Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-04-15

eodlIke endowment Of Authorization
and welcomes on deck every via
fairy Of fate who may chance 10 ny
his way. God holds us responsible Tor
the right use OF our powers. \ moral
being I'm his every choice should I"'-
low reason IL he turn aside from
this and take any other guide IN any
thing he is condemned by reason ana
nothing can Justify him. II may be
quite reasonable for him To follow
Guide wiser than himself. TO take good |
ewes where his own are DIM out 10
take n guide without reason Is neces-
sarily to be condemned by reason. No
one can justify himself or another Tor
doing this. To gamble Is to risk ones
possession OF something upon chance.
II is the abandonment Of wisdom
Rev. DR.. Charles Bayard Mitchell |
Methodist Episcopal. Chicago
What We Fear.
We no longer fear God, 1t seems.
What we do fear and what is bad are
material things. Things are In the
saddle and ride mankind.-Rey. l..
Peabody. Presbyterian. New Haven
Conn.
His Way.
Salvation is the gift of God and is
free TO all who will take his way oi
life. His way means to live the CHRIST
life, sharing his ideals and purposes
and thus coming into his likeness
Rev. E. A. Hanley, Baptist, Provi'
| dence, X. !.
A Sitting Time.
Lent should be a sitting time. time
when we should thoughtfuny consider
our own religious obligations. our own
personal relation to God, the Infinite
| source of wisdom, strength and power.
Rev. ]. W. Roberts. CUuEregational-
list. New York.
How We Are TO Conquer.
To accomplish the impossible the
guidance of God is first of all re-
ouired. There is no impossible where
he gnldes by strength of wisdom, by
spiritual strategy, more than 10y mere
force Of compulsion of heavier forces
are we to conquer.-Rey. w. H. vii
son, Presbyterian, BROOKLYN.
Power of Christian Revelation.
Ones life is dependent ON the vision
and the disposition with which he is
gifted. The Christian revelation gives
a soul a scope of vision commensurate
with the vastneSs of the infinite and
the eternal. And ii includes the happi.
ness and Immortality of perfect being
for each individual. independent Of
earthly circumstance and condition.
All other revelations dwarf and at.
tenuate the scope of human vision.
Christianity teaches not material
evolution in terms. hut an evolution
of each person who follows lis pre-
cents. Says one of the leading teach
ers, Grow in grace until ye attain
the fulness of Christ" In science
and its teachings there are limitations
but in faith there are for the rcgcn-
Grated soul infinite life and pleasures
Escape the thraldoms of this world
with all its modern implements. and
you enter the amplitude and atiuencc
Of God.-Rev. Francis WaShhurn.
Episcopalian. Newhurg. n. !.
The church's Chief Attraction.
The attractivenesS of Il church lies
very largely In the sympathy Of the
members one with another, Love is
the furnace power of the church, 1t Is
the church's divinest orthodoxy and
supremest attraction. A living church
Is loving church. where forhearance,
sympathy, kindness. pervude the air;
where soul warmth is IN the hands
that meet and clasp; where every lone.
ly man aud stranger feels II welcome
Let such an atmosphere pervade the
church and men will crowd to its fel,
lowship.-Rev, DR.. John f. Carson.
Presbyterian. Brooklyn.
God Never Absolutely Silent.
Gods voice has never been abSo-
lutely silent He has always had his
witness among men. The darkness Of
the night at its denscst has always
been cheered by some ray of light
The very longing of men to hear God ;
voice is proof that he has been
speaking. Like mothers lullaby
echoing family, but sweetIy. down the
corridors of the passing years-thai
blessed music that fills your heart rs
you can see the heaven of mothers
smile and relive the sweet content OF
! obi -.
has sounded in the hearts of men
No one has failed to hear ii. ana as its
tones have come to them there has
been longing for worsAip.-Rev Dr
William A. Freemautle. Reformed
Episcopal, Philadelphia
Plea For Better Conditions.
The essence of religion is not a be
I lief in what we are told happened yes
!, terday nor II fear of what may happen
, to the individual tomorrow. but con
seriousness that present conditions are
, not right and a determination to leave
our children Il better heritage We
) are busily engaged in the futile battlc
: against the evils of yesterday instead
t of preventing yesterday from poison
= ing tomorrow. We build hospitals in
4 stead of fighting the bacteria in tn,
, Sums. We send families to novels
t that would not suit our favorite dogs
4 By our neglect we allow the right o.
/ contract TO immediate children on thu
= shrine Of Moloch. to overwork womer
+ to the profit of an individual and tn,
p ruin of the race. We strive for per
b feet institutions instead of good homes
I The preaching synagogue is that o
:. yesterday, and the praying synagogue
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