Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-04-16
RELIGIOUS THOUGHTS
Gathered from the Best Exchanges of All Churches

More and more the Christian uo.,,
is coming to believe, what we tb,.r'
a correct Interpretation of the Co.na,
makes clear, that Jesus is NOT
Savior by virtue of his vicarlous o.,
fering for the worlI's sin. but =.
ave through his influence unor AZ
minds and hearts of men and von,~N
He is steadily, and with constort,-
increasing power, saving the wor,,
by the truths that he taught. but a.
character he achieved, by the ava
pie he presents, by the spirit he l..
parts. He is the Word Of God !.
the sense that in him was embod,.s
and expressed the truth. w,sdo~
and love of God as these have resar
ence to man in this world. Ha
the mediator of that truth. that love
that spirit which, when accer,os
and made operative in the life. unite.
the believer and doer to the Fatbe,
in a vital moral and spiritual fellov
ship. Thus the at-one-ment betwao,
the two is accomplished. The bellows
becomes a new creature in Cbris,
Old things-old and romeo ideals
have passed away and new CON.
ceptions of self, of life, Of God and
duty now rule the inner world n
thought and feeling and motive.-Tbs
ITnivarea1ist landau
A Christian will confess Christ with
his mouth, but the loudest profession
of religion and the most beautlfu,
religious talk are not true and gem.
inc unless they are accompanied nv
a life of w~ell-doing. mot every one
that saith unto me, Lord, Lord. shall
enter into the kingdom of heaven
but he that doeth the will of nv
Father who is in heaven"
Our Lord gave us an example that
we should follow. He went about
doing good" On one occasion he took
with him Peter and James and John
and went apart into a mountain Ia
pray; AMI as he prayed heaven came
so near that the summit of the noun.
tain was lighted with the glory Of
God, and he was TRANSPORTED, while
heavenly visitors appeared on the
scene holding converse with him. At
that moment there was an unhappy
father at the foot of the mount seek.
ing help for his demoniac son with
groans and tears. The land was full
of misery and the world was full Of
sin, and Jesus could not be restrained.
He must needs minister to suffering
humanity. He said, 81 must work
the works of Him that sent me while
it is day" Let us go and do likewise.
The Christian Advocate.
In a true sense Sunday Is no better
than any other day in the week. In
a truer sense every day in the week
is sacred time, and every proper en-.
ployment sacred. There is profound
truth in the saying attributed to
Christ, who saw a nan working on the
Sabbath, and said to him: 20 man, II
thou knowest what thou art doing
blessed art thou; but If thou knowest
not, thou art a transgressor and &C.
cursed" Here is the whole phil
osophy Of Sunday occupatiOn-The
Examiner.
1t seems manifest to those who have
lived half a century and who recall
the social conditions of an earlier
age, that a far healthier moral and
religious tone prevails among the PEG
pie of this country than was formerly
the case. 1t may be called a new
philosophy of life, unwrltten, unior
mulated, but even more potent than
If it had been reduced to rules.-The
Christian Register.
Springs of happiness are hidden ana
ready to break forth in every nature
and with every advance in goodness
and greatness new streams are WnN
ing to flow. The joy which all men
crave lies always within the invislDS
circle Of the heart; II is never found
In the world without; and, once found
the world, which is powerless TO Do
tow 1t, cannot take 1t away'-Ins
Outlook.