The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-12-10
THE HIGHER LIFE
Religious thought

Religious Thought.
NiSious-Mcu of great achieve.
mcnt must always hc men of large
visions. The ideal must ever pre-
cedc the real, aud the man who
would achieve great things must
not b" dlSobcdlrnt to the heavenly
visions which are always falling
athwart his pathway -Rcv. \. &.
Smithcr, Disciple, Los Angeles,
| Cal.
Spiritual Death, doubt
less, is time of the slOughlng off
of many bodily temptations, but
for souls renewal Il direct, posi-
tive, inward, spiritual grace is
needed, and the mere dissolution of
the body is not necessarily Il sacru.
meut conveying and containing
this grace. -Rrv. \. j.. Kmsoly
ing EpiScopalIan, Brooklyn, y.
| Y.
The Church of To-day The
church should strive for all classes
land conditions, regardless of color,
caste or condition. Some churches
are like places on Il promontory
at sea The favored ones get in
and are saved, the misses are
sinking in the ocean of death.
--Rrv. Ray Palmer, Baptist, Chill
licothce, Mo,
Observation-Disclosures is pre- emi,
nentIy Il training of the mind
The value of it is not what yOu
carry in your memory at any mo.
mcnt 1t is the power you have
to analyzc logically and TO solve
correctly any ordinary problem of
science, history literature, politics
or business. Rev. W. y. Hyde,
Congrcgatioualist, Boston, Mass.
Christlike-Lct the mind that
was in Christ Jesus he alone in us.
II we are ~mittcu, let us turn the
other check, rather than resent it,
If we are wrongcd, let us not
ayengc it, \ philosophy like this
may entail n measure of suffering
but we shall enter into sympathy
with our Lord III pursuing it
Rev. d. } Burrcll, Disciple, New
York City.
Earthly PIrasurc-Can earthly
pleasures make one so happy as to
leave nothing to hc desired. AS
suredly not. They that indulge in
sensual Qualifications are forced to
acknowledge that the deeper they
plunge the more they are enSlaved,
and the less they are satisfied by
them. The keen edge of delight
soon becomes hluntcd. L Cardinal
Gibbons, Roman Catholic, Balti.
more, Md.
Pain and Eilort-All the great
souls OF history have sweat blood
in the performance of their work,
the men who have projected nigh
ty movements in history, the men
who fought the devils of society
and the men who lay the devils
within themselves must glrd them
selves for struggles, social and
personal. All progress is through
pain and effort. The Rev. h.
lIullcy, Baptist, Baltimore, Md.
The Bettcrmcnt of Socicty-lt is
good to proclaim the love Of God
and the saving power of Jesus
Christ; it is good also and the du.
~ of he church to pray and work
for the bctterment of the social
condition, for the introduction of
just and honest laws, for the re-
moval of every blot upon our civ
ilization, that life here for all,
whether in country or crowded
city, may he brighter, cleaner. and
healthier. Rev. Il. $. Carson,
Presbyterian, Brooklyn, n. Y.
Indifference There are two
classes of wrongdoers, described as
those whose sins go before them to
Judgment and those whose sins
follow after. To the latter class
belong those who are not only re.
spectacle sinners, but those whose
) sins are respectable. Indifference
/ to the church is very respectable
5 sin and has an entree into the
most fashionable society. Rev.
Bruce Brown, Disciple, Chicago,
. Ill.
Trivial Things-The empire of
, thought to- day is constantly in.
t vaded by the anarchy of iieeting
aud trivial interests. Religion it.
self, instead OF being the supreme
! influence in life, becomes for
| many only one of its multiform in
cidents. So the great causes of
God and humanity, the great
problems which knock so urgently
1 for solution, are left unanswered,
: because our minds are distracted
: by multitude of trivial concerns
P which dissipate strength and san
. energy The Rev. ID. s. Mackay,
Congregationalist, New York City