made oil marred by the minute signs
of character which men see in us. We
make a fatal mistake If we wait for
some great opportunity to influence
men by wholesale or by action OF
dramatic setting. The wheels of infu.
ence turn on tiny and invisible bal
bearings.-Rev. Alfred e. Myers, Mar.
BILE Collegiate Church, New York.
Divine Protection.
The eagle %spreadeth abroad her wings
for the protection of her young both
while In the nest and while attempt.
ing to fly. SO man has the Divine pro
lection amply promised and assured tc
him. He who watches the lilies grow
and marks the sparrows as they fall
notes every step man takes, and to him
who is willing to leave earth's nest he
lends his wings until his fight has put
him beyond the gates of eternity.-Rev,
X. l.. Davidson, Baptist, Kansas City.
Faith.
Whatever distinctions the world may
make the truth is everywhere faith is
the determining quality. This in Its
broader sense may be commercial, pc.
l%itical, scientific or religious. In the
commercial world all conditions OF
time, space, quantity, quality, seasons
races and attitudes are taken as O
basis, and from a calm consideration
of these faith launches colossal en-
terprises and utilizes them all in carry.
Ing its plans to perfection.-Rev. G. s
Dudley, ~Episcopalian, Oakland, Ills.
Seeking Gods Glory.
No consciousness of duty done, nc
thought of the blessedness of the choil
invisible who live again merely In
lives made better by their presence
no recognition of God only as n ''powei
not ourselves that makes for righteous
ness" can satisfy the craving of the
human gOul for nprsonal Immortality