The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-06
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.

Gems Cleaned From the Teachings
Of All Denominations.
God has been lost from the minds
of thousands of our peoples, and with
the loss of God has come an made
quate view of sin and it's consequences
Rev. A. J. Brucl-lacher, Presbyterian,
Brooklyn.
The SIN of SeIfshness.
Selishness has made men Indifferent
to the rights of others and careless
that the innocent must suffer. Out of
this selfishness has grown a half con-
viction that might makes right.-Rev.
Polemus II. Swift, Methodist, Chicago.
The Right Kind OF Prayer.
Do not pray for results. Pray for
power to achieve them; not for ease,
but for the healthy spirit that rejoices
in activity; for energy that makes
mountain climbing an exhilaration
rather than that the path be made
smooth.-Rev. Jesse K. Brennan, Epis-
copalian, st. Louis
The Chart, Anchor and Pilot.
II we wish to keep a straight course
in our voyage of life we must carry
with us a compass, a chart, an anchor
and a pilot. The compass is the Bible,
the chart is the churchs teaching, the
anchor is faith in God and the pilot is
Christ himself.-Rev. Olin Scott Roche,
Catholic. New York.
Striking the Balance.
We seldom in our moments of ques-
tioning try to strike balance between
the good and evil of life We remem-
Der the sorrows; we forget the joys.
We blame God when misfortune
comes; we forget to praise him for
the days of peace and happiness. Rev.
Charles f. Patterson, Episcopalian,
New York City.
Old Fashioned Mothers.
Our old fashioned, hard working,
family raising mothers chat toiled
with hands while rocking the cradle
with their feet lived more BEAUTIFULLY
and happily than do our butterflies of
fashion who, for the joy of mother
hood, substitute the intoxication of the
oft repeated dizzying and enervating
midnight dance.-Rev. M. E. Harlan,
Disciple, Brooklyn.
The Need of the Day.
America today in it's political and
social life needs leaders with we'll
trained consciences, whose moral 1udg-
ment is accurate and vigorous and
whose wills have been trained to
choose and to do the right because it
is right. 1t needs those who love
Righteousness vastly more than they
love popularity Rev. II. M. Slocum,
Episcopalian, Colorado Springs, Colo.
Seeing Christ.
When Simeon went into the temple
and saw the infant Christ he said,
Lord, now lettest thou thy servant
depart in peace" What was his rea-
son? For mine eyes have seen thy
salvation. Aye, that is it. To see
Jesus is to see Gods salvation, and to
die, and to be ready to die is to be fit
to hvewRev. w. Y. Fullerton, Pitts
burg.
Pride Fatal to True Religion.
If we want to get the good out of re-
ngion we must come not to exalt our
selves like the Pharisee, but humble
ourselves like the publican. To come to
these infinite things and exalt ourselves
before them is to miss the whole mean
ing Pride Of orthodoxy and pride of
newer learning warning against each
other in theology have done no end Of
harm.-Rev. Pearse Pinch, Oongrega-
tionalist, Chicago.
The Spirit of Unrest.
We cannot hide ourselves from the
great spirE Of unrest that is abroad
everywhere confusion and the strife of
tongues. There is a blind scramble for
wealth, accompanied by an ever in
creasing list of strikes and labor riots
in the industrial world; there is a loos-
ening of morals and religious ties, a
weakening of the sense of moral obliga-
ton and the utter disregard Of the
claims of duty.-Rev. A. j. Brucklach-
er, Presbyterian, Brooklyn.
I '1AesAGE CVAGACAS1A NOk important
The higher criticism is good so
far as it increases knowledge, but it's
conclusions do not affect practical reli-
gion one iota. We are to seek for and
to find IN the Scriptures the great truth
felt after by the ancient people and in
carnate in Jesus-that TO know God
and do his will is life eternal; that the
record Of the things which Jesus said
and did attains its end with those who,
believing, have life through his name.
Rev. Alfred w. Arundel, Episco-
palian, Pitts5urg.
Gods Only Objection to Man.
God has never made but one objec-
ton TO man. That is sin. SIN hampers
all things here Could we dispose of
that we would not enter heaven as
poor stavelings nor become the tramps
and beggars Of the glory land. Saliva
ton and glorifcation are separate
terms. Not every head in heaven will
wear a shining crown. nor indeed will
every hand strike heavenly music from
golden harps. Whatever we may suffer