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Salvation.-The world has never out
grown Christs conception OF salvation.
And can never outgrow II. for the law
OF 1t Is written In the very page OF the
universe itself.--Rev. r. NJ. Waters,
CongregatiOnallst. Brooklyn, n. Y.
Literature.-The Bible is lltera.
ture, not a book; Il is the literature Of
q great people. and as such It gives US
an insight into the beginning OF the re-
llgion Of a great people-Rey. w. s,
Rainsford. Episcopalian, New York
City.
Pessimism.-on the whole, life is
not 50 bad as We were taught to ex-
pect It; the fears of pessimism are not
realized by healthy men; our young
fears were larger than the experienced
facts.--Rev. Robert Mackenzie. Pres
byterian, New York City.
The Bread OF Life.-There IL In the
city not only literal physical famine,
but famine Of the bread OF life. And
on the boulevards in splendid palaces
no less than in the foulest slums. men
are perishing for lack Of it.-Rev. p.
s. Henson. Baptist. Boston, Mass,
Selt-Defense.-The fight with the
slums is not a mere philanthropy; 1t is
measure OF self-defense. The age
long struggle Of the church to uplift
and to save is as much service to the
saints as to the sinners.-Rey. ]. O.
Adams, Episcopalian, Hartford. Conn.
HonesU.-Men find 1t easier to take
the path OF least resistance. But the
honest man viii follow the beckoning
hand Of truth at any and all cost. He
win be true to the promptings Of his
conscience, no matter what the world
VIII say.-Rabbi J. L. Levy, Hebrew.
Pittsburg, Pa.
Danger.-It is one OF the dangers Of
our modern preoccupation with novels
and the dramatic successes of the
stage that our emotional life Is called
into activities that are not always bar
monlous with the rest Of our life
Rev. 7. @. Hall, Congregatlonalist.
Brooklyn, N. Y.
False Ideals.--A sermon nodded and
shaped to human fashion oftentimes
looks well. but Christ is obscured and
the conscience Of the hearer is un-
aroused. Sins putrefaction must be
cut out by the surgical knife Of eternal
truth.-Rev. R. S. Rowe. Methodist
Kenneyville. Md.
The Man Outslde.-There is only one
man In the world who is outside the
pale Of religion. and he is the conceit-
ed man, the self-centered and self-sat-
isfled man. Between him and tie
kingdom of God there is great gulf
fixed.-Rev. ]. h. Melish, Episcopa-
lian, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Freedom.-What man wants is less
of government; the relaxation OF OPP
pressive laws; larger freedom for the
individual, stronger fraternity, more
perfect equality. Out of this larger
freedom will come prosperity. peace
and happiness for all.-Rev. George E.
Reed, Methodist, Carlisle, Pa.
Sorrow.-An Christian sorrow, as
well as all Christian experiences are
but different methods OF Gods own
through which He gives higher and
fuller revelations of His love and bless
ing, and develops His people to better
fitness for service.-Rey. J. R. Mackay,
Presbyterian, Glens Falls, n. Y.
Love for All.-God loves all His
children, and does not love one less be-
cause He has another, or because He
has many millions of children. He
loves them all and has love enough for
them all, and He wants His children
to love each other.-Rev. L. NJ. Zim-
norman, Lutheran, Baltimore, Md.
Affection.-No man has a moral
right to swear before the altar of God
that he will be true to one woman,
unless he believes that he is absolute
master Of his affection. If he disbe-
lieves, and takes one woman to wife,
he is a liar and a hypocrite.-Rev.
Frank Crane, Congregationalist, Wor-
cester, Mass.
The Ruin of Nations.-Prosperity
has been the ruin of nations-Egypt,
Syria, Greece and Rome. There is in
1t a bacillus that tends to overstep
prudence-a bunting of fine sensibilI.
ties, lessening of ideals, treading
underfoot Of eternal principles of right
and justice.-Rev. G. B. Burns, Meth
odist, Philadelphia, Pa.
Dangers.-There are two dangers
which threaten the churches In their
relation with the pastors; the peoples
over estimation of the minister and
their underesttmatlOn OF themselves
The church may have an able minis
ter, brilliant and eloquent, but II be
cause Of this the people sit down In
admiration and congratulation the cha
riot wheels of truth are choked rather
than helped along.-Rev. Richard Tur
ner, Methodist, Philadelphia, Pa.
Nothing New.-The world has beer
busy eighteen hundred years sine,
John laid down his pen; very busy
The thoughts Of men have gone every
where searching for truth. l wan
| savoa man IN write ono aantanno N,
moral Of religious truth that is not in
germed at least in what Jesus sait
and in what, by inspiration, the apostl,
wrote. They cannot give you on thos'
lines the dot of an 'f' or the cross o.
at" And the world is coming to rec
ognize that unique and amazing fact
Rev. @. D. Foss, Methodist, New
York City.
Garlic in Salads.
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