The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-06
OUR RELIGIOUS CONTEMPORA-
RES

1t does not need the inspired lens Of q
seer to discry the menaclns evils. tnat;
like Mont Pelee growl underground ana
rise in threatening and sooty CLOUDS datl-
ening the heavens Our kepuDllc neeuS
the Church-a supreme need. Where bal
lots decide the Bible or the bayonets
must control. VIII the many armed Win
votes permit the few TO own the eartn!
\ PROSPERITY that builds too high and
narrow for the foundation proyokes a
| crash. Carnegie, with his book build
ings, nor the ogden School (each with
civil value) is not the granite stratum
needful for Republican stability. Religion
simple and sincere, must be the founda-
tion-Richmond Christian Advocate.
BE ye therefore perfect. even as your
Father which is in heaven is perfect"
IS an injunction of our Lord that appears
to unbelief simply preposterous. But it
| is paralleled by another, which, says,
Awake thou that sleepest, ana a n5iE:
to omnipotence. 1t is our duty to obey
them promptly. But conversion and en-
tire sanctihcation are not precisely alike.
| The one may be instantaneous, but the
other is always progressive. Its compie-
ton in this life is possible to God, but
not realized in man. We should :, be ga, sat
| sied only when we awake in his like
| ness.-Central Presbyterian.
If we live in Christ and He lives IN us
we shall neither be barren nor unfrult-
| full The preachers aim should be not
salary but souls. The members aim, not
collections, but conservation. But. when
| the aim OF the one Is the salvation OF
souls, and the other a fun consecra-
! ton. salary and collections will not be
deficient. Stinginess and shouting do not
| so together. Neither does praying with
| out paying. Let us seek for souls as for
hid treasure!-Danville Methodist.
| Not theoloScally, but practically The
| fairs of men it is represented by Gold.
| Good and Truth are twins, and are the
| money that. according to Solomon, an
| swer all things.
With great reverence our Lord Jesus
! Christ is the spring and course OF al
Truth In Hin are re- garne Re- all Ire treas s.
| the Redeemer of all issues of Truth His
word, His notes of hand, are spirit and
promises of God are met by Him and are
| redeemed. He is the Redeemer of all the
dreams and visions Of the prophets, OF
all the hopes Of the Saints. None that hat
! believe in Him, trust in Him, and
promise for Him. shall be dishonored or
brought to shame.-Southern Churchman
What is it?" they exemplifed a very
common fact of human experience. Our
richest blessings are frequently little nn
| murmurings. What seems hardship and
! ruin turns out our salvation. and that
which our souls crave as a blessing, often
proves curse in disguise. The What
| is-it' of life, the ineXplicable of human
| experience. is always God proving Us. to
| see if we will walk in his ways or not
even as he said TO the children of Israel
when he gave them manna.-Relis1ous
| Herald.
! We believe it was Mr. Robert Inger-,
| soil de. mortuis MID. who prophesied
| some thirty years ago. that in America,
| in twenty years, ten theatres Would pc
| built for every new church building Inc
churches are being completed and dedi-
| Gated to-day at the rate of fifteen to
| twenty a week in America. The Northern
Presbyterian Church alone. spent A.35o.-
900 in the last twenty years in helping to