The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-07

Bible which most people know is that which they read in the lives of pro- tSs ttSSssinS sDS GhTistnas II, ts. That ides was in writer when he exhorted disciples to be living epistles, known and read of all men" The unanswerable apolo- getic for Christianity Is consistent Iite. patterned after the example of sermon.
 The world cannot be organised into godliness. or, preached Into godliness, but 1t may be led into godlinees. The simple. quiet, imposing practice of their professions by Christians would do more to set thls old world right than all the powerful organizations
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 Men are not concerned nowdavs with others mems creeds. They are. how ever, tremendously interested in their conduct. aus Everybody is willing to go contagious. The holy man does most to make the world hotier More efi- cacious for human hetterment than all the multiform programs of social simple righteousness in all of iiife's relations. on the part Qf those who have named themselves as followers ot Jesu&s
 to the hypocrite, who was "testlfying' in prayermeetingi speak louder! Your life makes so much noise that ] cannot hear what you say.'
 A familiar. and usually pernicious phrase runs, Business is business. j The words are commonly uttered as an excuse for conduct that would not square with the Sermon on the Mount. rssn susiness ,s s,i IS business; yes but bust Is wholly what 1t claims to be.
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 If Q person Is q true Christian. his dog %apd his horse will have reason to know 1t.
 Too much of our religion is up h the air 1t consists of rhapsodles and emotions. rather than downright every day righteousness and exertion. Re- iigion should have wings 1t is true: feet and tongue. Only the creed translated into deed Is Of any impors tanes for either world.
 Yes" assented a iaborer. who was laying an asphalt walk, when som e. body, asked him about his employer; MT. As great chureher and a pretty nice man. but he doesn't put tar enough In his walks" In the day the final Judgement Day. ~Mr. A. wifi be Judged by the asphalt walks he has laid: rather than by the pfayer-meet. . Ing speeches he has made.
 A consistent life is not the nro. duct of rules. Regulations in matters of conduct are bound to conflict The true consistency springs from a dofnf- nant enthroned in the heart. When q 1oonsv person says; For me to live is radicate nlereenariness When a per- son says, For mo to live is pleasure," the search for enjoyment inevitably peeps out from beneath every action. For me to live Is Christ" then his life will be a consistent life. radiatins. Christliness in the workshop and i1 the home as truly as in the religious
 Not he that nameth tie Name.
 But he that doeth the deed"
 is forever the true dIscIple. Jesua himself laid down the eternal law y5y their fruits shall ye know them.' James stresses the same all-inportant principle in the present lesson. when ne gently asks. Doth the fountain send forth from the same openine sweet water and bitter? Can a fg tree my brethren. yield olives or 2 vine figs?' Every life must have sor,a sort of fundamental consistencv aIthas for or against Christ And only hv th q fruits Is this consistency to be deter
 Consistency is a jewel that shines m all heavenly crowns, and in an tba crowns of heavenly living on earth. 
 News and Notes.
 Arrangements are already heIn1 made for the Pan-Presbyterian Alliance meet. which is to be held in New York next October This will bring delegates from all lands having Pres. oyterian or Reformed churches.
 It has been proposed that the four hundredth anniversary of CsIvin's birth. which ts to be celebrated by PresRyterians next year, be observed by founding a training school for birth.
 The Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Washington, D. C., after vainly electing four men to It's vacant episcopate, Rsv pr Xtfsd Ssl'a 4 Hardns HGa 0otor whispered that the great expense of maintaining this see was one reason Tor some ot the deciinations of the election. and special provision was when Dr. Harding was chosen.
 What ia called the only Catholic church on wheels is now touring this country. It Is an adaptation by the Catholic Church Extension Society of a familiar chapel car' of Protestant missions It carries the missionaries of this society to remote points throughout the country; is a center for missionary propaganda, and the home of the missionaries ss they labor to establish churches in new com munities. It recently has visited number of large cities. where 1t has been an object of great interest to
 The well known minister of the Disciples of Christ. pr. Herbert L. wilIett, a lecturer in the Divinity School of the University of Chicago. has been the center of a great deal of controversy In the Church papers of late It has been charged that he is a 'heretic." and an organized pro- test has been made against his ap- pearance upon the program of the Disciples centennial celebration next wear. Professor Willett has made an- aver to these criticisms. declaring his belief in miracles. in the deity of Jesus and in the reality of the resur-
 The Pope has established a semi monthly oficial publication. for the promuIgation Of oficiRl decrees. Hit herto this end has been accomplished merely by an6xing copies of the papal edicts to the doors of the Vatican and at other frequented places in Rome.
 Christmas stamps" costing a penny apiece, are being issued by the Amori- can National Red Cross. and the pro- ceeds will be devoted to the light against tubeFculosis. The stamps