Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-07
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned From the Teachings
of All Denominations.

perDleXed intellect Out u pau nedrt,
that keeps men from Christ.-Rev. DR..
W. w. Landrum, Baptist, Atlanta, Ga.
Success In Life.
To be steadfast and faithful is by no
means to be confused with being sue
cessful. 1t is not the grandest thing in
life to be successful.-Rev. DR.. John T..
NJ. Johnston, Baptist, st. Louis.
sincerity the Test.
1t does not make man Christian
lust because he attends church regular
". reads the Bible and mumbles few
prayers. He must be sincere in all he
does.-Rev. W. S. Rainsford, Episco-
palian, New York.
The March of Civilization.
The world is not outgrowing Christ
Religious traditions may try to IN
Christ the centuries, but he still asserts
his divinity in the march Of civilization.
Rev. F. c. Bremmer, Methodist, Nor
NAL Park, III.
God In History.
Chance does not rule the world.
There is a supernatural as we'll as a
natural element among the forces that
have operated to build up national life.
Providence in history means God at
work for the good of the entire race
Rev. DR.. Polemus II. Swift, Methodist,
Chicago.
Cannot Take God Away.
Colubanus once asked his friend Del
colus, why are you always smilingT'
10 this the other replied, Because no
one can take my God from me-" We
rejoice in this our quiet confidence i'll
God, which secures to us settled past
and q glorious future.-Rev. DR.. John
Lloyd Lee, Presbyterian, New York.
The Ideal Man.
The ideal man has not yet been dis
covered among those who are mere
men. No one of our noblest men was
q spotless sun; no one reached s1nless
perfection. From all our loftiest speci-
mems of manhood l turn dissatisfied
to Jesus Christ, and in him find that
the ideal becomes actual, the dream
real and the hope fruition.-Rev. Z. 5.
Macarthur Baptist, New York.
influence of Puritan Teachings.
We may say what we choose in ridi-
Guile or contempt Of the mechanical side
of Puritan training as it shows itself in
the traditions. What you and know is
that enough of them lived to Gods glo-
~ to give a moral element to the whole
legislation Of the infant state and that
the hopeful element that we now call
public spirit was the dominant element.
Rev. DR.. Edward Everett Hale, Uni
tartan, Boston.
Foundation of True Nobility.
Jesus said "Whosoever would be-
cone great among you shall be your
minister" The foundation Of the true
nobility Of America is service. The
faithful teacher, the honorable bust
ness man. the incorruptible statesman,
the faithful mother who brings up her
children in the love of patriotism and
Observation-Disclosures are the true mobiles
of our republic.-Rev. Herbert S. john
son, Baptist, Boston.
Material Aspect of Heaven.
We must also get out Of the notion
that matter is sinful in itself. God pro-
nounced the world good. The body,
fearfully and wonderfully made, is the
masterpiece Of creative wisdom and
love. Human folks go to a heaven
which is just as material as earth and
find themselves as much at home with
each other in the many mansions above
as in the many dwelling places below
Bishop Samuel Fallows, Episcopalan.
Chicago.
The Completest Evidence.
Many professed Christians look upon
the Saviour merely as religious lead
er, q great teacher or thinker, philos-
opher, Il physician, Il philanthropist-a
man, without ever realizing his God
head. The proof of Christ'S divinity
rests principally on the fact Of his self
resurrection. The gospel today shows
the triumph of this truth over skep-
ticism. Doubt is conquered by COM
pleteSt evidence.-Rev. Thomas E. Cox,
Catholic, Chicago.
High Minds Akin to Immortality.
Above all live rs though you were
immortal, and your doubts about i'm
mortality will largely vanish. If man
lives the animals life it isn't strange if
he counts on the animals death, but if
he lives the spiritual life he will find it
impossible to make up his mind that
the grave ends all. Keep the windows
Of your soul looking heavenward and
keep them clean, and the lights Of im-
mortality will stream into your life
Rev. DR.. Baker, Presbyterian, Philadel
phia.
Higher Manhood.
The higher manhood IS but complete
manhood; nothing eliminated or sup
pressed There is room for the phys
ical. and it must be sound, sinewy,
athletic. Spirit, soul and body cOnsti-
tute a holy trinity, neither complete
without the other. We do not admire,