The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1910-01-26
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned From the Teachings
of All Denominations

Gems Cleaned From the Teaching,
of All Denominations.
Liberty, that dear possession of our
land and race. is lightly treated by
some. but its cost was struggle and
tears and bloOd.-Rev. Joseph L. Wal
ker, Methodist, Aurora, III.
Religion Like Water.
Religion is as free today as it was
at the time our Lord was in person on
earth; but. like water. it costs some
thing for fits conyeniences.-Rey. l..
NJ. Zimmerman, Lutheran. Baltimore.
The Sin and the Cure.
There is but one prime cause for all
social disorder That is sin against
God and humanity. There is one and
only one cure That is the applied
gospel of Christ.-Rev. Frank w. Luce.
Methodist Episcopal. Cleveland.
Work as Did the Master.
Let us work With all our might. as
the Master worked. as God works. and
success will surely come. Only we
must be sure the work is what God
wishes Us to do, and we must look to
him for strength and a blessing.-Rev
Floyd W. Tomkins. Presbyterian, Phil
adelphia.
Progress Is Slow.
Human minds pass over the same
intellectual paths made by their fore
fathers long ago. and when any new
idea comes to uproot the dead one it
will first have to break through the
crust of human indinerence.-Rev
Herbert S. Bigelow, Peoples Church.
Cincinnati.
Christ In a Mans Life.
If the Christ stands in a mans life
for anything. it is that he is able TO
make men here and now more buoy
ant and cheerful. radiant and hopeful.
amiable and sweet, joyous and san
guine. than they could otherwise pos
sibly hope to be.-Rev. Arthur ]. Fran
els, Congregationalist, Chicago.
Church Unity.
We have made mistakes in the past.
but we need not repeat or rerpetuate
them A comic paper offered advice
which the church might well follow.
Competitors for goodness who at
each other thrust should initiate the
plutocrats and organize trust."-Rev.
A. H. Thompson. Methodist Episcopal.
Washington.
An Encouraging Sign.
Old lines of cleavage and separation
between men are gradually being bat
tered down. Many Of the leaders in
the different religious faiths have been
led to comprehend that there is a con-
Meeting link between all mankind: that
there is unity: that we all have one
thing in common-the brotherhood Ct
man. This sign is encouraging. and
it indicates a better conditi for man.
kind in the future than in the past
Rabbi David Phillipson. Jewish, Gin
cinnati.
The Kingdom Of cod.
The surest thing in the world is the
kingdom ef God. Nature. customs.
civilizations. Institutions and creeds.
which were supposed to be permanent.
have hardly left their dust on the
paths that the feet of the servants Of
Christ have made down the slopes of
the centuries. TO have ones life work
permanent it must be a part of this
kingdom of God. The kettle of the
selfish life sings as it boils. but at Iaet
becomes empty and melts in the fire.
Rev. Charles l. White. Baptist, Water
vile, Me.
Orthodoxy Net an Issue.
The great principles of religion which
Unitarianism represents are coming to
their own in all churches. And that is
well for religion and for the church.
Orthodoxies are out of date, as well in
religion as elsewhere. Religion must
show a capacity to progress. New
times require new interpretations of
religion The vital issues today are
the niateriaism Of much of modern
thought and life and the social appli-
cation of religion and the social eff
cheney OF the church. Let people stop
criticisine. each others definitions Of
Christianity AMI meet the great issues
Of today with the great principles Of
Christian life.--Rev. Minot Simmons,
Unitarian, Cleveland, o.