Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-26
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Smith, Presbyterian, indianapolis, Ind.
Truth.-Crush truth, and the hopes
Of the world are blasted. Keep truth
inviolable, and the future of the human
race is secure.-Rev II. 7. Rasmus,
Methodist, Chicago, Ill.
Spiritual Death.-Nothing but blind
ness and death await the final unbe-
lever. Doubt and unbelief breed only
spiritual death.-Rev. ]. NJ. Cromer,
Lutheran, Kansas City, Mo.
A Personal Notwithstanding will
help SO much as personal Interview
with the Lord Jesus Christ. Take up
the word and come back to Jesus
Rev. N. II. Lee, Methodist, Denver,
Colo.
Doubt.-Altliough there may be doubt
in reference to the intermediate state
of Christ, there is no doubt as to how
our death is to be swallowed up in VIC
tory.-Rev. Frank Talmage, Presbyte-
rian, Chicago, ILL.,
Boundary Instance.-Alike to the in
tidel and the believer the crucifixion
and resurrection are the boundary in
stance between ancient and modern
days.-Rev. A. G. Blackwell, Episcopa-
liam, New Orleans, La.
The Most of This Life.-We preach
that men may learn how to make the
most of this life. If we but learn how
to live, dying and the future will care
for themselves.-Rev.M NJ. Crossley, Uni
versalist, Indianapolis, Ind.
Salvation.-Every preacher that of.
fers salvation without sacrifice, life
without love and a crown in heaven
without change of heart has borrow
ed page from the Bible of hell.-Rev.
Bruce Brown, Denver, Colo.
Sin.-Objections are sometimes made
AGAINST Christianity that it allows sin.
10 that we answer that it does not ig-
more, but provides for universal fact.
Men do sin always and everywhere
Rev. DR.. George, Kansas City, Mo.
Faith.-Faith is represented every
where in the Bible as the power Of
powers, and it eliminates in that IA
nous saying: "Faith is the victory
which overcomes the world.'-Rev. j.
L.. Lee, Methodist Asbury Park, N. j.
Consecration.-Ful conservation may
in one sense be the act of the moment,
and in another the work of lifetime.
1t must be complete to be real and yet
ii real 1T is always incomplete.-NIr.
Baer, evangelist, East Mortified, Mass.
Consecrating the Day.-Begin each
day as rational Christian man by con-
secrating that day to God; thus you will
sanctify all the actions of the day, the
commonplace daily duties of our life
Cardinal Gibbons, Roman Catholic,
Baltimore, Md.
Christ Il Socialist.-Christ was a So
cialist who taught the masses how to
live in order to secure happiness and
prosperity. He founded no church and
established no code of ecclesiastical
lore.-Rev. f. 3. Mason, Spiritualist,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Expansion of Religion.-Two methods
have been employed in the expansion
of religion-that of revolution, which
is mans method, and of evolution,
which is the method of nature and of
God.-Rev. William RAIDER, Congrega-
tionalist, San Francisco, Cal.
A Moral Agent.-God has made it pos
sible for man to work out his salvation
by giving him the opportunity, by max
ing him moral agent, and by sur
rounding him with the facilities Tor
framing his own destiny. God gives
his grace, but man must develop virtue
and moral principle. 1t is the work Of
years.-Rey. f. NJ. Bristol, Methodist,
Washington, u. G.
The Israelite.-What endowed the
1sraelite with vitality which defied
all prosecutions and trials? What steel
ed his feeble muscles to uphold the ban
ner Of victory against all hopes and win
the race at the end? His domestic
walls, radiating with the bliss of pure
affection and devotion, were the fort
ress to shield his honor and PRIDE
Rev. DR.. Schneeberger, Hebrew, Baltl-
| more, Md.
Outbreak In China.-The present out
break in China has brought the posi-
nently before us, and because they are
conspicuous objects Of the rage and
cruelty of the revolutionists many think
they are responsible for the trouble.
But the Christian missionaries there
have not sought to advance Christ's
kingdom through force.-Rev. w. w.
Wilson, Episcopalian, Chicago, Ill.
Church of the Present.-It is high
time that we, whose religion is vain,
unless we look squarely at the facts of
life, should bend our energies to bring
heaven into the hearts and lives of
men. All humanitarian agencies and
organizations are our tools, and all
good men and women, either conscious
ly or unconsciously, belong to this
church of the present which is the germ
of the greater church of the future.
Some day there will be resistless re-
union Of all the forces which make for
personal and social righteousness on
earth, and we shall be recognized as
having been not the least among its
prophets and forerunners. The focal
points Of the Christian revelation do
not serve so much to shed single
truth wildly upon the mind as they do
to throw light into new district of
truths whose spaces had never been
Illuminated, thus Offering ample oppor.
tunities for suggestive thought and
study.-Rev. A. j. Garfield, Universal.
list. Brooklyn, N. Y.
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Remarkable Calculator.
Diamandi. Il native of Pylaros, one
of the Greek Islands, seems to be re-
markable calculator. According to the
London Times, after a mere glance at
a blackboard on which thirty groups of
figures are written, he can repeat them