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The Albany Knickerbocker P ress said: “I t w o u ld seetn th a t one w ho re a lly lo v ed th e c h u rc h w h ich h a s fo ste re d h im fo r so m an y y e a rs w o u ld av o id in flic tin g u p o n it ¿such a so u rce of s trife .” The Utica Observer-Dispatch said: “A ny man. of h o n o r a n d in te g rity , fin d in g h im se lf o u t of tu n e w ith a n o rg a n iz a tio n of a n y k in d , se c u la r, re lig io u s, p riv a te o r p u b lic, w ill d e c e n tly se v e r h is re la tio n s th e re w ith a n d fo llo w h is ow n b e n t.” The Brooklyn Eagle said: “D r. G ra n t's d isb e lie f in th è creed of th e E p isco p al C h u rch c a n n o t c h a n g e th a t creed. A ll it d o e s .is to m ak e h is .re te n tio n of a n E p isc o p a lia n re c to rs h ip in to le ra b le to th e g re a t, m a ss Of d e v o u t E p is c o p a lia n s .1’-—K .; L. B.
m how is it th a t you have worn the knees of your pants so much faster th an the rest of th em ?” “Uncle, I have worn them out praying for you, th a t God would make you a C hristian” ; and then the tears came, of course. Nothing more was said, but the uncle put his arm around th e hoy, and drew him close to his breast, and in a little while was bending his knees to th e same Saviour. When we wear our clothes th in in praying for others we shall not find it hard to speak to them if th e op po rtu n ity - occurs.-li'From Howard W. Pope, in his “ 2 Tim. 2:15.”
GYPSY SMITH’S SOUK WINNING Perhaps the strongest love of a friend is th a t which impels him to speak to another of his Saviour. As a ru le it is easy to speak to those for whom we have often prayed. Gypsy Smith tells us th a t when he was con verted he immediately became anxious for the conversion of his uncle. Among gypsies it was not considered proper for children to address th e ir elders on the subject of duty; and so the boy Just prayed, and waited for God to open th e way. One day his uncle noticed a hole in his trousers, and said, “Rodney,
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| A LL th a t the Church has today is its message. Silence th at, and the = | I \ Christian Church goes out of business. Let th a t ring clear and | I ^ true, and you may burn down every church and wipe out all the = | elaborate machinery th a t has been built about it, you may strip g 1 it of its wealth and numbers and influence, bu t if it still have left a voice to 5 | tell the old, old story of Jesus and His love, it remains in possession of all | | th a t it ever had and of all th a t it needs to bring th e lost world back to God. ,§ I This is all the Church ever had. It has sought much else, and often its = 1 search has been successful, bu t sooner or later it has discovered th a t what it g I sought outside of its message was fools’ gold. It has sought th e patronage“ | = and protection of th e state only to learn th a t a state-fed church cannot save = I a lost world. It has sought numbers and wealth and scholarship,, only t6 f = discover th a t w ithout the message these are mere straw assets. It has sought g | to build stately churches and imposing cathedrals, and it has seen them be- = I come the tombs of religion, w ithout th e Gospel.— Dr. Jam es I. Vance. I
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