The gold leaf., 1905-12-07
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.

Gems Cleaned From the Teachings
of All Denominations.
We all admire the new ideas and the
progress of the young, yet we are In
danger of drifting too far away from
the old path as trodden by our fathers.
-Rev. L. NJ Zimmerman, Lutheran,
Baltimore.
View of God.
Modern day Christianity believes that
God is the ever existing, undying en-
erey of the universe that Is ever work
ing with strong purpose for good
Rev. DIR. Lyman Abbott, Congregation
alist, Brooklyn.
A Potent Factor In Human Life.
The church Is today what she has
ever been-not a beautiful dream, not
a poetic fiction, but living reality
that enters as potent factor into all
the most varied phases of human life.
Rev. B. J. Often, s. j., Roman Cath
olic, st. Louis.
Mans True Value.
Not the general faith in God, the Max
er of the world, the Ruler of men, but
the personal faith in Christ, the abso-
lutte reliance in his word-this is what
makes the true value of man in Christs
eyes.-Rev. Dr. A. Spaeth, Lutheran,
Mount Airy, Pa.
Grand Success.
To the divine mind all the fragmenta-
ry work Of life in keeping with the
right is grand success. Each word spO-
ken for the truth, each intention enlist
ed in Gods cause, will be, you may be
sure honored of him.-Rev. Robert
Macdonald, Baptist, Brooklyn.
Following Our Ideals.
We do not truly follow our ideals by
an effort of will or reason, but we are
carried toward them by the force of
our better instincts, which are aroused
by some divine vision and bear US for
ward as the swelling tide lifts and
moves great ships.-Rev. DIR. Frank
Crane. Unitarian, Worcester, Mass.
Happy Marriage.
Perfect marriage is rare because per-
feet men and women are rare. The
ideal marriage is, therefore, long way
off, but happy marriage, successful
from the standpoint of the church and
state, is by 10 means SO rare as long
haired men and short haired women
would have us believe.-Rabbi j. l..
Levy, Pittsburg.
A Chrfstian's influence.
The Christian does not know how far
his influence does reach. There are
some whom he strives to help, but
farther of there may be some with
whom he never comes in contact who
are affected by his very shadow, by the
unconscious influence of his Christian
life.-Rev. Dr. Frank De Witt Talmage
Presbyterian, Los Angeles. Cal
Family Worship and Church Service.
The reading of the best books cannot
take the place of the Bible nor the at
tendance of any kinds Of educational
gatherings the place of the house Of
worship. Not even private devOtions or
family worship, as essential as they are
for every life, can fill the place of grace
furnished by the services of the sanctu-
ary.-Rev. Columbus Polk Goodson,
Presbyterian, ST. Louis.
Great Revival.
This world will never be converted
through the preaching of preachers.
The great body of the business men Of
our churches must be moved and STIR
red and set on fire for God before any
great revival can come in these busy,
practical times. The next great revival
will be laymen's revival The next
great revival will be a business mems
revival.-Rev. E. II. Libby, Congrega-
tionalist, Englewood, Ill.
The Passing Away of an Honest Man.
What Il man has gained he keeps
here or hereafter if he is only true to it.
When We see Il man whose life has
been full of honest endeavor after right
eousness passing out into the dark
hereafter we shall think of him as an
oarsman VIII, has pulled his best so
far, and, though he may rest on his
oars rs he shoots under the dark bridge,
we shall know that his moral momen-
tum will carry him through till he
takes stroke again on the other side
Rev. Dr.. William H. Lyon, Unitarian,
Brookline, Mass.
Habits Effect ON Spirituality.
The spiritual soul, which is the real
self, Of which the body and nervous
system are but the tabernacle and in
strument, is under the sway of habit
The spiritual soul does as it has done
aforetime. If the spiritual soul think
true things, love pure things, will right
things and keep on thus doing, there
comes to be in the spiritual soul a sci
toward things true and pure and right
The spiritual soul-and this is the high
est state Of righteousness-has become
the blessed and rejoicing thrall of 8
habit of righteousness.-Rev. DR.. Way.
land Hoyt, Baptist, Philadelphia.
Back Of all our industrial strife to.
day stands a broken law Of brother.
hood, and the man who broke it first
was the capitalist, the employer. the
very one whose superior intelligence
ought to have taught him better. Sep.
arated from his workmen in the devel.
opment Of the stock company and the
big industry, he began to forget that
they were his brothers and to treat
them simply as hands. And the resul,
of that violation Of brotherhood, wide
spread and long continued, has been
the labor union, with the deep seated
hatred and distrust that are in its heart
today. And the only solution of the
problem is through return to the spir
1t Of brotherhood. - Rev. Willard b