The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-11-16
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gewa Cleaned From the Teachings
of All Determinations.

those who can enrich the everyday mo-
ments Of life. Rev. DR.. Madison Q. Pc
tiers, Baptist, New York.
Truly Happy.
No one Is truly happy who has not
happiness as well Of water sprlnging
up within himself into everlasting life
Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott. Congrega-
tionalist, Brooklyn.
Incentive 60 Honesty.
The only basis, the only standard
and the only Incentive 10 absolute jus
tlce and honesty. rests In the value Of
God. 3d. Rev. c. +. Wishart, Presbyte-
rlan, Allegheny. Pa.
Need of Faith.
We need faith I'm the reality OF truth
and goodness and the presence and
power OF God, and we need faith In
ourselves and in our wOrk.-Rev. J. X.
Mason. Uniyersallst. Chicago.
Education.
The education OF the street has more
20 do with the moral development OF
childhood than any training outside Of
the school, OF home or mother-Rev
4. O. Bruner, Independent, Chicago
LIES Inequalities.
LIES inequalities are the most fruit
ful source OF skepticism and disbelief
Nothing else has more capacity for
producing misery In the human race.
Ehese inequalities have been found
among all races and at all times.-Rev
w r. Breed, Eplscopallan, Lancaster,
Pa.
Deepest Need of souls.
Intoxlcation--do not blame II care
lessly-after ALL Il Is the deepest need
Of souls. The soul never lives until Il
learns how 10 be drunk with the inf
mite. The senses viii reel little when
the Infinite Spirit passes by.-Rev. DIR.
Frank Crane. Unitarian. Worcester,
Mass.
There are few men who can stand
prosperity Every kind Of talent has
IFS danger. The danger Of learning is
conceit: the danger OF inherited money
Is that Il makes men become useless
drones: the danger Of making money Is
that II makes men grasping accumula-
tors.--Rsv. r. ]. Van Horn. Disciple.
Worcester. Mass.
Gods sacred Temple.
God Is looking az the life which we
live and not at the professions which
we make. The heart is the handspring
Of life. The human body. after all. Is
the only sacred temple Of God. In Il
dwells the Holy Ghost Let US be care
ful. then. lest we desecrate this his
only sacred throne here on earth.-Rev.
Leu @. Broughton. Baptist. Atlanta.
The Thought OF God.
Religion keeps alive the thought OF
God present with Us: It provides the
one possible means by which we can
maintain the unity OF our lives. The
tendency TO cut up life into small
pieces. strong az all times. has never
been stronger than at the present day.
There is nothing except the thought OF
God-there 10 no object Of recollection
except God and his relation 20 our
lives-which can bring our lives to
gether. which can make US see the true
meaning OF our existence.-Rev. Fa
ther Kelly. Roman Catholic. st. Louis.
ParIner OF Bodies.
The spiritual life Is a purifier OF the
body The very face begins TO take on
a likeness TO God where the mind aDf
heart are given up TO holy thoughts.
There Is an amazing opportunity for
athletic trainers and teachers OF phys.
ical culture 70 point out 10 those IN
their charge how wonderful Is the body
from this high standpoint Of its bell Z
the house of God: that It should be
kept clean with frequent washings;
that II should be kept strong with con.
slant exercise and care. II the body
Ia. as the Bible claims, temple OF
God. then the preparation and the eat
ing Of food become practically re-
llgious act.-Rev. w. A. Bartlett. ID. d..
Congregationalist, Chicago.
Christian charaeter.
Christian character Is constituted OF
more than church membership-the OBJ
servance OF certain forms OF ritual and
knowledge Of the principles and polity
indeed, Is a creed the substance OF Il.
These things being excluded as essen
tial 10 Il. the crucial question Is what
Is II that makes Christian character1
II Is simply a faith in the Lord Jesus
Christ Repentance Is only prepare
tory to the exercise Of faith In Christ
II Is but the breaking up Of the soil
TO receive the seed II takes life 10
develop Christian character. and It
takes death 10 crown II. We look be-
yond the deprivation. sacrifice and sur
fering OF life TO the unseen and eternal
things that are to be known In the
crown that awaits all who are faithful |
even unto death.-Rev. J. II. Fakes. |
Methodist, Atlanta.
Church Essentials.
There are some fundamental essen
tials which every church ought to re-
veal, be II country or cosmopolitan,
large or small. The first. Il seems to