Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-04-20
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned From the Teaching
of All Denominations.


Gems Cleaned From the TcarhinEx
of All Denominations.
Better have wire fence at the edge
Of precipice than a magnificent hos
pltal at the bottom of it.-Rey j. ID.
Adam, Dutch Reformed, Brooklyn.
Pint the Things of God First.
Let us learn to put the things of God
before the things of man, the things Of
God before the things of Caesar, the
things of the soul before the things Of
the body.-Archbishop Farley, Catho.
lie, New York.
Virtue and Vice.
Every virtue when too far developed
degenerates into vice. Conscientious
ness easily passes into stubbornness
and economy into stinginess and pru-
cence into cowardlce.-Rey. C.. II. JEFF
ferson, Baptist. New York.
Real Repentance and Real Salvation.
Real sin AMI real repentance mean
real salvation. real heaven. Are not
men lost because of insincerity. in
dolcnce. Indifference? No man can be
lost who brings his sin to Jesus Christ.
Rev. DR.. Charles Wood, Presbyteri.
IN, Philadelphia
Sacred Gifts.
Wherever any gift that deserves to
be called sacred is valued for the mon
ey that can be made out of 1t rather
than the service that can be rendered
by it, that is what we mean by mer-
cenary. Rev. W. Il. Richards. Presby-
terrain, New York.
Faith md Works.
Profit means increase, and there is no
increase without use. No matter what
your endowment is from God. it is of
no profit TO you unless you use il. Your
faith is no profit to you unless you APP
ply it.-Rey. w. II. McGlaufin, Uni |
yersalist, Atlanta, Ga.
The Right Place.
Life is hunt to find oneself. There
are two hunters, oneself and God.
IL you work 1T unison the probability
is that you will bag your game. If you
proceed separately the certainty is that
when the day is done you will return
empty handed, n sadder and a wiser
man. One Goes not find himself until
he finds and fills his placc.-Rev. B. VI.
ripple, Baptist, Brooklyn.
Love and Trust.
Without God there is no place for
owe, trust, hope, courage, in this great
scene of life. Can any one be happy
who sees no love in the world, who
tnows Of no one who can be trusted
o do the best for every man? You
NOW it Is impossible. The counsel of 7
he ungodly leads only to hardness Of
eart, to hopeless struggle to final de-
pair.-Rev. II. r. Harris, Episcopal
ian, Philadelphia.
The hidden stream.
What we see of religion on the sur s
Ice is poor apology for the deep I'M
ercurrent of the soul life. The hid
en- stream of religious experience, nj
lunging down in paradise running n
II ages unseen, breaking ont at Sinai,
/ Pentecost, at Luther's day and again
intervals along the journey of the
zee. determines the trend of the II
orld's progress. - Rev. DR.. T.. w.
lite, Baptist. Jackson, Mich. 4
God In All Things.
God is with us at all times. God is
'esent In everything No religion is
e invention Of the devil. There is not
le law laid down for Christian people a
III another for heather people. God y
i'll come TO every man In this world y
no really. honestly and sincerely
eks higher life according to his -
ST lights. not by believing in creed. E~
citing n ritual. going TO church, but
patience and continuance in well
ing. God is the God of the whole hui
an race.-i:ev. DR.. Lyman Abbott, ]
New York
The True Idea of God.
Some idea Of God, as you know, lies
the root of all religion. The true
sa of God lies at the root of true re- |;
ion. That true Idea John expresses
the brief but comprehensive defni-
II. God is love-" Beyond this con-
)tion Of deity, manifestly, the human
art has no longnes or the human
nd sweep of thought or fancy. This
why the Christian conception of God
S expelled all others and Is accepted
the best thought of the world 1t
simply because it is the highest con-
,tiOn It is The survival Of the fit
t.-Rev, DR., ". ", Landrum, Bap-
!, Atlanta, Ga.
The Christian Principle. ia
he Christian principle is very clear.
is the duty of the wise TO serve the
GRANT, Of the rich TO become the serv- \
s of the poor, Of The strong 70 deny
mselves their rights and their pleas '"'
$ for the sake Of helping those who er
in danger OF falling. always remem-
ing that our duty is first toward A
SO nearest 10 lis and that helpfulness n
er means cxcusin sin or pallatlng Il