The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-12-26

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Wants Men.-God wants men who
will do what he says.-Rev. T. e. Mon
roe, Congregationalist, Akron. Ohio.
True to Gods Word.-We should be
true to Gods Word. and we should
have faith.-Rev. G. A. Snyder, Re-
formed, Hagerstown, Md.
Fundamental Laws.-The three great
fundamental laws Of the kingdom Of
heaven are service, sacrifice and love.
Rev. DR.. Strong, Worcester. Mass.
Made Free.-It is indeed true that
only by the truth shall man be made
free. Christ is the truth.-Rev. @. G.
Abertson. Presbyterian. Philadelphia.
Pa.
Coeternal and Coexistent.-Mani Is CO.
eternal and coexistent with God, and
they are inseparable. in divine science.
Rev. DR.. Morse, Baptist, New York
City.
Grandest Inspiration.-The grandest
inspiration that comes to US is the In
spiration to be derived from the life OF
Christ.-Rev. e. Reifsnider, Universal
list, Danvers, Mass.
The Darkest Tragedy.-It Is per-
haps the darkest tragedy Of human his
tory that honest men so often con-
scientiously uphold the wrong. Rev.
w. d. Simonds, Unitarian, Seattle,
Wash.
A Conspicuous Part.-In the evan
gelization Christ has assigned woman
a conspicuous part. No nation rises
higher than Its women. Men are but
women's vassals.-Rev. T. j. villers.
Indianapolis, Ind.
Mastery of the Future.-The mastery
Of the future will be the mastery OF
material things by men. And this Is
life, whether 1t be in the future or In
the present.-Rev. w. T. Brown. Con-
gregationalist, Rochester, N. Y.
An Idea of Sacrifice.-There is. be-
lieve, in every earnest soul which seeks
not its own, but others good, an idea
of sacrifice, and If you want to see
sacrifice in it's perfection you will find
it in the Man of God.-Rev. DR.. BOyn-
ton. Detroit, Mich.
Dignity Of the Priesthood.-Is there
anything human which is higher and
boiler? Man u.s. according to the Psalm
list, only a little less than the angels;
but man as a priest is more than an
gelic.-Rev. M. A. Fitzgerald. Roman
Catholic. Brooklyn. N. Y.
A Poor, Weak Faith.-Ours is poor,
weak, wavering faith, ready to distrust
the Lords teaching, ready to discard
his help, ready to give up all attempts
at living a religious life, on the slight
est discouragement.-Rev. l.. G.
Hoeck. Swedenborgian, Brooklyn. N. Y.
One Side Of Jesus Characteristic
Gus indeed Is the misdeed of any man,
minister or teacher, who takes account
of only one side of Jesus character.
Such mislead to their eternal undoing
those who ought to have been told the
truth.-Rev. J. L. WithrOw, COngrega-
| tiOnaliSt, Boston, Mass.
How We Should Live.-Christ's Cos
pei teaches us how we should live. but
IL 1t went no further than this 1t would
be an imperfect Gospel. When sor-
row, sickness and death come to US
we need the comfort Of the hope of a
life hereafter.-Rev. DR.. Patton, Pres
byterian, Princeton, N. ].
Co-operation-Co-op IL the nat
| ural relation for the interdependent
| forces Of capital and labor. Arbitra-
ton is to-day's and cooperation will be
to-morrow's version of the golden rule.
| Christ teaches 1t In his use Of the
plural in the Lords prayer.-Rev. J. @.
Youker, Methodist, Chicago, I'LL
Not from Religious Motives.-It is
not from religious motives that the
State interferes to make Sunday laws,
but from economic motives; and these
motives are certainly Of the highest
| importance. Let us be Americans and
stand by our own institutions.-Rev.
DR.. Banks, Methodist. New York City.
Demonstrate Your Right.-It 10
wrong for a man to die rich In ideas
which he never expresses. The coun-
TRY Is full of useless, purposeless lives.
Don't be laid away at last as an UNI
fired gun. Demonstrate your right to
be remembered by doing something
worth remembering.-Rev. William Ra-
der, Congregationalist, San Francisco.
Cal.
Waiting for the Great Chance.-We
are all waiting for the great chance to
do something great. You can begin In
q small way and accomplish great
things. Try and fnd somebody who
wants to be helped, somebody who
wants to be placed in the right path.
who searches for the water Of life
Bishop Potter. Episcopalian. New York
City.
To Know Christie know Christ
and Christianity Is to have the vision
extended and the insight deepened, and
to have selfishness extracted from the
work of life. Unselfish service Ii the
masters example. Men may seek for
ever for the solution Of their problems,
but they viii find nothing better than
the teachings Of Christ. Rev. DR..
Moore. Methodist. San Antonio, Texas.
Our Progress.-In spite of our prog
ress and inventions and civilizations
we are fighting against the very pow
ers which we seem to control In spite
Of our large Intellectual developments.
we constantly find ourselves In maze
Of doubt and uncertainty, and In spite