Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-21
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CriticiSm-IIealthy criticism is one
thing, but ceaseleSs faul,-itnding and
Il TRADE of abuse that kills reverence
and breeds lawicssnrss, is another
thing.-Rer. G.. B. NusAurg, Baptist,
Denver.
False WoMen-Society does not make
men and women. Character is the test
for manhood or w~omunhood. Let us
not be deceived by false friends, but
trust JesuS.-Nev. j. II. .Accove, Meth
odist. Boston.
Couscienc-If a bad conscience
makes towards Of us MI, by the same
token II good conscience nerves the
heart and strengthens MS like n girdle
about our loins.-Rev. -. J.. Burrell,
Unitarian. New York City.
Eternal Punishment - Uutaught by
Christ. the rctriue of eternal punish
ment is A llocI against God, and should
be reIegatrd to its proper place amid
the myths OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. +. w.
Taylor. UniverSaliSt. Brooklyn.
proSrcss-What the poets knows and
sees, the historian by ana by records.
Civilization is pyramidal. Progress Is
only the piling up of energies which
dead generations pass up as they pass
away.-Rev. J.. E. White, Baptist, At
ianta.
Pu.h and Blutf-This is the age Of
push, bluff and progress. Competition
is very keen Vast multitudes are
crushed in the awful race after the al
mighty dollar, positions. and the praise
OF men.-Rev. ]. B. McCley, Methodist,
Cleveland.
God and Love.-The pledge of the
final harmony of man with God lies
in the love which is at the fount and
origin of things il the heart of God.
If God is love, the universe is safe!
Rev. J. c. Adams, Universalist, Hart
ford. Conn.
Absentees-In any church the
wealthy, influential and solid members
are those who noticeably absent them
selves from all but the morning church
service; they fight shy of anything that
smacks of Il revival.-Rev. Frank
Crane, Unitarian, Worcester, Mass.
IN lilpllS Va
capital that now becloud the social and
political skies with pOrtentouS perils
are condensed from the myriad pecca-
dillos of private greed in the cold at.
mosphere of calculating individual
seltishness.-Rev. 2. Barr, E~piscopalian,
New Bedford, Mass.
The State-The State is just as truly
as divine an institution as the church
is and the governor, mayor, the super
intcndent of police, the members of the
legislature. the city council or school
board, is just as much a minister and
servant of God as l am.-Rev. Wash.
ington Gladden., Congregationalist, Co.
lumbus.
Pedigree-Every life lived and every
work lone has somewhere it's sufficient
explanation. God has never yet per.
mitted an accident in his world. Every
deed has it's pedigree. SO much pro
ducing energy in the cause means 50
much energy in the effect, There is ne
such thing as luck. Every life has its
pedigree Rev. r. A. McFadden, Pres
byterian, banners, Mass.
Here and There-IIeaven is fixed,
stable. immutable. 1t is safe. If a
treasure or fortune is accumulated
there that fortune or treasure is safe
always. On earth there are always
scheming individuals ready and wait
ing to get other peoples treasures. In
HEAVIER all are honest. There is no
scheming. All is safe and pure and
holy.-Rev. J. G. Baldwin, Lutheran,
Akron, O..
Modern Society-What is the trouble
with society? Is it in condition or
in character? Is it because a few men
with the heart of an Ahab are in the
position of power and consequently
grind and crush, or is it that the Ahah
spirit rules among all classes and there
is just as much lack of brotherhood
at the bottom of the social ladder as
at the top?-Rev. c. G. Mitchell, Bap
fist, Manchester, n. II.
Observation-Disclosures accounts for
much, but not for everything in the
world. Between every lower and every
higher form of life there is something
impaired which was not there before,
a direct creative act, introducing a new
energy which, when once introduced,
unfolds under the same general laws
that controlled the development OF
every antecedent e~nergy.-Rev. A. v.
Raymond. Congregationalist, Science
tady, n. Y.
Christian Characterize can build
cathedrals if we have money and we
can build cathedral schools II W. can
teach the boys the cateehism and
church history and the 80 articles, II
we choose, and the Bible, yet, in the
end, we cannot say of the boy or girl
that he or she is a Christian. No, but
what the church school can and must
do is to give the means for the build
ing of the Christian Misunderstanding
Burgess, ~Episcopalian, Garden City. N.