Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1904-09-09
rHe HIGHER LIFE.
Selected Gems Of Thought From Pun
pit and Press Of all seets.

l ind no word OF Querul0us dissatls-
faction upon Jesus lips about the
world He had come into. 1t was
good enough world to live good life
in.-Phillips Brooks.
The Pillar and Ground Of Truth.
In the church we learn the great
lesson OF perseverance, faithful
continuance in well-doing; and OF
brotherly love and forbearance. In the
church is communion with God. union
with Christ, and fellowship with the
saints. The church is the pillar and
ground OF the truth. and holds up be-
fore the world the pure Word OF God.
Thank God for the pure gospel from
the good old Book. that viii abide
when all other things pass away
Evangelist James Harris.
The Attractive Power Of the Church.
The house of God which becomes
noted in a neighborhood as a place
in which many sinners have been
transformed by the renewing of their
minds" viii. by a certain instinct OF
our redeemed humanity, soon become
a centre of attraction, not only to
those who, with scarcely any light,
are cropping after the truth, but even
TO men who are still hardly going on
in sin. The greatest fame of Chris
tianity is the fame of the cures she
works, her greatest glory the glory
of the saints she trains, her own I'M
shared renown the renown of sinners
renewed in the image of God; and
wherever works of this kind are
noised abroad in any community there
the preacher will not want hearers,
there the sewer will not be without
a field.-Rev. VIM. Arthur.
In Happy Fellowship.
Some people are consciously con-
verted suddenly. They can fix the
hour and the place. and all the attend
ant circumstances Of their new birth.
They can point to the very arrow OF
truth that pierced the heart, and to
the precise sermon or prayer or con-
scientious act that brought the heal
Ing balm. With the majority of Chris
tians feel quite confident that their
experience in conversion is like the
daybreak A faint CLEAN of thoughtful
ness grew into earnestness. grew into
penitence, and enlarged into a fuller,
deeper sense of the souls need OF
Christ; then, as the soul came on to-
ward Jesus, the ruddier hues of hope
appeared, and some Pushes of joy
kindled up, and the soul discovers
that the night of unbelief has ended
and the day-dawn has begun. II have
come to the conclusion" said very
intelligent Christian lady to her pas
tor, that II is best for me that have
never yet been able to fix the exact
time of my conversion. / am afraid
that | should trust too much to it IL
| could Now | trust to nothing but
continued faith and to living in happy
fellowship with my Savior. Rev.
Theodore L. Cuyler, DID.
Lack of Fidelity to Our Saviour.
OF course, all sin is lack of fidelity,
but we are speaking now of sins which
show a low state of religion, in our
hearts-a special lack of devotion and
loyalty A great many Christians
seem to wish to walk as near the
line between right and wrong as ever
they can, just SO they do not go clear
over. 1t Is bad sign when you hear
a Christian asking for little rules for
duty. A loving, loyal devotion does
not need rules to define fine points
between right and wrong. 1t is bond
age when we serve Christ because we
must. II is the highest liberty when
we serve Him because we wish to
because we love Him and really desire
to do what will please Him. 1t is not
hard to do the wishes of One we love.
Lack of Christian decision, unfaithful-
ness to our vows, sinful indulgence,
pleasure-seeking at the expense of re-
ligion and character-these are all
ways in which we may wound Christ,
ways in which He is far too often
wounded in the house or His friends
Let us watch against wounding Him.
Let us do our best to serve Him low
lngly and well.-Rev G. B. F. Hallock.
DID.
The AcceE ed Time.
Christ's redeeming work is done, so
far as his work on earth is coneerned