Alaska sentinel., 1905-08-31
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Expansion.-We make haste to &C., quire new possessions, not knowing how we shall use them when they are ours.-Rev. H. Van Dyke, Presbyteri- an, Princeton, N. J.
 False Friends.-Society does not make men and women. Character is the test for manhood or womanhood. Let us not be deceived by false friends. but trust Jesus.-Rev. J. H. Accoye, Methodist, Boston, Mass.
 The Sacrament.-A study of the sacrament in it's broad significance shows that Christ was conscious of being free of guilt, and any man who Is free in consciousness from sin fears not death.-Rey. A. J. Henry, Con- gregationalist, Brooklyn, \. Y.
 The Simple Life.-It Is measurably true that the educated classes are yaluing life more and more by its ma terial equipment and that they are in danger of losing the power of plain living and high thinking.-Rey. J. NJ. Taylor, Presbyterian, Poughkeepsie, N. I.
 Right Will Pay.-It pays you to do right. Nothing else will last. If you want permanent success, do right, even if you suffer loss. If you don't succeed in this life, success Is yours in the eternal world.-Rey. NJ. C.. Brooks, African Methodist, Brooklyn. N. '.
 Free Speech.-A free government necessarily implies a free person and free speech, and while it may be true that now and then there may have been abuse of these privileges, yet we believe 1t to be the exception and not the rule.-Rev. G. A. Knerr, Eyange- list, Pottsville, Pa.
 Truth.-There is no such thing as change in fundamental truth. We may know more of the truth, but we cannot change that which is really true. Knowledge may increase. but we cannot change the truth to which we are heirs.-Rev. w. H. Roberts, Presbyterian, New York City.
 Cloudy Skies.-The soul that trust eth in Christ knows what it is to be with Him under cloudy as well as of duty and in the way of development and in the way of destiny. But there are ever bright clouds.-Rey. B. G.. Newton, Congregationalist, Pittsburg. Pa.
 Glory and Good Will.-The reason why the modern highway robber, the criminal trust magnate, is good church member is that both he. and his church believe that glory to God and goodwill toward men are two separate and distinct things.-Rey. Frank Crane, Unitarian, Worcester, Mass.
 Conquerors of the World.-All along life's ways, quietly, unknown of us often, unheralded, in simple daily trueness of living, move the real con- Querors of the world, for whose brows the angels are weaving garlands from the leaves of the tree of life.-Rev. John B. Clark, Presbyterian, Detroit, Mich.
 Labor and the Church.-The church of Jesus Christ is the friend of the working man. If she is not, she Is untrue to her Lord and to herself. There Is no such gulf between work ingmen and the church as many crit les affirm. True church men are work ingmen in the broad sense of the word.-Rev. R. S. Macarthur, Baptist, New York City.
 Poetry and Inyention.-The poet Is not confined to the realm of the actu- al but is permitted to work in the realm of the ideal. The inventor would come nearest to the poet in re- lation to rank, for he, like the poet creates, but what the inventor does in the realm of mechanics, the poet does In the realm of mind.-Rey. A. Lewis, Conprepa tionalist Worcester Maaa