The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1901-12-19

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Spiritual Freedom.-Spiritual free
dom means spiritual fruition. with
abundant evidence.-Rev. DR.. Adams,
Methodist. Brooklyn, N. Y.
Think More.-If some Christians
would think more and use their tongues
less their religious life would be more
satisfa ctory.-Rev. 8. G. Leavell. Meth
odist, Chicago. I'LL
The Gifts God Has Given.-What are
we doing with the gifts God has given
us? Are we spending them on self or
using them to bless the world With
Rev. w. ]. Reid. Baptist. Rochester, N.
Y.
More than q Match.-The press, the
pulpit and the platform are more than a
match for corruption funds and the
wicked devices Of a political organiza-
tion.-Rev. DR.. Banks, Methodist. New
York City.
Our Brothers Keepers.-We are all
our brothers keepers to the extent OF
our ability to help. In many things we
are responsible for our brothers condi-
tion.-Rev. 8. B. Moore. First Christian
Church, Atlanta, Ga.
Worldliness.-If we cling to the
stained delights Of earth we may not
expect to hold the things Of heaven. II
our hearts are full of worldliness there
will be no room for him who bought us.
Rev. e. F. Hallenbeck. Albany, N. Y.
God and Evil.-God and evil are ptted
against each other. The fight has really
just begun, and the struggle will be q
long one. But 1t Is In the nature of
things that the moral idea will prevail.
DIR. Felix Adler, Ethical Culture, New
York City.
The Gates of Heaven.-Neither riches
nor ancestry, nor knowledge viii open
the gates Of heaven. Your lifOwill be
unhappy and your dying hour clouded
with darkness without God in your life.
Rev. G. H. Rorer, Methodist. -Phila-
delphia. Pa.
Religious Hatred.-All but the mar
row and bigoted will see that the In.
PRODUCTION of religion into the public
schools is bound to result in grave evil
Such an innovation is bound to increase
religious hatred.-Rabbi Isidor Philo
Hebrew, Akron, Ohio.
Mathematician. YI~fyorconsvx, AZ
in the conversion of bad beings into
good beings. 1t discarfs the theory of
endless punishments In favor Of the doc
trine Of just punishments, which mani
fest the Divine justice.-Rev. ]. NJ.
Pullman, Universalist. Worcester, Mass
The Law of LOve.-What we need to
learn is the truth that the law Of love
governs the factory as well as the hos
pital; that the statesman and the econ
omist must reckon with it, no less than
the preacher and neutrality-suspicious.
Washington GLADDEN.. Washington.
D. G.
Intelligence.-We boast of intelli
nee, but we should be wary lest 0ur
glory becomes our shame. The mystic
element is needed to give tenderness tc
the soul. but Christianity, like NOLAN
mechanism, has It's whirling dervishes-
Rev. DR.. Minton, Presbyterian, San
Francisco, Cal.
Forces of Evil.-The example of Is
rael's first king, conscience-lashed and
forsaken by God and man, flying by
night, to seek witch's help, is a pic
ture true to life, of the devastation
wrought by forces of evil when mar
shalled in the soul Of man.-Rev. Bruce
Brown, Denver. Colo.
Our Need.-We need something prac
tical, something demonstrable, and love
is the only thing that can ever amalga'
mate the human family or reduce heav
en- to earth. We should always hope fol-
the best In life and endeavor to see the
very best there Is In humanity.-Rev
#. e. Mason, Spiritualist, Brooklyn, N
Y.
Appeal to Lfe.-The appeal to life
to follow Jesus, precedes the appeal to
belief. I know only too well that we
are inclined to reverse this order, and
we first ask men what they believe
what their creed Is. In this way many
have been driven away from Jesus
Rev. J. B. Clark, Congregationalist, De
roit, Mich.
Duty Of the Churh-Let me remind
you Of the duty of the church to teach
its young. Because the state has come
to recognize that 1t Is its duty to teach
its children those things which will
make them good citizens, it does not fol
Z moment follow that the church iot
Christ 10 absolved from teaching itl
children those things which will make
them good citizens Of heaven.-Prof. A.
L. Gillett, Worcester, Mass.
Giving Heart to CODA man may be
very sincere In his act Of giving his
heart to God in bulk, but IL he watches
himself little carefully he will very
soon ind that surrendering his heart
~ whole is perfectly compatible with
retaining in his own hands a good many
Of the pieces. Unduly accentuatine
what 10 loosely called conversion leads
men to take only languid interest In
Christian culture. Rev. DR.. Park
hurst, New York City.
The Church. Some object to the
church because there are unrighteoua
people in it There always have been
some mean people In the church. The
little band of disciples had one Judas,
who was both hypocrite and a traitor;
but in that same band there were eleven
riahfe0ua men who were ready tn die