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RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
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Emit AsaSni In Religion.

EnthnstaSm An Religion.
Somehow the world has more almi
ration for Il big, stalwart, courageous
devil shan for puay. weak. indiffer
ent angel. Enthusiasm at least warns
hot box in the machinery of the church
than the whole gospel train stalled in
Il snoWdrift Of congenial Indifference
Rev. ]. VI. Mark ley. Congregational
list, Denver
The Lesson of the Master.
ouid you attain a Well rounded
useful. happy life? Then note Well the
lesson of the Master Daily send your
multitudes away if only for Il few min
utes; then so apart for silent commun-
ion With God. When even comes, be-
fore You sleep, let it always find YOU
alone with God. your Father, who
watches over you through the hours Of
the ni@ht.-Eev. Henry Mottet Episeo-
palian, New York
The One just Record
The only absolutely just record of
our lives is with God. He searcheth
our hearts. He knows the motives Of
our best aud worst deeds. We may
deceive ourselves, and we may succeed
in deceiving Others but we cannot de
ceive him. our sorrows and our shame,
our desires and our purposes, our i'm
agination and mental struggles, our
Ideals and dreams-all, all are known
to him who readeth our lives, who
hath set oar secret sins in the light of
his countc:ance." DR. Charles
&. Albertson, Germantown Pa
The Great Uniter
The cross Is the great uniter. 1t
unitcs men with God. 1t is here that
men are drawn toward Cod 1t is the
only place where God can meet God.
We can see and meet God in the sun
shine in nature. But the cross is the
only place where Christ gets right
down to the level Of man and atone
ment, The word means atone ment, to
l." with one God. God put himself at
man level With the incarnation. but
he put himself at mans lowest level
Oh the cross. His love is simply UNI
spea !lable.- Rev DR. John T.. White.
Baptist Atlanta, Ga
The All Important Thing
Tile ii! Important thing is the formn
ton of a character that shall with
stand ia" wreck of ages and the crash
of worlds Many of us imagine that
the testing time of character Is a sort
Of accident. We hear the Master tell
ing of the roaring winds, the falling
water and the rushing floods in the
case OF the man who built his house
upon Il rock and of his neighbor who
built his on the sand, and we fancy
that the storm was only an accident
But in the truest sense the storm is a
necessity. TO live is to be tempted
and in its last analysis character itself
Is its own Severest teSt-Rev. II. s.
Bradley, Presbyterian, Atlanta, Ga.
T,. Path of JOY.
Pleasure is desirable and lauda Bile
If Ideal conditions could prevail pleas
IRE would be the condition of every
one. That conditions are not ideal is
due to Ignorance People seek pleas
ure III the wrong way and at the ex-
pense of others. Work, from which
most people shrink. is a way to pleas
ure fer when We become accustomed
to or taSHS that which is achieved
@ivts pleasure, while pleasure pur-
sued III a wrong way and for itself
alone ee#5,es III tie end to be found
Real it.a@sFiGe comes to every health
fHl Pa8i9H through a succession Of
Wc1's aa4 },iay, but the purest pleas
i've e5l9aS to him who tries to create
conditions favorable to the happiness
Of eli nea. Rev William ". Rackus,
Unitarla@ Chicago.