The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-03-01
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned From the Teachings
OF All Denominations.

of All DENOMINATIONS.
No man is saved until he learns to be-
have himself in thought as well rs he is
expected to behave himself in action
Rev. nr. Frank Crane, Congregational.
ist, Worcester. Mass.
The Perfect Nay.
The most splendid hour of love and
Joy ,,u have ever known is streak
of dawn foretelling the perfect doy in
whost glory you shall some time walk.
-Rey. Dr. Moore Sanborn, Unitarian,
Atlanta, Ga.
Seeking For Truth.
A mau who is i'll earnest pays little
attention 10 cXterors The mau who
seeks Tor truth with the idea OF profit
ing by ii Is going TO find time to hunt
for lt..-Rev. {. ID. Case, Evangelist,
Moniclair, \. j.
When blessings Come.
The divine blessing comes only when
there has been believing preparation.
1t often happens that God cannot bless
us richly because I'VE are not prepared
for large blessings. Rev. Il. f. Chiyers,
Baptist, st. Louis.
Club Women.
Women have been criticised for Join.
ing literary clubs, vet the club, in
stead of injuring the home, has been
the means Of saving 1t by elevatiig its
intellectual position.-Itev. NJ. NJ. Man
gssarian, Independent. Chicago.
A Perfect World.
,,,o,id xx,ithnut euffariuv and Oh r,
! fice would soon become a world with
out heroism. And world perfectly
and always happy would be world
perfectly and always dead.-Rey. j. IL.
White. Baptist. Atlanta, Ga.
slen and Money.
| Tell me mans use of money and
his method of acquiring money and III
| tell you what kind of man lie is.
, Gold IS tried with the touchstOne, but
men are tried with gold.-Rev. w. ID.
Bradfield, Methodist, st. Louis.
Gods Presence.
No man can doubt Gods presence in
the world Who sees how sin is shamed
into silence and sinks toward its grave
when shown by the searchlight OF al
awakened cOnscierce.-Rey. Dr. Moore
Sanborn. Unitarian, Atlanta, Ga.
Ardent Love.
The stronger love Is, so much more
perfect will be a mans good works
and an insignificant act performed IN
the strength OF ardent love Is worth
more in Gods sight than even martyr
dom itself wheIe love is lacking.-ReV
Thomas j. Crosby, Episcopalian, Brook
lyn.
Tainted Money.
Protests against tainted money are
in place when 1t tries 70 control the in
stitutions that are its beneticiaries. II
rich endower insists that his opinions
he taught in the schools lie aids then
his money Is tainted and cannot be tax
ell without injury 10 the recipient.-Dr
Emil G. Hirsch, Rabbi, Chicago.
The Holy spirits working.
Men have been converted who did moi
so much as know there was a Bible
The Holy Spirit worketh when, wher,
and how he pleaseth, and l would NJ
more restrict him to the word than
would restrict the love Of the Father t
the church or the revealing power ol
the Son to the ntellect.-Rev. Charles
L. Chalfant, Presbyterian. st. Lonis.
The Minds Great Developer.
Education is not simply acquiring
knowledge. 1t is great deal more
1t is a great developer Of the mind.
trains and develops this great organ
There may be no practical use of Lath
and Greek to many who study them
but they are of great use, and thes'
studies, so easily forgotten, have don,
great work when the goal is reached
REV. G. 8. Murphy, Lutheran, Noun
Vernon, o.
The Secret of Happineas.
The great secret Of happiness is til,
home. Every man should have one
Every man should have wife. Ant
husband and wife and house and 1
garden don't complete home. A hus
band and wife don't constitute fami
ly. Children make Il family and max,
happiness. You may have beautiful
home and beautiful surroundings, bu
, children are necessary to complete tn,
picture.-Rev. John Il. ToOmay, Con
gregationalist, St Louis.
Cultivate the Spirit.
. The spirit must be cultivated. 9TH
soul of all Improvement is the improve
ment of the SOUL" said one who alway
Is worth listening to. Aim at the beau
tiful in character. Add virtue to vir
tue. What satisfaction the astronome
experiences when he discovers ney
star, or the botanist IL new plant, or tn
, artist Il new combination or shade II
color! Courage and strength also mus
be developed. Our times demand me-
} OF power. The duck, with Its soft beal
J and web feet. is all right for the barn
yard, but II takes the eagle, with bea
and claws and muscles like steel, [
breast the storm and traverse the ir
? finite fields of space.-Ret. DR.. job
, Thompson. Methodist, Chicago.
Divine Love.
What We need most of all is not til
} building up of our churches, nor th
passage and enforcement OF stricte
laws abont public morals, nor the II
PRODUCTION of some new social and ect
? nOmic system. What we need most q
all is the Increase of the divine love /
the hearts OF men. The final test O
all our creeds aud churches Is whethe
they are able to produce this suprem
thing. In Its presence doubts and d,
malls melt away as the snowbank melt
: under the warm sunshine of spring. O
T the darkness is dissolved by the llgh