News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1900-09-26

oNedt uIOpS LOT one own support
are richer than the jewels of inherited
wealth.-Dr. Walker Lewis, Methodist.
Atlanta.
Happiness.
True happiness is in sharing, not
boarding; in giving, not retaining: in
denying, not self pleasing.-Rev. Sam
uel c. Dean, Baptist, Americas, Ga.
Vacations.
A vacation should in no sense be
dissipation. 1t should be an accumula-
ton of force. In enjoying it keep al
ways in mind the account of your stew
ardship.-Rev. d. L. Roth, Lutheran,
Pittsburg.
What Salvation Is.
Salvation is living daily under the
smile of God and in the conscious pres
ence Of the living Christ. One can
never be content until he is satisfied
with God.-H. r. Keats, Quaker, Glens
Falls, n. Y.
Honest Endeavor.
The only religion that is worth a sec.
ond thought is the religion of honest
endeavor, for one good deed is more
than a thousand professions of faith
Rev. George II. Hepworth, Congrega-
tionalist, NsA York.
All For God.
A man ought not to be baptized IN
less he will put his pocketbook in the
pocket of the baptismal gown, as ev-
erything he has should be dedicated to
God.-Rev. DR.. James NJ. Farrar, First
Reformed, Brooklyn.
Higher Thought Life.
If any people is to be brought up to a
higher thought life, they must be
brought up to a higher development Of
spiritual life, higher standard of mo-
rality, honesty and integrity.-Rev. R.
A. Fisher, Methodist, Philadelphia.
Closer COmpaniOnship.
We know that there is a God, the all
powerful, personal being to whom the
soul naturally turns in all great ex-
periences, either of joy or sorrow.
Death but leads us to closer compan-
ionship with God.-Rev. DR.. G. G.
Lorimer, Baptist, Boston.
Good Out of War.
God is the evolution of the world and
of his church, and, as all history shows,
he will bring out of war and suffering
final good, to which the universe will
ultimately yield rich fruitage, and this
to the glory Of his name.-Rev. DR..
DtJpr,fo11 DpDSnvtp-
rian, Philadelphia.
EverybOdy's Duty to Pray.
1t is everybodys duty to pray for
the kingdom, but prayer is not the ex.
ercise of the lips only. The lips and
heart don't compass the whole matter
We can pray with our hands as affec
tiOnately as with our hearts and will
our lives as surely as with our lips
| DID Walker Lewis, Methodist, Atlanta
The Passover Feast.
II was God who interfered in Egyp
inbehalf Of justice and freedom. L
was by the decree of the Almighty tina
the scepter of oppression was broken
In the passover feast we keep alive thu
traditions that insure loyalty to thu
| past; we bind the children to The
fathers.-Rabbi Stolz, Hebrew, Chic
ago.
How Gods Grace Transforms.
The grace of God transforms thu
BLACKLIST souls into one which refiec
the glory of his presence. 1t changes
the vile into what is most precious
the moral rubbish which man woulC
jewels fit for the Redeemer's CROWN
Rev. James d. Rankin, D. D., Presby
terrain, Denver.
why God Is Unknown.
Cod is unknown because men hav,
been too formal and mechanical il
their search. Like the people of Babe
we have been trying to climb to hin
on tower. He who loveth not know
eth not. The pure in heart shall Sc
God whom to know Alright is lif
eternal.-Rev. Bruce Brown, Christian
church, Denver.
The Church's Hidden Force.
For 300 years from the birth of thi
church history has little to say of II
/ We have literature, and in quantities
We have poetry, we have history ant
narrative, but we have little recorde,
regarding that church whose infiuenc
changed the very face Of society; ye
through all those centuries the hiddel
farce of the church-the grace of Co
was working. 1t was gradually ris
ing in its strength to affect all man
khd.-Rev. L. G. Yorke, Catholic, Sa
Francisco.
The Word of God Forever.
The continual hold of the Bible
die to two things. First, the cor
dtions 1t meets remain unchanged. ST
is still cup to date" SO are sufferin
AID sorrow and the hope Of immortal
iB. So long as these continue any
ting which can meet them is essen
thl. This the Bible has done, is doing
AID can do. 1t cures sin, eases suffer
ilg, assuages sorrow, and gives
gorious answer to the question eff
nan die, shall he live againT lie
tie heather rage, and the critics imag
lie vain thing. The word of Go,
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