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multitude in power, with no adequate
ideal to elevate and to guides" for that
lie not rules but Il Is the people bound
In a fraternity, an equity, unity, in
which all are common shareholders In
an uplifted and celestiallzed manhood.
Rev. NJ. W. Stryker, Presbyterian,
Clinton. N. Y.
Final words>-If a man ever utters
his true convictions at any time It Is
when he speaks his last words, Final
words are the ones that usually live
and WELD the posthumous influence.
The deathbcd message has furnished
q text for many q sermon and many
a song.-Rev. ". A. Frye. Methodist
Lansing. Mich,
A Passion for Souls.-A missionary
climbed to the third story window Of
an old tenement house. She found on
bed Of straw q living baby tugging
away at the breast Of q dead mother.
Many a church is a dead mother, un'
able to feed or help the perishing null
titudes. We need a passion for souls,
Rev. Ray Palmer. Baptist Chilli
cothe. Mo.
Public 0fice.-The men who are cali
ed to positions Of public trust must
possess q realizing sense Of civic vir-
tue The only guarantee Of good con-
duct we seQuire Of them when they
assume Office ls an oath to perform
their duties faithfully. An oath Is an
appeal to God a. witness and as judge,
Rev. J. F. Carson. Presbyterian.
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Papal Progress--The papacy has
contributed more than any civil gov
ernment to the intellectual progress Of
mankind. II Europe Is to-day immeas-
urably in advance Of Asia. in litera-
ture, the arts and sciences. is It not be-
cause Europe was more In touch than
Asia with the Roman pontiff, and felt
the impress Of his strong and tender
hand Gibbons. Roman
Catholic, Baltimore, MO
Love and Truth.--Love rejoices with
the truth. Not the truth Of the Gospel
only, but all truth. She recognizes
truth as a blessed companion, helpful
In the moral world, and making for
the happiness and well being Of man.
kind. Every triumph Of truth Is felt
By love to be a positive gain, step
advancing the race. bringing human
ity nearer God.-Rev. R. 8. DeBow,
Eplscopalian, Philadelphia, Pa.
Error.-Every thing human begins
in mistake. Error is the loamy soil
out Of which wrath vegetables and bios
SONS. The history Of philosophy. SCI
ence and theology illustrates the prin-
ciple with a distinct cogency that il
unanswerable. So that we need not
be too much afraid of being In error
provided only we cling to our error
with q tenacity that is not simply ten
acious, but that is also honest and In
tellgent.-Rev. G. e. Parkhurst, Pres
byterian, New York City.
Gospel Power.-Man is a soul to be
gin with, but there is Just one thing hG
needs more than anything else-the
power Of the gospel to reveal him to
himself. Grasping blindly above him
for light, the power Of the gospel comes
in and helps him climb to an illumln-
ated spiritual nature in Christ Jesus.
Stirring up the nobler instincts within,
they reach and tower from the low
lands Of time into the white noun
tains Of eternity. Rev. F. T. Shan.
non, Methodist, Harrisburg, Pa.
Force and Power.-Force is always
invisible, power needs no demonstra-
ton. What we see is but the effect Of
what has been done. Sometimes the
results we look for from certain causes
are entirely different from our expecta.
ton. 1cebergs float south In spite Of
the gulf stream flowing opposite, be-
cause the deep arctic current bears
their ponderous submerged part by It's
strength. Hidden power exerts itself
as God directs and BIS mighty will Is
wrought upon mankind as well as
upon the face Of nature.-Rev. G. O..
Jones, Episcopalian, Atlanta, Ga.
The Soul-The soul Is the center Of
action, giving to man personality. Take
away his soul powers and you reduce
man to the level Of the brute creation.
The soul Is Gods impress, the like
ness Of God in which man was made.
And 1t Is this God-given soul that is
to control the bodily members. That
It may rightly control, the soul has
been endowed with faculties, intellec-
tual, moral and spiritual. Through his
intellect man receives knowledge;
through his moral nature he puts forth
actions of right or wrong In relation to
his fellowmen, and above all to his
God.-Rev. A. ]. Henry, Congregation
alist, Brooklyn. N. Y.
Patr4otism.-Every citizen must ex-
ercise his gift Of calling and not only
for his own benefit but for the good Of
the whole community. So only Is COM
munity life possible. That is the mean
ing Of patriotism. The true patriot
loves his country better than himself,
more than he loves the wife Of his
bosom and the children Of his loins.
So he is ready, at his country's call, to
surrender all his property and lay
down his life. A man who puts him
self before his country is traitor
or despot and is not fit to live, since
his life is the death of that which Is
greater than he.-Rev. A s. Crapsey,
Episcopalian, Rochester, N. Y.