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tnat tne nlgner neeuS OF the soul can
not be satisfied with money.-Rey.
Charles y. Mitchell, Methodist, Cleye-
land.
Duty.-.As a citizen 1t is the duty of
the Christian to do all in his power to
secure national and political righteous
ness.-Rev. Walter w. Deckard, Meth.
odist, Providence.
Democracy.-More democracy and
more sincerity are needed in the
churches to attract working men and
women.-Rev. Charles Steele, Presby.
terrain, New York City.
Heayen.-Thc thought Of the heay-
emily country has been put in the back.
ground-crowded out by the teeming
Henry A. Porter, Baptist, Louisville.
Fear.-There are far better ways Of
coming into the best things of the spir.
itual life..than waiting to be driven
into them through fear of some great
disaster.-Itev. Charles e. bowman
Methodist, Atlanta.
The Law of God.-Truth, virtue and
righteousness, ever new and ever old,
are as much the law of God In this
complex age as they We're in the old
days of simple living.-Rev. Emil G..
Hirsch, Hebrew, Chicago.
Sympatlly.-11he church must show
itself a living, practical force, elevat-
ing and purifying society; it must
prove itself in practical sympathy with
suffering and sorrow.-Rev. j. d. Ran
kin, Presbyterian, Denver.
Saloons.-Some of us have been sell.
ing our souls and the souls of our boys
and girls to the whisky power. Church,
pastor and people should wake up, and
drive the dens Of iniquity from our.
midst.-Rev. A. w. Webb, Baptist, Au,
rora, Ill.
Frivolity.-We are ~votaries of pleas
IRE dancing up and down the wax floor
until the head reels and the heart Is
sick and faint. We are fiddling away
burned in iames.-Rev. A. A. Lamy,
Roman Catholic, Worcester.
The Baptist Symbol.-We are Bap-
fists because baptism symbolizes the
death and resurrection Of Jesus Christ.
Man in rising from the burial Of bapS
tism rises with no power of his " N.
We are free from death because Christ
| conquered death.-Rev. L. J. Brown,
Baptist, Brooklyn.
Enemies of Society.-The man VINO,
for a consideration, violates a law to
benefit one set of men to-day, Will Vlo-
late it tomorrow to injure that same
set of men. provided it is profitable
| for him to do 50. When you have
corrupted a man you have made MN u
foe to society.-Rev. G. B. Vosburgh,
Baptist, Denver.
The Fatherhood Of God.-Ihe doc-
trine of the Fatherhood of God Is De
signed to teach us our dependence up
on Him for our daily needs, both COM
mon and spiritual. We are all bene-
factors of His general blessings. we
all move, live, and have u being in
Him.-Rev. A. J. Henry, Oongrega-
tionalist, Brooklyn.
The Social Self.-The limited self
represented by ones particular name
,s TO the yaster seIf-of. which he is q
part-as ones little finger is to his
whole body. In SO far as we are true
and simple and human, we cannot DO
happy individually, unless our larger
social self is happy, too.-Rev. J. ".
Lee. Methodist, Atlanta.
Gambling-There is a mania Tor
gambling. The secret of 1T seems TO %
he desire to possess that which costs
.othing. We are apt to prize most
aogbly that which has cost us nothing
and which we have obtained without
snerav. We should really prize the
thing which has cost US the greatest
afYort.-Rev. Loring w. Batten, Eplsco
nalian. New York City.
The Real Christian Church.-Ihe
real Christian church, which incarnaies
ond axnresses the spirit and principles
~ 1as,1s Christ, commands my warm
est admiration and devotion. lne
church within the church Is renderins'
IN spite of it's limitations u hahoi-
oons a splendid service. To condemn
that would be to condemn ones SEX
Rev. William Fl. Babcock, REFORMED
church, Bayonne, n. >.
Habit.-When the habit fs a gooo
one it helps us, and tends to virtue;
h,,f when it is bad, it makes 1t easier
10 do wrong again, until at length tne
hahit hardens into vice whose current
ever after tends to sweep the SOU
downward to lower plains OF llVlhs'
from which the return to the he.sn.s
~ noble character will be very difhcuit'
IL not impossible.-Rey. Dr. bo"seA'
Presbyterian, Atlanta.
Temptation.-There is not one Wno
docs not have temptations in HE. New
or mind how high a mans position, U.
now exalted in the spiritual realm OK
life. he is sure to be confronted py Sc
we're and trying temptations. a man
who walks uprightly and a nrm
stride iii the path of life does not feel
so susceptible to temptations, because
he has moral strength.-Rev. Y. h
Miller. E~piscopalian, Brooklyn.
Preaching.lThere have been nine
teen hundred years Of preaching, most
of 1t good and faithful preaching. some
of it possibly was better than ting
world will yer hear again, n yes
the world is not converted. There ID
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