Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-06-15

THOUGHT
From Our Exchanges.

All these modern substitutes for the
church exploited by men and women,
separately or unitedly, seek %congeniali-
ty and efficiency by selection. "Nice"
people hope to enrich their lives in
one another's presence freed from the
distractions Of the other kind. All
these exclusive compacts fail Of the
Fundamental democracy that belongs
to religion and after all is better en-
bodied in the church than anywhere
else. Certain 'nice"' people have
elected you into their membership. This
nicely you will help guard with your
black balls only to find that eventually
IL grows tiresome and stupid to you.
There comes inevitably the time Of dis
Illusion to the devotees Of ~fraternities,
sorofities, clubs and societies, when
they discover that they hold no mo-
nopoly on excellence; that many inter
esting people are outside their bound
aries, and that their own hearts over
reach thb limitations they have 50
championed. There is a growing life
in all these that yearns for an organi-
cation big enough to hold men and wo-
men, genial enough to include rich and
poor, wise enough to reach the old and
the young, and loving enough to like
those who are unlike themselves; and
this is what the church assumes TO be,
nay, comes nearer being than anything
else known 90 man.-Jenkin Lloyd
Jones, The Outlook.
The Christian life is a life Of en-
deavor. IL can never truly be anything
else. There may be, and there must
DO accomplishment along the way, but
there can never be anything like full
and final achievement either in service.
or In character. For satisfaction, what
the Christian needs is not work which
can be ended, not spiritual attainments
beyond which there is nothing more TO
be striven for or expected; but the
Christian does need for the satisfaction
and rest Of his soul a feeling Of GER
tainty that he is in the right way, that
he is engaged in the right work, and
that he is steadily approximating to his
ideal, Jesus Christ. This is what we
long for. This satisfaction cannot be
found in any contemplation Of his own
character and achievements, nor in re
lance upon his own knowledge and
Judgment, but in an over conscious
sense Of the ~unfailing and perfect lead
of the Holy Spirit, which Jesus
said, "wil guide you unto all tfuln.
The Waterman.
Very few are acquainted with the
wealth Of spiritual suggestion which
lies in the application Of the terms
temple, tabernacle, sanctuary, house Of
God wherever found throughout the
Bible), to us personally and individual
ly, a well as to the whole company Of
the diciples the church or congregation
Of the saints. Many passages in the
Psalms, for example, where the origin.
al reference Of course, is to the temple
at Jerusalem, acquire a deeper, more
practical, more beautiful significance
by even giving this turn. Most fitting
ly now may we make ii our "one
desirable, that we should dwell
this house Of the Lord all the days
u life, by esteeming ourselves
house, and living in full accord
that idea, for thus shall we in
deed "behold the beauty Of the Lord, +"
and be able to "enquire in his tenn
finding him speak within us and
tell us what to do.-Western Christian
Advocate.
Nothing is easier than to inveigh
those who differ from us to
,all them by harsh names, to deny 90
hem citizenship in the kingdom of
God. Would IL not be better to deter
nine, 30 far as may be possible, the
PERSONAL attitude towards Jesus Christ
those whose orthodoxy we questioni
II any man commits himself in a
Shole-heaTted devotion TO Gods Son,
( he loves him, enthrones him in his
leart and life, honors and serves him,
$ not that man our brother Christiani
The Standard.