Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-05-31
THE HIGHER LIFE


life is founded In falsehood or un-
glrdled with truth.--Rev. + Willis,
Reformed.
The Interest OF Eternal Life.
God has planted within us the in
stint OF eternal life. Indeed, II is
more than an instinct. The Inner
man OF which we are speaking was
made TO endure. His desires and
capacities are not comprised by
time. Why, then, do we cruck and
throttle him?-Rev Il NJ. Luke,
Unitarian.
Pleasing the Lord.
The Lord cares more for our graft
tude than for our gold. He asks
material gifts from us only that we
may thus be helped TO manifest the
spirit of thanksgiving. Not al the
treasures that we could pour before
the alter of God would Honor Him
or please Him so much.--Rev. NJ.
Luke, Unitarian.
The Hurrying Evil.
The frequency of hurry disquali-
fies men for sane judgment. Yet, how
we hurry to express our opinion.eve
before we know the fact With
what haste we speak the word of
condemnation, and sometimes even
the word OF praise. and both as the
result of imperfect knowledge
Rev. Il. Russell. Methodist Episcopal.
Cause OF our Trouble.
violation of law--sin--ha caus-.
ed all mans trouble and sorrow,
sickness and death. There Is
remedy for It all. There is happi-
ness for all here in this life. lie
who obeys the laws of his country,
enjoys the largest liberty. He who
obeys the law of God will enjoy the
greatest liberty and consequent hap
piness in this and the next world
Rev Ralph Tompkins, Episcopal.
Cannot be Purchased.
Man sells: God gives. Pride likes
to pay and patronize, when what
God asks Is penitence and humility.
There are other things not to be had
for money beside godliness and man
Illness. Good health, good taste.
common sense. scholarship, life.
wherefore (says the proverb) is
there a price In the hand of fool
to get wisdom, seeing he hath no
heart to it," Friendship, love, es-
teem--these are not bought and
sold
Where Noble Minds are Found.
In all ages the noblest minds have
been those who have penetrated be-
aeath the surface of things and dis
cerned the great spiritual realities.
We are told that Moses endured as
seeing him who Is invisible. The
most conspicuous thing about Jesus
was his Consciousness of the unseen.
He lived in the atmosphere of. spiri-
tual reality He seemed to know
God on intimate terms, and to live
In heaven as much as he lived upon
earth. Rev. f. Willis, Reformed.
Laws of God.
God has his laws they are and
must be inexorable. Man has bro
ken hlmslf against these laws--he
cannot break the laws, but he has
broken himself. throw myself
over a great precipice on the rocks a
thousand feet below do not break
the rocks which have been there
from the morning OF creation--I
break myself. Now, God is not TO
be blamed for my rash and foolish
act, nor is he to be held responsible,
for the suffering which results
Rev. Edw. Smith, Methodist.
What the World Offers.
Rule the world aud you may get
the deepest delight out OF It, you
can make 1t help you to be wiser,
gentler. nobler. more gracious, more
Christ-like, more full OF God But
let Il once get the bit In its teeth,
and YOU are gone. Many a man says,
at Is mine--this money | have got;
this social or this political position
| have won; this cup OF pleasure
which lift to my lips at Wills" when
only the truth would be spoken II
one and all OF these should rise up
and say, Thou fool--thou art
minel'-Christian Herald.
Seeking for Truth.
Welcome, Interrogation point. IL
n reverentlal spirit accompanies In
quiry nothing is too sacred to enter
tain the thoughtful question OF an
honest heart. In religion and phil-
osophy, In science and ethics, let the
interrogation point be granted the
right of way. Reach hither thy
fngor and behold my nands; and
reach hither thy hand and thrust II
into my side, and be not faithless but
believing" Let the bold highlander
whose abode is In the uplands of
truth never finch before the Coilan-
togle combat.-Rev. r. Townsend.
Methodist.
In touch with the Creator.
one believes. not so much In the
unknown as IN the known. The
worship OF an unknown God cannot
possibly stimulate faith. A religion
that deals wholly, or mainly, with
the supernatural cannot hope 10
mold and inspire men. rhe God OF
faith must be God working through
nature, through humanity; must he
a total experience. inner and outer
must be the life OF life and not
merely figmcnt OF the imagination.
To say that Il is the unknowable. the
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