Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-03
SERMONS IN PARAGRAPHS.
LINES AND SENTENCES

Successful inSinc"ritN calls for an
amazingly "poi memory. T. we were
iisimce:e - something that We said
yesterday. he uanger i tha, W. may
say Sometni0" to-dey that contrndicts
and exposes yesterdays remarks. A
bus Ness m~u WHO w"S telling OF I'VE
;.sf. cto'y settlement oi avs"tt.
said. in d~s..l :uinc how .o'n. ut hi>
transaction. - ~ been investigated. II
10 ey have to rememh@r "'."i say.
That ! & .tty safe n.inciOle for our
every day ceilings with each other. To
tel! the sirD.. truth. In complete sim
,erity. undo AL circumstances en-
;irely :el!s,.s u of The necessity uf
using = WatrhfI.i and ;tler. memory in
order 10 IN .l:e cur statements ham to.
setrer.-Southvrn Chu"chuan.
Nothing 'hu " Christian touch, j.
outside his spiritual life. A Christian
woman VIII, h.. suffered injury from
aid not reCn"i the ms= If coffee as =
moral question. Why" her friend
answered. playing tennis is 4 moral
question: eating potatoes is 4 moral
question: II is either right or wrong
for every Christian TO do the thing he
IS doing al this moment. and that
makes IL a moral question" Eut ii
is more than that: it is a part OF his
spiritual experience. For We are TO
do all things. ting, drinking. play
ing. workinc-ii. the name OF Christ
giving giorv IL God. The simple test.
left is. Docs IT glorify God: does i;
show 10 the World Ills character"--
sunday School Times.
There may he a morality without re-
lision. but there can b. no ,.u. re-
hS 'ouSnc&S without moral fcclinE aud
conduct. Believing ourselves 10 he
spiritual orphans. we can ~ least h.,
ln:i and generous. forgivinS and low
inC to one ?aother. thus winning the
a"prcval Of on unknown Father: hut
il our hear cr- filed with cumity 10.
ward our elbow beings. aud our lives
ere injurious I. their welfare. 20 real
devotion to God will inspire our for
NAL worship, and no words Or acts OF
homage will deserve His favor-Uni-
Ie.SaliSt Leader.
Let a man make il his object in
life to bvin. TO God all th" honor that
he can: To SHOW hat he remembers
Him and r"':arus Him and reverenr.s
Him. even wh,r il is not likely to hc
noticed. even when ii j. incouvcnieMt
TO himself. oven when there might lie
many excuses found fpr pos. ponin:
emitting or Correcting it: let u man
live thus rnG God. who is thus hon
oreG by him. VIII III turn honor him
lie viii 50 mon to So" th';t II If"
OF rcmcmbv in-' God *. on tho whole
IN the long rlii,. = h:;pry life and "a
successful life aud an honorcd life
~. Vaughan.
Columbus wv further than his sail
"rs, Where they fixed their eyes on
more driftw"od. he behcld a new world
The Christian secs heaven ahead. where
the iniidcl secs only drift around him.
Wisdom is useful To all pe"rlc. since
her aspect assists our faiih. which .
Is useful above all things To tho whole
human race. since faith is that 10y ,
which we escape eternal death, and
obtain eternal lifc.-Dantc
The Guardian Angel OF life some.
time" flies so high thar We can not see
him: but he is always down upon US /
and viii soon hover nearer 10 u.s.
Richtcr. /!
Great minds, like Heaven. arc pleased
in doing rood.--Rowe
No man is free who is not master
OF neutrality-suspicious..