The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-10-20
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.

Commune often with yourself. Be
honest. Dare to look in your own soul.
Rev. Henry Frank. Independent.
New York.
New Thought Unitariana.
The Christian Scientists and the Di.
vine Scientists and the spirituaiists are
all Unitarian in their theology as well
rs our sister church, the Universaiists.
This growth of the Unitarian heresy Is
the result of scientific ideas.-Rev. DIR.
Utter, Unitarian, Denver.
God's Programme.
In every realm Gods programme Is
to move from the lower TO the higher,
from the simple TO the complex. from
the imperfect TO the perfect This Is
the eternal law. and. since God IL in
this world, 1t must be moving on to-
ward the better day.-Rev. Polemus
II. Swift. Methodist. Chicago.
Living. Breathing Realities.
To him who believes that Jesus
Christ is the King of ages. the same
yesterday, today aud forever, the
scenes he passes through are living
and breathing realities. With eyes en-
lightened by divine faith. he sees them
re-enacted before him. and he Is him.
self n prominent actor thereln.-Rev.
DR.. James F. Loughim. Catholic. Pitts
burg
Truth OF the Resurrection.
Christianity stands or falls with the
truth of the resurrection. III Christ
be not risen. then there Is no Christian.
ity- The resurrection involves the
whole story Of the incarnation. He
who has risen must have died. he who
has died must have lived, and he who
has lived must have been born. Thus
the empty tomb of Jerusalem proves
the holy manager OF Bethlehem. Rev.
A. Lincoln Moore, Baptist, New York.
RiEhteousness and Prosperity.
Only OF the godly Is 1t sail-whatso-
ever he doeth shall prosper. On the
other hand, Il positive curse is pro-
nounccd on the disobedient. ana the
essential curse Is the lack of pros
perity. The keeping of the Christian
religion is the greatest known producer
Of prosperity. Instance every Christian
nation. Nevertheless there must be
many fools. for prosperity is fruitful
cause Of overthrow Rev. DIR. q. Bick-
ley Burns. Methodist. Philadelphia.
Cause of LABELLED.
Men are no. driven to unbelief by the
failure to comprehend the hand which
creates universe. but to the ear which
listens to music OF IN atom. Sin is not
continued and multiplied on the earth
for the lack of tongues TO utter right
eousness but from the lack Of sancti-
fed ears on the part of those who
preach it. ears so keen that they may
hear among the discordant sounds OF
earth every bit of harmony that speaks
of hope for the life that utters it-Rev
w. Everett Johnson. Epscopauan. New
York.
The Man Who Fails.
The world has laurel wreaths for
what it calls success and forge.funess
| for the man that falls, yet history has
been made and man redeemed by men
who failed to win applause. The poll
| tician who Is regular" gets the place.
| as Il rule, and the man who stands for
| principle. who makes brave fight ana
| gets defeated, Is locked upon with pity.
But 1t is far better to battle for the
right In the face of certain defeat than
to win in the wrong. Tue time will
come at last when the crown viii be
| given to the man that fails Rev.
Bruce Brown, Christian, Chicago.
| Unity of the universe.
| The universe Is Il unit. There IL rs
much matter today TO the grain rs
there was the day God made the world.
Forms change and are destroyed. but
| matter never. What is true of matter
| is true of soul Made in the Image OF
| God, made nlive by his BREATH We
have divine origin, and therefore MI
| the souls in the universe are from him.
| An apple may be cut in n thousand
| parts, and you may find all but one
but your apple Is not whole. The uni
| verse of souls divided into numberless
hosts. one gone. you no longer have q
unit.-Rev G. J. Harris. Universalist
Atlanta. Ga.
| Christian Fellow ship.
| We are saved by fellowship. Oh
what a great and often forgotten truth
We are saved by fellowship. 1rst, by
the holy fellowship of Jesus Christ
and then we are also most profoundly
influenced by our fellowship with each
other How careful ought we all to
be of what We think and do and say
The existence of the Christian churel
| Is accounted for, first of all, of course
by the plan Of God and his purpose In
/ Christ TO secure glorious church as
the bride of the great bridegroom, Jc
sus Christ, but after that the church Ii
accounted for In this fact Of II heaven
ly fellowship Of kindred souls. which
the church makes possible and whief
IT realizes for every true child OF God
Rev. DR. +. TrumbulI Lee. Presbyte
rian. Philadelphia
The Divine 4.rpose.
There is purpose behind all that I:
and Is to be- If any soul awcd by thu
majesty and subfimity Of the match
less truth TO which the day Of regur
rection gives emphasis asks. WHY an
to live Immortality" IL may find an
swer when ii considers. on the on,
hand, its own actual and possible sell
| and, on the other. the actual and posi-
BILE conditions Of other souls and tiit
moral universe. We are all mentally
and morally more than we were n
birth, but what n3easareiess heights o
intelligence and gootue8s tower bcfor'
US toward which We have not as sc
made the slightest advance. We hav'
all made contributions toward the I'm
provemcBt Of other lives aud the ad
vancement OF the kingdom Of heaven
but how much remains or the wori
| that must he done before nil men ar
perfect. even as their Father In beaver
| IL perfect, and harmony reigns through
ont the moral universei-Hev. Freder
lex r. Priest. Uniyersalist. Chicago.
Church of fine Future.
However much we may wish IL wer
otherwise. Ii is fact that the Chris
tan church Is being superseded In th
| rF In. hot