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We ali at,:..re tIe acN- ideas AMI The
progress OF the y3ui9. vet We are u
danger of drifting tor far away frp3i
the old path as troddcn hy our fathers.
Baltimore.
View Of cod.
M"IerfI day christianity believes that
God is the ever "N;stf-. undying cfs
er@N Of the universe tl,4t is ever work
in@ with Il Sllon. purpose for good =
Rev. lbr Lyman .NbIotf Con@regatioll-
aIiSl, IsronizIln.
Potent Inet"r In Human Life.
The church i today What She has
ever bee}t :j9i :; beHutfGl dream. hot
Il poetic fiction. hsit Il living reality
thai enters ;tS Il potent factor INTO AL
IscN B. j. often. = J.. l,ou,;tn Cath
Ole, 81. f.esis.
VANS True Value.
Not Tie general faith in Cod. tie Max
er of he WoriI the l;lllol of men. but
tie personal fut!. in, ,hi>t. the ahSo-
lnlc rtliaii'.. in his Word This is What
makes the trllc VHllIe of man in Christ S
eyes. i;cN. Or. y. Sparth. Lutheran.
Mount Airy. FL.
;.r:,nh Success.
To The divine mind all the fra ::!Henta-
~ Nurl> OF lie in kres,ile with tie
right is "rHn,! s,lrrc * Each word spo-
ken for The truth. each intention enlist
ed in Go,l'S cause. Will be. you may be
sure honotrd of hin. Rev Robert
Macdonald, BAPTIST. Bro; lNn.
Following. Our Ideals.
We TO Hot truly follow o1Ir ideals by
III effort of Will ." reason. but We are
carried toward them =hy the force ot
our better instincts. which are aroused
10y some diVill" vision and heti uS fer.
ward us The swelling tide lifts and
moNrs great ships. !tev. Or. Frank
Crane. tni1;t-i,l. Worcester. Mass.
liappH Marriage.
Perfect marriage is rare because per
feet tHcn and Women are rare. The
ideal marriage is. therefore, Il long way
Off but happy inalIiaGe. successful
from the Standpoint of the church and
state. is by no mcunS SO rIrc us long
haired Ecn and shcrt haired women
Would have u* hpIeNc-R,tibi j. l.,
Levy. 'iltshur@.
ChriAfian'> influence.
'ihe Christian does Net Know how far
his inillltnrc does peach There are
SOME whom lie strives TO help. but
farther oil, lhere nlay be some Will
Whnh la' never comes in contact who
are H'.rctr, l., his very shadow. by TIE
unconscious Influence of his Christial
life Rrv. 'r Frank De Witt 'Iahnaye.
l'reShN terrain. 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 amy kinds ut educational
worship. Not even private devotionS or
family worship. as essential rs they are
for every life. can fill the place of grace
furnished hy the services of the sanctu-
arN.-Rev. Columbus Polk Goot.son,
Presbyterian. ST Louis
Great Revival.
This World will never he converted
through the preaching of preachers.
The great body of the business men Of
our churches must be moved and stir
red and sci OH fire for God before amy
great revival can come in these busy.
practical times. The next great revival
Will he Il l3ymen'S revival. The next
great revival will be a business men y
revival Rev L. IL Libby, Consrega
tiouuliSt. EnglcWood. III.
What 4 man has gained he keeps
here 0r hereafter ii he is only true to H.
When we see 4 man whose life hHs
been full of honest endeaNor after light
eouSNHsS passing out into the dark
hereafter we shall think OF him as an
oarSWan VIII, has pulled his best So
far, and, though he may rest on his
oars lis he Shoaj> under the dark bridge,
wc shall know that his moral momen-
tum viii carry him through till he
takes >trn}>e again on the other side
Rev DR.. William IL. Lyon. Unitarian,
Brool>Iinr. Mass.
Iiabits Effect on Spirituality.
The spiritual soul. Which is the read
self. ei Nhirh the body and merry GUS
SYSTEM are hut the tabernacle and in
st4unteut. is under the SWAY of habit
The spiritual soul does AZ il has done
afoget5iHe. If the spiritual soul think
trGe things, love pure things. Will right
things 3nd keep on thus doing. there
comes 10 be IN the spiritual soul a set
toward things true and pure and right
The spiritual >oul-and this is the high
est Stjlte % 'ishtcousneSS has become
the ble~sed and rejoicing thran of s
habit oi r.-hteoJ>UeS> Rev DIR. Nay
land lIoYt, Baptist, Philadelphia.
What Oar libraries should Re.
\ mans Ith@y. in ;Ae first place,
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