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The Only True Life.-The acceptance
Of things that eye has not seen and
cannot see is the only true life.--Rev.
L. Watson, Episcopallan, Chillicothe,
Ohio.
Infdel Colleges.-0ur colleges and
universities are a curse If God be not
in them. Unsanctifed educational ia.
cillties foster infdelity.-Rev. ]. G
Wilson, Methodist, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Gods Kingdom.-We map out what
we call the kingdom of God, and pro-
ceed to color 1t according to our per-
sonal and denominatlonal ideas-Rev.
DR.. Carlisle, Methodist, Columbia, s. G.
Making Heroes. Of right
VIII make hero of the frailest. The
one who realizes that he is right with
God can battle his hands in the martyr
flame.-Rev. DR.. White, Baptist, Ma
con, Ga.
Fictlon.-Literature of the modern
type Is to be condemned largely for Its
change. Formerly fiction stimulated
virtue; now 1t is Indifferent in these
matters. Rev. DR.. Krauskopf, Hebrew,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Gumption.- schoolboy whose les
sons are always perfect will probably
clerk at $40 month for the sch0olboy
who has less gifts and more gump-
t.on.-Rev. Frank Crane, Unitarian
Worcester, Mass.
The Great Trust.-Can we not have
one colossal religious trust that will
take In all the denominations, or at
least all that are near enough alike to
make afiiliation possible?-Rev. w. H.
Ramsey, Louisville, Ky.
The Price of Liberty.-Eternal vigi-
lance is not only the price Of liberty to
nations and races, but to the weaker
and more helpless classes Of every
country and people.-Rev. DR.. Banks,
Methodist, New York City.
The Secret of Life.-Nature made
God possible, and the individual must
make Him actual. This Is the whole
secret of life. Ignorance alone defeats
this propositlon.-Re f. =. Mason,
Independent, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Remorse. sharper the sting of
remorse the more inslstent and pro-
found the entrance of the iron Of stern
self-accusatlon into our souls, the more
complete the expiation.-Rev. ]. w.
Chadwick, Unitarian, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Club Women.-Women have been
criticised for Joining literary clubs, yet
the club, instead Of injurlng the home,
has been the means of saving 1t by ele-
waiting its intellectual position.-Rey
NJ. NJ Mangasarian, Independent, Chi
cago Ill.
The Glory to Come.-Let us not be
disheartened by labors, remembering
that the sufferings of this life are not
to be compared with the glory to come
and which shall be revealed to u.s.
Cardinal Gibbons, Roman Catholic Bal
timore, Md.
The Two Sovereigns-The King is
stil on His golden throne and con
quers the darkness. The Queen, His
church, by her reflected light and pow
er, still moves the tides of the world
Rev. l.. w. Madden, Presbyterian,
Princeton, Ind.
Doubt.-With all our progress In in
genious invention and mechanical apE
pliance, with all our marvellous con-
quest of time and space, still the ele-
ment of uncertainty is not vet over
come.-Rev. Henry Frank, Independ-
ent, New York City.
Charity.-If this generation would
claim the great promise of the book
of books, 1t would find a measure of
happiness the world has never expert
enced. l fear it is too selfish to be-
lieve, "It is better to give than to re-
ceive"-Rev. DR.. Simmons, Baptist,
Peoria, Ill.
Stagnaton.-It is a sorry condition,
then, that q man is In, that a Christian
believer is In, when he says that he has
the same opinion of Christ that he had
a year ago. 1t tells sad story of the
way the year has been passing with
him.-Rev. G. II. Parkhurst Presbyte-
rian, New York City.
The Baptist Symbol,-We are Bap-
lists because baptism symbolizes the
death and resurrection Of Jesus Christ.
Man in rising from the burial of bap-
tlsm rises with no power of his own.
We are free from death because Christ
conquered death.-Rev. L. ]. Brown,
Baptist, Brooklyn, N. Y.
To Save Humanlty.-Wlth hands full
of helpful charity, with a word in sea
son to him that is weary, with a heart
at leisure from itself to soothe and
sympathize, we are sent to bring our
selves into contact with humanity at
the point of~need.-Rev. I. ]. Villers,
Baptist, indianapolis, Ind.
The Young Man.-This is pre-emi-
nently the country of the young man
because he Is to be here for long /
time 1t lie to him Of supreme conse-
quence that the republic should pros
per; it is for him to say what he de-
sires his native land TO be. and In what |
condition he will have It when he leaves
1t to those who will come after him.
Rev. A. Mckenzie. CongregatlOnalist,
Cambridge, Mass.
The Harvest.-What we SOW, we
reap. Character reproduces itself in
life. Grapes do not bring forth thorns,
tares do not produce wheat. If you
want character you must pay the price
for It. Sowing love, you shall reap
love. Sowing honor and truth, honor
and truth you viii reap. Therefore
the punishment is not imposed by God
from without, but is imposed by the