Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-11-28
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned From the Teachings
of All Denominations.

Gems Cleaned FROM the IeacHhHh"
of All Denominations.
The history of centuries reveals the
fact that the greater the civilization
the more honorable labor becomes
Rev. r. III. Hood. Presbyterian. Pitts
burg.
The Golden Rule.
There are men today who are CIV
ing their millions to endOw colleges ana
libraries whose wealth has been OBJ
tanned in direct contradiction TO the
Golden Rule and the principles taught
by Christ.-Rev. J. NJ. Buckley. Memo
dist Montclair. y. j.
The Church First.
We are the citizens OF Il mighty de-
mocracy upon this vast continent Our
LOYALTY receives its inspiration from the
teachings Of our holy faith: but, above
all. we are the followers of Christ and
the obcdient children of our ponuI.-
Rev. Z. F. O'Hare, Catholic, Green
point, y. y.
Doing Christ's Bidding.
No man can do with ease the bid
din"s of Christ. But the order is. DO
them. well done" spells sacrifice. 1t
is a mark Of excellence to get that COM
mendatiOn, but the price paid for it is
understood to imply cross. tomb.
rcsurrection.-Rev. William Ross, Pres
byterian. Northtield. Mass.
Good and bad Angels.
1--WE are too ready to label men liars
and sinners" says TennySon. There is
an angel and a devil in every man.
Is 1t not just as hard to find the good
angel in some who make loud profess
sions as it is to find him in some who
make no profession? - Rev. John
Thomson. Methodist. Chicago.
The Gift of Love.
The gift of love is offered to us on
the easiest possible terms. Jesus CHRIST
is the channel through which this gilt
Of love reaches us. Belief is its recep-
ton. Belief is more than intellectual
assent. The word carries the thought
Of trust, reliance, dependence. 1t Is
the belief that God is able and willing
to do all he offers and the trusting
him to do it.-Rev. W. n. Rankin
Presbyterian. Denver.
The Law Of Nature.
The law of nature Is that there can
be no growth where there is no nour-
ishment, and where conditions OF
health are essential there will be
growth according to nourishment 1t
is so with plants, animals and man, ev-
erywhere and in all time. Man must
also receive sustenance for his soul. If
he be dead spiritually he must be di-
vinely Quickened before he can grow
and become Christlike. - Rev. George
Adams, Methodist, Brooklyn.
Cannot Be Taken Away.
You determine within you that your
life will be lived high, holy and noble.
As a business man, you purpose to be
honest, true and incorruptible. On this
high plane you go through the world
That life no man can take from you
Men may lie about you, they may slam
der you and prosecute you, but they
cannot take the Christlike traits from
you that are yours as long as You
choose to maintain them. - Rev. Dr.
George Schoal. Church Of the RefOr-
nation, Baltimore.
Work and Win.
Do not people somehow but really
feel that to support the church, to be
oh al 10 nj 70 oh ho
formal acquisitions Of religion, is
enough - that they thereby purchase
the goal Of spiritual attainment? And
how incongruous it Is for the people to
nothing in any other department of life
without working for it. Work and win
Is the true law of both the temporal
and the spiritual life.-Rev. j. B. Clark
Presbyterian. Detroit.
Freedom Through the Truth.
There are no more potent words in
the Bible than those of my text. The
truth shall make you free" But how
is it to do so? BY making known the
law Of life. The world has been very.
very slow in learning that there is no
freedom save in law. Those who do
not know the truth seek freedom in
disorder. 1t is in God thar we live and
move and have our being. and the truth
means to know how to US" the powers
of his life in or lives to their p"rf"r-
tion.-Rev. Wilson VI. BarkuS, Tn
torian Clic1Co