Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 March 1898 — Short Sermons. [ARTICLE]

Short Sermons.

Human Ills—Men often think that if they could change their circumstances even slightly they would cscaiK? trouble, but this Is an illusion. The slek recover health, the poor become rich, the lowly gain flic coveted positions of honor, and their common testimony is that, having gained these advantages, their burdens are no less heavy.—Rev. W. S. Perkins, Unlversallst, Meriden, Conn. Goodiiess. —There Is no end to the plans of saving people in other ways Ilian by making them good, but the vital is whether goodne- i constitutes salvation. This Is the one question In theology. Ici tills, our ev-ery-day life on this world, the good mini Is the saved man. fie lias the respect of the community and the love of his friends.—Her. W. S. Crotvc, Episcopalian, New York City. Little Things—A sudden change anil conversion nre not likely, perhaps not possible, but a gradual change Is. A small advance Is possible day by day. Little by little the Improvement of the race is writ. We sigh for great results at once. We forget tliat It Is the little tilings which count. We forget that faithfulness In the little things of life makes the great deeds possible.—Rev. David Phllipson, Hebrew, Cincinnati, Ohio. Woman nnd the Gospel.—Woman had much to do, perlinps as much as man, In the spreading of the gospel. The story that remains to us of the first two centuries of Christianity Is largely a story of noble women. Prudentla. I’oinponia Graecina nnd other noble ladles were great helpers of KS. Peter and Paul. PrlsclUa and other women of the sajne age n,re remembered In the Inscriptions on their tombs In the catncomliH. —Rev. Wrn. O’Ryan, Catholic, Denver, Colo. Goldsmith wrote “The Vicar of Wakefield” in six weeks. It Is said to have been a story of his own recollcetlonu.