The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-03-27
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Secret OF Advancement.

ture can have no terrors.-Rev. Dr.
Hall, Universalist, New York.
Secret of Advancement.
The use which a man makes Of his
money strikes a great deal deeper than
appears at first. AS a rule, it holds the
secret of his advancement with ma
terial blessings.-Rev. DR.. Raymond,
President Union College, Schenectady,
N. Y.
The Present Salvation.
The future has never saved any man
If he is saved at all, it was in the
present-now. We have no lease on the
future; no. 1t is dangerous to trust the
souls salvation to the deceptive future.
Today the Saviour calls; not tomorrow
or some time in the future, but now
Rev. j. f. Blair, Baptist, Brooklyn.
Conquering Power of Love.
Love is the strongest power or emo
ton Of the soul. 1t will conquer when
nothing else will. Force and violence
only compel men to put forth greater
strength to oppose the opposition
against them. The love of Christ con-
%straineth us. When a man first expert
ences the love Of Christ, he then sur
renders to the Lord. He will then do
for love what no man can force him to
do.-Rev. DR.. B. G. Charles, Presbyte-
rian, St. Louis.
Penitcnee Necessary to Pardon.
God saw fit to redeem men by the
blood Of his Son. The bountiful provi-
sion for human salvation is apparent
throughout the gospel, and the applica-
ton Of its benefits is seen in the for
giveness of sins. That redemption is
conditionally applied is the teaching
Of the Bible. 1t could not be otherwise,
for to pardon a guilty man, without
penitence or faith, would be inconsist-
ent with the character Of God and his
infinite justice.-Rev. DR.. Adams, Meth
odist, Brooklyn.
Too Many Irons In the Fire.
In no respect does the simplicity of
life suffer more deadly harm than from
the multifariousness of our activities.
Too many irons in the fire! And the
worst effect Is not that some Of these
are burned and spoiled, but that the
living man, much oftener than the liv.
ing woman, wasting his strength OF
hers upon q multitude Of exacting OBJ
legations, breaks down both body and
mind and ruins utterly the capacity
for doing any good thing.-Rey. DIR
John w. Chadwick, Unitarian. Brook.
Ign.
Unity Of Life.
It is often said that the future be
longs to youth, the past to old age and
the present to maturity. If the saying
be true, then hope is the guardian spir
it of young hearts, memory presides
over the destiny of the aged, while the
mature are controlled by the spirit q
the work and contentment. But, strict
ly speaking, life cannot be divided int
sections. The true life has at once
unity, order and movement, and thu
great soul lives at nee in the past. thu
present and the future. OF the infinite
God it is said that he is the same yes
terday. today and foreyer.-Rev. DR.
N. .. Hills, Congregationalist, Brook
Ign.
Christ's Greatest Triumphs.
The more / study the love Of Chris
the more l am impressed with the fac
that his greatest works were what a
the time seemed the least. His great
est triumphs were not when the multi
tude was trying to force him to be
temporal king, but when by the sea
side he was teaching a band of hum
Bile fishermen; not as he stands upo
the Mount Of Olives, but as he sits /
the little home at Bethany; not as b
walks in the porch Of the temple, bu
as he tarries by the pool of Sloan; nc
as in princely procession he enters th
gates of the Holy City, with the gla
hosannas Of the populace ringing !
his ears, but in dark Gethsemane.-
Rev. Charles L. Chaifant, Presbyt.
rian, st. Louis.
Basfs of Christian Unity.
AS an Repression of the growing SCI
timent In favor Of unity the Nation,
|, Federation of Churches is specially sii
nificant. Through the influence of tn
federation Chicago pastors and Chri
tan workers are considering the wi