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Puritan Observation-Disclosures. A. G. Dix
on, Baptist, Boston, Mass.
Gambling.-Any scheme, whether it
be rafting at church fair, where
much gambling commences, or the dev-
ious dealings in margins, or the bets
placed by the bookmakers at a horse
race, is just as much gambling as at
the faro table Or at the roulette wheel
or in the lottery.-Rev. D. r. Rabbit,
Episcopalian, Brooklyn. n. y.
The Good and Noble-The' multi
piled arguments of the skeptic and the
confusing complainings of the chronic
gambler do not lessen his zeal for all
that is good and noble; therefore he
grows, developing those graces and ele-
ments Of character which commend
the Christian religion as the conserver
of mans best interests for time and
eternity.-Rev. George Adams, Metho-
dist, Brooklyn, n. Y.
Modern Society.-What is the trou-
BILE with society? Is it in condition or
character? Is it bcause a few men
with the heart of an Arab are in the
position of power and consequently
grind and crush, or is it that the Arab
spirit rules among all classes, and
there is just as much lack of brother
hood at the bottom of the social ladder
as at the top?-Rev. c. c. Mitchell,
Baptist, Manchester, n. H.
Language of Symbolism.-Th sea
and mountains and nature speak the
language of symbolism. They are not
so much water and rock and earth
spread cut or piled up. That which
impresses us as we stand upon the
shore OR sail upon the sea is not the
waters that are tossed in tempest or
sleep in calm, but the mighty symbol
ism of the ocean itself.-Rev. G. b.
Vosburgh, Baptist, Denver, Col.
Fatherhood-The kingdom of God
can never come to power or complete
ness until fatherhood and brotherhood
prevail on the earth. The name Of
Father must be the name of God most
real and near and dear to us before
His kingdom can come in our hearts
and lives. The government of God,
the rule of God is patriarchal and pa
ternal 1t is the rule Of the father in
the family.-Rev. d. II. Overton,
Presbyterian, Brooklyn, n. y.
Happiness-There is fun a-plenty i'll
the world, but fun is not happiness.
The man who quarrels with his wife
and children and deceives his family
has no real place. The man who lies
and has become a drunkard does not
respect himself. The man who wears
a mask over his face and lives dou-
BILE life is insincere in his dealings
with men. knows nothing about real
peace, joy and happiness.-Rev. X. 5.
Holmes, Presbyterian, Pittsburg, ia.
Work of the Church.-The religious
organizations of the United States rep-
resent a vast amount of energy ana
zeal and enthusiasm, and, no doubt,
great good is accomplished. And yet
it must be confessed that the work of
these churches is a disappointment,
and a good deal of a failure. At least
half Of our population remains out
side the churches, and IS little III
fiuenced by their teachings or their
efforts.-Rev. w. II. Ramsey, EplS-
Bedrock.-We have to look beneath
the surface of things to find the bed
rock upon which our feet may stand.
Not that efforts should be lessened to
accomplish, if possible, by arbitration.
the settlement of international differ
ences, but, more than this, in every
civilization legislation must regard the
principles underlying all precepts Of
righteousness as contained in the Old
and New Testaments.-Rev ii. I'll.
Washburn, Episcopalian, Oyster Bay,
n. Y.
The Spells Systematic spoils sys-
tenn in our cities should be uncompro-
misingly denounced and damned III
this spoils system lies our chief peril,
and along. with it go opportunities for
illicit gains on the part of city OH
Gals and ringsters, the existence OF
large class of ignorant and purchas-
able voters, and the outcome OF all IS
the ring and boss system from which
nearly all of our great cities now
suffer.-Rev. w A. Stanton, Baptist,
Pittsburg Pa.
Reaping and Sowing Is
not something to be bought. 1t is TO
be grown. You must begin soon. It's
great value depends upon getting an
early start. You can never repair who'll
ly the damage wrought on character I'D
early life. There is fiction that you
can SOW wild oats and yet reap no
bad harvest therefrom. 1t is the devils
lie. We reap what we sow. Youth IS
the sowing time. The harvest is
character G. B. Mitchell Meth
nd Ohm