The Republican journal., 1901-12-05

The Advance says: One of the sur
prising and humiliating facts of human
nature as we find it in the world out
side of Christ is this: That men will
not believe that God loves them.
! The Pilot states that in the matter Of
church attendance it is generally con
coded that good Catholics are nearer tc
J the spirit of Christ in the keeping OF
Sunday than are the adherents of an,
other creed.
In 1885 the first ten of the order Of
the Kings Daughters was organized
The order now has 10000 members
Under the leadership of Mrs. Margaret
Bottome, the first and only president
this order has done grand work fol
humanity.
The Christian Register says. eve
take it that Jesus fills his place in mod
ern times as the founder of a religion
of practical human fellowship-the do
ing to others as we would have them
do to us. Socially, Jesus stopped to
lift the lowest beggar''
Pray moderately as to the things of
this life; earnestly for what may be
helps to your salvation; intensely for
salvation ITSELF that you may ever be-
hold God, love God. Practice in life
whatever you pray for, and God will
give it to you more abundantly.-E. B.
Puasey.
When DIR. G. c. Lorimer visited the
East End, London this summer and saw
the open air pulpit recently consecrated
in St. Luke's churchyard, and saw the
grounds below thrown open to the toll
ing poor, he declared that to be a mod
ern application Of the gospel of love,
says the Waterman.
The Independent has the following
'The nineteenth century was century
of church division. 1t produced so new
sects in the United States, with thou
sands of starving local churches. What
ever may be said Of the steel trust,
the oil trust and multitude of others,
there is no doubt that combination is
the word for these denominations in
the new century,"
Do not die disgraced. If you are rich
in the truth of the gospel give it away.
DO not hoard it; use it. If you have
felt its glorious influence upon your
own life, if has made your past more
endurable, your future more hopeful,
let others share your wealth. Give it
away in the words of your lips, in the
acts of your hands, the expression of
your face, the spirit of your life.-Uni-
versalist Leader.
Earnest men inform me that they
want religion and not rubbish on Sun
days. They want the doctrine of the
soul, the helpful instruction of the per-
feet man, Jesus Christ, for their spirit
ual uplifting. How much is the church
through her authorized teachers, teach
ing to-day about sin and of Him who
alone can forgive sin. 1t is not fashion
able in some places to preach about sin.
1t has been relegated to the attic as not
up to date, because there are grave
questions as to its origin and its eternal
duration.-Bishop Leonard Of Ohio.
Obedience is the testimony of the
soul as well as to the world of the saw
ing knowledge of the Master, and
Christlikeness bears witness to renew
ing communion with Him. The fellow
ship is no mere doctrine or imagination
or feeling. 1t is the power that works
in us, the perfecting of the transform
ing love Of God. Forgiveness and fel-
lowship in Christ are proved by the soul
and to the world by the obedience and
the Christlikeness that they make pos
sible. The renewed life is the proof of
sincerity, the source of assurance.-The
Evangelist.
Dropping spirits are the bane of any
successful work. We are saved by
hope The believer, like Abraham
should hope against hope. There is no
other hope like Christian hope to cheer,
strengthen and save the soul from dan
ger. This hope is for that which is un-
seen and not yet in hand. 1t is pro-
gressive in its nature. No sooneris one
thing hoped for enjoyed than we hope
for another. Life on earth is nothing
but progressive series of hopes and
enjoyments, or hopes and disappoint
ments. Sometimes things hoped fol
when received are nothing but disap
pointing; they are not what they seem.
ed.-The Christian Instructor.
IL 10 dlN dyo W Uut
ways in which an old custom ultimate
ly disappears. Sometimes there is {
sudden. and complete break with the
old habit on the part OF some independ
ent minded member of family; some
times there are two or three steps il
! the process, says the New York Even
ing Post. The Springfield Republican
/ tells of one old New England family
Gas respectable throughout it's history
as the Rev. Cotton Mather," in which
the third generation back had famil.
prayer each night and grace said a
each meal, and the next generation
kept the nightly prayers, but stopped
the grace, while the present generation
has neither prayers nor grace. An
other New England family, three gen
erations back, still faithfully FOLLOWED
the old custom of saying grace at ever,
meal. In the next generation Their
was a compromise whereby grace wa'
said once week at the Sunday dinner
The present generation has gone tn,
full length, and the once a week "bless
ing" is now abolished.
The Goat