News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-09-10
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned From the Teachings
of All Denominations.

sential for our personal happiness and
future safety. - Rev. George Adams,
Methodist, Brooklyn.
Elements of Commanding Power.
In all things obedience and self abb
negation are the elements of com
ahnding power.-Rev. DR.. Frank w.
Luce, Methodist, st. Louis.
Using the Gospel Gun.
The gospel gun is Satan's dread. and
the soul that has the courage to use it
will put him to flight.-Rev. Dr. Will
liam j. Holtzclaw, Baptist, Atlanta,
Ga.
Returning From the Far Country.
The far country is never so far away
but that the penitent prodigal can find
his way back from it to the heavenly
homestead.-Rev. DR.. Frank De Witt
Talmage, Presbyterian, Chicago.
Seeing the Good.
The very best trait one can develop
is the art of seeing only the good, the
perfect and the true, and these are dis
cerned from the God standpOint.-Rev
E. E. Mason, Spiritualist, Brooklyn.
Only Remedy For Ills.
The Christian religion is not only
the philosophy of the social fabric, but
it is also the only remedy for the ills
under which the race lies and from
which the gospel sets men free.-Rev.
DR.. Beattie, Louisville, Mo.
TI,o
Paul declared that eye hath not seen
the good things God had for them that
love him. 1t is only finite beauty that
the eye can see; the infinitely beautiful
is beyond its ken.-Rev. DR.. Charles
W. Byrd, Methodist, Atlanta, Ga.
Voluntary Choice.
The aggressive useful character is
produced by the voluntary choice of
Jesus Christ as a personal Saviour and
following him as leader. By such
characters God blesses the world
Bishop Joyce, Methodist, Pittsburg.
Reliable Truth.
1t is a blessed comfort to know that
the large majority of the people desire
an unchanging, reliable truth that will
hold both in life and in death. Only
let the anchor hold fast and we shall
rest.-Rev. j. L. Lee, Presbyterian,
New York.
For Poor as Well as Rich.
Christianity was made as much for
the poor man who cannot make re-
search as for the wealthy and cultured.
The church is not narrow. She is only
loyal to God and the teachings of
Christ.-Rev. William Pardow, Roman
Catholic, New York.
The Spiritual Sight.
Reason is better than sight. Rea-
son is spiritual sight. Reason builds
evidences on which faith, which
is simply confidence in God or right
reason leaning on God, can rest salts
fed and secure.-Rev. DR.. Landrum
Baptist, Atlanta, Ga.
UnseIfish Service.
No man or woman can ENTER into
life" have eternal life, unless there Is
some unselfish service in their lives
This unselfish service is what gives
life it's chief interest, brings us into its
kernel, does not feed us on husks.-
Rev. A. Bflkovsky, Uniyersalist, Bal
timOre.
The Equipment of Life.
The knowledge that seeks no express
sion in service is absolutely worthless
Highest thought and highest knowl
edge are the equipment for life. we
must live nobly. All vocations mus
be considered sacred. Industry is the
flower of the conscience OF the race
which you are to stand by and serve
Rev. DR.. George A. Gordon, Boston, te
Harvard Seniors.
First Sin the Hardest.
The first lie is the difficult lie to tell
not the tenth, not the twentieth, moi
the fiftieth. 1t is the first glass OF
whisky which is the hardest to drink
not the one which the drunkard takes
lust before he enters the reptile In
habited dungeons of delirium tremens
1t is the first seed of sin which is hare
to sow, not the fiftieth nor the one hun
dredth.-Rev. DR.. Frank De WIT Tai
mage, Presbyterian, Chicago.
Intellectual Honesty.
Intellectual honesty is intellectual
proportion, clearness and vigor. 1t is
ability to know how to relate the truths
of life, so as to give to each its due
honor in a clear and constructive tone
1t is to be courageous and make the
expressed belief of the church conform
to the deep faiths of the heart of which
man has never been wholly barren anC
which. under Jesus Christ's teaching
have been in the life of man.-Rev. e
E. Cunningham, Universalist, Kansas
City, Mo,
RemOrse and Repentance.
We cannot emphasize too deeply The
difference between, remorse ana re
pentance. If sorrow for i'll doing coulC
give assurance of absolution, we nigh
believe that not only Judas, but al
others who have felt the overwhelming
pain of retribution, will be received int
the heavenly city, but the sorrow fol
sin which commends itself to God is
sorrow which takes cognizance no
merely of the sins consequence, but o.
its heinous character as offensive t
God.-Rev. DR.. Bufrell, Dutch Reform