A writer in the Christian Register says: "We are ever disposed to measure ourselves by what is conspicuous and tells in our favor with others. Jesus teaches us to measure ourselves by what is childlike. All the efforts we may put forth to add to our religious stature does not imply growth, but partakes more of the nature of spiritual pride. One quaint old English writer declares that the Christian grows tall by stooping: the heaviest wheat is not found upon the most upright stalks, and so the growth of the divine life is not marked by imposing greatness."

The (Swedenborgian) New—Church Messenger says: "There are various degrees and qualities in the obedience of truth, and that government is best which in the most complete way causes truth to prevail in the world. The mere external maintenance of order by means of an efficiently organized police force, is not so perfect an expression of governmental maintenance of truth as that carrying out of order among the people accomplished by a hearty obedience of the laws of order by the people themselves from their own self—control and from their own self—imposed obedience."

The (Episcopalian) Church Standard quotes the following from an address of the Bishop of London before the World's Christian Endeavor convention: "This is the message that I would leave with you: 'If you take care of your temper, your energies will take care of themselves.' It is not by what we decide or violently assert, but by our temper in the small things of life, by our grace, humility, and self—sacrifice, that we shall turn the hearts of others to see shining through the Christian the earnest of a power which the world does not contain."

In an editorial article the (Baptist) Standard says: "The uncalculating servant of mankind shall have his reward. He that can bring himself to do good to those who have never done good to him shall be a son of the Most High because he has begun to learn the secret of the divine love, free, unmeasured, and unquenchable. Never despairing of the ungrateful or even of the deceitful, he seeks them out that he may do them good, and then it is that he begins to understand Jesus Christ."

In an editorial The Christian Life, organ of the Unitarian denomination in England, says: "Christianity alone contains elements of absolute universality because of its spirituality and progressive nature, and in each age of Christianity there continue to arise new demands for an advancing faith. The existence of so many parties in the Christian Church is proof of the desire of each to get nearer to truth in one or another respect."

The Universalist Leader asks: "Is your faith worth anything to you? Has it made you any better, any happier? Are you glad you believe as you do? When the test has come and you have found yourself sustained and blessed by the Gospel you profess, do you not feel that you are indebted for it? As you see others about you lost in doubt or struggling with an unhappy belief, do you not long to open your heart to them and make them glad?"

The Baptist Examiner says: "The true philosophy of life is crystallized in our Lord's saying, 'Be not anxious.' More people are killed by worry than by work. A 'calm and heavenly frame' of mind and heart is the best prophylactic against the mental breakdown to which so many in our day fall victims. It is difficult, sometimes, not to worry: but the remedy, unfailing and always at hand, is trust in God."

The New York (Methodist) Christian Advocate says: "In the New Testament it is said that love 'seeketh not her own.' Love does not clamor even for its own rights. Those who fix their hearts on their own promotion, their own pleasure, their own way, can never attain the glory of a noble manhood. That goal lies in the opposite direction. Selfdenial is the first step toward the kingdom of God."

The Universalist Leader says: "Jesus found error and sin in the world. The sin had its root largely in the error that was accepted as truth. There was darkness in men's souls. They were in spiritual thraldom. Their religious rites were cold formalities. Their doctrines had no inspiring influence. Jesus gave the world the truth and it began to revive."

The Homiletic Review says: "It makes all the difference many times between being a helpful personality whom men and women thank God for, and a demoralizing force that weakens the already tried and struggling pilgrims, whether through forbearance and reverent patience we keep sweet tempered and cheerful under the annoyances of life."

In its comments on the parable of the Good Samaritan, the New York (Methodist) Christian Advocate says: "It is a high duty as well as a privilege to cultivate our Lord's idea of neighborliness. Loving one's neighbor perfectly is an aid to the perfection of our love for the Father, and upon the perfection of that love our highest welfare depends."

The (Baptist) Watchman says: "The commandments of God are among the clearest revelations of His character. He aims to bring us into a fellowship with Him based on likeness to His own character. The ground of the commandment is not caprice, but His own nature. What He tells us to do, therefore, shows what He Himself is."

An old writer beautifully says: "All can give a smile." Who does not know the brightness which some faces bring whenever they appear! The smile of kindly recognition is conveyed by a glance, and none can tell how often the effort to be cheerful has helped a weaker brother to endure.

Christian Life.

"A convention is to be called at Syracuse next November of representatives of various denominations to consider possible plans looking to co—operation of religious bodies working in New York State," says the Congregationalist.

Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much;

Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.

William Cowper.