The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-12-04

1nlS GdTLn was not mace III moment.
The story of our old planet is in it's
growth. Rev. DR.. Prince, Methodist,
Carlisle, Pa.
Basis of Christian Living.
Judge not that We be not judged
should form the basis Of Christian liv-
ing. The average man is too proud to
censure the faults he sees in others,
and the time spent thus could be used
to better advantage in correcting his
oWn.-Rev. DR.. Dixon, Baptist, Boston.
Seeking and Searching.
The spirit of Christ is a spirit of
seeking and searching. It is a spirit
that cannot rest until success has
crowned it's efforts. Ask yourself, Is
that the spirit of me? Yet we call our
selves Christ's disciples. If people have
lost their habit of going to church,
what does it mean? 1t means that
they are suffering from diminution of
spiritual interest. = Rev. DR.. AlSop
Episcopalian, Brooklyn.
The Present Duty.
! Our duty to put on the harness was
never so great as today, that we may
plant the religion of love on the basis
Of the higher philosophy of observa-
ton and experience, the basis upon
which must rest ali permanent and all
future forces of society. 1t is the form
of religion which harmonizes best with
the advancing civilization of this coun-
| try 1t is the true republicanism of
Christianity, recommending to all ma
tons liberty, justice and love.-Rev.
DR.. Harris, Universalist, Worcester,
Mass.
Religion Enriches Life.
Religion satisfies because it enriches
life. 1t opens the way into a new kind
of joy. 1t brings into play a new
range Of activity Thus Jesus said
that he came that we might have life
| and that we might have it more abun-
dainty. He came to widen out the cir
! Gle of human appreciation. The pur-
pose of religion thus considered is akin
with the purpose of all progress. 1t is
to teach new truth, to awaken new
aspiration, to develop new possibilities,
to round out more fully the natural life
of man. Rev. George Hodges, Pitts
burg.
No Peace Without Christ.
A life without Christ is a life with
out peace Without him it is possible
to have excitement, pleasure, gratified
passions success, accomplished hopes
But peace, never. That you cannot
have until you go to him. The Christ
less heart is like the sea that cannot
rest. There is no peace for it. But in
Christ you can get it for the asking.
The chastisement of our peace was
upon him. For our sakes he died upon
the cross, so making peace Trust him
and the God Of peace will fill you with
all joy and peace in believing. Then
bow your wills in obedience to his COM
mands, and SO your peace shall be as
river.-Rev. r. Fl. Carson, Presby-
terrain, Brooklyn.
The school of Suffering.
Suffering is a great school We learn
our best lessons in this school of suf-
fering. We learn, for instance, to love
truth and to know it by suffering from
errors. We learn to love righteousness
as we suffer from sin. But the greatest
lesson we learn from our experience in
life is the great central lesson Of ODE
dience. Do you know that it is the
hardest thing in the world for you and
me to become obedient as we pass
through the school of suffering? /
have learned obedience by the things
| have suffered. Not only do we learn
the lesson of obedience in the school of
experience and suffering, but we really
develop and consolidate our character.
Rev. DR.. MacLaurin, Rochester,
N. Y
Christ All Sufficient
Eye are complete in him." In Jesus
you have power. In him you are &C
cepted, in him dwelIs all the power
that you need, and he puts the whole
OF it at your disposal Yesterday, to-
day and tomorrow. What about that
yesterday of mine? The blood of Jesus
Christ, Gods Son, cleanseth us from
all sin, blots out that which is past.
That Is where faith must come in.
You must rest on that Take God at
his word about it and trust him. What
about my acceptance? When my life
is abandoned to Christ, he takes me,
and become part of himself, and
all the wealth of his righteousness and
all the beauty Of his character belong
to me in him, and in him God accepts
me. We are accepted in the beloved.
And what about tomorrow? Christ
stands in front of you and me, and he
says, 'Lo, am with you all the daysr'
Found wanting! Here is completeness
In him-pardon for the past, acceptance
for the present and everything / need
for the future. Rev G. Campbell
Morgan, Evangelist. at Moody Insti-
tute. Chicago.