Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-06
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned From the Teachings
of All Determinations.

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Resources of Life.
The great resources of life are not
railroad stocks or money in banks.
The great resources are always rell-
gious ones.-Rev L. G.. Barnes, Bap-
fist, Worcester, Mass.
The Divine Method.
The fact that the Bible is a growth
does not necessarily invalidate its full
est inspiration. Growth is the divine
method. This is true of the CREATION
Rev. J. X. Smyth, Swedenborgian,
New York.
The Christian Must Climb.
If, like the first disciples, we yearn
TO come up and sit beside the Master
on his throne of power, it means that
we must climb up thither from where
we are.-Rev. Pearse Pinch, Congrega-
tionalist, Chicago.
Justice Must Include Mercy.
Justice, to be justice, must include
mercy, and anything that we include
in our thought of mercy that is not in
justice is not good and ought not to be
exercised at all.-Rev. David Utter,
Unitarian, Denver.
An Emblem of Love.
The cross was an emblem of ignominy
and shame until Jesus Christ went
forth bearing a cross. But marvel
Gus change has taken place, for it is
now an emblem of love and sacrifice
Rev. DR.. John T. NJ. Johnston, Baptist,
st. Louis.
Christ's Revelation of God.
Jesus Christ is the revealer Of God
In his moral attributes. We can know
God through natural religion, but we
know him as God Of love and the
author of moral law through Christ
Rev. DIR. Francis L. Patten, Presbyte-
rian, Princeton, n. j.
The Use of the Tongue.
1t is a good rule to say nothing OF a
person except it be good. The man
who says no evil Of any one will have
less to repent of. The tongue should
be restrained to keep it from profana-
ton, and it should be active to speak
out for the Lords side.-Rev. DR.. Alon-
20 Monk, Methodist, Atlanta, Ga.
Not an Invention of Man.
Religion is something that a man
cannot invent for himself and cannot
keep to himself. The man who thinks
that he has about enough religion to
save himself is in q doubtful position.
That man probably has not enough to
save his own soul.-Rev. DR.. Henry
Van Dyke, Presbyterian, Princeton, NJ.
The Brotherhood of Christ.
We used to talk of the kingdom Of
God, which was something far off,
vague and indistinct. Now we talk of
the kingdom Of man, Christs brother
hood, the kingdom Of God on earth.
The church that will stand at the end
Of the century is the one that does the
work of Christ.-Rev. DR.. Gunnison,
Universalist, Canton, n. y.
The Church and Science.
For q member Of the church every
genuine discovery of science is well
come and a new manifestation that the
finger of God is there. We rest secure
in the synthesis of the natural and the
supernatural, knowing that in this life
we see as through glass darkly, but
in the vision of God we shall see even
as we are seen.-Rev. Charles X. Nal
10y, Catholic, Philadelphia.
As Candles to the Sun.
There are days of finding fuller
life. In these days there are three
things that are pre-eminent. These are
wealth, culture, power. They bring
tremendous things-the very stuff and
fiber of civilization. They bring I'M
told possibilities and open to us vast
gates of life. And yet they are as can
dies to the sun.-Rev. DR.. West, Con-
grcgationalist, Winona, MINI.
The Octopus of Sin.
Oh, the destroying power of sin.
Some years ago Il diver was sent down
to explore the bottom of the sea.
While there he thrust his hand into a
hole which seemed to be the retreat Of
some kind of living creature. In
stantly his arm was seized as by
wise. The long tentacleS Of an octopus
wound themselves about his arm. He
dared not give the signal for the
friends overhead to pull him up, be-
cause he knew that his arm would be
pulled off, but he had presence of mind
enough to take i sharp steel knife
which he had strapped to his side, and
with it he cut off the arms of that
octopus, and when the diver was pull
ed up attached to his body were the
arms Of that octopus. still clinging. one
of the tentacles over eight feet long.
The octopus Of secret sin has many Il
man and woman in a fatal CLUTCH
Rev. DR.. Frank De Witt Talmage, Pres
byteran, Chicago.
The Greatness of Jesus.
What was the greatness of Jesus?
1t was and is forevermore the only
greatness that will stand the test of
time the greatness of the SDirit The