The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-03-13
The Blessed Future.

Present trials may be severe and IN
pleasant, but there is an afterward-
there is a blessed and glorious after
ward in all of Gods dealings with his
children. Afterward they will yield
the p%eaceable fruits of righteousness
Rev. \. B. Coats, Baptist, Akron, o.
More Positive Religion Required.
l plead with YOU for a more positive
religion, for that which was from the
beginning, which we have heard, which
our eyes have seen, which we have
looked upon and our hands have ham
died Of the word of life. Where all is
manifestation, how can the manifest
ing God be the unknowable?-Rev. DR..
John White Chadwick. Unitarian,
Brooklyn.
Inspiration of the Holy Ghost.
We need men SO inspired by the Holy
Ghost that they are willing to listen as
that secret Of good government is spo-
ken by the Carpenters Son. There are
signs that Pentecost has fully come.
The spirit of Christ unhurt on that Cal
vary of greed upon which he has been
so often crucified has left a spirit of
truth.--Rev. DR.. Gunsaulus, Congrega-
tionalist, Chicago.
The Way to Win Men.
Show M a man who is full Of the
Holy Spirit, and I will show you a man
who will win men to God. Let a man
know that you truly love him, and he
will listen to your pleadings with him
to accept Christ. Sturgeon, Moody
Holy Spirit and intense love Of men.
and they led them to the Saviour and
into their churches.-Rey. DR.. Charles
Wood, Presbyterian, Philadelphia.
Man More Than Animal.
If we were only animal, we would
enjoy animal happiness. We are ami
mails still to a large degree, but we are
slowly unfolding from the brute into
the man and as more and more of the
truly human will be evolved so surely
will we come to the conclusion Ecclesi-
astes reached when he said that the
summary Of all is, "Revere God and
keep his commandments" - Rabbi J..
Leonard Levy, Hebrew, Pittsburg.
Helps to Make Man.
The religious impulse is bedded in
mans constitution. 1t is not something
that man makes, but it is something
which helps to make man. When you
consider what a factor religion has
been in the world, with all sorts Of BIZ
bles, priests and prophets, it is as idle
to deny that the religious impulse is a
basic part Of our nature as it would be
to deny that the art impulse is such a
part. = Rev. Dr.. Parkhurst, Presbyte-
rian, New York.
Christ's Distinguished Blessing.
The distinguished blessing which
Christ bestows upon man is to recon
Gle him to God. In Christ God is rec
onciled to the sinner. Since Christ's
death there is no need to persuade God.
He is love; the sinner is enmity. He
is light; the sinner is darkness. He
is nigh unto the sinner. but the sinner
is afar off. Christ's great object is to
destroy the sinners enmity and bring
him back from darkness into light.
And reconciliation is the result.-Rev.
J.. e. NJ. johnson, Baptist, st. Louis.
Hope of the Church.
The suggestion to reform may be
treated as a joke by many and with
contempt by a few. Yet the fact re-
mains that the peace and prosperity
of home, church and nation depend
upon the candid resolutions Of those
whose resolves shall crystalline into ac
ton. In the church there are those
who have lived beneath their privilege
and have lone evil, yet the church re-
mains, because others have heard the
divine call 10 reason and have looked
forward to the future with hope.-Rev.
]. A. johnson, Methodist. Pittsburg.
The Spirit Of Helpfnlness.
The spirit Of helpfulness is the sim
pie basis on which Christianity is
founded. The mystery is revealed in
the three words which tell the story of
Christ's life: He helped people. In
whatever way he could he aided them.
! He healed them, he gave them food
and raiment, he sympathized with
them, he led them into better ways Of