The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-03-10
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RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned From the Teachings
of All Denominations.
1t Is in the power Of the individual to
transform his life into what God de-
sires.-Rev. DR.. Adams, Baptist, Des
Moines, la.
Righteousness. Not Riches
Human society is exercised in a NOR
al struggle toward righteousness. 1t
must be set for that and not material
possessions.-Rev. Mr.. Roop, Metho-
dist, Rochester, N. Y.
Labor Leaders.
The modern labor question calls for
the wisest leadership. He who would
be d leader in this must be a states
man of the broadcast and most unselfsh
spirit. He must walk near to humani-
ty and live near to God.-Rev. r. 8.
Forbes, Congregationalist, Los Angeles,
Cal.
Love One Another.
Friendship reveals the secret of the
uAlNClSS, AOl 1Ou Is lONe, duu NC
who is unselfsh in ~benevolence knows
God. There is a meaning at the heart
Of the world, and that meaning is good
ness. The religious view Of life is the
only rational theory Of existence. 1t
arises out of real life and gives signif-
canoe and power to action.-Rev. G. B.
Henderson, Baptist, Chicago.
The Civilized Hindoo.
There is a misapprehension in the
minds Of many in regard to the char
acter Of the Hindoo. BY them he is
classed with the Kaftir, the Zulu, the
Bushman and the Chinese. There Is
nothing further from the truth. Three
thousand years ago the Hindoos lived
together along the banks of the Tigres
river, a civilized race Of ~people.-Rev.
J. Fl. Harpster. Lutheran, Akron, o.
Church Needs q New Birth.
What the church needs today is a
new birth Of holiness, a new spirit of
sacrifice, a new energy of conservation,
a new enthusiasm for humanity, a new
passion for service, a new ethical con-
seriousness. Illuminated by the very
light of God and inwrought and glori-
fed by the very presence of the i'm
mortal Christ Jesus, which has no part
with the world except to sav it.-Rev.
Frederick Lynch, Congregationalist,
New York.
Learn to Live.
Life-that is the word Of the future.
That is the word to which our natures
are going to respond, which is going
to stir us to the depths. Thus far we
have been content to exist. And so
we have beer very much like vegeta-
bles. When in place Of existence we
think Of and long for life. when the de-
sire to live really takes possession OF
us. then we shall begin our estate az
humans, as conscious sons and daugh-
tiers Of the Most High.-Rev. W. T.
Brown, Rochester, N. Y.
Mans Divine Destiny.
II am the tadpole Of an archangel,"
said Victor Hugo just before his exit
from the world. But the archangel is
a gloriied human being. Every facul-
ty inherent in our common humanity
is carried forward and developed in
that immortal state. Our highest rec
ognized endowments here are but the
hints and prophecies of the unfolding
powers manifested there. Mind or
spirit Is not a mere impersonal influ-
ence. 1t is an embodied entity. 1t is
not absorbed into the eternal in heaven
any more than on earth.-Rev. Wesley
j. Gaines, Atlanta, Ga.
: Vulgarity of Riches.
1t will be vulgar to have jlngling
chains on your horses, so that peo-
pie may know of your approach; vul-
gar to have bright colors blazing on
your carriages in the form Of mono
grams; vulgar to publish in the news.
papers the amount spent or flowers at
a funeral or reception, and If any con-
!. tinue to be so vulgar you'll pass such
a man by as you would a common
, beggar or criminal. This country is
soon going to learn sobriety, pru-
, dence, simplicity and the essential vul-
garity Of wearing on the outside the
exhibit Of the property Of the pos
SCISSOR. Rev. Newell Dwight Hills,
Congregationalist. New York.
T Of Cities.
The cities are u great storm cen
, tiers. Here year after year multitudes
, Of young men and women from the
villages and farms come, seeking
! wealth and place. What is the result?
How frequently they are lost in the
swirl of things! The tinsel and show
9 make a great impression upon them,
! and very often they begin to despise
the tame and insipid life Of the small
! town and long for the spice and vari-
ETY. Of the city's never ending change.
Then they lose the simple faith and
! life they learned in some rural Naz-
areth or some quiet Galilee. The city
has been the grave Of many a parents
: hope and many a young mans faith
and purity. In the "afterward' multi
tudes have wished that they had never