Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1896 — SERMONS OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SERMONS OF THE WEEK

Manhood.—The world needs not mor* men, but more man.—Rev. C. W. Gulllette, Methodist, Cincinnati. Grief.—Solitary grief is the most severe burden to humanity.—Rev.' F. B. Webb, Presbyterian, Columbia, Tenn. The Bible.—We are not called upon to defend the Bible. The Bible will take care of itself.—Rev. Dr. Barron, Bap tist, Dallas. Flirtation.—Mother Eve was the first flirt, and the whole human race has been similarly afflicted ever since.— Rev. A. B. Chalmers, Christian Churen, Cleveland. Peace.—America has taught the world that the supremely good soldier loves peace and deplores the horrors of war.—Rev. A. R. Rich, Methodist, Dubois, Pa. Prayer.—Prayer is the telephone over which we talk and receive an answer. It is the lever by which the rocks are moved.—Rev. F. H. Shedd, Presbyterian, Sioux City, lowa. Secession.—Whatever may be true in earthly politics, and I am intensely Southern In my instincts and sympathies, in the kingdom of heaven there is and can be no right 'of 'SeeeSlibn.— Rev. R. H. Cotton, Episcopalian, Dallas. ■ <■ Creed. —One might as well expect to get well by handling pills as to be saved by a creed. Whether one be a Methodist or Presbyterian or Episcopalian is a ma tter of small Importance. —Rev. J. I. Vance, Presbyterian, Nashville. Happiness.—We must give ourselves to others before we shall find our own Chiefest joy. The true happiness of life is not found in the getting, but in the giving. And we can get happiness in no other way—Rev. Dr. Putnam, Presbyterian, Logansport, Ind. Devout Mothers.—A devout, pioud mother contributes more to the propagation of religion and the strength of a nation titan the sermons of Augustine or Chrysostom or the transceudant eloquence of Burke or Webster. -Rev. F. Riordan, Catholic, Lawrence, Mass. Home.—There are so-called religious homesthatareliketombs, joyless, dark, parents long-faced, sanctimonious, I igoted, forever drawing out heartless prayers and making Sunday a day to be dreade'cf allove all days of the week. —Rev. 11. H. Barbour, Baptist, Columbus, Ohio. Politics.—Tile heterogeneous composition of our American cities makes it possible for the unscrupulous leader to bargain and deliver masses of votes in great blocks. The perfectly natural result is a debauched city government.— Rev. B. E. Howard, Presbyterian, Loa Angeles.

The Stage.—Out of any 100 plays in the best theaters to-day it is acknowledged that not over three are ever of any use whatever in teaching anything for tlie good of the race. Anything taught must be good to be elevating, and then it must be true.—Rev. W. T. Euster, Methodist, Spokane, Wash. Immigration.—The gulf between the working classes and the church is largely due to foreign immigration, the people coming from countries where English is not spoken, and for that reason, when they get here, they have no desire to go to church and listen to English preachers.—Rev. A. J. Waugh, Presbyterian, Cleveland. Health.—There is nothing so-cbeap as health; nothing so expensive as disease. God’s real restoratives are very cheap. Sunlight, beauty, fresh air and water are supplied at low rates to those who go Io the right market, while the compounds of the apothecary are always costly.—Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones, Chicago. Religious Training.—A lack of religious training is the trouble of our times. Boys are left to decide for themselves whether or not they will go to church or Sunday school. - Going depends only on their youthful whims, which are more changeable than the winds. Parents think nothing of the absence of their children from thd church services.—Rev. W. S. Hoskinson. Lutheran. Sacramento. Education.—Education has to do with the soul of man, and religion is the attitude of that soul toward God. The former is a question of training and enlargement, the lahtiT-a question of attitude. Thus we see that trfte'religion must favbr education, And education should lead on to religion. That education which fails .to build up a pure character is dangerous to mankind.—Rev. G. H. Humason, Methodist, Duluth.

Success—Virtue and victory are wedded. No man can divorce them. The knighthood of our day must not only be chivalrous, but Christly. The flashing seimiter which will cut its way -through the serried ranks of opposing hosts is Hie sword of the Spirit. No armor is invulnerable save the enfoldings of divine love. The cross is the symbol of victory. Christliness insures celestial coronation.—Rev. A. Z. Conrad, Congregationalist, Worcester, Mass. Degeneration.—The people, the workers, are letting go of the Bible. The mass of the people are not reading tho Bible, not bearing!lt read. Park Street Church, Boston, -<sb a means of grace, cost $600,000, and seats 1,500 people who con afford the luxury. The only preacher who has succeeded in filling it in later yeans called it “a religious clufi house.” There are a great number of religious club houses in cities and villages.—Rev. M. W. Reed, Independent, Denver.