The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-19
! THE HIGHER LIFE
Our Sense of Honor.
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man of an alien race and is content
to scorn him. Honor can never lay
aside its weapons of war so long as
one soul is in any way defrauded of
it's Just rights and it's legitimate op-
portunities.- D. w Anderson,
Baptist.
Excuses We Offer.
Most excuses are foolish. They
are really needless, and seldom are
they sound. Generally, too, they
fail of their purpose, and only bring
the excuser into further condemna-
tion. They are a sign Of weakness
and of failure. Absence from the
| lips means the presence of strength
in the life.-Rev. H. Tupper, Bap-
! tist.
On Sclf-EXamination.
| Nothing is insignificant. There
is a divine meaning in the extreme
/ of everything. No life can infringe
upon another's right-of-way in l.v-
ing, for the legitimate property OF no
| two lives lies exactly along the same
track. Each life is monopoly in
itself; for to each has been given the
/ sole permission to exercise exclusive
powers.-Rev. R. Phillips, Baptist.
/ Rcarken to the Voice.
! "Tn righteousness shalt thou be
established thou shalt be far from
near thee. 'Ho, everyone that
thirsteth come ye to the waters, and
he that hath no money; wherefore
do ye spend money for that which is
not bread? and your labor for that
which satisfieth not? Hearken dill
gently unto me and eat ye that
which is good, and let your soul de-
light itself in fatness.' Rev. F..
Willis, Reformed.
The Appeal of Truth.
The appeal of truth 20 the mind
of man is universally potent, pre-
cisely as the appeal of love to the
heart. Hence, Christianity goes
boldly out to claim the world. She
claims it is a teacher and lover
claims his own Christianity, woos
the world with her love and truth
and heroism. BY this sign by the
sign of her love, by the sign Of her
truth, she conquors.-Rev.J j. Block.
Congregationalist.
Greeting the Unseen.
Browning speaks of greeting the
unseen with cheer" 1t is beauti-
full phrase. 1t does not mean death
and the future and all that; it means
the whole world invisible around us
now, the realm from which oul
courage and inspiration and power
may come, the region that faith
claims as its own. The man of faith
always greets the unseen with g
cheer, because to him the unseen is
the secret of his bravest hopes and
sturdiest strength.--Rev. Caleb Dut-
ton, Unitarian.
Christ Never Disappoints.
Jesus is always greater ant
broader and kindlier than we thinl
Him to be. He never disappointS
us by being less than we had ex
pected to find Him. For example
take His common word faith" Il
is nothing less than astonishing tha
Christ should be continually telling
men to believe, and yet almost neve
telling them what to believe. Thi!
is not our way now, and the differ
ence indicates how far we have di
verged from Christ in this respect
Rev. D. Burrell, Reformed.
What Sin Has Cost.
The wages of sin is death Their,
Is no peace to the wicked neithe
here nor hereafter. Christ is ou
peace; he has gone into the grave
and even destroyed death. He ma
redeemed from death and ransomet
from the power of the grave, and tn
grave and death have no NOR
plaques and destruction. Christ ha
made our peace with the Father
breaking down the middle wall o
partition, and his call Is ever in ou
Z, ears. oh, thou afflicted, tosse,
: with tempest, and not comforte,
Z behold, will lay thy stones wit
l fair colors, and lay thy foundation
l with sapphires. Rev, F. Russell
: Methodist Episcopal.
Differences in Men.
The difference between men /
> largely a difference in the employ
:, ment of their talents. BY improve
= ment of talent, Moses rose fror
. obscurity to the royal court, and o
to the lawgiver Of Israel. BY i'm
= provement of talent Edison advance
from the position Of newsboy an
=. telegraph operator to penetrate tn
, mysteries of electricity and obtai
y mastery over the same. BY improve
ment of talent Garfield rose from tn
tow-path to the White House an
Webster from the farm to the Senat
u chamber. 1t sometimes require
u much patience, pruning and prepara
tion before the gates are swung wild
d open to the fields of large usefulness
Slowly moving Principles.
n Great principles and great live
, like great bodies, move slowly.
y. mans self becomes a part of tn
N truth to which his life is weddeC
rs and as this truth passes beyond tn
= limit Of his visible exiStenoa an