The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-12
THE HIGHER LIFE
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must not simply believe in God
much less any truth or dogma about
him; he must love him, and, II he
would attain a high degree Of Chris
tian perfection, he must have the
same passion which characterized
Mary in this act of annointing.-
Rev, M. Edwards, Baptist.
Love as a Weapon.
Perfect love casteth out fear, be-
cause fear hath torment 1t wor-
ries us, causing fretting and anxiety,
because it keeps our thoughts cir
cling aroung self and self-interest.
There is no fear in love, because it
takes us out of ourselves and makes
us spend ourselves in the service of
others.-Rev. M. Edwards, BAPTIST.
What Christ Asks.
A surrendered heart makes music
in heaven. For Gods gift to US he
asks the gift of ourself to Him.
Nothing less will satisfy Him. BY
His mercies He is moving us to Him.
His every gift is a repetition of His
invitation. "My child, give Me thy
heart"
Just to be glad is prai5e.--Rev. ].
B. Clark, Methodist.
Duty of Self-Conccntration.
A life often fails to make lasting
impression because of it's diffusion.
What we call genius is frequently
only the child of application. To at
tempt everything and to accomplish
nothing is a fatal folly. While we
are striving to know something
about everything we must zealously
try to know everything about some
thing.-Rev. Edw. Clark, Baptist.
Our Vain Seeking.
How unlike God we are. We have
not time to enjoy to-day, because we
are forever seeking to live to-mor-
row in to-day. When our tomorrow
comes, we shall then fix our atten-
tion on the succeeding day or days.
We try to express its joys, it's Sor-
rows, and again and again we find
in this anticipated attitude the cause
of the wrinkled brow, the apprehen-
sive eye and the hesitating tone
Rev. R. Boyd, Unitarian.
What Christ Suffered.
We know that Christ's was a SEN
sitive nature, but this is not saying
that He was not brave. And there
is no reason to believe that He, in
anticipation of His death, would
yield to the thought any more than
an ordinary man. So, therefore, be-
cause He suffered "even unto
DEATH" as He did, in the Garden Of
Gethsemane, is, in itself, an argu-
ment that He was hearing more than
the anticipation.-Rev. D. Anderson,
Baptist.
Equality for All.
Oh, it does not matter much at
what degrees between the Equator
and the Pole Of earthly experiences
we have to pass our lives; when the
account comes to be made up at last
we shall be all pretty much on an
equality All earthly conditions
have nearly the same quantity of the
raw material of pain and pleasure,
and the amount Of either actually
experienced by us depends not ON
where we are, but on what we are
Christian Herald.
Mystifying the Public.
Mesmerist, astrologer, sorcerer,
mind-reader, medium-whatever the
title of the panacea or the platitude,
there is always a considerable per-
centage of the community that loves
to be mystif1ed or fuddled with long
words, and there are always quacks
ready to gypsy shilling by strok-
ing the large bump of guillibility
creeping into houses to lead cap
tive silly women (as Paul says)-
and, we may add. sillier men.-Rev.
D. Anderson. Baptist.
The RituaIistic Tendency.
The Puritan simplicity in public
worship, a simplicity so rigid and
severe as to be a trial to sinners and
an act of penance on the part of
saints, was but recoil from Roman
ist mummeries, and like all recoils
went to the other extreme. For
some years the pendulum has been
swinging In the contrary direction,
until ritualizing tendencies are ap-
pearing in churches whose denomi-
national lineage would seem to point
them otherwise.-Rev. H. P. Dewey,
Presbyterian.
How we Should Love.
"Fatherly love carries with it the
brotherly love. John affirms that
love is not love when it is set only
upon God the Father and restrained
from our brothers. He that loveth
not his brother knoweth not God
when our love to God and to our
brother has grown into full strength
1t proves a splendid power in our
lives, elevating us to meet all occa-
sions, freeing us from all fear, giv-
Ing us grand inspirations and even
making US bold to meet the test of
Judgment day.-James Block, Con-
gregattonalist
Trusting Ourselves.
To trust to ones self alone, how
ever resolute, is to lean on a broken