The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-04-23
THE HIGHER LIFE |
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Fighting our Foes.

fall and fail in the conflict The
foes of life are too fierce for any life
to win the victory over them IL that
life is founded in falsehood or un-
girdled with truth.-Rev. F. Willis,
Reformed.
The Interest of Eternal Life.
God has planted within us the in
stint of eternal life. Indeed. it is
more than an instinct. The inner
man of which we are speaking was
made to endure. His desires and
capacities are not compassed by
time. Why, then, do we cruch and
throttle him?-Rev. e. M. Luke,
Unitarian.
Pleasing the Lord.
The Lord cares more for our graft
tude than for our gold. He asks
material gifts from us only that we
may thus be helped to manifest the
spirit of thanksgiving. Not AL the
treasures that we could pour before
the alter of God would Honor Him
or please Him so muclI.-Rev. M.
Luke, Unitarian
The Hurrying Evil.
The frequency of hurry disquali-
fies men for sane judgment. Yet, how
we hurry to express our opinion. even
before we know the fact With
what haste we speak the word of
condemnation, and sometimes even
the word of praise, and both as the
result of imperfect Knowledge
Rev. F. Russell, Methodist Episcopal.
Cause of our Trouble.
Violation of law-sin-has caus-
ed all mans trouble and sorrow,
sickness and death. There Is a
remedy for it all. There is hapDi-
ness for all here in this life. He
who obeys the laws of his country,
enjoys the largest liberty. He who
obeys the law of God will enjoy the
greatest liberty and consequent hap
piness in this and the next world
Rev. Ralph Tompkins, Episcopal.
Cannot be Purchased.
Man sells; God gives. Pride likes
to pay and patronize, when what
God asks is penitence and humility.
There are other things not to be had
for money beside godliness and map-
liness. Good health, good tasS,
common sense, scholarship, life.
Wherefore (says the proverb) is
there a price in the hand of a fool
to get wisdom, seeing he hath no
heart to it?" Friendship, love, es-
teem-these are not bought and
sold.
Where Noble Minds are Found.
In all ages the noblest minds have
been those who have penetrated be-
meath the surface of things and dis
cerned the great spiritual realities.
We are told that Moses endured as
seeing him who is invisible The
most conspicuous thing about Jesus
was his consciousness of the unseen.
He lived in the atmosphere of spiri-
tual reality. He. seemed to know
God on intimate terms, and to live
In heaven as much as he lived upon
earth.-Rev. F. Willis, Reformed.
Laws of God.
God has his laws-they are and
must be inexorable. Man has bro
ken himslf against these laws-he
cannot break the laws, but he has
broken himself. / throw myself
over great precipice on the rocks a
thousand feet below do not break
the rocks which have been there
from the morning of creation-I
break myself. Now, God is not to
be blamed for my rash and foolish
act, nor is he to be held responsible,
for the suffering which results
Rev. Edw. Smith, Methodist.
What the World Offers.
Rule the world and you may get
the deepest delight out of it, YOU
can make it help you to be wiser,
gentler, nobler, more gracious, more
Christ-like, more full of God. But
let 1T once get the. bit in its teeth,
and you are gone. Many man SAYS,
1T is mine-this money | have got;
this social or this political position
have won; this cup of pleasure
which lift to my lips at WILL" when
orly the truth would be spoken IL
one and all of these should rise up
mine ne!"-Christian Herald.
Seeking for Truth.
Welcome, Interrogation point! II
a reverential spirit accompanies in
quiry nothing is too sacred to enter
tain the thoughtful question OF an
honest heart. In religion and phil
osophy, in science and ethics, let the
interrogation point be granted the
right OF way. Reach hither thy
finger and behold my nands; and
reach hither thy hand and thrust 1t
into my side, and be not faithless but
believing" Let the bold highlander
whose abode is in the uplands of
truth never finch before the Coilan-
togle combat.-Rev. r. Townsend,
Methodist.
In touch with the Creator.
One believes, not so much In the
unknown as in the known. The
worship of an unknown God cannot