The Ocala evening star., 1908-11-21
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned From tire Teachings
Of All Denominations.

John II. PruCh. Reformed. IittsburS.
The Life We Lead.
The thing that Is most admired in q
man Is not his taste fer dress nor his
ability TO make money. but the Lind of
life he leads.-Rev W. ". Bustard.
Baptist. Boston.
Man CT God.
To be man OF God is TO have
title Of nobility worn by the prophets
of old-the highest expression that
man is capable of becoming Rev. c.
X. Hemphill, Presbyterian. Louisville.
Life's Final Results.
Many Of the final results Of your life
and teaching will report themselves to
you long years after you come before
the judgment seat of Godfrey. DR.
y. Dwight Hills. Congregationalist.
Brooklyn.
Mind and Religion.
The more highly developed the men,
tai life is. the more correctly one
thinks. the more complete and perfect
his knowledge, other things being
equal. the better will be his type of
religion.-Rev. John w. Rowlett, Uni
tartan. Atlanta. Ga.
Heaven on Earth.
If there is anything that is heaven
On earth it is for the provider Of the
family when there is real need of pro-
vision to come back with the days
wages or the days provision for the
loved Ones.-Rev. DIR. S. Edward
Young. Presbyterian. Brooklyn.
Consecrated Backbone.
Men must possess consecrated back
bone in morals. Man is not expected
to be a jellyfish morally. but an i'm
perial. majestic vertebrate who stands
up TO give and receive blows in de-
fense and In behalf of the God who
gave him his soul and his lofty estate
Rev. Dr. Charles Edward Locke,
Methodist Episcopal. Los Angeles. Cal.
True Oiseipleship.
immortality stands Slready and suffi-
ciently condemned. but shallow life
must also be cOntemptible 1t is for
this that the church must stand in
modern life If ii would win not only
those who are weak, but those who
are morally strong. To sacrifice not
only the evil. but also the good. this is
true discipleship.-Rev. Clayton j. Pot
ter, CongregationaliSt. Simsbury, Conn
Growing Like God.
When ones heart throbs go out in
kindliness, good will and sympathy
and in all the gracious sentiments of
brotherhood toward his fellows. then
is he growing in likeness to his Father
In heaven. And this conduces to the
common happiness. Trusting others,
they will trust us. Caring for Others
they will care for us. Self sacrifice
brings life's sweetest reward.-Rev.
Junius b. Remensnyder. Lutheran,
New York @
Disease Result of Thought.
There are vast deal of suffering and
disease in the world which are the prod
uct of mems thoughts. But if dis
ease is caused by the mind it is GER
tainly reasonable to believe that it can
be cured by the mind. To give the suf-
ferer Il new outlook upon life. to in
spire courage and hope and faith, to
renew the forces of the will. to turn
away the mind from conditions which
have caused nervous overthrow, will
bring physical cure.-Rev. c. Waldo
Cherry. Presbyterian, Troy. y. Y.
Manifestation of Deity In Nature.
The messages conveyed TO us by ma
ture do not need to be translated from
the original Greek, and there is no
where that we can learn better idea
Of the majesty of God and his Him
liable might. BY limiting ourselves to
the gospel alone we develop a Chris
tianity that lacks strength and robust
ness. 1t is outside the Bible and in
nature that We find what may be called
the brute energy of God. The laws
of nature are the forms in which God
has crystallized his will. Rev. DR..
Charles H. Parkhurst. Presbyterian.
New York.
Value of a Clean Heart.
The man who does not live on good
terms with himself. whose mind is not
clean within. has very little to hope for
In the way Of moral and spiritual
cleanness. This is the first thing. .that
the perception Of religion as an inner
reality does for us. 1t guarantees our
tranquility. our sereneness. our undis-
turbable calmness here and hereafter.
II introduces us to our own selves and
says to man. woman and child. Here
you will find God or nowhere" Make
clean first the inside of the cup. and
the outside shall become clean to you.
Ethics, pure social life. must flow from
the heart that Is fed with divine love.
-Rev. ULYSSES G. Z. Pierce. Unitarian