The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-10-06
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned From the TeachinRs
of All Denominations.

6ems Cleaned From the Teachinrs
of All Denomination.
We have passed out of the era when
men think for each other, and now.
conscious of his own personal power,
man thinks for himself.-Rev. G. J.
Harris, Universalist. Atlanta.
Be Genuine.
To be like oneself and like no one
else is the most difficult achievement
OF civilization. Compact population is
the death Of individuality.-Rev. Hen
ry Frank, Independent. New York.
Too Much Property.
Prosperity Is often ruinous because
1t is associated with a forgetfulness Of
God. dependence on self Is substi-
tuted. Atrophy OF the finer faculties
Of the soul takes place.-Rev. G. L.
Burns, Methodist, Philadelphia.
Love Something.
Every man has in his soul Il wealth
OF a1ectiOn-that is. tendency and il
necessity, too, to love something. to de
sire something and to strive for some
thing-and that affection is going 70
lay hold upon something, Rev. NJ. n.
Preston, Congregationalst, Chicago.
The Press.
The newspaper must give the people
what they demand. 1t mag by tact
and finesse gradually guide its readers
to different point of view. but it must
be to the public what wise wife is to
her husband-"while she bends him
| she obeys him." = Rev. Charles Scad
ding, Eplscopalian, Lagrange. III.
Tentinx Toward sodon.
The world is full Of men who are
! tenting toward SOdOm. They never i'll
| tend to reach the doomed city but
they will not renOunce il. 1t is folly
to think that you can escape where
others have suffered loss. 1t is folly
to think that you can take your chill
dren into polluted atmosphere and
| have them escape contamination. The
man who will not overcome tcmpta-
ton is tenting toward SodOm.-Rev.
Polcmus II. Swift. Methodist Chicago.
The Most Stupendous Fact.
The resurrection of Jesus Christ
from the dead is the most stupcndous
| fact in the world-the greatest and
most important, the most triumphant,
the most joyous, the most consoling.
1t is the close of tie divine drama; it
Is the triumph of Jesus Christ; it is
the fOundat ton of our faith, the reason
of our hope and the source of our con-
ISOLATION. l say it is the greatest fact
In the world, for it is a fact. Without
the resurrection there would have been
no preaching OF the gospel.-Kev. DR..
Stafford, Catholic, Washington.
The Divine In Humanity.
How is that wondrous life mani
tested in man? To answer this ques
ton of all our hearts we have three
words - incarnation, transformation
fellowship. All these principles stand
out in bold relief on the Mount OF
TRANSPORTATION. Here is God in hui
man form and Instrumentation; here
is the Son of Man gloritied with light
and ower-transfornatiOn here is the
= communion of saints with the gloriheC
Jesus and the union of the human il
. Christ with the divine = Fellowship
These vital principles are manlfestet
in sacrifice and their fuilness reallZet
I'm experience.-Rev.C G. z. Smith. Meth
odist, Minden, La.
More Religion, Less Theology.
:. Multitudes of people in the world to
= day have their theology and their rei'
gion all twisted up together ana ar
| unable to disassociate tho one from til
| other. Probably there never was
4 time in the history of the world Whel
| Ii was more important for the disciple
- of Jesus Christ to have greater lnte
Iectuality than today; there certainl
s never was time in the world when
was more important for the disciple
n of Jesus Christ to have luminou
ed sense Of Gods presence In their live
a and his power over and through
Ia than in these throbbing and resties
), days through which we are passing
: Rev DR.. n. Boynton, Detroit.
- Ten Commandments Needed.
The young men of today face co..
dition in business, particularly Whe'
large capital is involved, of the pow
of money in evading law. Legal tee
n,caIities are so many and intrica
that there appears to be way out al
o it is often regarded as shfe"u Ill
businesslike to defeat the decision
the courts. The influence OF this Is It
down to the smallest retail tran
actions so that we are in danger OF
IL national dishonesty corrupttng ana q
integrating in its tendency. 1t rosie
-, the spirit of ayarlce SO that trao
unions and trusts instead OF seeking
III serve the people are arrayed aga1r
. the public to take advantage OF eve
III necessity and to make the most OF
cry weakness. We neeo courses
sermons on the Ten Commandments
Rev. W. A. Bartlett Congregational
y Chicago.
Russia and the Jews.
iC Emancipation is the only fene'
The distinguished Russian prli
lS Demidoff says there is only one re
= edy for the situation-an equal COVE
OF ment for the Jews, abolition OF exc
tional laws and a spirit Of kindness
scribed In the code when VIII p
from the letter OF the law into aa
nra ctice. Russia needs the Jews
= her industrial and commercial devei
ment. Russia needs the skill or
Jewish hand. Of the Jewish artls
tie power Of =the trained jewish ID
lect. the Jewish capacity ana Zeai
work. The day may not be near.
o.. II must surely come. Russia IL
THE grant to the Jews within her eml
rson freedom 10 live everywhere. freedom
my choose their labor. business and pro
,sted sion, freedom - own 1T least ah'
cord cultivate tht land. 1t may seem G
d in To Ee,,eve Ia; the Jews must rem
rauie -m In Russia. that they cannot es,
law from its cruelty and lis injustice.