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RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
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s1cMs 01eahed From the Teachings
Of All Demon ma tfons.
Gods love for man is the love of o
friend for d friend.-Rev. Father Jack
son, Roman Catholic, Atlanta, Ga.
Truth.
Truth consists of crumbs scattered
on Gods universe, and you must go
down OH your knees to get one of them.
REV. DR.. Mitchell Bronx, Baptist,
Bayonne, N. ].
Rule of the Right.
The coming of the heavenly kingdom
is the coming Of the rule of the right,
Of the divine will in the heart and life
of man.--Rev. Horace Porter, Con-
gregationalist, Montclair, N. J.
The Silent Life.
The world is yet to be saved from
the depersonalizing spirit of Industrial
ism, commercialism and militarism by
the self integrating power of the silent
life.-Rev. Addison Ballard, Congrega-
tionalist, Detroit
A Passing Nation.
Other nations have passed away
owing to their own inherent folly and
shortcomings Rum soaked, Ignorant
and superstitious Russia is present
day example.-Rev. A. T. Benze, Epis-
copalian, Cleveland, O.
Godlessness.
There is, as an actual matter Of fact,
IN, uni
versities as in your penitentiaries, just
as much godlessness among the cul-
tured and refined as among the poor
and ignorant.-Rev. DR.. 6. Campbell
Morgan, Presby terian, London.
Self Mastery.
Show your power by overcoming diff
ticulties The highest strength lies in
self mastery. II you can down the
evil in your own heart, hold yourself
to the ways of righteousness, you have
given the surest proof Of manhood
Rev. l.. A Crandall. Baptist, Chicago
Christianity's Supreme Argument.
Kindness is the supreme argument
of Christianity to an unbelieying word.
The mere conventional kindness of SO
ciety, it's mere civilities and attentions.
are not sufficient to convince of the
gen,lineness of our religion.-Eev. 10
sephus Stephan. Methodist. st. Louis,
The Ideal Pulpit.
The ideal pulpit throbs with expan-
sion-as we understand it, wide with
the multiplication of hallowed emo
the quality of the pulpit in all the
ages The pulpit that lacks backbone
and common sense does not reach the
masses. The periodical preacher is in
clneI TO emasculate the truth The
pulpit ought to be the center of heroic
ut.er,nce-Rev. Dr. Frank G. Bruner,
Unitarian, Oakwoods, Ill.
CErista Influence.
q Mcn-you who are men in the full
sense of III" wor;i5 listen to me! Blot
out Christ from the world tOday-all
of his influence wherever it may have
as men what would be the resdlt.
Why, it would mean that you must
blot cut the best in every walk of life.
1t is a horrible thought. but if this
thing were done-if ChrstS influence
We're blotted out-the world would reei
and stagger back to the brute state
Rev. DR.. James Y. Fair, Presbyterian,
Savannah. Ga.
AIixto, racy 0f Souls.
There is real aristOcracy in this
world an aristocracy of souls. Jesus
Christ was an ariatocrat, and he was
looking for other members of that aris-
tocracy which he called the Kingdom
of heaven. He found them on every
hand, among all classes, in strangest
and most unexpected places. And
wherever he found them his great
work was to recognize them. to call
them by name and bid them be true to
their high calling And he SENDS us
out to do the same work in his name.
Rev. Willard Brown Thorp, Congre-
gationalist, Chicago.