Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-05-27
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned From the Teachings
of All Denominations.

Gems Cleaned From the Teachings
Of All Denominations.
Conversion Is no sugar coating over
q rotten life--Rev. S. E. Young. Pres
byterian. Pittsburg.
An Ever Present Mirror.
The world Is mirror. rehecting the
features We hold up to it.-Rev. q. c.
Peck. Episcopaliau. New York.
Holy Ground.
Every heart can become a sanctuary
Of the eternal Wherever there is love
there Is holy ground.-Rev. ]. Silber
field. Hebrew. Newark. N. ].
To Gain Gods Favor.
Clean hearts. honest dealing and
helpful efforts alone reach Gods at.
tention and gain his favor.-Rev. c.
T. Reisner. Methodist Denver.
Deserts of Men.
God broadens life for us only so fast
as we intensity IL What men deserve
they sooner or later get.-Rev. c. E.
St John. Unitarian. Philadelphia.
Spiritual Discernment.
There is no other discernment OF
spiritual truth but that which pro
ceeds out of a pure heart and an ODE,
dient mind.-Rev. W. w. Gilies. Meth,
odist Brooklyn,
Needed Doctrines.
In the school. as i'll the home. God
Christ, heaven. hell, faith. hope. char
ity. duty-all these doctrines and more
are needed.-Cardinal Gibbons, Roman
Catholic. Baltimore.
Ally Of Domestic Happiness.
The greatest determining factor In
domestic happiness is love, and with
out love In the heart there can be nc
happiness In the home.-Rev. W. W
Bustard. Baptist. Boston.
A Great Factor.
Faith In God is the opposing factor
In the great problems of life. Faith in
God Is the determining factor in the de
velopment of mans character.-Rev
f. w. Hinnitt, Presbyterian. Danville
KY.
Divine Institutions.
The family. the state aud the church
rive their being and power from God
Each Of these institutions is In its ori
gin divine. Rev. C. E. Craik. Episco
palian. Louisville. Ky.
Woman's Strength.
The strongest woman In the world Is
not the richest. the best educated, the
most graceful nor the one endowed
with the greatest physical beauty. but
the purest woman.-Rev. 2. w. Sny
der. Presbyterian, Pittsburg.
Need of Spiritual Life.
The full tides of spiritual life within
the soul will neutralize the force OF
temptation without. A man In the
midst Of the burden bearing of middle
life is more in need of divine grace
and strength than at any other period
Rev. DR.. John Thompson. Methodist
Episcopal, Wheaton. III.
The Tiny Vine.
Many a noble character has yielded
to the tiny climbing of the vine of a
sinful habit and practice. At first II
was small thing. but by tolerance it
grew and became stronger and strong
er as the years passed by, and. alas
the sad end has come.-Rev. DR.. Len
G. Broughton. Baptist. Atlanta. Ga.
Opportunity and Responsibility.
When a man undertakes TO discharge
his responsibility he should not stand
by waiting for some great opportunity
or some unusually favorable occasion
Tremendous results are often rooted
In commonplace chances and in what
seem to be unimportant incidents
There is great danger Of our making
too much of the great opportunity" or
the splendid chance" We should pay
more attention to the commonplace
things of life.-Rev. DR.. Charles e.
Guthrie, Methodist Episcopal, Wash.
ington.
Test Of Complete Success.
Mere money making is not an index
to complete success. The knave and
the fool may often do that. Nor Is ii
the test of a mans success that many
fawn upon him and flatter him while
his money bags are full. that offices
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