Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-05-10
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RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned From the Teachings
of All Denominations.

Gems Cleaned From the Teachings
of All Determinations.
The connecting link between Gods
mysteries and mans spiritual life is
faith which begets obedience To spe-
cal as we'll as general laws.-Rev.
John Hewitt, Episcopalian, Column
bus, O..
Religious Action.
The highest form Of religious action
is not the girding Of the viii IT, do
great thing but the relaxing of the
will that God may use as unressting
to do what thing he Will. be It great on
small Rev. Or. Frank Crane Congrc-
gationalist, Worcester, Mass.
Divergency.
a sixteenth Of an inch isn't much, but
as an angle of divergence Il mile away
| it means great deal. So little varia,
ton from truth, honor, goodness,
means great deal-ten, twenty. fifty
years out of the pathway of life
Rev. II. e. Foss, Methodist, Philadel.
phia.
The virtues are tougher and more in
destructible than the vices. Love is Of
more enduring stuff shan hate: truth
outlives falsehOod; the meek outpopu-
late and outprosper the rapacious and
violent and hence inherit the earth
Rev. DR.. Frank Crane, congregational
list, Worcester, Mass.
GOod Effect of Ideals.
Ideal character is Gods divinest rev
citation, and it is in the field Of good
ness that any man is justified in ambi-
tiOus warnings to reach the highest
standards. He who approaches an
ideal approaches God. He who
achieves an ideal becomes a high priest
Methodist Brooklyn,
The Great Preacher.
The small preacher is the servant of
q sect and the especial pleader for its
dogma. The great preacher is he who
is the servant of the spirit of truth,
who brings to us something greater
and larger than any sect or scheme,
who brings us face to face with the
eternal that is in him and in us.-Rev.
W. II. Ramsey, Unversalist, Louis
vile, Ky.
Seeking and Finding.
The soul, our spiritual nature, has its
deep searchings, questionings and
longlngs. MY soul thirsteth for God,
for the living Cod says the psalm
list. 1t is not a characteristic of Chris
tian men only; all men everywhere
thirst for the living God. For some il
is unconscious and unrecognized. They
want something. they know not what
and it is then a cause of misery. In
others it is recognized, yielded to, ac
cepted. and in others it is the founda
ton of our highest blessings because
1t draws us and keeps us close to God
Rev. st. Clair Hester. Episcopalian
Brooklyn.
Pressure of Modern Life.
A serious, practical problem of to
day is the tremendous pressure we
feel. Not only men feel it in business
but women in social life and young
people and children in their school life
Our ordinary attitude toward it is one
of complaint. This is useless and fool
ish. We may as well realize that W.
cannot change this condition; it is {
IL.
should we do? If pressure is ncreas
ed, you must increase the power t.
; endure pressure. There Is much tina
all of us can do to make US better abb,
to stand the pressure of modern life
Best of all is the adoption of brave
hopeful attitude toward life. To TAX
for granted that the best lies jus
ahead, to keep up good cheer at an!
, cost, this is to be ready for an.
strain life may put on us.-Rev. VIII
+, liam p Merrill, Presbyterian. Chicago
The Family Circle.
A true family is paradise, an Eden
heaven on earth. 1t is the duty o
married men and women to SO liv
that their homes may be to them lik
heaven. We ought to watch night An
!. day to Keep Satan out of the house
! hold, for if ever he gets his head in b
p, will never be content until his Who'll
body is in. Much should be made O
!, the home. There should be prope
amusements for the children. an abu1
: dance of good papers, books and mag
y azines and friends welcomed TO tn
l. home circle. Home life should b
> made pleasant, cheerful and bright.
y the home religion should be put int
practice and family life hallowed b
:, prayer. The word of God should b
honored and the name of Jesus e1
!, allied When children are taught t
II love and honor God they will be quit
p sure TO love and honor their parents
q and the family circle will remain III
- broken.-Rev. DR.. David G. Wylie
PPeshvterian New York