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Dcyeloning Character.

when the social consciouEress arises
from the plane OF indiyidUaiistic sell
fisi7nccG to that CT social and Collec-
tive syrlpatby ard mutual interest,
IS It possible 20 develop I nOoler
civic character and honorable citi-
zenship.-Rev. Z. Phillips, Baptist.
How Coo Gives.
God has never stinted His Giving.
His bounty has been measureless
since the beginning of time. No
man can name or understand the
free gifts OF God. To be giving, Civ
Ing, giving and to keep no count Of
His gifts is part Of the very nature OF
God, for His name is love.-Rev. J.
3. Clark, Methodist.
Barriers TO Progress.
Excuses are never steps to pro
gres; usually they are barriers 1t
does not take any great amount OF
ability TO devise an excuse. In fact,
the persons who are most adept at
giving excuses are usually the shirk-
ers, the towards and the inefficient.
Rev. Z. NJ. Sovitt. Baptist
Selecting Guide.
Let it be the passion Of your lives
to know God. Take Christ as your
spiritual guide. All questions and
mysteries may not be resolved at
once, or ever in this life; but You
will walk onward i'll an increasing
light, and some day you will see
eye to eye and know even as also
you have been knoEqn.-Rev. c. II.
Patton, Presbyterian.
Concuoring Circumstances.
It is a common saying that we
ere creatures of Giro lnstances."
This is true only SO far as we are
y,iliing TO have It SO. The remark
Of greatness" said Maccaulay, lis to
rise above ones environment and
conquer circumstance, But If we
are left to ourselves. the pIpbabili-
t:2s arc greatly against it.-ReY. 2.
Russell, Methodist Episcopal.
Thinking About God.
When you think Of God DO YOU
Ike to think Of Him On the grandest
s.aie y0u can conceive, to gather
s..oucd your Thought of Him ali the
: st. the bO!iost. tne lloat tanueC aud
loving and solemn susgcstions your
n.inf can create Or receive? Or do
HcI nae to believe. DO YOU take :.
pleasure IL rs2l1inE t~..n to Z mini
mum: IN w0rd, are Eou and !
people Of faith, or are we Of a faith
j,,ss generation Rev. ". ". vii
zen, Methodist.
The 2:c.Z Memorial.
There rave been countries, an
Gent Egypt, for instance, w!leTe
death has had more than its right
full share OF thought. There the
chief occupation OF q king was TO
|, I'D himself an inperishable tomb,
il which his i.nperishable mummy
should at last be housed. In our
time and land, we believe it is better
Il be remem bered for the good We
have done than TO be mumlnifed;
better to build Christian home OF
JOY than a pyramid Of pride.-Chris-
tar Herald.
Wedding Out Evil
Samaria needed some one to re-
mind it Of the Gctualities of God, to
Hut conscience before curiosity: to
interrupt the bargain-Counter theory
OF life. It took hold-it wrought.
and whenever religion and ethics,
ethics and religion, are united, then
ana there the public mind responds
and trichery and Vilainy have to
pack their wares. The first result
Of the lancet IS not pleasant; but 1t
gets rid OF the fostering poison TIE
only way to cure felon is to cut the
bone.-Rev. Matthew Clark. Baptist.
How Blessings Come.
The greatest blessings arrive by
the way OF sorrow. One who has
never suffered cannot enjoy life's
richest blessing. One who has never
been encircled by the brightness of
tie day. The sweetest songs of earth
have been sung in sorrow The rich
est things in character have been
reached through pain. The human
heart yields its noblest music in the
winter OF trial. A glimpse Of the
heavenly life is given in the ADoca-
I.nse, and this truth is Set forth in it.
The redeemed are singing tneir
praises to Godfrey. Wallace Smith,
Episcopal.
Defining Our Philosophy.
The German philosopher said that
The philosophy you have entirely de-
ponds upon the sort OF man you are;
Io6r bent; what kind of twist na-
ture gave your mind when she nut
It together. You may educate the
fussy, pedantic little man beyond
a.! reason, plow him deep and cult
vate him, but when the crop comes
you find that nothing positively will
grow IN MIN except fussy, pedantic
little view OF things. How did this
Mn come to be this kind Of person?
AK his mother. He was born that
wa; il IS his original bent.-Rer.
G. 5. Patton, Presbyterian
Praying for Strength.
i man was ever LETT in the lurch
who, feeling his own Inability to
meet the situation made an earnest
a peal to God. There are times in
our lives when circumstances are too
n1peh for Us. We are at our wits
en3 What then? Cmnipotence Is
e. our command, Il We will have It.
Goa stands ready: but we must send
for him. To your knees! Col is
our refuge and our strength; he Is
al ever present help in time Of trou-
Bile; "a refuge from the storm and
shadow from the heat; when the