The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-12-31
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Diversity Of Gifts.


.Pauls idea that there is diversity
of gifts is a view point that every
church should secure and cultivate
There are many initiative societies. and
most of them we're started by the
church. i Rev Frederick F.. Hopkins,
Congregationalist, Chicago.
Vice Like Secret Worm.
Vice is the secret worm which eats
at the vitals OF q nation. Crime may
he punished and il is punished. but it
is the secret vices which destroy the
nations. Catholic education teaches
how to combat these vices.-Rev. D. J.
O'Sullivan. Catholic, st. Adams. Vt.
In the Presence of God.
There is Il story of an atheists child
who had learned something about God.
The father wished to cxpunse the
thought from her mind. and he wrote
OH Il piece OF paper, God is nowhere
He asked the child to read the words.
and she spelled out, God is now here.
The clIilds unconscious misrcading Of
the atheists creed startled him and
brought him to the feet Of the God
whose very existence he had sought to
deny. Wherever we are we are III the
presence OF Godfrey. DR.. J. Il. Miller,
Presbyterian New York
Keeping the Faith.
1t WAS Paul's great JOY as he neared
the end of his life that lie had kept
the faith" But he did not keep it by
putting it away in the safe deposit
vault Of bis own inner consciousness
He kept il by telling it to everybody
he met on :ae street. by carrying 1t
from land to land and prea ching it I'M
der every conceivable circumstance
unto ali sorts and conditions of men
And so the only way we can keep that
kind OF faith and trust III GOD that
Will De Il fountain oi Sooh cheeF "iia
song III our h'';'F'S Is y! S'r'i'. oul
fellow men With unSt!E5h love heF.
Louis Albert Banks. Methodist New
YORK.
The sacredaess of Life.
Our laws protecting life Should be
better administered. Life Is sacred
thing. and we ought to guard the lives
Of all, whether rich or poor. There
should not he one law for one class and
another law TOR another class. WI er
ever courts exist we should seek TO
have them act promptly in the admins
ration OF law. 1t is fact that there Is
often strong temptation to mob VIC
lence, but there is no excuse for 1t
where we have courts and judges. 1t
is fearful thing to take any mans life
without due process of law. Mob vic
lence is murder committed by whole
community. Any one who has ever
seen poor unfortunate man lose hie
life at the hands Of a mob never for
gets the terrible scenes which take
place.-Kev. DR.. David G. Wylie, Fres
byterian, New York
Tidal Waves of Gods Thox-at.
In the great books Of the past w hear
the tidal waves of Gods thought. IL
it was who first saw the "visiOn soIeu-
did" which Mozart and Wagner, which
Ruskin and George Eliot, which Lowell
and LongfeIIow later saw. What they
saw were the flashes of the flaming
sun, which we call God These dream
ers and seers. the great souls Of tn,
race, have brought more treasures to
US than can ever h" diggcd omt of tic
mountains. Shakespeare and rann,-son
and Goethe they have given to the
world vision of beauty RS glorious as
the picture of heaven painted BY t.,
seer Of Patmos. Beauty and truth a.
sisters OF righteousness and spd.incs
They are children OF the SAM. heaven
father. Rev. Or. Camden NJ. Colbern
Methodist, Chicago,
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