Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1906-03-16
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
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se]f and what to think of his work.
Rev. E. A. Off, Independent, Chicago.
Heavens Coin.
The coin of heaven consists of the
holy deeds of those who follow the
great and eternal doer of all.-Rev. DR..
John Lloyd Lee, Presbyterian. New
York.
The grace of grit will increase your
influence. Stand by your colors and
even those who sneer you to your face
win honor you in their hearts.-Rev.
DIR. Madison c. Peters, Baptist, New
York.
Value of Life.
Man has nothing to do with his birth,
but lie has life to live that Is every
thing to himself and blessing or
curse to others. This life Is mighty
in its capacities and purposes ana
great in its development and exercises.
-Rcv. DR.. John L. Brandt, Christian,
st. Louis.
EurOpe's Needs.
Europe has features we do not want.
We have some Europe sadly needs.
One is our common school system,
which is the digestive organ OF the
body polite. Another Is our doctrine
of the equality Of man, and another Is
the right Of free speech.-Rev. L. L.
Everett, Lutheran, York, Pa.
The Almighty's Love story.
The Bible is Gods love story, the
story of the love Of holy God for
sinful world. 1t began with q love
scene in the garden Of Eden; 1t contin-
ued in the tragic love scene In the
garden Of Gethsemane; 1t will end in
triumphant love scene In the garden
Of paradise.-Dev. DIR. j. Il. NJ. john
ston, Baptist, st. Louis.
Friendship.
ANY man who is making lots OF
money can have all the friends OF
certain kind that he wants as long as
the money lasts, but when stocks go
down and one reverse after another
overtakes him then where are they?
They have left him high and dry ON
the beach and have gone to fish in
other and deeper waters.-Rev. b. h.
Dickhart, Lutheran, Brooklyn.
Life of the Individual.
The diversity Of life and yet Its
unity, the brevity Of life and yet its
continuity, the insignifcance Of life
and yet its potcntialities-surely we
have abundant proof that the life of
the individual is not disconnected
from the past and the future, but that
it is an integral part of all that life has
been and will be.-Rev. Percy Trafford
Olton, Episcopallan, Greene, N. Y.
Golden Rule In Business.
Far from asking whether honesty Is
practicable in business, l affirm that
the Golden Rule, the seeking Of an abb
solutely equal advantage to both sides.
Is good ethics, good business and good
religion. The proper question to be
asked is not What will the traffic
bear?' but where is the point in this
transaction where reciprocal profit nc
crues to myself and to my nelghbor?
REV. DR.. William Il. Barton, Congre-
gationalist, Oak Park, Ill.
Divine Requirements.
Gods requirements are proporti0ned
to our endowments. If he give i've
talents lie requires ten. If he give but
one talent he requires but two. Thus
God Is altogether fair and just. He
does not require the one talent man to
make the same return as the five talent
man. Gods requirements are proper
toned to our talents. God Is not like
the Egyptians. He does not require
"bricks without straw" But, having
supplied the straw. he does require
bricks-that is, the possession of talent
imposes obligation. Ability justifies ac-
countability. The number Of our tai
ents determines the measure OF our
responsibility. Thus the bleteaches
US that we are not required to do what
we would like to do, but what we can
do. And how important Is this lesson!
Rev. DIR. James Oliver Wilson, Meth
odist, Brooklyn.
Christian Unity.
Christian unity can never be estab-
lished upon a dOgmatic foundation.
True Christian fellowship cannot be
secured OH the basis Of intellectual
agreements. Must we not learn to re-
nounce the assumption Of infallibllity
which breeds exclusiveness? Shall we
not try the method of fraternal good
will, the acceptance Of certain broad
and universal principles OF fellowship,
the brotherhood of mutual service?
Shall we not instruct and kindle one
another? True unity IS not matter
Of organization or government or doc
trine, ritual, phrase or name. Instead
of lamenting the differences among
men let us thank God for the variety
and fullness Of human thought and
life. Uniformity means the barrenness
Of sameness; unity means the wealth
of conspiring differences. believe
that unity cannot be gained except
through complete freedom Of thought
and expression. No one wants churches
shorn Of individuality. Let them main
tain their peculiar traditions, but let
them submit all to the divine alchemy
Of brotherly love. Wise men do not
war against men of different beliefs.
They rather try to enter into sympa-
thetic understanding Of the special
truth each household Of faith has In
herited or achieved. venture to cher
ish the reasonable hope that with little
or no diminution Of the present multi
plicty of sects we may come into an
even larger sympathy. each cultivating
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