News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-08-28
RELIGIOUS
Gems Cleaned From the Teachings
of All Denominations.

Gems Cleaned From the Teachings
of All Denominations.
Faith is that genius for the unreach-
ed which a man to the level of
q vast possibility.-Rev. DR.. Charles II.
Parkhurst, Presbyterian, New York.
Heaven.
Heaven is not a passive state, where
one only sits still and enjoys. Eternal
life is not eternal sleep, but it is eter-
nal activity in the service of Cod
Rev. Charles w. Byrd, Methodist, At
lanta.
The Two Worlds.
Thus are the two worlds in juxtaposi-
ton. They overlap each other. Eter-
nifty and time are so mingled that we
cannot tell where the one ends and the
other begins.-Rev. DR.. George H. Hep
worth, Congregationalist, New York.
How GOD Speaks to Us.
Happily life gives us many oppor-
tunities of losing ourselves in our
ideals. Nor should we neglect to cult
vate them, for in such opportunities
NOu Il SpCohlhS " huIldh oOul'- llCfs
Edward Cummings, Congregationalist,
Boston.
Do al Others Ought to Do.
Doing as others do has been the ruin
of many a man. Paul in Rome, did not
do as the Romans did, but by doing as
the Romans ought to do he saved
Romans enough to make a church,
Rev. DR.. Madison G. Peters, Baptist,
Brooklyn.
Nothing to Fear.
Christianity has nothing to fear from
the most searching questions and the
most defiant challenges. 1t has gained
It's greatest victories always on the hot
ly contested fields of doubt and debate.
Bishop Samuel Fallows, Reformed
Episcopal, Chicago.
How t. Gain Character.
Men gain character only by overcom-
ing temptation. Innocence and virtue
are not synonymous. Resistance of evil
and choice of the good are essential
to every man who would have charac-
ter.-Rev. Arthur J. Covell, Congrega-
tionalist, Lynn, Mass.
Lesson of the Morning Sun.
Certainly the morning sun, with a
music full of golden chimes, proclaims
the fact that the Supreme Power has
kept his word while we slept, and it
floods the world with the radiance of a
supreme faithfulness.-Rev. Frank w.
Gunsaulus, Central Church, Chicago.
Look Up and Not Down.
God made man erect that he might
look up into the heavens, where the in
finite meadows are sprinkled with rar-
est flowers, but often we find him TO-
calizing his vision upon the deformities
of earth and watching the ~crookedness
of the race.-Rev. Caleb A. Ridley,
Monticello, Ga.
The Uses of Adversely.
Affections develop new graces Of
character and make us near like Christ,
who is the perfect a Why should
we not be content to suffer with faith
and hope in Christ that we may gain
the crown of Righteousness that fadeth
not away?-Rev. DR.. J. II. Munro, Pres
byterian, Philadelphia.
Only the Spiritual Survives.
The destiny Of man is bound up with
the spiritual life. The physical must
be soon abandoned, the mental will
survive death, the moral will always be
valuable, but u future veal or woe
in a spiritual world turns on our pres
ent use of the spiritual opportunities
Rev. II. Francis Perry, Baptist, Engle-
wood, Ills.
LIES Experiences.
Life's experiences resemble rooms,
the doors of which are constantly open
ing and closing. The past opportuni-
ties of life, whether lost or misused,
stand like closed doors, behind or be-
yond which We cannot go, shut forever
against the possibility Of human open
ing.-Rev. William S. Jones, Church of
the Unity, Randolph, Mass.
A Dangerous Doctrine
The doctrine of deathbed repentance
is not only dangerous and misleading;
1t is immoral. 1t makes n mockery of
real religion, turns honest and upright
living aside and gives the prize to gam
blers who risk their all on the last