Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-03-18
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Love.-Loye is life's key of gold
Rev. DIR. Lowry. Baptist. Kansas City
Mo.
/ Your Soul Blind.-Keep your sou
shut long enough and your soul will g
blind.-Rev. DR.. Van Dyke. Presbyteri
an. New York City.
Cultivate Belle f-The Christian
should cultivate belief. or go out Of tn,
business of being Christian.-Rey. DR.
Meeser, Baptist, Worcester. Mass.
Organized Hypocrisy Legislation
without religion is organized hypoc
risy. The wealthy should look to theil
own conditions.-Rev. D. s. Mackay
New York City.
Discretion and Zeal.-Discretion with
out zeal is slow paced. and zeal without
discretion is strong-headed: let yea
spur on discretion.-Rev. W. ]. Holtz
claw, Baptist, Atlanta. Ga.
As Little Children.-To enter the
kingdom of heaven we must be as little
children. The child completely ane
thoroughly trusts Godfrey. S. Bryant
Methodist, Washington. D. c..
A Moral Truth.-No man can know 6
moral truth until he feels it. He mus1
think and know before he can realize
his full obligation.-Rev. l. W. Joyce
Methodist Bishop. Pittsburg, Pa.
A Book of Moral Laws.-Man will al
ways believe in the Bible as a great
literature, history. a health book and
book of moral laws.-Rev. H. w
Thomas, Peoples Church. Chicago, Ill
Christian Conscience.-The Christian
| conscience should be guide. There are
certain methods in legitimate business
that Christian cannot practice.-Rev
W. G. Partridge, Baptist, Cincinnati
Ohio.
Friendship.-Friendship delivers us
from selfshness, strengthens us in the
hour of temptation. 1t is shield in the
days of f.success, a help in the hour OIL
trial.-Rev. DR.. Levy. Hebrew, Pitts
burg, Pa.
Two Strongest Passions-The twt
strongest passions Of human nature
love and hate-are both appealed to ir
the name Of religion. Although oppo
site, both are claimed in the service OF
religion.-Rev. A. S. Carver, Unitarian
Worcester, Mass.
The Divine Man-It is possible tt
make Jesus Christ too much God anG
not enough the divine man who liveG
his divinity among men as an evidence
that God can dwell and work among
men.-Rev. J. A. Rondthaler, Presby
terian, Indianapolis, Ind.
Test of Church Membership.-The
church hasn't yet reached up to the full
doctrine of Jesus Christ, but the Cay is
coming when the test of church mem
bership shall be whether a man loves
his fellow w-man.-Rev. DR.. RainSford
Episcopalian, New York City.
Best Wisdom.-The best men of each
age have regarded the fear of the Lord
as the best wisdom. but there have been
different sects, each fulfilling the needs
and ideals of its age, laying stress on
the different points Of religion.-Rev
DR.. Hadley. New Haven, Conn.
be outgrown or lost to US. Forever ade
quate and changeless in himself. he is
the prophecy and pledge of perfected
character and an immutable destiny tc
all who will behold and follow him.
Rev. J. r. Boyle, Methodist, Philadel
phia, Pa.
Christians.-If we are not Christians
In the enlightenment Of to-day God will
hold us responsible according to oul
light. If we are not forgiven" and
hence have the forgiving spirit, we are
self-men, not Christians; Christ men,
Rev. A. ]. Stone, Presbyterian, Balti
more, Md.
Immortality. - Immortality has no
conditions, and the thoughts and the
acts of the individual can in no way
affect it. Immortality has nothing
whatever to do with good or evil Good
or evil merely determine the future
state of the consciousness of the indi-
vidual.-Rev. F. F. Mason, Spiritualist,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Restore Our Judaism.-By arousing
ourselves from sleep that may result
in death, by throwing off for a while
all present interests, by looking at con-
ditions not only as they affect single
individuals, but as they are destined
to affect the great body of Israel. we
shall yet be able to restore our Juda-
ism to it's ancient glory, so that it shall
continue to do it's great and noble work
for humanity.-Rev. ]. H. Greensboro,
Hebrew, Philadelphia, Pa.
Selfshness.-It is selfshness in every
instance that makes the hard hearted
man. He comes to regard himself in a
class by himself, and by his reasoning.
things not allowable for others are
permissible for him. 1t is perfectly
possible for a nation to become kind
hearted, as we'll as it is for an indi-
vidual to become SO. Argument and
sophistry can harden our national
heart.-Rt. Rev. F. Burgess. bishop.
Long Island, Brooklyn. N. Y.
Distribution of the Beautiful-The
distribution of the beautiful in daily
life unconsciously is an incitement to-
ward beautiful thoughts and a beauti-
full character, and barrier against ugli.
ness Of mind and deformity of morals
Immeasuarble, indeed, the influence OF
this modern art movement upon the
morals Of society. And because the
moral background Of our world Is
whittier and purer than ever before, the