Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-02-14

bit Of literature we have.-Rt. Rev. w.
A. Leonard, Episcopal Bishop. Cleve
land, Ohio.
Duty.-Duty is what is due to others.
what we owe to ourselves. Existence
is no toy.-Rev. DR.. Levy. Hebrew.
Pittsburg, Pa.
True to God.-The young man who u
true to God, is true to the church n
society.-Archbishop Corrigan, h. g.
New York City.
The New Year.-The new year prom.
Uses to be full of encouragement n
material progressively. 81. Frank. In
dependent. New York City.
Sin.-Sin is the worlds great trouble
to-day and always has been. Sill
makes the world unhappy.--Rev. DE
Holderby, Presbyterian, Atlanta, Ga.
Historic Fact.-Men who have moth
ing but the historic fact Of religion
never get the real bread of life.-Rev
e. G. Bruner, Methodist, Chicago, III.
A Suggestive Fact.-It is a sugges-
ytive fact that in the gospel story no
woman ever appeared as an enemy OF
Christ.-Rev. r. j. Villers, Baptist, In:
dianapolis, Ind.
The Truth.-Jesus was the truth.
Without his life to support his work
he would not have accomplished what
he did.-Rev. Fannie Austin, Universal.
list, N. Dana. Mass.
Faith Necessary.-Faith is necessary
in the realm of religion. 1t Is the mo
tive power which sustains nan in the
face of obstacles.-Rev. DR.. Scott
Methodist. New Orleans, La.
st. John.-How shall we sound the
praises of st. John? To recall his viz.
tues is to honor and glorify him, he lie
called and justly the divine.-Rey. T.
Griffin. r. c., Worcester, Mass.
MISUNDERSTANDING is not the result
Of Christianity, but of sin. Sometimes
we ask if the providence of God is just
to allow us to suffer.-Rev. G. w. JET.
ferries. Lutheran. Brooklyn, N. Y.
Life q Process.-Life is a process
therefore a series of mutations. The
law seems to be that the imperfect Is
mutable. the perfect immutable.-Rev
j. r. Boyle. Methodist, Philadelphia.
Pa.
Divorce.-When entrance to marriage
is properly guarded, then there will be
no need of legislation concerning di.
vorce. The church can not do other.
wise than refuse to marry the. di.
vorced.-Rev. DR.. Newton, Episcopa.
liam, New York City.
Natural Laws.-It is necessary for
ecclesiastics of all forms of faith to
understand better the gospels of the
around us, as explained anG proved by
scientific investigation.-Rey. DIR. Mac
Mahon, Boston, Mas.
Christ.-The world in it's Judgment
of Christ is itself judged. a worldly
and mammon worshipping age may uf.
feet not to know him or care for him.
but in the end 1t must deal with him
and be Judged by him.-Rev. w. q.
McI4ennan, Methodist, Chicago. Ill.
Jewish Unity.-One Of the least salts
flying Of all questions relating to mod
ern Judaism is the n bearing on Jew.
ish unity. That is always in the air,
as If the Jewish people expected it or
desired it. 1t has neither form nor sub
stance in the real Jewish consciousness.
Rev. DR.. Roseman, Hebrew, Balti-
more, Md.
Homes Not Prisons.-What we want
for our bad boys are homes, no pris.
Ons. The ideal condition for boys of
this sort is an industrial school, where
they may be at honorable work, or
provide them with good homes.-Rev.
DIR. Boiler, Congregationalist Cleve.
land, Ohio.
True Reform.-True reform comes
only as the mind is purified. The body
merely executes the mandates Of the
mind, and no reform is intrinsic unless
the mind has undergone a transforma-
ton. The body is governed from with
in, and n superficial reform is of short
duration.-Rev. Il. e. Mason, Spiritual.
list, Brooklyn, N. Y.
One of the Greatest.-The year now
closed has been one of the greatest in
American and universal history, but 1t
has also been one of unspeakable sor.
row through the death of President
Mckinley. EVIL has been rebuked and
righteousness in municipal politics has
been crowned with honor.-Rev. Nc.
Arthur, Baptist, New York City. IL
Command of Materials.-The time ia
coming when man will rise to the COM
mand of materials. He will not work
from fear. but from love-not from
slavish %compulsion. but from a real
live interest in the creation of his
hands. While men labor without hope.
without interest, the ban Of ugliness
rests upon everything that is produced.
Rev. VIM. I. Brown, Congregation
alist. Rochester, N. Y.
Custodians.-We do not W but wa
are the custodians of Gods material
resources. Life is stewardship. To
one God intrnsts the gift of expression,
to another the gifts of the soldier or
the statesman, and to another the
money-making gift. Bad men have no
right to be rich. Wealth belongs only
to the good. A rich bad man is an &C.
cident. What does Carnegie teach us
by his benefactions? He teaches that
the spiritual may be developed by the
material. The spiritual and the ma.
terial may meet in this age. They
meet in every man who sees two