Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-26
SERMONS IN PARAGRAPHS.
LINES AND SENTENCES

oaHg"n and nitrogen are deadly foes
Yet both unite. by virtue IF their very
warfare, to give US the air We breathe
Every turning wheel in the factory is
the product OF two forces forever lying
AT each others throat-the force that
tends 10 Il center and the force that
rushes away from II. The tiny atomic
workmen inside us that destroy ufe
give place for their hated enemies to
build T.. so our souls arc forever in
chemical solution between pain and
peace But the reaction-the product
Is neither pain nor peace but some.
thing different from either which is
character And God saw everything
tha' lie had made. and behold. i, was
very good Wallace herber, Blake
W" are too ready to omplain of on
position. too eager to walk in easy
paths.\ The church has TO live her
LORDS me- and love with His love: she
must, therefore suffer as He did. But
IN" church has within her the power TO
, prevail. Let her show her steadfast
ness IN truth and righteousness under
any circumstances. let her eNhibi, the
lnirh' OF the love of Jesus and she will
prevail. And what is true OF the
"hHrCh IS true also OF the soul in her
individual aCtion.-Itev Jesse Brett
Ihor" arc times when a dense cloud
Neiis the sunlight. YOU cannot see the
sun, nor feel him. Sensitive tempera
ments feel depression, and that urac
countahlN and irrcsistlbly. M eftor,
can make YOU feel Then Won homo
B"h'nd the cioud there is the sun: from
ih"nc' he viii come. the day cracs
'hiouch, the darkest and longest night
'h"s AT last. Thus We bear the dark
ness and many sleeplcss night IL
does not shine now, but il will,-Rcv
r, w. Robertson.
An English bishop says: The other
day heard of Clergyman who was
not great preacher as the world calls
preaching. but whose church wa. nacr
ed to the doors and TO whom God gave
many souls. and an old curate surely
gave the secret when he said. we
could always hear him saying softly a.
he mounted the pulpit. IT believe in
me me HOLY Ghost-l believe in the Holy
Ghost Southern Churchman
Until mans conscience is rehlIed
with power from on high. until his soul
Is restored with energy out OF the
Holy Ghost, there is no sure pledge
that his conduct and his sentiment will
advance and that they will finally
come into keeping with the law of
God.-Georcc 4. Gordon
FionS the path OF life we should he
prepared TO do two things, 10 look
N"~'i' ""ti ~ oNcTlooR. the nrst Will
guard Us from loss and injury, the sec
cond viii protect us from disputes and
s.-Schopenhaucr
Let no man suppose that progress
can be divorced from religion. or tina,
there is any other platform for the
ministers of reform than the platform,
written In the utterances OF our Lord
and Standardization Wilson.
Twas thief said the last kind word
to Christ
Christ took the kindness and foreave
the theft,
Browning.
true and satisfying sense OF I'M
mortality must be achieved through
| life. not through intellect. II cannot
be taken second -hand.-R ". Micou.
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To take our lives as they are. and
to live them for the love OF God. quiet
! W. simply. faithfully, that is the only
RUE OF great livinE.-Lang
I, is a pitiful pity that never gives
The poor anything but tears But i.
he much better who gives his penny
+ Wi'nout pity?-Edward Leigh Pell,
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know no more tremendous thought
! than that God Almighty can tr,,st /,
human soul. and that tnat soul NAV
De my own self. II. Eccleston, II. u.
Ono of the aublimest tbInre IN IA.
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