The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-12-28


Of the truest men and women In Il In
the moral sphere. and II there is no
love being generated by unselfish
hearts and no faith by pure minds and
no moral inspiration by brave souls
nation Is dOomed.-Kev. Or. John
Douglass Adams. Reformed, Brooklyn.
Crime.
Reforms may come and reforms may
20. but crime goes on forever. and the
explanation OF IL all Is that public vir-
tue is an intangible. sporadic force not
always 20 be relied upon while evil Is
constant power having vested inter
ests and exertlng mighty influence
over men by appealing TO their pleas
urc and profit as they see It from
their lower nature-Rev. A A. Ross,
Universallst. Chicago.
Meeting ones soul.
II Is dreadful thing when a man
stands face 10 face with himself aud
realizes that be Is sham; that he Is
dishonest without character II IL
horrible thing Tor man thus 20 read
his own soul meet his soul face To
face and realize that he Is "A rogue. A
man can get away from his wife. lac
can leave his children and friends. his
home: he can leave his own country.
but. go where he viii. In the farthest
corner Of Gods earth. he will stand
face TO face with himself. robbed Of his
honesty. his integrity. his character
Rev. II. r. Johnston. Baptist. New
York.
view of the Golden RuIc.
The Golden Rule is not the highest
expression OF Christianity. The Teach.
or never intended men 10 limit their
life aud influence by the narrow hori-
zon OF duty marked by the Golden
Rule but this rule T. the only platform
on which we can build perfect so
ciety. II Is the only ground OF ad-
justment for the disturbed industrial
and social conditions. Get the charac-
ter OF men right aud the Golden Rule
is possible, not Otherwise. Let Christ's
feelings for others possess men aud
the rule becomes practicable.-Rey
William Chalmers Covert Presbyte-
rian. Chicago.
Contamination by SIN.
A person who has allowed himself
TO digress from the path OF righteous
hess 80 far that those who were once
his friends and acquaintance must
needs look askance at him Is often
brought face 10 face with what he
might have made OF himself had lac not
slnned so deeply. Those people must
feel deep regret that they had not
taken heed In time and prevented
themselves from going so far The
fact that sin not only communicates the
flesh. but also robs the sinner OF the
blessings Of heaven, should deter each
one OF US before we have taken step
in the wrong direction. II men would
display as much Judgment In prepar-
ing for their salvation as they do Ia
business there would be many more
Christians. Rev. J. Howard Gibbons.
Point Pleasant County. W. Va.
"PluEP' says n Minister.
IL il not lazlness or bad habits that
keep men down as much as II is bad
advice and bad example. Many young
men have been switched into the ditch
Of mire by some preacher exhorting
them to follow impractical ideals.
Also, host OF men have been kept
down by so called leaders who promise
by organization TO make one man,
without any effort on his part, worth
as much as another man. Then there
are the political demagogues between
whose platform before and whose per
formances after election there is about
as much relation as between a loaf Of
bread and a rock And finally there Is
that prince OF liars who Is always dis
couraging his fellow man with some
pipe dream OF way 10 the top OF the
old ladder which is like taking an ele-
vator instead Of climbing the steps.
What we all need is to get word
branded upon our minds. II is a home
ly word OF the street. but In Il are the
possibilities OF millions OF happy
homes and big fortunes and clean
lives. II Is this. Get job In a decent
business. then plug. REV. Frederick
h. Hopkins, Congregationalist, Chi
cago.