Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-12-12
Religious Thoughts.
Gems of Truth Cleaned From the leach
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1ngs of All Denominations.
 AS we get more. men and women, actually dwelling and abiding with God earth will grow more and more like heaven. --Dr. J. ". Weddell, Bap- tist. Philadelphia.
 Boon to Humanity.
 God did not give labor as a burden to humanity, but as boon, when he said, Thou shalt earn thy bread in the sweat of thy brow. "-Dr L. A. Crandsll. Baptist, Chicago.
 Progress of the World,
 The world has never made progress through the agency of the man who sits down to count the cost. It may fail, but it's failure will pave the way for suc- oesses to come.--Dr. J. E. Roberts. Episcopal, Kansas City.
 Religious Garments.
 The garments of religion wear out. but religion remains. The forms of creeds pass away. They get worn out. The style becomes old, but tho garments woven by the true selfhood of Christian manhood shall be in style forever. --Rey. J. F. McNamee, Baptist, Chicago.
 Rewards of the Spirit.
 The rewards of the spirit are not for the man who simply eats, drinks and is merry, but for the man who thinks and feels, suffers and sympathizes, is ani- mated by pure resolves and leads Q holy and unselflsh life Mrs Celia T. Wool ley, Independent Liberal, Chicago.
 One View of the Sabbath.
 Let Sunday be a glad day. home day, | library day, q church day, m art museum day, quiet park day, Q day without unnecessary work, day when all that is best i'll the soul runs out to meet it's holier opportunities and to prof. it by them. Rev. k. A. White, Uni versalist, Chicago
 Success In Grace's Kingdom.
 Large asking and hard working should always go hand in hand Eternal indus try is the price Of success in the king dom of grace. God is saying to the modern church that territory shall be hers which she measures off with the soles of her feet.-Rev. A. IL Stephens, Presbyterian. Chicago
 Dignity of Man.
 It is in the moral and spiritual nature that the dignity of man appears to pos sess an advantage of his kinship with divinity based upon his immortal na- ture. This links him to the chain of endless being. Possessed of Gods own nature man has power to grasp the in- tangible md sec the visible.-Dr. Kerr Boyoe Tupper, Baptist. Chicago.
 Question of Character.
 So far as man is concerned the devils presence and temptations are to result in the development of character Man decides the question of character. If God had made 1t impossible to sin, there could have been no character. Man at his best would have been ma chine Neither virtue nor heroism would have been possible.-Dr. J. R. Vest wood, Methodist, Philadelphia.
 Actual Christian Life.
 Literary and dramatic Christianity will never be truly descriptive of the actual Christian life because there is so much of it that is beyond the power of human portraiture. The human ele- ments may be given with reasonable &C., curacy, but what makes the Christian life Christian is tho infusion of the di- vine, and that is beyond the power of man to reveal except by suggestion. Dr. A. A. Berle. Congregationalist, Bos- ton.
 New Golden Rule.
 "As ye would that men do to you do even sc to myself. " If this is followed out, success is attainable and heaven is as sure as your existence is. If others treated us as we do ourselves, the courts would be full of grievances. Follow < this, and drunkenness, licentiousness, dishonesty, liars, frauds, etc., would all disappear. Take this rule then live it, act it, die by it and enter glory. You who have platforms and formulated principles, take this as your ifes mot to and the Christ rule will soon be ush- cred into rule.-Dr. Leach, Methodist, Chicago.
 Weary of Oppression.
 Tho world is getting very weary of the weighty arm of oppression, whether it be military or industrial Uneon- sciously men are yearning for the new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. While Edward Bellamy dreams of that happy day by and by where there shall be equality of social conditions, me- thinks he overlooks the very solemn and sorry fact that he is not dealing with q regenerated race. In the twenti- eth century. as in the nineteenth, he will have to make his reckoning with a selfish humanity.-Dr. Frank M. Car son, Presbyterian, Chicago.
 shun Facilitating Indecision.
 There are but two ways dictated by conscience, and the general trend of life must be one way or the other. by the very conditions and destinies of moral force. Indecision is universally decisive for the wrong, showing a lack of the moral forces in character, which reflect the conscience of the individual. "a ..o,;iyatiny iudacisioy, yok -