Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-11-14
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Christ.-Rev. NJ. B. Chapman, Metho-
dist, Kansas City, Mo.
Actual Experience.-No truth y
comprehended- until it finds express
sion in actual experience.-Rufus d.
Jones, Quaker, Haverford, Pa.
The Average Mana paraiyE-
ing quality of uncertainty is coming
into the religious attitude Of the aver
age man.-Rev. w. B. Thorp, Consrs-
gationalist, Chicago, Ill.
Corrupt Politics.-Next to the evil
of intemperance, that yields such
a mighty influence in all our affairs, the
evil of corrupt politics is thing Of
great danger to our instltutions.-Rsv.
A. B. Church, Universalist, Akron, o.
Our Identity.-We are face to
face with the questions as to whether
we shall change our identity. That can
not be. We do not need our confession
of faith to retain our Presbyterianism.
REV. DR.. McGaffin, Presbyterian,
Brooklyn, n. Y.
A Sermon.-A sermon should b
thing of life and beauty lit should
glow, brighten, convince, convict, and
arouse TO action. Empty pews are In
large measure caused by weakness
in power of statement.-Rev. DR.. Pc
ters, Baptist, New York City.
The World.-The world in its ad-
versity and sorrows needs to know that
misfortunes shall become fortunes and
that all tears shall be wiped away; that
sorrow endures for night, but joy
comes in the morning .-Rev. NJ. Cross.
ley. Universalist. Indianapolis. Ind.
Problems.-C Could we only get the
whole human family to gather around
the Master and follow him, all other
problems would be settled, al
other questions answered, nil troubles
ended and the works of the devil de.
stroyed.-Rey. N. II. Lee, Methodist,
Denver Colo.
Satan.-Some have asked why It
was that God did not destroy Satan.
The reason was, Lusifer had spread
dissension among the angels of heaIsu
and told them that God was too severe.
God, rather than have the angels think
he was severe, did not destroy Luclfer.
REV. o. S. Hadley, Adventist, Indian
apolis, Ind.
A Supreme Being.-The one thine
that perpetuates prayer in the sense in
which that word is used in the Bible 10
the assumption that there is a Suprems
Being who possesses all power, who ID
able and willing to answer human pc
titions, and whose one purpose Is to do
right.--Rey. VIM. Il. Brown, Congresa-
tionalist, Rochester, N. Y.
Spiritual Regeneration.-Where must
that principle of spiritual regen-
GRAFTON come from? 1t must come
through some one. To-day any
one may find the remedy for the evil
OF sin, but some one had to discover Il.
The name of that some one was the
Lord Jesus Christ-Rev. DR.. L.. VIII
liams. Baptist, New York City.
Social Righteousness.-I ask you to
be sympathetic in the undertakings for
social righteousness and decency. Up
hold those who are at the front in the
fight. If everybody will uphold those
who are about to make this herculean
effort they will succeed. II they do NOT.
it will be the fault of the people them
selyes.-Rev. r. L. Paddock, Episco-
palan, New York City.
Faculty of Judgment.-The chiefest
faculty that God conferred upon
the human mind is the faculty oe
Judgment; the faculty of weighing the
considerations of right and truth. A
fund of good sense is nine-points gained
for creditable career. A twisting Of
conscience means distortion Of judy
ment.-Rev. III. p. Dewey, Congrega-
tionalist. Brooklyn, N. Y.
The Most Potent Factor.-The recent
outrages in the South are only
equal to the atrocities which the
Boxers are perpetrating in China. The
church of God, the most potent factor
in our civilization, needs now to throw
its strong bulwarks around the civil
government in its efforts to execute the
laws of the land.-Rev. j. d. Brooks.
Baptist, Philadelphia, Pa.
Gods Word.-God's word is like
a national picture gallery or museum.
which measures the art genius Of the
nation, the products of men and wom-
en- of varied age, talent and associa-
tion. 1t is a sacred hall Of records to
which man may make a final appeal
for correct information he needs for
his souls good.-Rev. George Adams,
Methodist, Brooklyn, n. Y.
Other Worldliness.-On of the indict-
ments brought against Christian minis
tiers Is "other worldliness." 1t is said
that they are so intent upon the future
that they forget the present; that they
urge men to be content with injustice
and poverty in the present life In view
of the happiness Of the life to come.
The Indictment may or may not be true.
Rev. L. A. Crandall Baptist, Chicago,
Illinois.
i Unity and Submission.-The first note
struck at the gathering Of the Christian
Church was one of unity and submits
sion to authority. This developed step
by step into the INSTRUMENTATION OF the
church of the Middle Ages, when every
thing in the church was by law. Then
1t was considered that consecrated SER
vice could be rendered only within the
holy orders, of which there were many.
A reaction had to come; 1t came with
our reformation. We hold that the real
Catholic position Is not the iron-bound
order of the medieval. Bishop Potter.
Episcopalian, New York City.
Logic.
4 He clearly deemed himself possessed
of the divine affiatus. Poor. deludsd
man!
Poets" he argued doggedly. "ars
born!"
But 1 objected. "they are not born
every minute!"