Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-12
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there are doubts as to the great reli-
gious doctrines, it is not so much that
the doctrines are obnoxious to thinking
men as that the reasons advanced by
the traditional theology for these faiths
harmony with modern knowledge.
Supernaturalism, special revelations,
the imperial claims OF the church and
priest as authority for these faiths are
no longer sufficient for thinking men.
Religious belief must root In the find-
ings Of scence and proceed according to
scientific methods. Noble living is the
basis of an imperishable faith.
TWENTIETH CENTURY CRUSADE.
Rev. Pearse Pinch spoke at Forrest
Vile Congregational church on THE
Twentieth Century Crusade" The SER
mon was on Christ's command to go out
into the highways and hedges and com
pei them to come in. He said:
The greatest thing in men, however.
lis on the religious side. Under every
thing. mightier than all, is the hunger
for the Fathers house. Get to that.
and wake 1t to action, and we shall find
that religion is more potent than all
other forces.
They say that Chicago is becoming
more and more religious II so. 1t is be-
coming provincial and small and mar
now. The most persistent and powerful
force in history has been that sense OF
the unseen which has everywhere been
haunting the souls of men. More pres
sure on the religious side OF life can
make this city mightier in It's religious
life than In all the rest"
THE RELIGIOUS LIFE or PRESI-
DENT MKINLEY.
President Mckinley became a member
of the Methodist Episcopal church be-
fore he was 16 years old, and turnout
his life was in close touch with that
body. The many addresses delivered
last Thursday contained frequent allu-
sions to the religious side OF his cllarac-
ter. The Rev. w. r. Huntington, rector
Of Grace church. New York, said: +" Re-
1igion lie the stronger In America today
for his death. I do not refer to that
awakened sense of dependence upon a
higher power which comes to nations
under the pressure of such calamities
as this-I am thinking of the gracious
words which fell from the lips OF the
stricken man--words destined to be
treasured up az golden inheritance for
time to come" In the address delivered
at the final services at Canton, DR.. c. r.
Manchester declared that another
beauty in the character of our president
that was a chaplet of grace about his
neck, was that he was Christian. In
the broadcast sense Of the word that was
true. His confidence in God was strong
and unwavering. Ellis faith in the gos-
pei of Christ was deep and abiding. Will
liam Mckinley believed in prayer, In
the beauty of it, in the potency of 1t. Its
language WAS not unfamiliar to him,
and his public addresses not unfre
quently evidenced the fact"
A kindly and significant tribute was
that of the Rev. DR.. Joseph Silverman,
I" Nearer, My God, to Them these
words of that famous hymn which has
now become national and non-sectarian,
William Mckinley has pronounced his
most fitting epitaph. These words ex-
pressed his deepest thought, the vibrat-
ing glimpses of his life; they breathed
thru all tis utterances, touched his sem
timents and emotions. gave a sublimfty
to his ideals and aspirations" In the
memorial services at Cincinnati, Ohio,
Senator Foraker spoke of him as a man
thoroughly religious, and too religious
to be guilty of bigotry. His broad, COM
views of man and his duty
in his relations to God enabled him to
have charity and respect for all who
differed from his belief" In the OPEN
ing exercises of Princeton University.
President Patton referred to him as a
man who believed In God and was
loyal to his kind. His public utterances
were full of his conscious recognition of
God and of obligation to Him."
The religious papers naturally dwell
at some length on this phase of the
presidents character. The Presbyteri-
an Banner (Pittsburg) says that from
The day of his conversion ito his eXpir- !
ing hour, he lived his faith in thought,
word and deed. Neither parading his
religion nor yet concealing it, always
wearing it and exemplifying 1t, never |
ashamed of 1T nor making it ashamed
,f him, he has walked as an humble and [
faithful follower of the Lord Jesus" In
an editorial in the American Hebrew
New York;, 1T is declared that 'in his
devotion to his ailing wife, in his scru-
pulous attention to his religious connec-
tons, he struck a chord which had an
influence on the nationa.
life. If for nothing else. this fact should
entitle him to the sincerest praise of
American citizens who are combating
At every turn Indifference to the relig-
Gus and moral life" The Outlook (New
York; says Of him that mo Americana
statesman has conformed his public life
to higher ethical standard so Uniform
81 high. His last words, 1T is Gods
way; His will be done not ours, indi Z
cate the spiritual secret of life which
thruout had faith in God for its inspira-
lion and the doing of Gods will as its
fnal, end"
Fixing the Limit.
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are engaged, ] suppose you-cr-won't |
object to nay kissing you?
She tmuch less SOY Certainly not.
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