The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-01-23
THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned From the Teachings
of All Denominations.

Il WOriu TO the fellSlOn OF Jesus
Christ. The form it has taken in this
age is that Of indifference.-Rev. A. 3.
Coats, Baptist, Akron, O..
Christ's Standard of Greatness.
Christ's estimation Of greatness is
different from our own If his stand
ard of greatness was the model Of
true greatness, mighty thrones would
now be occupied by the humblest
Christians.-Rev. L. II. Harris, Episco-
pal, Atlanta.
righteousness and Love.
We must broaden our horizon. main
tain the majesty of the law and recog-
nize the great principles Of righteous
ness and love which must ever be the
foundation Of just laws and of free in
sritutions.-Rev. II. 0. Gibbon, Pres
byterian, Philadelphia.
The Rich Mans Success.
To succeed in massing money is only
one-half Of a rich mans success. He
must learn to spend it so as to benefit
his family and his community and in
crease the moral and intellectual pow
err of his age.-Rev. DR.. McCollester,
Universalist, Detroit, Mich.
Everyday Religion.
Some people seem to think that the
religion Of the Lord Jesus Christ has
nothing to do with the weekday. They
act as if they had a right to leave their
piety at home on a Monday morning,
as they would put on or off their Sun
day clothes.-Rev. DR.. Frank De Witt
Talmage, Presbyterian, Chicago.
The Bible an Honest Book.
The Bible is an honest old book. 1t is
like nature-it will neither lie nor fiat
ter. 1t holds the mirror up to the real
ity. Go where you will, you cannot
find q book, a writer, in any other realm
Of literature SO fair, brave, honest and
straightforward as the Bible and the
Bible writers.-Rev. Frank M. Bristol,
Methodist, Washington.
Helping Oneself and Others.
Let us be self helpful, remembering
always that there is a larger, deeper
self in every one Of us, and at the same
time let US have a watchful eye for
others needs. Infinite is the abundance
! Of good things which God and mar to-
gether have treasured up for our ad-
vantage.-Rev. Dr.. John White Chad
wick, Unitarian, Brooklyn.
A Condition Of Immortality.
Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ will
give immortal, i~ncorruptible lives and
bodies, and immortality is conditional
in the sense that it is dependent only
upon faith in him. Those who attain
Immortality will 60 through no long
evolutionary period of suffering. The
translation will be in a twinkling, as
from grief to joy.-Rev. l. NJ. Halde-
man, Baptist, New York.
The Church and Recreation.
It would be wrong to infer that the
church is opposed to every kind Of di,
version. We need recreation and amuse.
ment as much as we need food and
sleep. We need these forces that will
bring summer into our lives and enable
US to enter into our work cheerfully
Amusement tends to refreshen oul
minds, sweeten our tempers and rem
) der our hearts more genial. The church
is not to amuse the world, but to save
the world.-Rev. DR.. Lorimer, Baptist
| New York.
: .The Soul of a Nation"
: The Histories Of ali nations teach Ii:
: that "a nation is great and strong JUS
as it possesses and practices spiritua
u ideals and moral principles" And b.
nation we mean the ark Of human gov
eminent that holds for a people rev
erence for God and law, freedom O.
thought and worship, sanctity of mar
e rage and the home and, above all, rev
@ erence for the individual soul of man
which is the source of art, enterprise
II and law.-Rev. David Beaton, Congre
V %gationalist, Chicago.
I'll Christ Gives Rest.
Christ gives to us rest. BY his words
by his life, by his death, through hi
u spirit, he leads us, If we will, under tn
woke that he himself wore-obedience
Into the soul of a nan thus submit
!, ting to this yoke there steals blessed.
!, the sense OF forgiveness, Of trust, Q
contentment, Of harmony, of ''peac
with God through our Lord Jesu
Christ" that is like the rest OF thos
saved ones who stand before hi
= throne.-Rev. DR.. Arson F. AtterburJ
= Presbyterian. New York.
Strayed-Three-year-old red heifer, no horn
!. ! s Rsand Fl. q De- am and EEK Elk creek eek north Of Rap
= City. Liberal II ward. - Joseph kammere