Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 September 1896 — Short Scrmons. [ARTICLE]

Short Scrmons.

Love and Liberty.—True unity is possible only in love, and if we be knit together in love we shall never believe evil of one another. We shall see the virtues rather than the. vice, the excellences rather than the. infirmities of each other’s character. Love never accounts that anything has been given so long as anything has been withheld.— Rdv. W. A. Shanklin, Methodist, Seattle, Wash. Charity.—The entire Christian religion is a work of charity. Its aim is to accomplish things for others’ sakes, to elevate the degraded, to lift jjp the fallen, to bring relief to the sick, to comfort the dying, to knit all together in the bonds of love and Christian fellowshlp. It converts no one by force, it robs no one of his home, it makes no one miserable.—Rev. D. H. Keech, Moravian, York. Pa. Young Men.—Christian young men should wield an influence in politics. There are 8,000,000 young men in this country, and about 5,000,000 of them are affiliated with some Christian association. If they were together, they would form tFltelt-from Portland, Me., to San*&t«£MMe& : #hd still farther out on the Pacific ocean. All young men should be patriotic and be loyal to their God. The riod is a most critical one. We leaders among our young men.—Rev. H. B. Grose, Baptist, Boston. Worldliness.—That which keeps men back from a free and ready acceptance of the good news of the Gospel is worldliness, a sort of satisfaction with the conditions of things as they now exist; a love of the world, and an indisposition to change the habits and mode of life-do which they are accustomed--these are the things that keep men ont of heaven. They do not refuse th« offers of salvation because there is insufficient evidence that these offers anj real. They do not determine in favor of the god of this world because there Is Insufficient proof that there is aa almighty and supreme God of the universe. It is not want of conviction that is in their way. It is satisfaction with things as they are. It Is want of desire for anything bettor than this world affords. In one word, it is worldliness. —Rev.„ Charles Logan, Episcopalian, Philadelphia.