The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-12
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.

hEltS1lOOO IT1oO0TIIs
Gems Cleaned From, the Teachings
of All Denominations.
God helps and perpetuates those who
endeavOr to learn how to live and to
know the laws of life.-Rev. F. o. Hall.
Episcopalian, New York.
In the Storm of Life.
Gods way in the whirlwind and III
the storm is to make men acknowledge
his sovereignty and his power and TO
cause them to feel their own littleness.
Rev. Dr. A. K. Holderby, Baptist, At
lanta, Ga.
The worship of Mammon.
Mammonism is the worship of wealth.
In principle. and spirit 1t is paganlsm
because it involves supreme confidence
in gold in place Of complete trust In
God. - Rev. A. S. Gregg, Methodist,
Worcester, Mass.
socicty's Victims.
Much that is condemned by the law
of God is sanctioned by the practice OF
society. Gambling is sending thou
sands of our choicest young men to de-
struction; nevertheless>it has the sane
ton of society.-Rev. S. G. Coleman,
Cengregationalist. Brooklyn.
Two Periods In Life.
There are two periods in every life
the period Of receptivity and the time
of fruitage He who receives and never
gives is at war with the whole uni
verse, and II there be no hell in the
next life he will make one in this
Rev. Bruce Brown, Disciple, Chicago.
The Gospel Armor.
When person puts on the gospel
armor he does not put it on for time,
waiting and hoping for time when
he can cast it off, but he puts it on
to stay. and the longer he wears 1t the
more he loves and esteems it.-Rev.
G. F. Miller. Episcopalian, Brooklyn.
Forgetting God.
Beware lest you forget God. 1t Is
easy enough to remember God when
the times are hard and you want to ask
him to make them better, but 1t Is
very different matter to think Of the AL
mighty when we have plenty and are
having a good time in our everyday
lives-Rev G. L. Thompson, Presby-
terrain, Denver.
The Mastery of Self.
The man to move others is the man
who Is moved himself. 1t is the gen.
eral who has mastered the secret Of
discipline for himself that commands
armies. And after he had seen the
vision we Immediately endeavored to
go into Macedonia" "He saw" 1--WE
endcavored" We know who the mas
ter spirit Of that company was. He
saw we endeavored.' Paul decided
everybody else because the vision de-
cidcd him. The master Of situations
is the man whom God has mastered
Ga.
Seeking the Highest Good.
In all life we find this-that we must
give up tie lesser to get the greater.
There was an English oculist who was
very fond of cricket. But he found
that the playing was affecting the deli
cacy of his touch SO that he could not
do his work well; 50 in order that he
might be a better oculist and bring
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to the sufferers who came to him he
gave up the sport he enjoyed so well.
Every eye who is living under high
spiritual motive is doing this contin-
ually-denying himself in personal
ways in order to serve others better
Rev. DR.. J. r. Miller, Presbyterian,
New York.
signs From Heaven.
Probably the temptation by the devil
in the wilderness brought to Jesus no
| greater trial than when the Pharisees
| in their sneering incredulity demanded
| of him "a sign from heaven; How
easy it would have been to have given
them binding, destroying sign by
| fire, such as consumed the false proph-
cts. These men could not see that
| the sign from heaven had already
come Not day passed but he spoke
| words which have inspired the world
| ever since. Hardly an hour elapsed
but sightless eyeballs began to see,
| stopped ears heard earth's music and
| men lame from their mothers bodies
| walked and leaped like schoolboys.
| What were these but heavenly signs
| Rev. w. A. Bartlett, Congregational
| ist, Chicago.
Mans Dual Obligation.
Every man, whether he will or no, IL
under ineXOrable obligation to God and
| man. The old preachers used to argue
that we all belong to God by right OF
creation, by right Of redemption and by
| right Of preservation. One greater thar
they. st. Paul. declared that I'VE are
not our own, we are bought with q
| price," and therefore expects US to glo
| rify God in our bodies and in our spir.
| its, which are God's.-Rev. DR.. Alonzc
Monk, Methodist. Atlanta, Ga.