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RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Items Cleaned From the Teachings
of All Denominations.

Moral Goodness.
Lie is sham and a failure unless
lt is a success in moral goodness.-Rev.
L. j. Mcdonald. Roman Catholic. Uti-
ca, n. Y.
Troublesome Enemy.
Indifference is one of our greatest
foes and one that easily prepares the
way for others.-Rev S. II. e. Burgin.
Methodist. San Antonio, Tex.
Shallow Satire.
1t is a shallow satire NRich seeks
TO ridicule all forms. manners. fashions.
.observances as mere manacleS or warts
upon the hands Of freemen.-Rev. c. f.
Nash. Universalist, Los Angeles. Cal.
The Past and Future.
The future will differ from the past
according to the quality of the present
choices and voIitions made by men
and women.-Rev. DR.. Charles W. Nc
Cormick, Methodist Episcopal. Brook
Ign.
Exclusive Religion.
Our religion is an exclusive one. as
exclusive as light is exclusive of dark
ness. as inertia is exclusive of momen-
tum. as life is exclusive of death
Rev. David ]. Burrell. Reformed, New
York.
The Soul.
The soul is mechanism and is not
self propulsive. Like ship. it asks
the winds to fill its sail: like car. it
asks power to drive the wheels.-Rev.
Newell Dwight Hills, Congregational
list, Brooklyn.
DiseipIining the Appetites.
If the biceps require the dumb bells.
if the intellect requires mathematics.
logics and classics. so the appetites
and desires require careful disciplin-
ing if the fullest life is to be obtained.
Rev. A. A. Brown. EpiscOpalan.
Akron, o.
Gods knowledge.
knowledge of God may be fully
yours and mine if with all our hearts
we seek it. if we will only give his
spirit fair play with cur spirit with
open heart and conscience TO receive
his guidance and teaching. - Rev.
George A. Smith. Presbyterian, Glas-
gov.
The Right Side.
An awakened conscience must be
awake TO the things TO which cen
science must be applied. Conscience
drives a man to the right side but in
telligence. reason. judgment. must first
tell him which side is the right side.
Rev. A. J. Bailey. Reformed Church.
Brooklyn.
Make or Break Us.
The ideals of life are what make or
break us. Ideals are beckOning hands
alluring us to something we have not
yet attained. They are responsible
for all material progress. The discov-
erers have been led to lay hold of their
quests by virtue of their beckoning
ideals.-Rev. DR.. Charles Bayard Mitch
ell. Methodist Episcopal. Chicago.
Life's Tides.
The tides of life flow in and will
ebb out-thouSandS of tbrobbing hearts
when ours are at rest forever, thou
sands of aching brains when ours no
longer are busy. thousands of toilins
hands when ours have ceased from
their labors, thousands of weary feet
when ours have completed the jour
ney. On the morrOw's morrow the
end will come for us. and we shall 20
hence to return no more forever
Rev. DR.. Newell Dwight Hills. Con
gregationalist. Brooklyn.
Importance Of Our Habits.
Our virtues are habits as much as
our vices. Honor. courage. purity.
punctuality, prayer and kindness are
habits rs much aS arr swearing.
drunkenness and lying. When this
truth is once perceived it makes
revolution in conduct. Morality with
many consists in trying TO correct evi,
habits rather than in striving TO form
good ones. Human life is largely au-
tomato. We are in reality walking
bundles of habits" To each sort OF
impression we have an automatic.
ready made response. The sort OF
habits we are forming is therefore 81
the greatest importance. and we are
forming habits of some kind whether
we attend to them or not. We Should
strive. therefore. to acquire such habits
rs will strengthen and improve on
pstures.-Rev. De Witt J. Pelton
Episcoralian. Fordham. y. y.
Shield of the Believer.
The believer is TO feel that Gcd il
not ONLY a creator. but shield AT
every step and in every trial over us
is omniDotence and around US is omni-
nresepce. God does not only create
us. but in 4 providential way there is
q holy. wise. powerful, preserving and
governing power that inspires conf
dence and conduces to peace. y sense
.f Gods nearneSs and defending pow
or will elevate the mind and strength
on the soul against life's trials and
foundations Doubts diShonor GOd'
and unnecessary worry over the pres