Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1902-12-03
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned From the Teachings
of All Denominations.

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| Gems Cleaned From the Teachings |
of All Denominations.
Alcohol and God cannot live in the |
same body.-Rev. DR.. G. B. Strouse,
salem. w. Va.
Religion II Life.
Religion is life. 1t is life In and with |
God through Christ the Saviour.-Rev. |
Morgan M. Sheedy, Pittsburg.
Patience Gives Superiority.
Patience in q man makes him inf |
nitely superior to his fellow men,
Rev. DR.. Barbour, Baptist, Rochester,
NY.
All God Asks.
All God asks Is that with no pro-
found wisdom about him we will try to |
do his will.-Rev. Frederick E. Hop
kins COngregationalist, Chicago.
A Blessed Character.
What God would give man is a bless
ed character, not blessedness without
character which is impossible
DR.. Raymond, Schenectady. n. Y.
Sad indeed is the moral condition of
those parents who do not feel the pres
sure of awful responsibility every time
they look upon their children.-Rev. V.
w. Tevis, Methodist, Indianapolis, Ind.
Impulse From High Purpose.
Conduct ever must get its impulse
from the highest purpose in which we
live. We must manage present con-
Germs in consistency with the better
things we hope to attain.-Rev. Pearse
Pinch, Congregatonalist, Chicago.
Self Invited PIety.
VIII worship and self invited piety
will fail in death In the judgment 1t
will not be asked how much we prayed,
but whether it was in the spirit and In
truth.-Rev. DR.. William j. Holtzclaw,
Baptist, Atlanta, Ga.
Love of Earthly Honor.
The soul may find its downward
point of departure In the oyerweening
love of earthly honor or emolument.
This Is the weakness of the noblest
minds. No passion is so Unsuitable.
Death only ends it.-Rev. d. ]. Burrell.
New York.
MarveIs of Human Experience.
It never would have dawned on US
that we could understand the marvels
of human experience In their most In
tricate aspects If we had not heard
that God had revealed in book the
frfo Of
Unitarian. New York.
The Right Kind of Courage.
This is the kind of courage which we
need today, the kind which will en-
able men and women to live their daily
lives in righteousness and faith, to be
upright Christians each day and hour,
in small as well as great things.-Rev.
e. d. McHose, Evangelical. Barber
ton, O.
The Neglect of Children.
It has been a lamented fact that the
neglect Of early childhood has caused
many great evils. Christian people
should take this more to heart than
they do Childhood is the time to ac-
conplish great blessings or curses. AS
a child is brought up so will it live in
the future.-Rev. w. Il. NJ. Denny,
Christian. GAINESVILLE. o.
Stealing Another's Good Name.
Social prestige is often gained or lost
by the deliberate plumber Of a neigh
boris opportunity or good name. The
heart is full OF pride which hungers for
palatable diet secured too often at an
exorbitant price. Property stealing may
be and is much cOndoned, but the filch-
ing Of another's good name is most de-
testable, for it does not enrich the thief
and irreparably Injuries the loser.-Rev.
r. A. Hartman, Presbyterian. Denver.
Search After God.
Race consciousness asserts a God,
and universal humanity joins In the
for him. That God would re-
veal himself to man is eminently IA
tional; that he has done SO Is beyond
question. And there are four chief
of communication, or, rather,
mediums of revelation - through ma
lures handiwork, through the book,
Gods written word through his proyi-
dence and through his son Jesus Christ,
God manifest in the flesh."-Rev. DR..
f. w. Luce Methodist. st. Paul.
Prayer of Thanksgiving.
My brother, as you begin today to
think of all your blessings ] tell you
bluntly and plainly 1t Is n shame-a
sinful shame-for you to have post
poned so long learning a prayer OF
1t Is a shame-a sinful
you have postponed SO
long the day when you are willing to
get down upon your knees and thank
God for what he has done for you and
for the blessings that have enriched
your life.-Rev. DR.. Frank De Witt ,
Talmage. Presbyterian, Chicago.
Necessity of Self Restraint.
The only moral restraint that can In
the nature OF things be effective every
where and always is self restraint. And
self restraint should be fostered and
cultivated by all the training. educa-
ton and discipline of youth. The foun- I,
latIons of reason should be put be- (
meath 1t, the sanctions Of religion Il
should be brought to strengthen It. Au- 4
thority. too, has its place, but not al. -
oitrary authority, only the authority OF
rea son when and so far as we are deal