Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-08

Hi SDFIS OIL wage CARRIERS are IN IL
mad rush for money. aud how few are
putting religion first. and second.
money.-Rev. Charles B. Mitchell,
/ Methodist, Cleveland.
Theories VS.. Facts.
The certainties of the Christian re-
ligion give it prestige in the intellect
ual worldof to-day. Theories are husks,
facts are food. Mankind tires of
husks; they need food.-Rev. George
Adams, Methodist, Brooklyn.
The Word.
The word is a storehonse of spirit
ual knowledge. 1t is wiser than its
friends, and stronger than It's enemies,
without 1t we could not Know very
much about Ourselves.-Rey. f.. G..
Cryer, Methodist, Aurora, Ill.
Social Harmony.
l feel sure that the church ultimate
and social life to the character and
the mind, and this is one of the great
functions of the modern church.-Rev.
". r. hoffman, Presbyterian, Chicago.
a Useless Life.
If you have never done any work for
any II else, why should you cont ale
to live? Your life has been worse than
useless because It has cost the Lord
something to take care of you.-Bishop
ii. G.. Morrison. Methodist, Birnling-
ham.
Polite Society.
If Jesus should come to earth again
to-day, He could not get into the clubs
M into the so-called polite society,
any more than do we Jews. His man
ners. p~hysiognoniy and voice would not
be good enough any more thai are
ours.-Rey. Emil G. Hirsch, Hebrew,
Chicago.
..FOllow Me-,
Jesus Christ, who has zone on be-
fore us and led the way and left for us
a character, perfect and complete, a
character which at one and the same
time reveals to MS the Divine life and
also the human ideal, has a right to
say, eFollow Mc."-Rev. NJ. LeRoy
Burton. Congregationalist, New Haven.
business,
The business of the country isn't go.
Ing TO stagnatc or wither. 1t is going
on. There is too much wealth in the
Interior. too much property on the sur
face, too much harvest on its broad
acres, too many factories and too much
money invested to be safe for us to
halt very long.-Rev. James r. Day,
Methodist, Syracuse.
Missionary Work.
There is still : great field for mis-
sionary work. In all parts Of our
land there are many who are virtual
~ pagans. They seldom attend n
church; they live without God; with
out hope. In the world there is not a
more needy field for mission work than
we find in our great American cities
Rev. R. s. Macarthur, Baptist. New
York City.
The Honeymoon.
The honeymoon is the time to begin
learning how to apply loves principles
to every day problems; when each
should seek from the other help in
pleasing and conforming to each 9th
er's ideals. 1t is not that there should
be a coming to agree In everything,
but a discovering of how to differ with
out discontent.-Rev. DIR. Page, Con-
gregationalist. Boston.
Society In the Churches.
There are men outside of the church
who are models Of gentlemanliness,
morality and education. Some of them
IRE unbellevers, but they owe their
superior qualities to Christian infiu-'
ences that surrounded them from child
hood: However, I affirm that q ma
Jority of the best society of the country
Is in the chlfrch.-Eev. James NJ. Buck
ley, Methodist, New York City.
In the Lords Hands
The issues of life, death and a here
after are all in the hand or power Of
the Lord. He took counsel Of none Of
us, and holds Himself fully RESPONSE
bic declaring that Al! 8 HIS purposes
shall be accomplished, and that His
word that has gone forth shall not re
turn to Him void, but shall accomplish
that which He pleases.-Rev. C. r.
RUSSELL, Congregationalist, Cincinnati.
Process. Of Time.
There is a process OF time In ev.
cry life. Mel in their prosperity for
ret God. But in the day Of deep dir
tress, they cry for mercy up to the
God whom they so insolcntly rejected
Many q men has prayed most earnest
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