Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-01-25
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned From the Teachings
of All Denominations.

6cnS Cteancu FROM the Teachings
of All Denominations.
No man has a right to come before
God without bringing some soul with
him.-Rev. George Calvert Carter
Episcopalian, Washington.
Nations Richest Inheritance.
The American home is the richest In.
heritance of the nation. 1t is in its best
estate more primal and important than
school or church.-Rey. II. A. White,
Universalist, Chicago.
Channels of Character Building.
Trust in the promises of God, faith In
Chrlsts atoning work and devotion to
him are the channels through which
the Holy Spirit builds character.-Rev.
Dr. ]. d. Rankin, Presbyterian, Den.
ver
The Normal Life.
The best life, after all, is the normal
life, which takes all that God himself
has pronounced good and lives in ac-
cordance with that image Of God
which lies hidden in the depths Of the
soul.-Rev. G. ID. Case. Baptist, Mont
clair. M j.
The Way of Salvation.
The Bible Is not filed with dark say
ings which only the learned can de-
cipher after much study and deep
thought. but 1t is lamp unto our feet
and a light unto our path, which shows
the way unto salvation unto all men,
Rev. J. II. c. Fritz, Lutheran, Brook
Ign.
The Basis of Christianity.
God never gave miracle as a proof
Of Christianity. Christianity does not
rest upon the miracles Of the New Tes-
lament, but upon the character of the
life OF Christ and the lessons which 1t
conveys to the mankind-Rev. Bever-
ley Warner. Episcopalian, New Or
leans.
God md Justice.
Some religious teachers have appar-
emily conceived of God as living In
courthouse and exercising the func-
lions of his office as a cruel and re-
lentless judge. The whole of their
theology has had legal cast, and the
idea of justice has been that of retrl-
button and vindictiveness.-R H. s.
Bradley, Methodist, Atlanta, Ga.
The Continuity of Life.
The diversity of life and yet its unity,
the breyity of life and yet It's continue
ty, the lnsignifeance Of life and yet its
otentialities-surely we have abundant
proof that the life of the individual Is
not disconnected from the past and the |
future. but that it is an integral part Of |
all that life has been and will be-
Rev. i. s. Alton. Episcopalian. Greene,
NY
Seeing by Faith.
When the thinking, acting, aspiring
man can rise above the material and
Night his candle at the altar of the
covenant Of the invisible Father. when
lie can soc him by faith OH his throne
and by his side when he takes his dali
ly observations from the light that
falls upon his faith. then grandeur in
vests his life, royalty impels hls
thought. and. other things being equal,
be successfully scales the heights of in
fellectual and moral greatness Rev
7. y. Field. Baptist. Fort Wayne. Ind
MiEhtiest Power For Good.
The belief that God has come to men
n Jesus Christ to give them life. TO re-
new them In his image and to bring
hem TO his eternal glory is now the
nightiest power for good in this world.
t inspires the nobest activities, the
,est service man can give to his fellow.
t has already created n new moral at
nosphere over the world. 1t Is binding
nen together in glorious brotherhood
nd making them feel as never before
he power of common life and the
lessedness of n common hope.-Rev.
Dr. s. j. Nichols, Presbyterian. st.
,ouis
The Eye OF the Soul.
Faith IS source Of light TO the In.
elect; faith Is to the eye Of the soul
that sunlight Is to the eye of the body,
does not supplant, but rather sup
reason. You might as well
oppose that man dispenses with the
Sc of his eyes in using n telescope rs
nat he discards his reason in using the
lstrumcnt Of faith. Faith guides you
trough your devious wanderings i'm the
nsert Of life to the true promised land
heaven. Your faith gives You no
OH Of God as rational rs it is sublime.
enligitens the intellect and comforts
e heart.-Cardinal Gibbons. Catholic, |
altimore