The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-02-24
RELIC Gus THOUGHT
- Cleaned From the Teach'"N'
a., denominations

y greatest advantage OF All h"in""
hainss exceeding even mere i"''.
oanna is their power to combine 10
agree to help each other'-fe''
fer, Unitarian, Denver.
Dynamic Energy.
Every life must have force or power
= uust have a reason or compelling
motive. and it must have an ioea' u
aim Religion supplies all three. nv
ligion is motive. religion is d!naihle
religion is ideal.-Rev. \. NJ. waters
Cougregationalist. Brooklyn.
Do Not Drift.
When q man begins to drift his con-
science gets harder. Things that "ouiu
once cause a blush become trites. re-
ter started adrift when he attempted ~
give the Lord advice; David starteu
when he looked upon the woman; sam
son when he surrendered to DellAah.
No life hits bottom at one leap.-ReV.
.. r. Broughton, Baptist, Atlanta, ia.
Unity.
Tine differences between denomlna-
lions are differences Of temperament
very largely. One man expresses MS
love in n way and another in anotn-
or way. Some souls climb up to 100
by broad stairs; others come TO Mn as
a bird flies. 1t does not matter how
we get to him if we love his fellow
shin and walk In humility toward our
selves and in reverence toward him.
Rev. LYMAN Abbott, Congregationalist,
Brooklyn.
Material and Spiritual Riches.
Whatever we may say about honesty
being the best policy and the financial
rewards which come to sobriety and
frugality, we shall have hard work In
proving that Christianity pays IN dol
lars and cents. The maj who disre-
CARDS the Golden Rule is tricky and
dishonest, often accumulates o
money than his neighbor who Is IN
selfish and absolutely honest. If mon
ey is Of larger value than anything
else in this world, then it does not pay
to be a Christian.-Rey. L. A. Garfield,
Baptist, Chicago.
Greed.
The greed of mutual wealth is strong,
wheels Of competition go around at q
dangerous rate, the struggle for e1-
istence grows more difficult, and the
survival of the 1ttest is a common
place. Men are needed to stop the
drift and to stem the current Of ma
tional and individual selfshness. There
are needed to vindicate faith in human
character and to declare the nobility
of life men Of indomitable will and
strongest courage.-Rev. ]. G. Mitchell,
E~piscopalian, Hoboken, N. j.
Marriage.
persisted in marrying bad men in the
hope Of saving them. But they have
almost invariably failed to do what q
loving mother or sympathetic sisters
were unable to do. Marry a gentle
man. l use that word in its broades,
sense. A gentleman is gentle, gener
Gus and unselish. A mar who is s
bear among his sisters and discourte
u to his mother is just the man yor
want to avoid.-Rev. Madison c. Pc
ters, Baptist, Philadelphia.
What Heaven L..
The second stage Of the postmorten
life is what has been symbolized in al
religions under the name Of heaven
Heaven is no mere dream, but a nv
ing and glorious reality, yet it differs
much from the popular conception o,
1t, for in this case also each man has
made it for himself, and therefore it Il
perfectly adapted to him. 1t is simply
the result Of the working Of the higher
part Of his nature-his noblest aspira
lions, his affection and devotion, al
within him that was grandest anc
most excellent. 1t is not a place t.
which he goes, but a condition of uttel
delight, in which sorrow and pain ar,
impossible.-C. w. Leadbetter, Theos
ophist, New York.
Divine In the Human,
In the physical realm the univers,
bears witness with our physical natur,
that we are sons of earth, and we 20 81
far as to assert knowledge of the fac
OF our relations to all that is beneath
us. Man is a link between the lowe,
and the higher. Son Of man and sol
OF God, he lives in two spheres, ant
with Paul the spiritual sphere was a,
real as the physical. Can we know O,
the spiritual life? Paul seemed II
know, as did other faithful teachers
Job cried midst despair, 81 know tina,
my Redeemer liveth." Paul witt
equal certainty says, II know in whom
! have believed" John says, 1--WE
know that when he shall appear W.
shall be like him." Again, Jesus sale
to his disciples, Unto you it is eiyer
to know the mysteries" Their move,
is u possibility.-Rev. j. G, Harris
Universalist, Atlanta, Ga.
Right Use of Time.
Religion teaches us the right use q,
Gods gifts, the proper exercise Of NOR
a. faculties, the value of moderation II
all things. the duty of culuyatinp .
well balanced character. "As using thu
world and not abusing it" upeest
this theme and supports this thes,s
Inc world has its use to the reHpions
man. We are foolish to try to concaa1
ourselves from the world. for T. t. ~.
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