The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-06-25
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned From the Teachings
Of All Determinations.


of ones royal affirmative and in its
shadow a laundering negative. Rev.
DR.. N. Luccock, Methodist, st. Louis.
The Christ Nature.
Jesus was the psychic of the meta
physician. Christ was the spiritual
ego. What humanity needs today is
the Christ nature, the spiritual fact of
life and being. Rev. f. II. Mason,
Scientist Brooklyn.
The Commercial Spirit.
The commercial spirit Of the world Is
in the church, and this is hindering the
Holy Spirit from doing his work. God
cannot work through a church which
is dominated by 4 money power. Rev
A. R. Holderby, Baptist, Atlanta, Ga.
Social Value of Death.
Death has a social value. If man has
value to society so has his absence.
We recognize this in sort of brutal
way when we say that few first
class funerals would help somewhere.
Rev. Frank G. Tyrrell, Christian, st.
Louis.
XMG Laws OF nature
Natures laws are subservient to
man, but they require a divine provi-
dence to maintain their stability, and
to him whom the laws of nature serve
God extends his mercy and is his
friend. Rev. J. P. Stof1eb, Lutheran
Jersey City.
Christianity No Myth.
This Christianity of ours is no myth.
You can throw your weight on the
promises of God and they will not go
down. Though darkness gather all
around you, it is light if you walk with
Cod Rev. A. z. Conrad, Congregation
alist, Boston.
Value of Proper Companions.
We begin to be like those we love If
we are with them often enough. Let
us then seek out such companions and
such fellowship as will awaken in us
an appreciation Of the best things. Let
us grow to be like them.-Dr. Hunting
ton, Episcopalian, New York
The Work of Satan.
Let Satan get possession of human
life and rule that life through pride,
lust, envy. malice, revenge, and you
have a person who is as unfit for hui
man society as were those men of
Gadara. 80 Rev. f. Ell. Hays, Presby-
terrain, Grand Forks, N. D.
National Morality and Education.
A nation Is like a river; the water
flows on and passes away, but its place
is filed continually if the springs at
the fountain heads do not fail We must
maintain Christian morality and edu-
cation, and keep strong the banks of
liberty Rev. w. f. Craft, Baptist,
Washington.
Special FavOrs.
No type of religion which represents
the world as run on the principle of
special favors to individuals can COM
mand the highest respect or allegiance
of mankind. 1t is like getting by per-
sQnal influence the ear Of the chairman
Of meeting. Rev. w. B. Thorp, Con-
gregationalist, Chicago.
The Impulse of Prayer.
There is something within the bosom
of man that prompts him to prayer.
There are many people who are not
frequenters of places of worship, and
yet they do pray. Perhaps when walk
Ing along the street they are lifting up
a prayer to God.-Rev. L. M. thinner
man, Lutheran, Baltimore
Public and Private Wrongdoing.
Individual wrongdoing covered from
the public has it's enticements and
leads men to wrongdoing; with the
public approval for revenue and pub
licly performed it is a most heinous
wrong. The first Stays thousands, the
second tens Of thousands.-Rey NJ.
Major, Presbyterian, Seattle, Wash.
The Ideal Man.
The ideal man has not yet been dis
covered among those who are mere
men. No one of our noblest men was
a spotless sun; no one reached sinless
perfection. From all our loftiest speci-
mems of manhood I turn dissatisfied
to Jesus Christ, and in him I find that
the ideal becomes actual, the dream
real and the hope fruition.- Rev. r. S.
Macarthur, Baptist, New York.
The Law of the Higher Life.
If the law of life is the law of strug
gle, the law of the higher life is the law
of repose. Life produces its choicest
flowers in quietness, and the nobler ele-
ments of character, the high and divine
things of life, are the products of the
life Of calm. And so God has made it
possible for men to be filed with peace
in the midst of storm. He has told us
how to find an oasis of joy in. the drea-
~ desert of sorrow Above the confu-
sion of the too anxious life, about tie
doubts of the distressed soul, above the
WEAKNESS of a heartrending struggle,
there comes the words of the Quiet
Man, "Come unto me- and I will give
You rest. Rev. Philip Yarrow, Con
gregationalist, St. Louis.
Tasting the Sweetest Nectars.