Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-01-27

ready 10 unite WIN cuurcu VINO are
far from willing TO love their neigh
bors as themselves. 1t is one thing
TO confess that we are sinners and
quite another to forsake our SINS
Rev. L. A. Crandsll, Baptist, Chicago.
Illinois.
Affections.-No man has a moral
right to swear before the altar OF God
that he will be true to one woman un-
less he believes he is absolute master
Of his affection. If he disbelieves, and
takes one woman to wife, he is a liar
and hypocrite.-Rey. Frank Crane,
Congregationalist, Worcester, Mass.
Essentials.-In our ignorance and
folly we make secondary things to be
essential and we make first things TO
be subordinate. Men talk about tariffs
and the form of money, and political
parties, and horses and equipages, as
II these things were really great.-Rev.
n. d. Hills, Congregatlonallst, Brook
Ign, n. Y.
Humbugs.-If labor unions and en-
ployers' associations would both cast
out from their membership infidels and
socialistic humbugs, and take In
few level-headed preachers they would
learn more I'm six months than they
have learned in the past ten years.
Rev. f. E. Hopkins, Congregationalist,
Chicago, III.
Whipping good teacher Will no
more think of whipping a pupil nova
days than a physician will think OF
bllstering or boodletting. The teach
er who favors whipping except in ex-
IRENE instances is blunderbuss and
should be denied a place in modern
school rooms.-Rev. G.. Il. Hall, indie
pendent, Chicago, Ill.
Depravity.-Man is not totally de-
PRAYED. Every man, no matter how
degraded he may be now, has had
childhood; and during child life holy
things were stored up In his soul.
These are never lost. 1t is this golden
side Of human life the church must
reach.-Rev. T. A. King, Swedenbor-
CLAN, Cleveland, Ohio.
News.-The newspaper sells news
precisely as a merchant sells goods.
Its columns correspond to the shelves
in dry goods store; and It can no
more afford to put in its columns read
ing matter which will not sell than
can the merchant afford to put unsal-
able wares on his shelves.-Rev.
Charles Scuddng, Episcopalian, La
Grange, Ill.
Real Manhood-When men cease to
be for sale-when they have decency
enough to refuse to be brlbed. COM
mon honesty enough to be true to
their vows. and courage enough to do
their duty, then we can say that men
are more precious than gold-then
shall they take on real manhood
Rev. n. w. Stroup, Methodist, Cieve-
land, Ohio.
Valuation OF Mana new valuation
of man has arisen from the teachings
Of the Bible. Man is no longer thing.
The intense realism OF the age is re-
Elected In realistic fiction and painting
of modern authors and artists. 1t Is
the duty of the modern preacher TO
learn Of life from life itself and know
God at first hand.-Rev. II. II. Paine,
Methodist, Worcester, Mass.
The Drama.-The church has erred
in Ignoring the drama. The dramatic
instinct is as universal as the religious.
We see the dramatic expressing itself
among children, the girl putting on
long dresses and initiating her mother
and the boy in some other way mimics
father Wherever you find man he
paints and plays as well as prays.-
Rev. John Thompson, Methodist. Chi
cago, Ill.
Dangers of Maturity. IL
headstrong and dominant. Ii is quick
tempered and brooks no restraint. II
has the wilfulness OF conscious
strength. 1t presents opportunities
that no other age presents and so
temptations from within are abetted
by circumstances from without. and
there is but one result that can come
to the unguarded.-Rev. c. l.. Good
ell, Methodist, Brooklyn, n. Y.
Marriage.-In the absence OF suit
able conscientiousness on the part OF
parents, the State should intervene
and make rigid examination OF all
couples intending TO marry, and give
licenses only to those who are healthy
and fit to be fathers and mothers. The
State has a right to place restrictions
on marriage for the welfare OF its fu-
ture citizens.--Rev. ]. l.. Scudder. Con-
gregatonalist, Jersey City, N. ].
Profit.-In the Industrial and COM
mercial world it is supposed that each
man can exercise his peculiar gift for
his own profit alone. Here we are
told 1t Is every man for himself. But
even here the law of mutuakty relgns
In spite of the hardness Of mems
hearts. No one can grow wealthy him
self without in some degree enrichIng
the community in which he lives
Rev. A. s. Crapsey. Eplscopallan,
Rochester, n. Y.
The Pessimists.-There are people
who are patterns OF good morals and
yet steal away the enjoyment which
other people have in their surround
ings and possessions. A mans happi-
ness Is one Of his richest possessions
and there is no greater menace to So
ciety than the cynics. pcsslmists, and