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THE HIGHER LIFE
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The God of Love.

man USdfI n1bnOul that 0AfAAS pas
sion, without that divine sway, we
are less than beasts, and with 1t
earth is heaven and we are Gods
own, saved by grace. How infinite
the Office work OF the spirit, and how
charming the things he waits to re-
veal to us about God, and about
heaven, and about Christ, with whom
no mortal can compare. His smile
more electrical than Luther's, his
eye more flashing than George Whit
fields; wiser than Solomon; pro-
founder than Aristotle; more origi-
nal than Lord Bacon; more philo-
sophie than Jonathan Edwards;
more just than Aristides, and
more stately in his bearing than
Gladstone. Archbishop Glennon,
Catholic.
The Christian Life on Earth.
The new life is an charging life.
II widens as we advance. Each days
growth reveals new greatness in 1t.
No man has ever yet reached its
limits. There are possible heights of
loneliness and usefulness which sur
pass our hopes and dreams. There
are depths of communion and peace
which exceed our knowledge. The
greatness of the new life is incon-
ceivable, though not unattainable.
Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard,
neither hath entered into the heart
o. man the things which God hath
prepared for them that love him."
This is true of the Christians life on
earth as we'll as for the inheritance
IN heaven. = Rev. Frank Crane,
Methodist.
Mystery of Christian Religion.
There is a mystery in every Chris
tian life, mystery apart from which
religion is inexplicable. That mys-
terry is the Holy Spirit, whom no man
has seen and to whom no man can
understand, yet without whom no
man can find salvation or Christian
character One secret of beauty Is
the presence of the Spirit in be-
levers heart He is our great help
err. Without Him we can do nothing
but by His aid we may grow into the
very likeness of Jesus. So in every
Christians daily prayer should be
duplication for the help of the mys-
terious and mighty Third Person of
the Trinity.-Rev. T. ]. Crosby,
Episcopal.
Conquering Our Foes.
The magnanimous man conquers
both himself and his foe ythis gen.
tie principle, strikingly in contrast
with the worlds cruel way, Chris
tianity has won notable victories.
re meekness of the martyr has
more than once converted his slayer.
The way Christians can endure ex-
treme injustice has power to over
come even savage foes. One conse-
quence of the Boxer outbreak in
China has been an extraordinary in
crease of aecessions to the Christian
churches, due, at least, in part, to
the way Christians conducted them
selves during that bloody period
Rev. VIM T. Ellis, Presbyterian.
Principle of Forgiveness.
The soul-shrivelling principle Of
retaliation"a an eye for an eye and
a tooth for tooth'-comes in for
the condemnation of Jesus. Instead
of a close reckoning of vengeance
and justice He would substitute toll
erance and magnanimity No man
can really afford to hate, since hate
hurts the hater more than the hated.
no harm that may be done to an en-
envy can equal the harm done to
ones self. On so low a basis as that
of sheer self interest 1t is better to
suffer wrong than to pursue re-
nge.-Rev. VIM. T. Ellis, Presby-
terrain.
The Moment to Decide.
Once to every man and nation
comes the moment to decide in the
strife 'twixt truth and falsehood, for
the good or evil side. To each one
of us individually comes the choice
what to do. Many one, / think, is
kept from the freedom and Joy of
Christianity not because these things
are undesired, not because the call
of Christ is UNDECIDED, but simply for
the want of the power of decision, of
strength to go forward upon per-
sonal quest.-Rev. VIM. Carson,
Episcopal.
Saving Grace of Patience.
The worker with human lives es-
pecially needs the grace of patience.
Natures cannot be changed in a day;
tendencies cannot be overcome in an
hour. Having done our best by
soul we can only wait. Years alone
can test the results of our labor.
New impulses, new habits, new pur-
poses are cultivated slowly. Let us
not, therefore, spoil our work or our
character by impatience.-Wm. T.
Ellis, Presbyterian.
Growing in Grace.
We grow in grace by growing In
the knowledge of the Lord. One OF
the divine means of growth is the
gord of God. As we increase In I'M
Outstanding of its truths we increase
in holiness. There really can be no
substantial development of Christian
character apart from the use of the
Scriptures The man of God Is per-
fected by the word Of God Rev.
VIM. T. Ellis, Presbyterian.
THANK God for the goodly in
heritance of constitutional liberty, Of
business integrity, of purity, or per-
sonaI life. of virtue in social life, of