The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-01-16
mus, Methodist, Chicago.
Contrasts Of Character.

The characte which is made up of
the GOODNESS Of the stone and the heat
Of the fire, representing the solidity of
the stone and the restlessness Of the
fire, suffused with principle and shot
through with passion, controlled and
obedient, is the character upon which
depends the destiny Of the nations
Rev. Frank w. G%unsaulus, Chicago.
No Patience With Hypocrisy.
To succeed in helping to make hui
mainly better we must ourselves be
right in heart. A clean heart is a prime
requisite for every II who wishes to
do good. Men will bear with our mis-
no patience with hypocrisy. There is
nothing mona disgusting than pious
cant. = Rev. L.. A. Crandall, Baptist,
Chicago.
Gods Estimate.
The gospel Of Jesus Christ expresses
Gods estimate of what mar can be-
come in his spirit, in his disposition,
in his character, III his relations with
men, in his attitude to problems, in his
dealing with truth. Men are always
putting distance between God and hui
mainly. God is always eliminating
that distance in the Christ who unites
the divine and human. = Rev. j. A.
Rondthaler, Presbyterian, Indianapo-
lis.
The Divine Love.
There is one supreme passion in
folding the race. It is the passion Of
divine love. There is one supreme law
dominating the world. 1t is the law of
love. In these the soul is being built.
This is life. AS out Of u humanity
there have already come arts. sciences,
laws and letters and civilizations, so
out Of US at last, by the pouring into
us of the spirit of love, is to come the
kingdom Of heaven.-Rev. DR.. West,
Congregationalist, Winona, MINI.
Being on the Lords Side.
What are the advantages of being on
the Lords side? 1t is the side of honor.
Sin degrades and disgraces and drags
down that which God intended to be
high and noble in man. The angels OF
God in heaven honor the sinner who
repents. Those who profess Christ in
an %undaunted spirit will be honored by
God and the holy angels. To be on the
Lords side is to be happy. There are
! many who have but little Of this worlds
goods and much af1iction, and yet they
are happy.-Rev. DR.. William ]. Holtz
claw, Baptist, Atlanta, Ga.
Blessing of Sunshine.
Blessed are those who do things witt
a heart full of sunshine. Indeed, what
normal ambition is satisfied by carry
ing everywhere the wet blanket Of
doubt and despair? Let us do what
ever we do cheerfully, and so give PEG
ole we meet the thought that they hav'
had a glimpse of heaven. What is tn,
use OF being gloomy and ugly? AM
what a fine old world this would be !
we could all be receptacles Of the stored
up sun force of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. +
A. Hinckley, Unitarian, Philadelphia.
Christ In Social Reform.
It is beyond question that the New
Testament is appealed to as authorit,
in matters Of political and social jus
tice oftener than any other single vol
ume. Indeed, it is the uniform habi
of all appeal from the prevailing Gus
tom and against i%ntrenched wrong o
injustice to appeal to Christ the rad
ical as furnishing at once the prototyp
and the f%orerunner Of all reformert
There has been practically NO limit t
the assumption that Christ was prima
rily q radical in all that pertained t
the habits and customs Of his age. ]
seems to have been forgotten almos
entirely that Christ also was a COZ
sentative; that he did not come to d.
stroy, but to fulfill; that his ministr
: was essentially a constructive and III
g building one; that his antagonism I.
i, certain institutions was with a vie,
to their reformation, not their destru'
!, ton. And to make his ministry til
ground for a nonreligious reformatio
Of society is utterly to mistake b
teaching.-Rev. DR.. A. A. Berle, Co!
gr~egationalist, Chicago.
e Domestic Troubles.