The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-04-16

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mortality, is for a day, but the evil that
| 1t does will never die. But the number
| of the newspapers, except strictly re-
ligious newspapers that exploit prac-
| tical, experimental religion may be
counted upon the fingers of one hand.
1.-THE rule of our church lately so
widely discussed regarding certain
forms of amusement, is thirty years
old. Many are, much displeased with Its
operation. 1t keeps people out of the
church who should be in It,, and
| wounds some within the church. OF
church legislation which has to do with
deep religious life. I have nothing to
say, but the rule In question reminds
me of a sign under a tree bearing fine
apples which sign warns boys away.
But the boys will take the apples. So
the young, considering the selection
of church home are kept away, and
those no longer young turn to the mag
aZines for amusement, Ignoring the
church. And let us not We weary in
we'll doing says st. Paul. Why should
we weary in such a cause? Nothing Is
grander than the saving of souls by re-
ligion. Science cannot do 1t. When a
trolley line was laid in the Five Points
men said that its days were numbered;
because the quarter was divided The
inhabitants were dispersed, but what
was worse, scattered Yet Christianity
had dared to 4preeede science to The
Five Points, and had made it's denizens
in some cases greater than the inhabi-
tants of Fifth avenue.
Paul preached to the poor women as
earnestly as. he preached to the Roman
governor. At the foot of Caesars
throne he spoke for the King of Kings.
And is anything better, after all, than
what deals with safety, with life, with
man, with God? The passage we have
discussed is one of the shall" passages.
He that goeth forth with weeping,
shall return, etc; Seek, and yet shall
find;' ASK and we shall receive and
all these promises are backed by ON
impotence.
g If we faint not says the apostle,
There is no promise of wheat to him
who does not work in spring and sum-
mer. We must SOW and toll Thinking
and dreaming over a cigar and imag-
lining you are something will not an
'"0i' 'oC W. anu dt w Hdl SldlI we
reap? Say rather, what shall we not
reap? We shall reap holy life,
walking with God I had rather know
God than to know anything else, for,
knowing Him, shall one day know all
things. I believe half hour of par
adise teaches more than aeons of stu
dious thought.
What men think of us makes our
reputation what God knows Of us Is
our character. Standing In Gods pres
ence we must at last present our offer
ings to Him. May they be worthy.
Then shall we know that it is worth
later light all space with splendor.
later, light all space with splendir.
Then it will be worth while to lay
down our one or two or ten talents and
say: Master, I have done my BEST"
Mr.. Burnes, whose presence and man
ner are very pleasing, is not stranger
to the Methodists of New Haven. His
parents lived and died here, and he re-
ceived his early education here. From
New Haven he enlisted in the Fifteenth |
@. ", serving three years, during which |
time he pursued his theological studies, |
as occasion permitted. His wife is a |
daughter of the late Hiram Andrews |
of this city, long member of the old |
st. John street Methodist church