Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-03-25


land villages. where the people have
the leisure for reading. fine Libraries,
cultivated tastes and splendid schools.
You will find the highest grade Of In
tellectual culture there with the old
Puritan descendants.-Rev A. Q. Dix
on, Baptist, Boston. Mass.
Gambling-Any scheme, whether It
be rafting at a church fair, where
much gambling commences, or the dew
ious dealings In margins. or the bets
placed by the bookmakers at horse
race, Is just as much gambling as at
the faro table or at the roulette wheel
or in the lottery d. h. Babbitt
Episcopalian. Brooklyn, n. Y.
The Good and Noble-The multi.
piled arguments Of the skeptic and the
confusing complainlngs Of the chronic
gambler do not lessen his zeal for all
that is good and noble; therefore he
grows, developing those graces and ele-
ments of character which commend
the Christian religion as the conserver
OF mans best interests for time and
eternity.-Rev. George Adams, Metho.
dist. Brooklyn. y. Y.
Modern Society Is the trou-
BILE with society? Is It in condition or
character? Is Il bcause a few men
with the heart of an Arab are in the
position Of power and consequently
grind and crush. or is it that the Arab
spirit rules among all classes, and
there is just as much lack of brother
hood at the bottom Of the social ladder
as at the top?-Rev. c. G. Mitchell,
Baptist Manchester. n. II.
Language of symbolsm.-The sea
and mountains and nature speak the
language Of symbolism. They are not
so much water and rock and earth
spread out or piled up. That which
impresses us as we stand upon the
shore or sail upon the sea is not the
waters that are tossed IN tempest or
sleep in calm, but the mighty symbol
ism Of the ocean itself.-Rev. G. b.
Vosburgh, Baptist. Denver, Col.
Fatherhood.-rh kingdom of God
can never come to power or complete
ness until fatherhood and brotherhood
prevail on the earth The name Of
Father must be the name Of God most
real and near and dear to us before
His kingdom can come in our hearts
and lives. The government of God,
the rule of God is patriarchal and pa
ternal 1t is the rule Of the father in
the family.-Rev. ID. II. Overton,
Presbyterian, Brooklyn, n. Y.
Happiness.-There is fun a-plenty In
the world, but fun is not happiness.
The man who quaTes with his wife
and children and decefves his family
has no real place. The man who lies
and has become a drunkard does not
respect himself. The man who wears
mask over his face and lives a dou-
BILE life is insincere in his dealings
with men, knows nothing ABOUT real
peace, Joy and happiness.-Rev. X. S.
Holmes, Presbyterian, Pittsburg, Pa.
Work Of the Church.-The religious
organizations Of the United States rep
resent a vast amount of energy and
zeal and enthusiasm. and, no doubt,
great good is accomplished. And yet
It must be confessed that the work Of
these churches is a disappointment.
and a good deal Of a failure. At least
half Of our population remains out
side the churches, and is little in
fiuenced by their teachings or their
efforts.-Rev. w. II. Ramsey, Epls-
Bedrock.-We have to look beneath
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rock upon which our feet may stand
Not that efforts should be lessened ia
accomplish, II possible, by arbitration
the settlement of international differ.
ences, but, more than this, in every
civilization legislation must regard the
principles underlying all precepts OF
Righteousness as contained in the Old
and New INSTRUMENTATION II. IL
Washburn, Episcopalian, Oyster Bay,
n. Y.
The Spells Systematic spells sys-
tenn in our cities should be uncompro-
misingly denounced and damned. In
this spells system lies our chief peril,
and along with 1t go opportunities for
Illicit gains on the part of city Off
cials and ringsters. the existence of
large class Of ignorant and purchas-
able voters, and the outcome Of all is
the ring and boss system from which
nearly all Of our great cities now
suffer.-Rev. w. A. Stanton, Baptist,
Pittsburg, Pa.
Reaping and Sowlng.-Character 4,
not something to be bought. 1t is tc
be grown. You must begin soon. Its
great value depends upon getting an
early start. You can never repair Who'll
ly the damage wrought on character IL
early life There is a fiction that you
can SOW wild oats and yet reap nc
bad harvest therefrOm. 1t is the devils
lie. We reap what we sow. Youth IL
the sowing time. The harvest is s
character.-Rev. c. b. Mitchell, Meth
odist, Cleveland. Ohio.
Sanctity and Sin.-God is nfnit,
holiness, and between infinite holiness
and sin there is a necessary and nat
ural repulslon. As light cannot abide
with darkness. nor darkness with light
so sin cannot abide with sanctity. MOI
sanctity with sin. Man. then. becam,
an object Of aversion to God. and God.
justice must punish sin. for sin. by its
very nature, is opposed to God. Man
then should have persisted utterly but
he did not; separated from God. he
still hungered after IIim-and could
find no peace. The long night Of mars
degradation began.-ltey. ID. J. Stat
ford Roman Catholic, Baltimore, Nd