The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-06-20
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned From the Teachings
of All Denominations.

of All Denominations.
It is of infinite concern to you what
you are, but of minor Importance what
people say about you.-Rev. DR.. James
e. Diverty, Methodist, Philadelphia.
No Permanent Greed.
Man builds no permanent creeds.
They are all temporary dwellings
tents on the line Of march to the prom
ised land-Rev. a. D. MacKinnon,
Presbyterian, Boston.
Two Kinds of Atheism.
There is an atheism Of behavior as
well as of belief, and those who shape
their conduct as if there were no God
very rapidly go to atheism of belief
Rev. DR.. Charles II. Parkhurst, Pres
byterian, New York.
Needs No Profound Thought.
One need not think very profoundly
to find the necessity for a religion OF
some sort which will not only make
this life tolerable, but also useful and
hopeful. = Rev. DR.. George H. Hep
worth, Congregationalist, New York.
What Religion Is.
Religion is something more profound
than the creed of any one church. Re-
ligion means the conscious recognition
of ard reverence for God and the faith
full performance of our duties to our
fellow men.-Rey. DR.. Charles H. Ea-
ton, Universalist, New York.
Religion Is Life.
Religion is only life after all-wise,
brave, human life, getting large heart
ed and strong as it opens out, waiting
to discover itself in us and to make
us thereby comrades in the unseen
church which is everywhere.-Rev.
William II. Pulsford, Unitarian, Chica-
go.
Christians Needs.
The Christian needs more than the
veneer and gilt of polite society. He
needs righteousness, he needs to get
the whole life into harmony with the
will Of the Father to make life attract
i've and forceful.-Rev. Robert w. Wal
lace, Congregationalist, East Somer-
vile, Mass.
The Transcendent Bible.
The Bible is the only book that spans
time and eternity, the embodiment of
the purest history, the sublimest poet
ry, the profoundest logic and the most
transcendent eloquence In a word, it
excels all human productions, as God
transcends man.-Rev. S. J. Lindsay,
Presbyterian, st. Louis.
The One Sure Thing.
The only sure and steadfast thing in
the world is the gospel Of Jesus Christ.
Changes come to the world, fashions
change, knowledge will increase, but
the Bible is Interchangeable. The man
who builds upon it will achieve results
for time and eternity he who queries
it will have a marred character and
come to ultimate disaster.-Rev. S. II.
Werlein, Baptist, Kansas City.
Righteousness, Not Prayer, Needed.
Too many men get down on their
knees to pray, 80 Lord, let me die the
death of the righteous" when what the
world needs is men who will live the
life Of the righteous. Men barter their
consciences for career. If you know
what is right, do it; don't stop to pray
about it.-Rev. DR.. E. w. Gunsaulus,
Chicago.
What the Church Means.
When men shall learn that the
church stands for the provision Of their
every want, the solace of their every
woe, the adjuster of their every wrong,
the cure for their sickness, the harbor
in their every storm, their food, their
JOY, their gladness, their all, then shall
they be happy and blessed on earth
and win the best there is after DEATH
Rev. DR.. Lloyd, Episcopalian, CleVe-
land.
A Free Choice.
Every man knows innately within
himself the difference between right
and wrong. If he chooses right, he
will be righteous, but if he choose the
evil he will be wicked. No man will
know what heaven is until he knows
what right is and practices it in
righteousness. Every man knows that
in wrong his destiny only can be
wrong.-Rev S. D. Hutsinpiller, Meth
odist, San Francisco.
Spreading Gospel Through the Press.
Many clergymen sin in remaining
asleep to the opportunities offered them
for spreading the principles Of right
eousness through the public press. We
are to publish the glad tidings, and If
we can only reach hundreds by the
voice we may reach hundreds of thou
sands by the journals. We cannot go
out to the highways and hedges, but
the newspapers can, and they will take
our messages for US if these are
worthy-Rev. w. A. Crawford Frost,
Episcopalian, Baltimore.
Time to SIacken Pace.
It is time to slacken pace. When the
age is rushing with dangerous rapidity
down moral grades and around ethical
curves, 1t is time to swing the red Ian
tern and cry ''Down brakesw The man
of today as never before needs the re-
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