The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-04-14

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Children.-Children are happy be-
cause Of their long hopes and short
memories.-Rev. Frank Crane, Univer-
salist, Worcester.
Popular Novels. - Books are also
often gates to hell, and many Of tho
popular novels Of the day, which strike
at the Bible and the church, should be
burned.-Rev. A. C. Dixon, Baptist,
Roxbury, Mass.
Loyalty-Be patriotic, be loyal to
your country, loyal to your race and
loyal to yourselves, and you will be re-
warded for your services with a pen
sion to everlasting life.-Rev AZ. sC.
Brooks, Methodist, Brooklyn. ~.
Modern Sodoms. People have COM
menced to ask if Sodom was any worse
than San Francisco, New York, Pitts
burg, Chicago or many other Of the
larger cities in the country ]. NJ.
Van Horn, Disciple, Worcester.
The Devil Behind Them.-The most
effective method to get people into
church, looking at the facts from the
point of numbers, seems to be to drive
them In with the devil behind them
G. ]. Harris, Universalist, Atlanta.
Family Prayer.-It is to be feared
that in many Christian homes family
worship is dying out. Many Christian
families to-day say they are too busy
for family prayers every day.-Rev.
w. G. Partridge, Baptist, Pittsburg.
Irishmen in Politics. hope to see
the day when the Irish will have no
hand in politics. Let him hand over
the curbstone business to the Scandi-
navian and negro and rise to higher
planes.-Rev. Father Nugent, Roman
Catholic, Des Moines.
The Golden Rule.--There are men to-
day who are giving their millions to en-
dow colleges and libraries whose wealth
has been obtained In direct contradic-
don to the Golden Rule and the prin-
ciples taught by Christ.-Rey. J. Al.
Buckley, Methodist, Montclair, N. J.
Two Questions holds two Ques-
lions Of the first importance: Is there
1 God, and, IL so, how does He feel
toward US? Is there another life,
and, II so, what about the harvest there
of sin that we have sown here REV.
N. %. HilliA Congregationalist, Brook
yn.
Civilization may boast
Of her attachments, but revolt and rev
olution are the arbiters OF progress
She may exult In the evolution Of gov
ernment," but turmoil, bloodshed and
violence cry out. I'VE are factors In thy
prosperity. Rev. l. III. Caswell, Meth
odist, Brooklyn, N. 7. .
Ridicule.- a general who has
ridden into battle with all the appear
ance Of q hero has not been brave
enough to stand up before the army ana
make the sign Of the cross. Ridicule y
q more powerful enemy than shot ana
powder.-Archbishop Farley, Roman
Catholic, New York City.
The Lynching Evil. Our courts can
aid In educating the people against the
lynching evil BY expediting trials Pe0-
pie have lost confidence In the sacred
ertnine and sanctity Of law. which has
become partly an excuse for this reM
OF savagery in America.-Rev E. u.
Caswell, Methodist, New York CITY.
The Joy Of Labor.-It is joy to 90
what we are able to do. The true WORK
man 14ds his greatest pleasure in fhe
work Itself. With him Its work is it
own reward But just as he makes his
work his own reward 80 does It b
come profitable to others. REV. A 8
Crapsey. Episcopalian. Rochester, y. =.
rishtine sin.-We must hate sin ev-
eryth6re. + A. not TIE person ne Dc
test bit the pripeiple mot tle ntn9eF.
INIT tie Sin. Don't trine with 4n;
crush it at once We don't want The
deyil to say anything good about qA
because II Ne I've right thu = -
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