Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-11-20
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned From the TeaohinGS
| OF All Denominations.


OF All Determinations.
The only hope to be saved from ever
lasting suffering is to accept the Of
fered mercy of God in this life and re-
pent Of all sin.-Rev. DIR. Holderby,
Presbyterian, Atlanta, Ga.
Christ Relieves All Burdens.
4here is not a CALLING of the yoke or
a pressure Of the burden but can be
relieved by q consistent application OF
the teaching of Christ F. q.
Hopkins. Congregationalist, Chicago.
Follow Where Christ Leads.
If we 60 astray, it shall not be for
lack of a bath, but for not following
where Christ leads. We are simply to
go forward to Christlikeness.-Rev.
Mr.. Helms, Methodist. Worcester,
Mass.
Nearness of God and Man.
OF all creeds that have been founded
since the beginning of the world the
Christian religion Is the only one that
overcomes the sense of distance be-
tween God and man.-Rev. DR.. Brady,
Episcopalian, Philadelphia.
Unstable Christian1ty.
"A Christianity which is not rooted 10
always unstable; Christian love that
has not penetrated into the depths is
not love of a permanent or enduring
character 1t is more like bubble
Rev. DIR. MacLaurin, Reformed, Roch-
ester, N. Y.
Supplies Utmost Need.
Christ supplies our utmost spiritual
need. In him alone there is satisfaction.
In him we have the inheritance, incor-
ruptible, undefiled and that fadeth not
away. If Christ be ours, If our faith
be rooted and grounded in him. all
things are ours and we are Christ's.-
Rev. s. G. Neil, Baptist, Philadelphia.
Ministering Unto Others.
If man would believe in his fellow
men, If he would believe in society and
the possibilities Of human nature. II he
would believe in God, he must ap-
proach his duties In the spirit Of the
Master when he said, Il come not to
be ministered unto, but to minister.
Rev. DR.. George L. Perrin, Universalist,
Boston.
Being Right With God.
II right with God, there is comfort
in the thought of final reckoning of
all accounts, when and where all
wrongs shall be righted. II right with
God, you cannot be wrong with any
thing or anybody. If not right in rela-
ton to God, you are out Of relation to
everything and to everybody.-Rev. N.
II. Lee, Methodist, Denver.
Responsibility For Thoughts.
A man is as responsible for his
thoughts as his actions. In fact, a
mans actions are but his embodied
thought. Wrong doing feeds on wrong
thinking. Coarse thinking Is the near
est Of kin to coarse actions. Right
thinking about Christ brings right
thinking about every relationship Of
life.-Rev. DR.. Harlan. Brooklyn.
Righteousness Pays.
There is no greater folly conceivable
than that Of imagining that unright.
eousness pays more than righteous
ness. The history of the world is
against it. Reason Is against it. 1t Is
the righteousness of the world that
makes unrighteousness of seeming ad-
vantage.-Rev. DR.. Raymond. Presi-
dent Union College, Schenectady. N. Y.
Active and Devoted.
Christ was an example Of religious
devotion. We find him going to the
temple. he was also an example Of
religious activity. We find him doing
good. Some people are devoted Chris
tians, but they are not active. Others
are active, but not devoted. Christ
was both active and devoted.-Rey.
DR.. Meeley, Methodist, BROOKLYN.
Favors and Obligations.
There are no favors in Gods world
but involve also greater obligations.
Each privilege we enjoy means anoth-
er duty. Every power we obtain i'm
poses upon US some new responsibility.
There is no such thing as equality in
life. Nature did not fashion all flow
ers and trees alike. Its beauty consists
In Its variety of form and color. In its
contrasts Of high and low. Of strong
and feeble. Neither are all men mold
ed alike physically or Intellectually;
otherwise human existence would be
bereft of all charm, Of all ambition
Rev. Kaufman Kohler, Hebrew. New
York.