Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-01-09
Worldly Laurels.

Vl1O Jou WauG. SucGesS Ill life God sometimes uses as q lash to the cross. Successful mon are too often negligent of their souls.-Rey. Dr. John Robert son of Glasgow, Baptist, Philadelphia.
 The Living Wire.
 Electricity was always floating in the air. Only recently havo we found wire to make 1t light our homes and help our work. Jesus is the living wire to bring to Us in unhroken currents the cheer and power of God.-Rey. Dr. Charles L. Thompson, Presbyterian, New York.
 The Need of the World.
 The crying need of tho world is more Christlike men, We have knoWIedgo enough and theology enough, but these will not save. Remember, we arc not saved by what we think or believe of Christ, but by what we have of Christ. Rev. Dr. Harcourt, Methodist, Phil adelphia.
 True Patriotism.
 As honest and God fearing mon we must learn that true patriotism begins at home, that those chapters of unselfish service are the hardest which are near est and plainest, and that rigor of con science puts them frst.-Rev. Dr. M. Woolsey Stryker of Hamilton college, Presbyterian, New York.
 Truo Greatness.
 It is partial greatness that withdraws from people. True greatness means great sympathies as well as great power. Because Jesus greatness was complete he could live among fishermen as one who belonged to them in masterful fellowship. = Rev. Dr. Charles L.. Thompson, Presbyterian, New York.
 It's Own Harvest.
 Each year brings its own new harvest of questions. True souls must bring their answers. Tho same brawn that lifted the fail to the crop of 1896 and made the ehaff fly shall make all the barn floor rattle with the thrashing of 1897 Rev. Dr NJ Woolsey Stryker of Hamilton College, Presbyterian, New York.
 Consolation In Adversity.
 Tho mother never loves her child moro tenderly than whon sho holds it i'll her arms and submits it to painful surgical operation which saves its life. So our Heavenly Father chastises those whom he loves, and never arc we go secure of eternal hfoas when we meelly receive from his hand the cup of bitter ness.-Rev. P l. Flaherty, Catholic, Philadelphia.
 The Ideal Wife.
 She is the inspiration of thrift She is not content to let her husband bear all the financial burden, but takes q lively interest in family finance and does all she can to aid il securing a homo of thoir own. She is not so much the producer of wealth as she is the husbander of the wealth that another has produced. Rev George B. Vos- burgh, Baptist, Denver.
 Dana's Estimate of the Bible.
 There arc somo books that are abso- lutely indispensable to the kind of edu- cation that wo arc contemplating and to the profession that we arc consider ing, and of all these tho most indispen sable, tho most useful, tho one whose knowledge is most effective is the Bi ble There is no book from which more valuable lessons can be learned. l am considering it now not as religious book, but as manual of utility, of pro- fessional preparation and professional use for a journalist. There is perhaps no book whose style is moro suggestive and more instructive, from which you learn more directly that sublime sim plicity which never eXaggerates, which recounts the greatest events with so- lemnity, of course, but without senti- mentality or affectation, none which you open with such confidence and lay down with such reverence. Rev. w. Francis Irwin, Presbyterian, Chicago.
 Gods Truth Is Like Gold.
 And then tho Scriptures speak of Gods truth as being "hid in field. " You will not run upon gold surrounded by the clamor of the street. You must follow George Herbert's advice and use sometimes to bo alone. " It IS the serious minded, thoughtful men who retire from tho noise and excitement ot the market and exchange who find roll- zion precious. Not while tho thoughts are given over to business or society does one como upon the "treasuro hid in field '' Gold hunting is lonely pursuit, but it pays the mind that ln the fields finds the shining metal. The men who have become famous in late years arc the men who hesitated not to wander upon snowy heights or through dark or broken canyons or to cross the deserts of Australia in solitude. They knew that when they found gold 1t would be a treasure not picked up from under the feet of tho careless multi tudes, but treasures hid i'll tho field, the reward of patient laborious, solitary search. And when they found that treasure they were rich for life. So 1t is with him who searches for the good gold of the kingdom When he finds It in some silent hour ill which he has re- tired from the world and is alone with God, he is not only rewarded, but IS rich for time and eternity. Dr. Jenkins, Presbyterian, Kansas City