The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-02-27

0 put forth proper effort to restrain
his child. The church is censurable if
it allows it's members to violate the
Sabbath or be profanc or Incorporate.
Rev. T. H. Acheson, Presbyterian,
Denver.
The Ultimate Fact.
The character of Christ is the ulti-
mate fact of Christianity. 1t is the CEN
trail citadel of our faith. Who Jesus
was and what he was are questions
which have o lost their interest for
mankind.-Rev. H. M. Sanders, Bap-
fist, New York.
The Growing Work of God.
God wants men, the state wants men
- everybody likes lei Man is the
browning work of God. 1T has taken
all these years to bring man up to this
state of efficiency, providing him with
a temporary home here. Think how he
loved us!-Rev. +. A. Gray, Universal
list, Nashua, N. II.
Working Through His Followers.
Christ is working through his fol-
lowers. He has promised victory to the
lS1Lllu otIu "Il41Su 10 ASuAAAoS SAAS
burial of talents. God uses those who
are counted worthy. He never offers
a higher seat to those who are not
worthy of a lower one.-Rev. Dr.. Will
liam J.. Holtzclaw, Baptist, Atlanta,
Ga.
Revelation Confirms AZURE
Christianity is the natural religion of
man and is therefore in harmony with
all the laws of his being and state.
Nature confirms the revelation. Chris
tianity is only natures theology. All
things are Christian by the right Of
eminent domain, filial reverence and
response. - Bishop Hamilton, Metho-
dist, San Francisco.
Advantages of Christianity.
Why is it that Christianity can give
us some advantage over all that ma
ture has beer able to do before? Sim.
ply because it imparts a new nature.
1t is an organism, having a life Of its
own. And it develops a new type OF
character. What is it after all that
governs your actions? Your sympa.
thies.-Rev. A. G. Garrett, Episcopal
Bishop OIL DdllaS, Lex.
Dangers of Unbe1ief.
How is it possible to succeed in
Christian work If We give way to unbe
lier! Our best efforts are limited, AND
our faith is limited in it's operations
because of the conflicting doubts which
arise and disturb, irritate and weaker
and cause to fail. The Divine Master
was hindered in his work because the
people did not believe. Do we no
sometimes perform u religious duties
as though we doubted their usefulness
The p~erfunctory performance Of any
duty Despeaks weakness and suggest:
failure.-Rev. Dr.. Adams, Methodist
Brooklyn.
The Present Need.
1t is a cheap sainthood which neg
lects the present need for the hope o
future acquisition. What if there b.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT of Msmmon and reac
ton against any commercial success
as though thrift and industry were
high crime? Shall these unhealth,
symptoms lead us to a useless and ar
titicial religion and encourage a wors
and bitter brand of atheiStic socialism
Never should this be allowed, for, what
ever our civilizations fabric, it come
from the loom Of God or he is not SOY
ereign Of the past ages.-Rev. DR.. S. F
Cadman, Congregationalist, Brooklyn
Growth of Christianity.
l do not believe there ever was
time, taking the country through
when more persons were churchgoer
and church members than today. An
vet there are people who daily insis
the churches are going to the dogs
that religion is on the decline and tina
the world is plunging hopelessly to it
destruction. The man who believe
that is ignorant of the religious hi
tory Of our country. Instead Of tina
being true let me say that there neye
were'such good times as these, and W
ought all to THANK God that we liv
IN them.-Rev. Frank M. Goodchile
Baptist, New York.
: Not MystScisrn, but Mystery.
From the search for the inner secret
Of nature and the movements of ma
ural law no more remarkable mantle
: tation Of the intellectual activity {
man has occurred than the quest *
himself, because the unfolding Of n,
ture has revealed to man that he hin
2 self is but a portion Of a!plan infinitel
vaster and greater than himself. 1t
> this self seeking inspiration which
the peculiar intellectual effect of Chri
( tan teaching in the world. It is Il,
mysticism, though it is a mystery. I
power is in and through an ever u
ward ritual deyelopmel