The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-05-19
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.


Time is only opportunity. How 1t Is
d1led decides how it heals. Time may
see the spread OF feuds as well as tns
growth of peace. -Rev. DIR. John w.
Day. Unitarian. ST. Louis.
Bearing Burdens.
We are not to seek 10 escape the Dur
fenr God gives us. nor to avoid the bur-
dens we may help Others to carry. nor
10 assume the burdens God Will carry
for us and that he does not want us 10
struggle mder.-Rev. W. IL. La iFaae'
Methodist, Atlanta. Ga.
The Conuueror.
Sacrifice is victory. The conqueror
&c the man who gives his life. There
was a time when the world latgheo
that teaching to scorn. Cuba Is mon-
ument 30 that fact. Lincoln ana NC
Kinlev In their lives demonstrated ITS
truth. Rev. William Ross. Presbyte-
Ran, Mortified. Mass.
Nenrness to God.
lust as it is true that Jesus CHRIST Is
the nrop;tiatiom for the sins of the whole
world so also is IL true that there is in
every member of our race capacity TO
receive the blessing of grace. The dis
coyery of this spiritual responsiveness
is sign Of nearness to God--Rev.
George Adarns, Methodist. Brooklyn.
Faith In Christ.
Christ becomes 10 us the source OF
divine companionship. of power for
achievement. of the exaltation OF con-
duct, Of final holiness. He who wishes
to plant hope within his own heart Of
such prospects should begin and never
cease exercising faith in him who loved
us and gave himself to die for u.s.
Rev. C. ID. Case, Baptist, Montciair,
Nj.
Church Memberahip.
That church membership IS mighty
heip to man in his struggle to lead a
truer. purer. nobler Christian life there
Is no doubt. Every true Christian Is
better Christian when he, with holy
purpose, gfTes his allegiance to some
one church and allows his name to be
placed upon the church roll.-Rey. Dr.
Frank De Witt Talmage. Presbyterian.
Chicago.
The ConQuertnE Force.
Love. and not violence, Is the con-
auering force. The market Is not over
stocked With the Christian grace of hui
mainly. 1t is the oil which reduces the
friction OF life The king OF England
is showing some in his visit to Ireland
and his can on the humble poor The
president Of France has shown some
in visiting his accredited foe. Men are
beginning to get off their high horses
Rev. John Norris; Baptist, Chicago.
Seeking God.
We must do our duty, and God viii
do the rest. When God calls man.
gives him a message and commands
him to forward march no power on
earth can hinder his onward march
God wants delirerer. we need de-
liverer. We must be faithful to the
charge God has given US. We must 60
back to the old camping ground We
must seek the God Of our fathers, truss
God for his love and saving grace
Rev. S. r. Tice, Methodist, New York.
Heart Knowledge.
The Bible has more to say Of the
heart than or the working OF the mind.
and the first knowledge of the Lord
comes from the heart. Thus man
should accept without attempting to
theorize on the workings of the Al
mighty. It is well to make study of
theology, to enter into its smallest de-
tails, but the instinct OF love and rev.
erence for the Superior Being impiant-
ed in the heart OF every man should
be his guiding star.-Rev. Albert Ev
ans, Presbyterian. Rochester. n. y.
Most Precious Thought.
All Gods thoughts are precious, but
the most precious Is expressed in his
Son. john speaks of Jesus as the very
essence Of preciousness. Unto you
which believe he Is preciousness."
Gods thoughts Of heaven are precious.
II this earth, which is his footstool and
built for man for so short and feyerish
nm existence, Is SO beautiful and salts
flying, what must be his thought as ex-
pressed In heaven. Gods throne and
mans eternal home? Language stag
gers In trying to describe Jehovah's
thought Of the place orepared for mans
long homa-Rev. DR.. J. T. ". Johnston,
Baptist, St Louis.
Seeing God.
II ever you see God as manifested
In Jesus Christ, as evidenced in the
lives and conduct OF Christians, as re-
vealed in his written word or dis
played In the wounds of nature and OF
Providence, then you. too, will pros
trate yourself, as Isaiah did, in humility,
In self adherence, in self helplessness
For to see God Is to hate all sin. Suck
4 view Of Gods holiness and such q
touch Of his forgiving love result In
the conservation of q mans life and
the warming OF his heart into sympa-
thetic obedience toward all things
which God would have him do, so that
when God wants messenger to send