Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 August 1896 — SERMONS OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SERMONS OF THE WEEK

Good Men Demanded.—The oo untry to demanding men—sober men, honest men, business men, Christian men—to take care of its interests.—Rev. W. B. Loac-h, Methodist, Chicago, IH. Wealth.—The aristocracy of wealth must die. The day is coming when the Napoleons of finance will stand shoulder to shoulder with their brothers of Industry.—Rev. D. B. Greigg, Presbyterian, Baltimore,

Anger.—Anger may be justifiable or it may be bora of malice. The Saviour himself was justifiably angry, and so may we at times. But the anger of hatred or malice is inexcusable.—Rev. P. C. Yorke, .Catholic, San Francisco, Cal. Despotism.—Theoretically we have popular government, but practically we iire often dominated by the most degrading of all despotisms, the despotism of corrupt officialism, and also the despotism of iniquitous combinations and trusts.—Rev. J. P. Brush ingbam, Methodist, Chicago, 111. Funerals.—Death is sacred, th§ grave is sacred, and a funeral procession is tiie most sacred of all pypeessions. It appeals most strongly to every decent person and Is respected by all worthy the name of Christian.—Rev. W. D. Joyce, Catholic, Lowell, Mass. Great Cities.—The character of our great cities’is more and more determining the character of onr country. Our Government is rapidly upcoming a Government of great eities. New Yorly Chicago and Cincinnati practically govern this country now—Rev. XL A. <JOr, Baptist, Chicago, 111. $5? Thought.—A man’s thougfits are a good Index to his character. will thlnkjbf.'his gold, the sensualist of his plcAlfcfei; the philanthropist how he can help tlia needy. Thus a is known by the company be keeps with-in-.—Rev. W. A. Allen, Methodist, Asbury Park, N. J. Morality.—The best morality consists in not only shunning evil, but in loving the good; not only avoiding wickedness, but in seeking after the pure, Spiritual growth Is the fruitage of spiritual outleaohings. Negative morality is stag--nation.—Rev. H. L. Canfield, Universal* ist, Boston, Mass. Distress.—A financial depression has closed our industries, darkened onr homes, burdened our hearts and aroused the whole country to terror and suspicious inquiry. We are surfeited with conventions and theories. Radical remedies are proposed. Old ideas are no longer acceptable. The issues are i ital. Not only this country, but the world, is restless, fearful, distressed.— Rev. Francis Irwin, Presbyterian, Chicago.

Second-Hand Christians.—Many men are willing to give cheeks to help the poor, but they are not willing to give themselves In personal visitation or In any manifestation of personal Interest. They wish to use the religious societies as a slot machine, into which they shall put their cheeks and from which the poor shall receive benefits In some form.—Rev. R. S. MacArthur, Baptist, New York. Legislation.—Legislation must reach to the standard of morality, even to the punishment of evil doers, but there must be no religious legislation. God gives Infidels even and men,of every creed sunshine and rain, and so they have their rights in government. Let them have it in free America. Let us have moral legislation.—Rev. Georg* R. Kramer, Baptist, Brooklyn. The Pessimist.—The best sort of an optimist is a well-balanced pessimist—a man who knows black when he sees it and is willing to Call it black. It Is the man who sees the coming sunset who foretells the march of the cohorts of wifid and storm, who points to the open chasm, who does the world a- real service— Rev. A. J. Dixon, Baptist, Brooklyn. Perilous Times.—The country has seen no more serious, critical time since 1860 than it is passing through now. Industries are paralyzed, and there seems to be no assurance of their revival. There is also danger that we shall bring down upon ourselves an a valanche of disaste*. It is time to pur a way our purblind optimism and colossal national self-coneeitfSind striv£*toutilize all the wisdom of our best men. - Rev. Washington-; Gladden, Congregatiopalist, Columbus, O.