Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-11-21

Af ed and unshayen i. Lot true rest. Rev Dr. Jackson Baptist, Chicago.
 Good For Man and Beast.
 Both men and animals live longer and do better work by taking one day in seven for physical rest.-Rev c. H. Polhemus, Gongregationalist, Denver.
 Mans Own Reflection.
 A mans estimate of God is his own reflection Tell me a man S mature es- timato of God and it will not be diff cult to estimate that man. Bishop E. R. Hendrix, Methodist, at St. Louis.
 The TurtIedove.
 The turtledove has time immemorial been synonym of love. Her song has been caught mp by the human heart and rendered into the sweetness of human affections Rev Jenkin Lloyd Jones. Chicago
 Suicide.
 There is something simply awful in the growing tendency of the modern in dividua1 to take in hand the precious gift of life and fling it back ill the face of his Creator. Rev. Father James J. bdSG6fl CaB4Ol1GJ Boston.
 In Time of Need.
 Twopenee may sometimes be worth moro than q gallon of teardrops or ton of good wishes Christ loved in the Samaritan way and served humanity at infinite cost to himsef.-Rey, c. M. Bowers, Baptist, Clinton, Mass.
 Be Faithful to Vows.
 Be faithful to your VOWS. Not only ill the lower relations of life must we be faithful. but to the higher spiritual duties iat.t NC be faithful with all the consideration of devotion. Bishop L. w. Burton. Episcopal, at Philadelphia
 4 Characteristic of the Age.
 The modern age is marked above everything else by it's love of the fact Art and literature as well as science are intent on discussing natures laws and reproducing life as it is.-Mrs. Celia F. Woolley, Independent Liberal Church. Chicago
 Fixity of Character.
 Character grows into fxity. Child hoods susceptibility fades with the years. What man sows he reaps. From thought he goes to deed, from deed to habit, from habit to character, from character to destiny. Kerr B. Tupper, Baptist. Philadelphia.
 No Retroeression.
 The advancement made in science, literature and art which has come to us is to live on and on. The great bat ties of tho world have not been fought in vain, for we today are enjoying the fruits of these victories. Bishop Ethel bert Talbot, Episcopal, at Chicago.
 The Earth May Dissolve.
 It is natural that heaven should bo described as city The earth may dis solye-that's very small thing; We shall find it so-but the foundations of that city, which were built for eternity, will endure. Rev M. E. Wright Methodist, of Cochituate, Mass, in New York
 In Debt to the Past.
 We are all in debt to the past. The book for which we pay a nominal sum has been made possible by the literature of generations. The university tuition is mere nominal sum. In science and mathematics and philosophy and his tory we receive the net results of the delving of the scholars of all the ages. Rev II. r. Perry, Baptist, Chicago
 No Millennium In 1909.
 We do not expect the millennium to begin in 1909. We do not expect it to begin then any more than any other year. No one has the right to set any specific date for the beginning of such an event. The time of the millen- nium is a very uncertain thing. 1 per sonally have no idea that it will begin in 1909 or any other near date.-ReY A. B. Simpson, Christian Alliance. at Nyack, N. Y.
 The Ixlondike Rush.
 In Seattle stores are short handed, all lines of business have fhelp wanted advertisements out, and the exodus will still be greater in the spring. saw one provision store that had been cleaned out as if by cyclone The Klondikers had bought everything, and the pro- prietor was kicking his heels joyously against all empty counter. - Rev, Charles H. Everett, Congregationalist, East Orange, N. J.
 The Bible and the Horse.
 It might be an exaggeration to say that the Bible was written by horse loy- CTS, but it is certainly not too much tc say that it contains many passages which could only have been penned by men who delighted in the beauty, grace and speed of this noble animal. Indeed, no literature contains descriptive passage equal to that of Job in which the spirit aud action of the horse are 50 graphic ally portrayed. Rev. H. D. Jenkins, Presbyterian, Kansas City.
 Exceeding Their Rights.
 No civil power upon earth has the right to interfere with the commission CTS of the King of nations i'll the dis charge of their embassage. The ordi- nance of the city of Boston forbidding the free public preaching of the gospel