The
enlarged freedom and general trend of Christian thought in the field of Biblical interpretation, is revealed with unusual definiteness in a sermon by the late F.
The
following letter is in line with much that might be said respecting the very unneighborly and unauthorized way many of our contemporaries are accustomed to trace all ills to our door.
Reference
was made in a late Sentinel to some marked indications of the growth of a broader thought among the Wesleyans of England, and now comes even more emphatic evidence of a corresponding advance among their brother Methodists in this country.
Those
who have worked in the smaller churches will recognize the fact that the work there differs much from that of large churches in the great cities.
We
are confident that with a greater perspective the Annual Meeting of 1902 will be generally recognized as marking an epoch in the history of our Cause.
The
erring material senses with their lying estimate of what is true, rebel against saying, "I am well," while still to mortal sense they are holding the field with a false, physical claim of sickness.
The
world has not yet forgotten the strength and faith and womanliness of one who worthily stood by her husband, the United States Minister, during those awful weeks of the siege of the British Legation in Pekin.
The
mind that entertains and is habitually rehearsing the faults, idiosyncracies and disabilities of his neighbors, becomes a channel, thereby, through which ignorance or malice will work ill for all concerned.
When
Jesus urged his disciples to let their light shine, he not only emphasized the importance of spiritual activity, but he indicated also the true nature of that activity.
