The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-04-02
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.

RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned From the Teachings
of All Denominations.
One Of the most potent agencies en-
plOyed by God for the spread of the
gospel has been the testimony Of Chris
tan experience. Rev DR.. Adams,
Methodist, Brooklyn.
Power of the Christian.
Every Christian, by virtue of the in
dwelling Christ, processes to have a
power that makes him superior to the
winds and tides of life.-Rev. DR.. Good
ell, Baptist, Brooklyn.
Gods Intense Love.
Why should we fear when we have
Gods intense love? 1t is when we de-
part from the true teachings and holy
word of Jesus Christ we ask, rs life
worth living Prev DR.. Robbins, Epis-
copalian, Albany, N. Y.
The Safest Thing.
One cannot live for character and
fail. Purity is the safest thing in the
world. AS we keep our faces toward
the ideals of life that we find in Jesus
Christ we shall have victory over our
selves.-Rev. DR.. Swift, Methodist, Chi
cago.
Church Discipline.
The parent is responsible if he does
not put forth proper effort to restrain
his child. The church is censurable if
it allows it's members to violate the
Sabbath or be profane 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 not lost their interest for
mankind.-Rev II. M. Sanders, Bap-
fist, New York.
The Growing Work of God.
God wants men, the state wants men
- everybody likes men. Man is the
browning work Of God. It 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. F. A. Gray, Universal
ist, Nashua, N. III.
: Working Through His Followers.
Christ is working through his fol-
lowers. He has promised victory to the
faithful and warned us against the
burial of talents. God uses those who
are counted worthy. He never offers
higher seat to those who are not
worthy of lower one.-Rev. DR.. Will
liam J. Holtzclaw, Baptist, Atlanta,
Ga.
Revelation Confirms Nature.
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 been able to do before? Sim
ply because it imparts new nature.
1t is an organism, having life of it's
own. And it develops a new type of
character. What is it after all that
governs your actions? Your sympa-
thies.-Rev. A. c.. Garrett, Episcopal
Bishop of Dallas, Tex.
Dangers of Unbe1ief.
How is it possible to succeed in
Christian work if we give way to unbe-
lieI! 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 weaken
and cause to fail. The Divine Master
was hindered in his work because the
people did not believe. Do we not
sometimes perform our religious duties
as though we doubted their usefulness?
The perfunctory performance of any
duty bespeaks weakness and suggests
failure.-Rev. DR.. Adams, Methodist,
Brooklyn.
The Present Need.
1t is a cheap sainthood which neg
lects the present need for the hope of
future acquisition. What if there be
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of Mammon and reac-
ton against any commercial success,
as though thrift and industry were a
high crime? Shall these unhealthy
symptoms lead us to a useless and ar
tificial religion and encourage a worse
and bitter brand of atheistic socialism?
Never should this be allowed, for, what
ever our civilizations fabric, it comes
from the loom Of God or he is not SOW
ereign of the past ages.-Rev. DR.. S. P.
Cadman, Congregationalist, Brooklyn.
Growth of Christianity.
| do not believe there ever was
time, taking the country through,
when more persons were churchgoers
and church members than today. And
yet there are people who daily insist
the churches are going to the dogs
that religion is on the decline and that
the world is plunging hopelessly to it's
destruction. The man who believes