The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-06-06

Gods Comforts comforts are
the first whispers Of undying peace
Rev. r. Burk, Episcopalian. Philadel-
phia, Pa.
Money.-It is not money that Is the
root of all evil; it is the love Of It to
the exclusion Of holy thoughts.-Rev.
8. II. Rife, Evangelical, Akron, Ohio.
The Widows Mite.-The widows
mite stands for the small gifts which
those in humble circumstances may Of
fer to God and man.-Rev. DR.. Eaton.
Universalist, New York City.
Story of Creation.-The very first fact
which the story of creation sets forth
Is this: God is mans friend. He plans
for man. He provides for man.-Rev.
d. Gregg, Presbyterian, Brooklyn, N. Y.
The Universal Law.-It is difacult for
us to conceive of an immutable being,
or even of an immutable condition, for
we live In a realm in which change Is
the universal law.-Rev. j. r. Boyle.
Methodist, Philadelphia, Pa.
Resurrection of Christ.-Nothing II
more vital to the validity Of Chris
tianity than the resurrection Of Christ.
1t is the browning evidence of the d.
vinity apd authority of our Lord.-Rev.
Geo. P. Perry, Baptist, Troy, N. Y.
Character. - Character possesses a
charm for only those who seek it, and
Is the priceless jewel Of heroic souls,
who care for no appreciation but that
Of the law, conscience and GOd.-Rev.
G. P. Smith, Methodist, Minden, La. /;
Figure of God.-Every man, through
his Imagination, paints his own figure
of God. Plato gives his own image Of
God, and then there is the Bibles idea
Of Godfrey. Dr.. Newell Dwight
Hills, Congregationalist, Brooklyn,
New York.
Predestined. are willing to
make any sacrifice for God and the
word of God. They are ever prepared
to run their course righteously. They,
and they alone, are predestined.-Rev.
e. Magevney. H. c., San Francisco.
California. ~
Socialism. = Socialism will reject
Christianity and give real faith which
the infidel church has denied. By re-
jecting the church 1t will liberate the
real spirit of Jesus, which will defy
mankind.-Rev. Geo. D. Heron, So
cialist, Brooklyn, N. Y.
The Spiritual World.-The knowledge
Of the spiritual world which Jesus
Christ has impaired to mankind ex-
.eeds that of Moses as much as the
light of the MONDAY sun exceeds that
If the Pickering lamp.-Cardinal Glib
bons, Roman Catholic, Baltimore, Md.
Christian Science. = Christian Sci
snce not only embodies the healing and
regenerative methods Of the Christian
lty of Christ, but represents also the
highest attachments Of modern meta
physical or psychical practice.-Carol
Norton, Christian Scientist, New York
City.
"A q
statesman is one who thinks, plans and
works for the future good of his coun-
try and countrymen, while the politi-
clan is concerned about present per-
sonal and party advantage.-Rev. R. v.
Hunter, Presbyterian, indianapolis,
Indiana. 4&EN.1 &ER@S
Immortal Life and Eternal Life.-Je-
sus makes marked distinction be-
tween immortal life and eternal life.
immortal life Is to live on. Eternal
life is to live well. and when we have
the latter 1t is difficult to make us doubt
the former.-Rev. DR.. Mason, Univer-
salist, Chicago, Ill.
Test Of Christian.-What is the test
Of Christian but the fruits of his COM
partnership with his Lord? Give us a
human Christ, who sympathizes with
us in our common temptations, who
loves us, not the one who stands so far
above us, ard we shall gain in our
knowledge of your Lord.-Rev. C. M.
Shelson, Baptist, Topeka, Kan.
Prayer.-God has ordained prayer
lust as truly as he has ordained labor,
and it is no more thwarting of divine
law than that he should bring in the
harvest in response to the wise and in
telligent labor of the husbandman. But
Gods will in this regard was accom-
plished by the faithful toll of human
hands.-Rev. DR.. Barrows, Oberlin,
Ohio. ~
Become as a Little Child.-We must
unload the mind of traditions and es-
tablish truth. We must abandon fol-
lies and establish facts. We must dis.
card ritual and establish right. We
must abolish custom and establish
Christ. Then we become as a little
child, and of such is the kingdom
Rev. F. E. Mason. Spiritualist, Brook
Ign. N. Y.
Peace In the Churchill peace abides
In the church each member must be at
peace with God. ''The peace Of God.
which passeth all understanding' in
creases and blesses both the life of the
Individual and that Of the church, as
the conscience is enlightened by the
Living Word and its dictates are obey
ed.-Rev. G. p. Rutledge. Philadelphia.
Pennsylvania. IS - fE
Conscience. - Conscience - In other
words, the moral sense-is a natural
endowment, a part Of the organic con-
stitution Of man. Not by any means
Independent Of reason. but rather de
pendent upon 1t. growing in clearness.
and in ethical authority as man In
.reases in knowledge and power. Eth