News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-01-29
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned From the Teachings
of All Denominations.

of All Denominations.
Sin does not consist in doing wrong.
Wrongdoing is the result of sin. Sin is
Inherent in mans nature.-Rev. L. G.
Broughton, Baptist, Atlanta.
| Changes.
| Let us not grow discouraged by
changes. Look below the surface, and
you will see the truth, which never
Charges Rev. G. c. Lorimer, Baptist,
New York.
Business on Christian Principles.
Business which cannot be conducted
on Christian principles is no business
which should be conducted by Christian
men.-Dr. George p. Eckman, Metho-
dist, New York.
| FOrebOdins and FOrelOOking.
The vice of foreboding is very close
10 the virtue of forelooking. 1t is a
foreooking without faith, which reach
es out wherever there is light. - DR..
| Charles Wood. Presbyterian, Philadel-
| phia.
Sin No Pleasure.
| No sadder picture can be imagined
than that which portrays the inner life
| of the sinner who seeks to satisfy the
cravings of his soul in sinful pleasures.
Rev. w. A. Hunter, Presbyterian,
| Denver.
The Ideal Home.
The intelligence and self control
which the life in the world is bringing
to woman, added to her distinctly fem
| mime qualities, will in the end produce
in some form the ideal home.-Rev
| Wilson NJ. Bacllus, Unitarian, Chicago.
what Salvation Is.
What then, is the salvation that is
worthy of preaching today that will fit
the lives and thoughts of the people
| of our world? 1t is salvation from
future sin. We leave the past with
God. - Rev. David Utter, Unitarian.
| Denver.
God the Basis of LAW.
We must recognize that God is at
the basis of good government; that we
cannot have righteous laws rightly
maintained without a strong Christian
| spirit in the hearts of the people.-Rev.
DR.. Stephen W. Dana, Presbyterian,
Philadelphia.
Tyranny Result of Sin.
The Son OF God recognizes all tyran-
ny, wrong and oppression to be the re.
suit Of Sin and selfshness. The mil,
lennium will never come until enough
are OIL earth who have the spirit Of
Christ to rule it.-Rev. Henry +. Lutz,
CLrstia Church Ailllii l III =, tf7
Cc.Iss
The refner Of metal sits above it
and is not satisfied until the surface Of
tie SETTLING metal reflects clearly his
image. So God sets the same test upon
his children here as they are made to
show in their lives his own image and
character.-Rev. r. f. Fakes. Atlanta.
Free VIII.
What man does and is he chooses
to do and be. His acts have the quail
ity of moral goodness or of moral bad
ness, and render him the proper object
of commentator if the former, or of
reprobation if the atter.-Rev. DR..
Thomas L. Allen, Episcopalian, Cazeno-
via, n. Y.
PrRcticinE Immortality.
Live as you ought to live if life goes
on forever and the future is the har-
vest of the present. Think as you must
think if there is Il day after today and
the eternal years Of God belong to
truth and justice and righteousness
DIR. Washington GLADDEN., Congrega-
tionalist, Columbus, O.
Advice to Young Men.
Young men, aim so to live right in
your own communities that men will
believe in you, that men will say Of
you, 81 have tried him, have trusted
him, | have watched him. and he's
true steel" I'd rather have men say
that of me than wear all the crowns in
Europe.-Rev. Edward Bristol Presby-
terrain, Rochester.
Holy Work.
The investigator, the searcher of
truth, who discovers some better meth
cd of sanitation or some way of max
ing the tenement districts more healthy
or the home life or school life of poor
children more bearable may be doing
as holy work as any great revivalist
who can be named.-Rev. Camden NJ.
Cobern, Methodist, Chicago.
Christ's Wireless TeIeGrnphy.
Prayer brings the Heavenly Father
in unison with us. Christ has sup
piled a wireless system of telegraphy
by which all faithful Christians, no
matter where they may be or how sit
uated, can always and instantly COM
municate their wants and desires to
their Heavenly Father-Rev. ]. A. Gaz-
away, African Methodist Episcopal,
Pittsburg.
The Test of Fire.
Fire tests buildings of brick, stone
and wood, and only the substantial
survive its ravages. When a mans
character is defective it will be eventu-
ally revealed. The fire will test it.
Only the indwelling of Jesus Christ |
will enable man to withstand the test
when it comes, as come it will sooner
or Iater-Rey Edward p CoWan Sec