The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-07-29

Nxpansion.-We make haste to &C.
quire new possessions, not knowing
now we shall use them when they are
ours.-Rev. n. Van Dyke, Presbyteri-
an, Princeton, N. J.
raise Society does not
make men and women. Character is
the test for manhood or womanhood.
Let US not be deceived by false friends,
Out trust Jesus.-Rev. j. n. AccOve,
Methodist Boston, Mass.
Inc Sacramento study of the
sacrament in its broad significance
SHOWS that Christ was conscious of
Delng free Of guilt, and any man who
Is free in consciousness from sin fears
not death.-Rev. A. ]. Henry, Con-
gregationalist, Brooklyn, N. Y.
The Simple Life.-It is measurably
true that the educated classes are
valuing life more and more by its ma
ter1al equipment and that they are in
Danger Of losing the power of plain
living and high thinking.-Rev. ]. M.
Taylor, Presbyterian, Poughkeepsie,
N. Y.
Right Will Pay.-It pays you to do
right Nothing else will last. If you
want permanent success, do right,
even If you suffer loss If you don't
succeed in this life, success is yours
In the eternal world-Rev M. G.
Brooks, African Methodist, Brooklyn,
N. Y.
Free Speech.-A free government
necessarily implies a free person and
free speech, and while it may be true
that now and then there may have
been abuse of these privileges, yet we
believe it to be the exception and not
the rule.-Rev. G. A. Knerr, Evange-
list, Pottsville, Pa.
Truth.-There is no such thing as
change in fundamental truth. We
may know more of the truth, but we
cannot change that which is really
true. knowledge may increase, but
we cannot change the truth to which
We are heirs.-Rev. ". II. Roberts,
Presbyterian, New York City.
Cloudy Skies.-The soul that trust
eth in Christ knows what it is to be
with Him under cloudy as well as
clear skies. Clouds come in the way
Of duty and in the way of development
and in the way Of destiny. But there
are ever bright clouds.-Rev. B. G.
Newton, Congregationalist, Pittsburg,
Pa.
Glory and Good Will-The reason
why the modern highway robber, the
criminal trust magnate, is good
church member is that both he and
his church believe that glory to God
and goodwill toward men are two
separate and distinct things.-Rev.
Frank Crane, Unitarian, Worcester,
Mass.
Conquerors of the World-All along
LIES ways, quietly, unknown OF US
often, unheralded, in simple daily
trueness of living, move the real con-
Querors of the world, for whose brows
the angels are weaving garlands from
the leaves of the tree Of life.-Rev.
John B. Clark, Presbyterian, Detroit,
Mich.
Labor and the Church.-The church
of Jesus Christ is the friend of the
working man. II she is not, she Is
untrue to her Lord and to herself.
There is no such gulf between work
ingmen and the church as many crit
les affirm. True church men are work
ingmen in the broad sense OF the
word.-Rev. r. s. Macarthur, Baptist,
New York City.
Poetry and Invention.-The poet Is
not confined to the realm Of the actu-
al but is permitted to work in the
realm of the ideal. The inventor
would come nearest to the poet in re-
lation to rank, for he, like the poet,
creates, but what the inventor does In
the realm Of mechanics, the poet does
in the realm of mind.-Rev. A. Lewis,
Congregationalist, Worcester, Mass.
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