Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-05-29
THE HIGHER LIFE
s.s.n.d Cuns 4 Thassh ten Prs. ana Psha
a Al Sexsa
Onr Sense al Honor.

Most excuses are foolish. They
are really needless. and seldom are
they sound. Generally. too. they
fail OF their purpose, and only bring
the excuser into further condemna-
ton. They are a sign of weakness
and OF failure. Absence from the
lips means the presence of strength
in the life.-Rev. II. Topper. Bap-
list.
On standardization.
Nothing Is insignificant There
IL a divine meaning in the extreme
of everything. No life can infringe
upon another's right-of-way in l.v-
ing, for the legitimate property OF no
two lives lies exactly along the same
track. Each life Is a monopoly in
itself; for TO each has been given the
sole permission to exercise exclusive
powers.-Rev. r. Phillips, Baptist.
Hearken TO the Voice.
I'm righteousness shalt thou be
established: thou shalt be far from
near thee. 'Ho. everyone that
thirsteth come We to the waters. and
he that hath no money; wherefore
do We spend money for that which is
not hreadg and your labor for that
which satisfieth not? Hearken dill
gently unto me and eat We that
which is good. and let your soul de-
light itself in fatness. Rev. +.
Willis. Reformed.
The Appeal of Truth.
The appeal of truth 70 the mind
OF man is universally potent, pre-
oisely as the appeal of love to the
heart. Hence, Christianity goes
boldly out to claim the world. She
claims it is teacher and lover
claims his own Christianity. woos
the world with her love and truth
and heroism. BY this sign. by the
sign of her love. by the sign OF her
truth, she conquors.-Rev. ]. Block.
Congregationalist.
Greeting the Unseen.
Browning speaks of greeting the
unseen with cheer" IL Is beanti-
full phrase. II does not mean death
and the future and all that: it means
the whole world Invisible around US
now, the realm from which our
courage and Inspiration and power
may come, the region that faith
claims as its own. The man of faith
rlways greets the unseen with a
cheer. because to him the unseen is
the secret of his hravest hopes and
sturdiest strength.-Rev. Caleb Dut-
ton, Unitarian.
Christ Never Disappoints.
Jesus is always greater and
broader and kindlier than We think
Him to be. He never diSappoints
us by being less than we had ex-
pected to find Him. For example.
take His common word faith" 1t
is nothing less than astonishing that
Christ should be continually telling
mon to believe, and yet almost never
telling them what To believe. This
Is not our way now. and the differ
ence indicates how far We have d.
versea from Christ in this respect
Rev. d. Burrell, Reformed.
What Sin Has Cost.
The wages of sin is DEATH There
is no peace TO the Wicked neither
here nor hereafter. Christ Is our
peace; he has gone into the grave.
and even destroyed death. He has
redeemed from death and ransomed
from the power OF the grave. and The
grave and death have no more
plaques and destruction. Christ has
nadc our peace with the Father.
breaking down the middle wall or
PARTITION. and his call is ever in our
ears, oh, thou aflicted. tossed
with tempest. and not comforted
behold. win lay thy stones with
fair colors. and lay thy foundations
With sapphires. Rev. +. Russell.
Methodist Episcopal,
differences in Men.
The difference between men IL
lSrgely q difference in the employ
nent OF their talents. Ry Improve
ment CT talent. Moses rose from
cbscerity 10 the royal court. and on
to the lawglver of Israel ny Inn
movement OF talent Edison advanced
from the position Of newSAoy and
telegraph operator q penetrate the
mysteries Of electricity and obtain
mastery over the same. Ry Improve
gent of talent Gsrfeld rose from thu
t0w-rath 10 the White House and
Webster from the farm 70 the Senate
chamber. IL sometimes requires
much patience. pruning aud prepaga-
ton before the gates are swang wide
open 20 the fields % large usefulness
slowly moving Principles.
Great principles and great lives.
like great bodies. move SLOWLY. A
mans self becomes = part Of the
truth 10 which his life is Welded.
and as this truth passes beyond the
limit OF his visible existence and
takes IT'S endless course through the
ages the best part az the man Is per-
pet0ated. Zach life Il \ eontrisu-
ton 20 history but few lives have
their historians. Heroic lives are
of,entimeS written anonymously
Upon the tablets OF time. and coming
ageS never recall ~ name their
Greatest oenefactorS. Some men are
dead while they are living: others
are Twins while they are dead.
Think much Of your poSslnortsn life