Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-22
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Ol5 as
to confess that we are sinners and
quite another to. forsake our sins
Rev. L.. y. Crandall, Baptist, Chicago
Illinois. 81. r.. -a. i
| -Affections.-No man has Il moral
right to swear before the altar Of COD
that he will be true to one woman un-
less he believes he is absolute master
Of his affection. If he diSbelieves, and
takes one woman to wife, he is a liar
and a 'hypocrite.-Rev.l Frank Crane,
Congregationalist, Worcester, Mass.
Essentials.-In' our Ignorance and
folly we make secondary things to be
essential and we make first things to
be subordinate. Men talk about tariffs
and the form of money, and political
parties, and horses and e~quipages, as
if these things were really great.-Rev.
n. D. Hills, Congregatlonalist, Brook
Ign, n. y.
Humbugs.-If labor unions and en-
ployers' associations would both cast
out from their membership inldels and
| soclalistic humbugs, and take in a
few ~level-headed preachers they would
| learn more In six months than they
| have learned in the past ten years.
| Rev. +. Z. Hopkins, Congregationalist,
| Chicago, III.
Whipping.-A good teacher will no
more think Of whipping a pupil nova
days than a physician will think of
blistering or blood-letting. The teach
err who favors whipping except in ex-
IRENE instances is a blunderbuss and
\ should nc 10njn6 q nlnan In modern
school rooms.-Rev. G. F. Hall, indie
pendent, Chicago, III.
Disqualification is not totally de-
PRAYED. Every man, no matter how
degraded he may be now, has had a
childhood; and during child life holy
things were stored up in his soul.
These are, never lost. 1t is this golden
side Of human life the church must
reach.-Rev. T.. A. King, S~wedenbor-
gian, Cleveland, Ohio.
News.-The newspaper sells news
precisely as. a merchant sells goods.
Its columns correspond to the shelves
in a dry goods store; and it can no
more afford to put in it's columns read
ing matter which will not sell han
can the merchant afford to put unsal-
able wares ION his shelves.-Rev.
Charles Scudding, Episcopalian. La
Grange, Ill.
Real Manhood.-When men cease to
be for sale-when they have decency
enough to refuse to be bribed, COM
mon honesty enough to be true to
their VOWS. and courage enough to do
their duty, then we can say that men
are more precious than gold-then
shall they take on real manhood
Rev. N. w. Stroup, Methodist, CIeye-
land, Ohio.
Valuation of Mana new valuation
of man has arisen from the teachings
of the Bible. Man is no longer a thing.
The intense realism of the age is re-
fected in realistic fiction and painting
of modern authors and artists. It IS
the duty of the modern preacher to
learn Of life from life itself and know
God at first hand.-Rev. H. H. Paine,
Methodist, Worcester, Mass.
The Drama.-The church has erred
in ignoring the drama. The dramatic
instinct Is as universal as the religious.
We see the dramatic expressing itself
among children, the girl putting on
long dresses and Initiating her mother
and the boy In some other way mimics
father. Wherever you find man he
paints and plays as well as prays.-
Rev. John Thompson, Methodist, Chi
cage, III. 500 a s.y
Dangers Of MISUNDERSTANDING Is
headstrong and dominant. 1t is quick
1 tempered and brooks no restraint. It
has the wilfulness Of conscious
strength. It presents opportunities
that no other age presents and so
temptations from within are abetted
by circumstances from without. and
there is but one result that can come
to the unguarded.-Rev. G. L. Good
ell, Methodist, Brooklyn, n. Y.
Marriage.-In the absence of suit
parents, the State should intervene
! and maxi a rigid examination Of all
, couples intending to marry, and give
licenses only to those who are healthy
and st to be fathers and mothers. The
State has a right to place restrictions
on marriage for the welfare Of its fu-
ture citizens.-Rev. ]. l.. Scudder, Con-
gregationalist, jersey City, N. J.
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Proit.-In the Industrial and COM
mercial world it is supposed that each
man can exercise his peculiar gift for
his own profit alone. Here we are
told it is every man for himself. But
even here the law of mutually reigns
in spite Of the hardness Of mems
hearts. No one can grow wealthy HIM
self without in some degree enrichins
the community in which he lives
Rev. a. s. Crapsey, Episcopallan,
Rochester, n. Y.
The Pessimists.-There are people
who are patterns Of good morals and
yet steal away the enjoyment which
other people AVE in their surround
fngs and possessions. A mans happi-
ness Is n OF his richest possessions
and there is nj greater menace to So
ciety than~the cyaics, pessimists, and
those gloomy morbid persons who
mak a business of robbing other peo-
pie of the music and sunshine ofslife.
Rev. j. NJ. Markley, Congregational
list, Denver, Col.
Indfa,s Cation Imduatrv.