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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS is not
only one OF the most degrading Of
sins. II is one OF the most disgusting
OF follies. 1t is wasteful. II Is sinful.
it is foolish.-Rev. G. Dobbs, Baptist,
New Orleans, La.
Holding 0fiiee.-A mean, little pol
iticlan may have to prostitute all his
virtues to hold office; but great man
with convictions and patriotism need
not do so.-Rev. NJ. E. Harlan. Dis
ciple, Brooklyn. New York.
Stirring up Strife.-Shame upon the
man or woman who only knows how
to stir up strife that can only lead to
a battle and have not learned yet the
necessity Of following the same to the
final issue.-Rev. w. L, Simmons. Bap-
tist. Peoria, Ill.
The Name Of Jesus.-Jesus is to us
the sweetest name that is ever breath
ed on mortal tongue. We lisp 1t at our
mothers knee. and 1t is the last utter
ance In our mortal agony, as the soul
goes to the great beyond and into
eternity.-Rey. T. II. Rice. Methodist,
Atlanta, Ga.
Rewards. What is the reward Of the
spiritual life2 We do not ask re-
ward for taking the trouble to keep
well. Health is its own abundant
reward. And so to live spiritually is
to have life and have 1t more abund
antly.-Rev. Bartlett Crane, Methodist
Kalamazoo. Mich.
Objects Of Contemplate loafer,
the sporting rich. the selfish society
woman, the worthless man of money
in the private car and the tramp on
the trucks underneath 1t, are equally
the objects Of the contempt Of the man
who works.-Rev. ]. II. Speer. Presby-
terian, Denver. Col.
The Living Christ.-Jesus Christ
lives to-day more than he ever lived.
He lives in all the good deeds with
which Christendom is filed, in every
effort to discover new means of coming
to the aid Of the sick and the suffer
ing and the poor.-Bishop Spaulding,
Roman Catholic. Chicago. Illinois.
Change of Heart.-Man usurps the
authority of Christ and deceives his
fellowmen If he processes to join any
one to the body Of Christ. Men may
add Names" the Lord adds souls in
repentance and faith. Only a change
Of heart unites a soul to Christ.-Rev.
w. E. Wilkins. Baptist, Columbia, S.
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The Unknown Future.-If death ends
all, let us eat and drink for to-mor-
row we die. If death is the beginning
of a larger life, let us be steadfaSt.
unmovable, always abounding in the
work of the Lord, for as much as we
know that our labor is not in vain
Rev. F. o. Hall. Universalist, New
York City.
Manhood is not a thing
of the lips, but of the life; it lies not
in seeming, but in being. Manhood
pays. 1t is its own reward. 1t lifts
to the highest SUBMITS Of real power;
it grasps all the prizes worth possess
ing; it commands the forces that con.
quer men.-Rev. J. NJ. Markley, Con.
gregationalist, Denver, Col.
Physical Energy.-Physical energy
is an absolute requirement for success.
NJ x.vhava man 10 ba rynnck
do some kind of work-he must labor
with his hands. The Almighty fat pro-
nounced in the Garden Of Eden was
that labor should forever be the
destiny of man-Rev. J. F. Atkinson.
Episcopalian, Elizabeth, N. j.
Decay of France.-Germany, Russia,
Great Britain and the United States
are to lead the nations of the world,
because they are the most virtuous.
Since France is dying Of a moral
plague, let us put quarantine upon
her products-her pictures, plays,
novels and works of art.-Rev. w. F.
Crafts, Baptist, Washington, D. G.
The Value Of Music.-In estimating
the forces that are set apart by God
to work for the worlds regeneration,
we must give music high place; not
that music can do 1t Of itself any more
than preaching can, but music is often
the medium through which the spirit
works upon the souls Of men.-Rev.
G. B. Vosbugh, Methodist Denver.
Col.
The Power of Sin.-God does for the
sinner what the sinner can not do for
himself. The sinner can not regener-
ate himself. He can not work for his
pardon, but when God saves him from
the guilt of sin, the sinner must from
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