Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-10-10

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Thought.-The thinkers business is
to conform his thought not to the spirit
of any age, but to right reason and the
facts of life.-Rev. George II. Trever,
Methodist, Milwaukee, Wis.
Truth.-He will remember that q
truth once established is established
forever; that 1t does not become obso-
lete with the passing years:SRev. Geo.
Fl. Trever, Methodist, Milwaukee. Wis.
God is for the sinner, not against
him; God takes and bears the sin; God
gets rid of sin, not by Furnishing 1t but
by loving and suffering it away.-Rev.
d. N. Beach. Congregatlonalist, Den
yer, Col.
Seltishness-One who lives wholly
for self can not broaden out into Q real
ization of the true spirit Of upward
and onward growth and development.
-R. B. Gruelle, SpiritualIst, Indianap-
oils, Ind.
Faith in God.-Mankind cherishes to-
day, almest as generally as 1t did 1000
years ago, this faith that there is a SUI
preme Judge who will do right.-Rev.
VIM +. Brown. Congregationalist,
Rochester, N. Y.
Example.-God sets before men the
example Of the good. the strlvings OF
the great the lives Of the saints, but
chiefly the perfect pattern, his incar-
nate son.-Rev. II. I. Davidson, Bap-
fist, Kansas City, Mo.
Prayer.-It is at the supreme mo-
ments of our life that we pray, at the
moment Of our highest happiness and
at the moment of our deepest sorrow
Rev. William 7. Brown, Congregation
alist, Rochester, N. Y.
Work with God.--If we are to coop
crate with the Master we must bind
our eyes upon him, and thus every
mans life will harmonic and keep step
with the plan of God.-Rev. j. J.
Tigert, Methodist, New Orleans, La.
Good Literature.-I plead a!betteF lit
erature in our homes. We need not so
much social sentiment as social sense.
| Social sentiments and social sense Of
heart, of mind, of soul.-Rev. DR..
Brown, Methodist, New Orleans, La.
Common Sense.-The workingmen
want to listen to preacher who
breaches good common sense. There IL
no class of people on earth that has as
little use for tomfoolery as the work
ingman.-Rev. r.. H. Moore, Metho-
dist, Indiapolis. Ind.
/ rrI,o Dnervrnotfov lon
is in harmony with the deepest princl-
Piles and Illuminating analogies Of the
world of nature. 1t chimes in with the
profoundest instincts and desires OF
the human soul. Bishop Fallows, Epis-
copalian, Chicago, Ill.
refused to rise to the fulfllment Of a
divine mission God violently destroyed
her resting place. China is now in the
agony of beholding the destruction Of
her nest.-Rey. r. L. Davidson, Bap-
fist, Kansas City, Mo.
1 Agnosticism.-It must acknowledge
that there is power behind all the
operations of nature, and retire from
the field to allow theology to enter with
Its all-suficient answers thesBs
ming Cos sa.saetA6."-Rev. w. A.
,Esssasss-i, D. D., Presbyterian, Denver,
Col. lsss
Mediocrity is no more PERM.
cious doctrine than the doctrine OF
averages. My proper concern is with
my own liberty, opportunities, duties.
and responsibilities, and not to aver
age them with those of my neighbor.-
Rev. ]. j. Tigert, Methodist, New Or
leans, La.
Indifference to the Church.-The
church stands silently, quietly by, ex-
erting Its influence. and still she Is not
recognized. She is In the midst of
men, and still they see her not. Christ
stood in the midst of his own, and his
own received him not.-Rev. P. @.
Yorke, r. c., San Francisco, Cal. rs
Belief in Practical Christianity
Millions of people are Convinced that
a true Christian ought to follow the en-
ample of Jesus Christ, and millions are
willing to listen TO any teacher who
has any practical suggestion to make az
to how this Gun be done.-Rev. g. NJ.
Coburn, Episcopalian, Denver, Colo.
Laws Of Health.-A knowledge Of the
laws of health and of the laws Of sahi-
| tation and the establishment Of normal
and just conditions of labor and recrea-
ton and leisure will, beyond all ques-
ton, solve many another problem over
which men and women In other days
were accustomed to pray.-Rev. VIM.
f. Brown, Congregationalist, Roches-
ter, N. Y.
Gods Will.-There must be a com
munity of will. 1t is not enough TO
know Gods will. We must do that
will. With the same nature, .knowl-
edge, affection, will, and by thinking
of God and communing with him we
shall come into intimate knowledge OF
his presence and into the possession Of
his fellowship. +. u. Smiley,
Presbyterian, Denver Cole.
Fearlesssness.--We need to find men
who are brave enough to think alone
and decide whether the public voice is
right or wrong, and then declare it;
men who will dare in politics when the
crisis comes, to defy party leaders, par
ty machines and party slogans; men
who will dare in society, when right de.
mands, to do the unconventional and
outrage polite opinion; men who will
dare in religious circles to lift their
necks from Jokes and their faces above
subservience, to do their thinking and
their living, not us unto men, but hum.
bly, as unto Godfrey. B. A. jenkins.
Independent, indianapolis, Ind.
A Draw at the Very Worst.
Pepprey-That was a fierce fight YOU
had with Gussie. He claims he licked