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The Struggle.-Though everything
we struggle for Is not good, everything
good has to be struggled for.-Rev.
Frank Crane, Unitarian, Worcester,
Mass.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES is not sin.
Good men are tempted; children are
tempted; angels are tempted; Jesus
was tempted. 1t is not sign that you
are bad that you have temptations
Rev. N. NJ. Waters, Congregationalist,
Brooklyn.
Good Deeds.-Let us learn a lesson
from Christ's heroic conduct. Let us
never hesitate to perform a good deed,
even though We foresee that it will in
volve US in suffering and humiliation
Cardinal Gibbons, Roman Catholic,
Baltimore.
Work.-Work is not only a necessity,
but a blessing to humanity. LIES
best joys come through well-directed
activity. Work is not only a blessing
to the Individual worker, but to soci.
ETY. as well.-Rev. T. X. Orr, Presby-
terrain, Philadelphia.
Liberal Thoughts.-How many an
apostle Of the faith, preacher and dis
ciple has become fatally inoculated and
perverted by breathing too freely in
the vitiating atmosphere Of so-called
liberal" thought-Rev. ]. K. Smith,
Presbyterian. Pittsburg.
Divergency.-A sixteenth of an inch
isn't much, but as an angle of diverg-
ence mile away it means great deal.
So little variation from truth, honor,
goodness, means great deal, ten,
twenty, fifty years out on the path
way Of life.-Rev. H. e. Foss, Metho-
dist, Philadelphia.
Incapacity.-Goodnes alone will not
win, but goodness and skill. The sad.
dest thing to those who try to help
needy men Is the knowledge that SO
many are incapable-they can not do
anything, even when they are put in
the way of Christ.-Rev. 1. j. Van
Ness, Baptist, Nashville, Tenn.
Human Nature.-Human nature nat
urally aspires. Our heroes are the
Buddha, Socrates, the Christ. Our
ideals are honesty, gentleness, kindli.
ness, peace. Our institutions are found.
ed on liberty, equality, fraternity. HUI
man nature rings true every time
Rev. B. r. Mills, Evangelist, Los An
geles.
observation-disclosures dims the
windows of the soul. It is not only
unpleasant but 1t is morally bad The
man who considers his misfortunes
rather than his blessings and fails to
be grateful for the benefits he has re.
ceived from God and man, Is false to
his highest self.-Rev. G. B. Vosburgh.
Baptist, Denver.
Wisdom and Power.-The combina-
ton Of wisdom and power Is the essen
tial of all success. Power requires wis
dom to direct its energies; wisdom
without power is helpless. It Is this
combination that has brought about the
wonderful achievements Of modern civ
ilixation.-Rev. ]. A. McKiraban. Pres
byterian, Cincinnati.
Ideals.-Ideal character is Gods d.
vinest revelation; and it is In the field
OF goodness that any man Is justified
In ambitious yearnings to reach the
highest standards. He who approaches
an ideal approaches God. He who
achieves an ideal becomes high priest
OF the Perfect One.-Rev. C. e Locke,
Methodist, Brooklyn.
Selfishness.-The man who goes
about his duties in business or else
where prompted BY selfish inclinations
to achievement, comforting himself all
the while with the thought that he Is
in no way transgressing the main
teachings Of his religion. Is allowing
the moon Of his faith to obscure the
sun Of love and life.-Rev. ]. w. Stod-
airee. IT., Swedenborgian. Chicago.