The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1910-01-12
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.

Nueu we get luNO the lhOuSh1 u OOA .
presence in all our life.-Rev. DR.. b. l.
whitman, Baptist, Seattle, Wash.
Our Business.
Your business is not TO make a liv-
ng, but to live life. You should do a
mans work and build up a manly char
C. L. Mead, Methodist,
Newark, N. j.
Gods Desire.
The thing that God wants us to do Is
% stand as representatives of him and
realize that what he would do we can
10 by the aid of his power in and
through our lives.-Rev. d. w. Bart
EFT, Baptist, Los Angeles, Cal.
Type of Heaven.
Home is a type of heaven and should
be the sweetest, purest and most beau
tiful place on earth. The eheeriest
word, the kindliest act and the hap
piest spirit should ever characterize
the home.-Rev Zed H. Copp, Presby-
terrain, Washington.
The Way Onward.
The way onward is through inward
growth. Deal so manfully and grandly
with the place you now hold that men
are compelled to see that you are too
large for it. Then the world viii seek
you for its higher work.--Rev. G. e.
st. John, Unitarian, Philadelphia.
Character and Destiny.
If God does not change, if human
instincts do not fail, if natures laws
are not reversed, then will man be-
cause he is man live forever. as he
at the right hand of God or in
the regions of despair. His character
VIII determine his destlny.-Rev. DR..
Luce, Methodist Episcopal, Cleveland.
Effort.
Nothing is accomplished without eff
fort in the physical world, and the
same holds true in the supernatural
world. AS we labor to provide the
food and drink to nourish our earthly
bodies, so we must strive to be worthy
of the spiritual food, which is Christ
Himself.-Rev. G. F. Seymour, Episco-
palian, Chicago.
Most Effective Prayer.
All our prayers and good works
should begin with prayer of thanks
giving to God. A prayer of thanks
giving is the most effective prayer. II
is only just. meet, right and proper at
all times TO give thanks to God. Do
not complain, grumble or find fault
with things. BE thankful for every
Gibbons, Roman Cath
Ollie, Baltimore
The Man Who Has a Greed.
The truth is a mans character is no
bigger and no better than his creed,
for Information makes his knowledge,
and knowledge makes his experience.
AS his experience grows his creed
grows larger. The dwarf knows no
creed and wants none. 1t is the grow
ing man who has creed. The best
Christian believes most because he has
most.-Rev. W. \. Math-
ews, Baptist, Chicago.
Life at Its Worst Is Worth While.
Cur pain and sorrow have a redemp-
tive effect, and the end is not yet. The
world bows in homage at the feet OF
the sufferers whom history has crown
ed. In the midst of it all there rises
the shadow of cross. and beneath
that cross of Jesus we learn that,
though the battle is sore, victory is
sure. We learn there that life at its
worst is worth while and feel there the
throb Of immortallty.-Rev. Hugh 7.
Kerr, Presbyterian, Chicago.
Men the World Needs.
The man who is to be a leader of his
fellow men, who is to make his pres
ence felt for right in this world, must
emancipate himself from the bondage
Of public opinion. The fOllow-the-lead-
er policy so much in vogue iB present
day life is unwholesome and harmful
and binders greatly the progress of the
world. All of the great reforms of
history have been started and fire.
quently completed by noted egotists.
Men who have convictions and are
willing to stand up for them regardless
Of public opinion and sayings directed
against them by clever people are the
kind the world needs.-Rev. Joseph A.
Congregationalist, Chicago.
Need of Religious Teaching.
The United States census shows that
from 1890 to 1906 there has been a
most encouraging and healthy growth
in the Episcopal church and in all of
the older religious sects. Many of the
small sects in that time have dlsap-
peared, while the increase of our
church has been at least GT.JO per cent.
have real regard for the Roman
church body. especially for
the wonderful energy shown by it, In
the sixteen years covered by the cen
sus that body has shown an increase
Of 100000 members or 1916 per cent.
That is an interesting statement. Do
you realize that the parochial schools
which are fostered by this church are
The biggest factors in this growth? In
New York city alone the Roman Cath
rlic church has parochial schools that
have an aggregate of 100000 pupils.
There the children are taught the
Christian truths as they have been re-
ceived by the Roman Catholic church.
We are forced to realize that the real
force is the teaching of
these truths. and all education must
include religious teaching. Our church
would do well to establish such schools.
and hope that we may soon see the
Of parochial schools.
The children in the Roman Catholic
schools learn loyalty to their religion
and affection for their teachers. The
public schools are a drawback to reli-
zion. as they give no religious teaching.
Bishop Frederick Burgess Of Long
island Diocese of Enisccpai Church.