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aside its WEAPONS Of war so long as
one soul Is IN any way G5trauded OF
its Just rights and it's legitimate OPP
decentralization. .. W Anderson,
Baptist.
Excuses We Offer.
Most excuses are foolish. They
are really needless, ana seldom ara
they sound. Generally, too, they
fail OF their purpose. and only bri g
the excuser into further condemna-
ton. They are sign Of weakness
ard Of failure. Absence from the
lips means the presence Of strength
In the life.-Rev. H. Topper, Bap-
list.
On Self-Examinstion.
Nothing is insignificant. There
is q divine meaning in the extreme
OF everything. No life can infringe
upon another's right-of-way In llv-
ing, for the legitimate property OF no
two lives lies exactly along che same
track. Each life is monopoly In
itself; for to each has been given the
sole permission to exercise exclusive
powers.-Rev. f. Phillips, Baptist.
Eearlen to the Voice.
I'm righteousness shalt thsS be
established; thou shalt be far frOra
near thee 'Ho, everyone that
thirsteth come ye to the waters, and
he that hath no money; wherefore
do ye spend money for that which Is
not bread? and your labor for that
which satisheth not? Hearken Cili-
gently unto me and eat We that
which is good, and let your soul de-
light itself in fatness.' Rev. b.
Willis, Reformed.
The Appeal of Truth.
The appeal of truth u the mind
of man IS universally potent, pre-
cisely as the appeal of love to the
heart. Hence, Christianity goes
boldly out to claim the world. She
claims It is a teacher and lover
claims MS own Christianity. woes
the world with her love and truth
and heroism. BY this sign d. ths
sign of her love, by the sign o. her
truth, she conquors.-Rev. J. Block,
regaIcnilSt.
Greeting the Unseen.
Browning speaks of greeting tho
unseen with q cheer It is a beauti-
f.! phrase. 4 does not mean death
and the future ard al that; il mes rs
the whole World invisible around rs
nov, The realm from which or
COURAGE ami Inspiration aud power
may cone, TIE region that f@;tl
claims sc It's own. The man OF iaija
always sreets ttle uaseca ",sh 4
cheer, because to him tie unseen IS
the secret Of his braFest hopes and
sturiiest strersLh.-Rcv. Caleb Dds-
ton, Unitarian.
Christ Never Disappo:nts.
Jesus Is always greater and
broader and kiilGi:er than We tl2iol.
Him to be. He never disappoints
Us b. being less than We had ey-
pected to ind Him. For example,
to Re His common word faith" II
Is nothing less than astonishing that
Christ should he continually telling
men 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.
qersei from Christ in this respect
Rev. D. Burrell. Reformed.
What Sin Has Cost.
The wages CT sin is death There
IS no peace to the wicked neither
h1ye nor hereafter. Christ Is our
peace; he has gone into the grave,
end 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
made our peace with the Father,
breaking down the middle wall or
partition. and his call is ever in our
ears. oh, thou afflicted, tossed
with tempest. and not co,nforted
behold. will lay thy stones with
fair colors, and lay thy foundations
with sapphires. Rev. F.. Russell.
Methodist Episcopal.
Differences in Men.
The difference between men Is
largely difference in the employ
ment of their talents. BY improve
ment Of talent. Moses rose from
obscurity to the royal court, and on
to the lawgiyer of Israel. BY i'm
prcvement Of talent Edison advanced
from the position of newsboy and
telegraph operator to penetrate the
mysteries Of electricity and obtain
mastery over the same. BY improve
ment of talent Garfield rose from the
tow-path to the White House and
Webster from the farm to the Senate
chamber. 1t sometimes requires
much patience, pruning and prepara-
ton before the gates are swung wide
open to the fields of large usefulnesa
Slowly moving Principles.
Great principles and great lives,
like great bodies, move slowly. A
mans self becomes a part of the
truth to which his life is welded
and as this truth passes beyond tho
limit OF his visible existence ana
takes its endless course through the
ages the best part Of the man IS per-
petueted. Each life is contr.ou-
tlcn to history; bat few lives have
their historians. Heroic lives are
oftentimes written anonymously
upon the tablets CT time, and coming
ages never recall by name their
greatest benefactors. Some men are
dead while they are living; others
are living while they are dead.
Think much Of your postmorten life
among meu.-Rev. NJ Srtker.