Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-04-06
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned FROM the Teaching,
OF All Denominations.

seeing the Invisible IL the Slu1enCe
guide, the MERCHANTS impetus, the
public mans inspiration, the Chris
tian's title to happiness and heaven
Rev. J. w. Ht rsha, Presbyterian, Den.
ver
The Touch of Love.
Humanity responds to the touch OF
love. Around on the sunny side OF
even the most frigid man there Is al.
ways door that opens to the pressure
of loving heart-Rev. II. j. Villers,
Baptist, indianapolis.
OverworISed Humility.
There is no principle more universally
overworked in the Christian church to-
day than that Of humility. The aver.
age Christian is altogether too meek
and too prone to self disparagement.-
Rev. G. W. Jefferson, Baptist, New
York
Help Self by Helping Others.
Sympathy exercised in helping 9th.
ers has n reactive influence In helping
ourselves. 1t has been said truly, Our
torch is never the less for lighting an
others candle" There are many joys
In the Christian life but none is sweet
er than that of self sacrince.-Rev. Jo-
sephus Stephan, Methodist, st. Louis.
Church Attendance.
The spiritual success of every church
is to be decided by whether its men,
bers will regularly assemble, as did the
first church in the upper chamber Of
Jerusalem, TO pray together earnestly
week by week for the manifestation of
the power of the Holy Ghost.-Rev. DR..
Frank De Witt Talmage, Presbyterian,
Chicago.
The Aim OF Life.
The aim of lfe the aim of religion, the
object In view underlying the building
of churches, the work of the hierarchy
and the priesthood, is the restraint and
the suppression Of the material and
earthly within us arising from the awe
inspiring conviction that God is ever
watching us and that his heart ever
yearns with love for us.-Rev. p. L.
O'Hara, Catholic, Port Washington,
N. Y.
The Book of Books
You cannot compare the Bible with
other books. You cannot dismiss the
older Testament to the shelves of your
library as you would the Koran or the
book of Shasta or even the writings Of
COnfucius. Great as was the concep-
4io,, Of fbo p,on who ,yrota tbooa booiYa
the difference between them and the
Bible is a great and impossible gulf
Bishop II. C. Potter, Episcopalan,
New York.
The Supreme Thing.
To love the good and to live the good
are the supreme things in religion.
Good and evil inevitably carry their
own recompense I'm the peace or pain
they bring. No good thing Is failure,
no evil thing success. Heaven and hell
are states of being. No evil can befall
the good man in either life or death, for
all things work together for the victory
of the good.-Rev. David Utter, Unita-
rian, Denver.
Manifestations of Grace.
We are told to grow in grace and In
the knowledge Of our Lord and Saviour
Jesus Christ. The law was given by |
Moses, but grace and truth came by
Jesus Christ. This grace manifests it,
self by forgiving those who have
wronged us, by uplifting the fallen.
the weak and I'm word by
doing good to all men as we have OPP
portunity. Rev. ]. Murray Taylor,
Christian, Washington.
No Fear of the Trurh.
A religion or creed that has any
fear Of injury from any truth or fact Of
the universe is doomed to go. This Is
the century Of historic criticism. The
Bible is being studied in new and
higher way, and the old theories of IN
have given way to more
rational view. Criticism will save the
Bible, not destroy it. The work Of crit
cism is being done by scholars within
The churches, not by heretics outside
Rev. w. II. Ramsay, Unitarian, Louis.
vile, Ky.
The Highway to Happiness.
Let 1t be well remembered that no
oyway OF selhshness leads to happi-
ness. Over the road OF love and self
sacrifice and devout endeavOr for the
good and happiness Of others and only
hat way lies the deep, safe haven Of
IN untroubled peace. A man, saith
Scripture, must give an account for
very idle word-that is, for words
hat spring from a spirit Of irreverence
nd religious sloth. How much more
hall God call him to reckoning for
very unkind word, for every word
hadowed and sharpened by spirit
f bitterness, selflshness and gloom
rev. DIR. Henry G. McCOOk. Presbyte- s
ian, Philadelphia. 4
Religion of Gratitude.
Christianity Is the religion of graft {
lde, and civilization is the result q. /
UGH teaching The dominant note OF i
cnfuclanism is loyalty to ancestry, TO Il
arents, 10 idolatrQns cult TO the grea; I
lvinely ordained governmeDt and thu b
,sHlt is seen in the snbdued, willy, uu :
Chilaman. who is the
and suppressed product Of 4
ing years Of such stultifylng educa &
on. The dominant note Of Moham- f
edanism and Buddhism Is virtue Il
Olded into characters by care and ex- Il
t maxims, and the result is seen in 4
e fatalistc and negative character II
tics Of the Hlpdo9 and the Turk. p
he Inner note of Christianity Is graf
lde expressed by joyful accents OF 2
anksgiying and praise, within the Z
mpass Of law and authority, but I'm q
sing no weight of chains, and the u
suit Is character and virtue and log
ty, but freed from slavish thraldom II
ID jubllant In liz attitude. - Rev OF
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