The Spirit Never Makes Men The Instruments

Christian Humility Does Not Consist In Denying What There Is Of Good In Us; But In An Abiding Sense Of Ill-desert, And In The Consciousness That What We Have Of Good Is Due To The Grace Of God.

There Can, Therefore, Be No Doubt That Presbyterians Do Carry Out The Principle That Church Power Vests In The Church Itself, And That The People Have A Right To A Substantive Part In Its Discipline And Government.

When The Great Promise Of The Spirit Was Fulfilled On The Day Of Pentecost, It Was Fulfilled Not In Reference To The Apostles Only.

A Christian Is One Who Recognizes Jesus As The Christ, The Son Of The Living God, As God Manifested In The Flesh, Loving Us And Dying For Our Redemption; And Who Is So Affected By A Sense Of The Love Of This Incarnate God As To Be Constrained To Make The Will Of Christ The Rule Of His Obedience, And The Glory Of Christ The Great End For Which He Lives.

Foolish Talking And Jesting Are Not The Ways In Which Christian Cheerfulness Should Express Itself, But Rather "giving Of Thanks" (eph. 5:4). Religion Is The Source Of Joy And Gladness, But Its Joy Is Expressed In A Religious Way, In Thanksgiving And Praise.