News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1904-03-16
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned From the Teachings
of All Denominations

of All Denominations.
The sharper the sting of remorse, the
more insistent and profound the en-.
| trance of the iron of stern self accuse.
| ton into our souls, the more complete
the eXpiation.-Rev. John w. Chad
wick, Unitarian, Brooklyn.
Seeing Virtues Rather Than Vices.
1t is better for our spiritual develop
ment to have eyes to see and tongue to
tell of the loneliness of others rather
than an eye to see their blemishes and
tongue to tell their foibles.-Rev
John L. NJ. Johnston, Baptist, ST.
Louis.
Faith and Works.
The New Testament lays stress on
both faith and works-the faith which
is more than opinion and the works
of helpfulness and benevolence which
are more than obedience and conform
ity to church rules and rites.-Rev. Dr.
William H. McGlauf1in, Universalist,
Atlanta, Ga.
The Everyday Bible.
Your life and mine constitute the
worlds Bible. Men will not read the
Scriptures nor go back almost 1000
years to study the life of Christ, but
they will read your life and mine.
They will judge all things sacred and
divine by what they see written in our
daily walk.-Rev. Ray Palmer, Bap-
tist Chillicothe, Mo.
Return Good For Evil.
Let the mind that was in Christ Je-
sus be alone in us. If we are smitten
let us turn the other cheek rather than
resent it. If we are wronged let us
not avenge It, A philosophy like this
may entail a measure of suffering, but
we shall enter into sympathy with our
Lord in pursuing it.-Rev. d. j. Bur-
reIl, Disciple, New York.
The Important Thing.
Everything is nothing. Riches, am
bitions everything that pertains to
earth passes away, but your soul lives
on forever. What is of any avail, be-
side the welfare of that which is i'm
mortal, when all about it perishes?
These things concern US not, for every
llluS lS XIV ldl DuI lllt SDllllUul lCll-
gion that saves the soul from destruc-
tion.-Bishop G. II. Fowler, Methodist,
Chicago.
The True Interpreter.
Jesus Christ is the true interpreter
Of the Scriptures. He is the key. We
cannot read them Alright without him.
If the Bible be, as some one suggests.
a cipher letter, then Jesus Christ is the
code that explains the cipher. He
shows us the Father. He is to the Fa-
Their what speech is to thought. Speech
is the expression of thought. Christ is
the word of God--he interprets God to
man in human terms. - Rev. DR..
Charles C. Albertson, Methodist, Ger
mantown, Pa.
Gods Love and Justice.
l believe that God is love, but also
that he is a righteous, moral governor.
God is love, but he is also God of
truth. Having declared that sin shall
be punished by death-eternal death,
not of the body merely-bis word has
gone forth, and he cannot recall it.
Call it the 'old theology if you want
to. It is old as salvation, old as Mel
chsedec, old as Abeis altar, old as the
first promises of the bruised heel and
e bruised head.-Rev. DR.. z. S. Hen
on, Baptist. Boston.
Be Patient.
BE patient even with the irritating
ldiosyncrasies and the offensive man
nerisms that are found in almost every
one with whom we come in contact.
Be patient with the peculiarities es-
pecially if they are nonessentials in
reference to the honesty and noble
characteristics of man. Be patient
especially because wrong types Of
marked individuality, if harnessed in
the right way, will often mean great
success for us and for those whom it is
our privilege to influence. - Rev. DR..
Frank De Witt Talmage, Presbyterian,
Chicago.
The Church Invisible and Universal.
Within the pale of the Christian reli-
gion there are many sects, not one of
which is catholic. Every one of these
sects in so far as it stands for religious
truth, is justiliable on that ground, but
not one Of them has interpreted the |
truth that it has seized upon in univer- |
sal language not one of them appeals |
to universal man. All are seeking for |
the truth, and all are striving in sepa- |
rate ways for the kingdom of God, but |
not one Of them is identical with the |
holy catholic church, the great invis- |
ible church of which the visible is only |
partial realization.-Rev. c. A. Lang |
ston, Unitarian, Atlanta, Ga.
Religion and Recreation.
Do not let your recreation drift. |
Guide it by definite principles and ap-
ply them honestly. Steer between the
two extremes. Do not get morbid and |
enjoy yourself under protest and al
ways suspect something wrong in any
thing people like. On the other hand,
do not get selfish and ignore the higher
life or overlook the danger of wasting
yourself in little worthless things or
forget that others are watching you
and that you cannot avoid influencing
them The all important thing is: Get
your conscience enlightened by Christ
and then trust it.-Rev. William p.
Merrill, Presbyterian, Chicago,