Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 June 1896 — Short Sermons. [ARTICLE]

Short Sermons.

Money.—Money may give you fine clothes, but It will not make you a gentleman. It may build you a house, but It will not make a home. Money cannot buy heaven. Do not trust In coin, but in character; do not trust in currency, but In Christ.—Rev. W. 0. Wallace, Baptist, Utica, N. Y. God’s Sunshine.—Here on this troubled globe it is decreed that the gloom of night shall cover us as often as the hopeful day; but yonder on the everlasting heights of glory the sun never sets, and the silver peaks stand always bathed In the ineffable sheen from the throne of love.—Rev. Frank Crane, Methodist, Chicago, 111. The Church.—ln the popular mind the success of the church is likely to be judged by the amount of its contributions to the poor. This is not the case. A church may be magnificently equipped to administer charity, and yet fall to accomplish the purpose of Jesus Christ.—'Rev. S. D. McConnell, Episcopalian, Brooklyn, N. Y.' Motherhood.—lt is a fact that the large increase In our population comes from the poor and uneducated. Small families are found among the rich and educated. The mother says that she cannot afford to be deprived of society. Thus motherhood and society are In conflict. In the Interests of the welfare of the nation, I champion the cause of motherhood. Kindergarten work should be done in the home under the supervision of the mother. What we want Is a high physical, mental and moral motherhood. —Rev. E. M. Wood, Methodist, Allegheny, Pa. Society Women.—O woman In society, you say you sway men’s hearts! Grant It. For you and the favor of ycur eyes men have killed each other; for you men have learned to dance. Jhey dance not by themselves. At your nod and beck a home has been broken up, faithful wife deserted and noble children disgraced. To bedeck you with jewels and gems men have forged notes, swindled creditors, gambled, bet and sjieculated. For God, for purity, for temperance, for the home and children, for the church, I beg of you, woman, In the full dawn of your social life, live for God and work for your weak sisters.—Rev. H. C. Peebles, Baptist. Rochester, N. Y.