Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1897 — Short Sermons. [ARTICLE]

Short Sermons.

The Christian Sabbath.—God did not Intend any of the ordinances of his kingdom to be burdensome to the human soul. When he said keep the Sabbath day holy, he did not mean to keep it sad and gloomy, but there are spirit ual joys more satisfactory than earthly pleasures.—Rev. John Stephens, Methodise, San Francisco, Cal. Keep Sentiment Alive.—Keep the tender sentiment alive in your heart and in your home. The man who lets them die is by so much less the man. Man was made to love, and to be loved. Fling aside business and all the cares that harass and perplex your life, and revel In the delights of home.—Rev. G. B. Yosburg, Denver, Colo. The Praise Service.—Only a life of praise here will prepare us for the life yonder. Praiseful service is the keynote. “His • people shall serve him; there shall be no more death.” I think Handel must have caught the heavenly strain when he suddenly breaks into a chorus which none but a genius would have dared to put Into an oratorio.— Rev. C. E. Barbour, Baptist, Rochester, N. Y. Tangible Religion.—ln the orthodox churches the organization Is every thing, the man a mere Incident. Preachers come and go, but the church goes on forever. It has a positive object in view, and la!x>rs to attain it. This is an age when the negative is not popular or profitable. Even the non-believers are not satisfied with a negative, J>ut seek something tangible.—Rev. Frank Crane, Independent, Chicago, 111. Conversion. —I do not find much difference between converted people and unconverted. There is no difference at the bank. There is a natural kindness. Maybe on the Jericho road there Is a thief; there is also a good Samaritan. There Is a cruelty of civilization unknown in a savage jungle. A child decently born needs no conversion. Natural people suit me. We are overlaid and soaked in with a lot of foreign stuff that we must get rid of. lam getting to be fond of a plain heathen.—Re r. M. W. Reed, Independent, Denver, Colo.