Semi=weekly graphic., 1898-01-26
Worldly Lanrefs.

t7uetteelHi litSi are too OlbeH neBtlketto of their souls --Rev Dr. John Robert son of Glasgow, Baptist, Philadelphia.
 The Living Wire.
 Electricity was always floating i'll the air. Only recently have we found wire to mako it light our homes and help onr work. Jesus is the living wire to bring to us ill unhrolSen currents tho cheer and powcr of God. --Rov Dr Charles l. Thompson, Presbyterian, New York.
 The Need of tho World.
 The crying need of tho world is more Christlizo men Wo have knowledge enough and theology enough, but theso will not save. Remember, we are not saved by what wo think or believe of 1 Christ, but by what we have of Christ Rev Dr. Harcourt, Methodist, Phil adelphia
 True Patriotism.
 As honest and God fearing men we must learn that truo patriotism begins at homo, that those chapters of unselfish service are the hardest which are near est and plainest and that rigor of con science puts them first. --Rev. Dr. M. Woolsey Stryker of Hamilton college, Presbyterian, New York.
 True 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 whe belonged to them in a masterful fellowship. - Rev. Dr. Charles l.. Thompson, Presbyterian, New York.
 It's Own Harvest.
 Each year brings it's own now harvest of questions. Truo souls must bring their answers. The same brawn that lifted tho fail to the crop of 1896 and made tho ohaff fly shall mako all tho barn floor rattle with the thrashing of 1S97. Roy. Dr. M Woolsey Stryker of Hamilton College, Presbyterian, New York.
 Consolation In Adversity.
 Tho mother never loves her child moro tenderly than when she holds it i'll her arms and submits it to painful surgical operation which saves it's life. Sc our Heavenly Father ohastises those l whom ho loves, and never arc we so | secure of eternal life as when wo meelxly receive from his hand tho cup of bitter 1 ness.--Rov. ?. J. Flaherty, Catholic, Philadelphia.
 The Ideal Wife.
 She is tho inspiration of thrift. She 1 is not content to let her husband bear all tho financial burden, but takes a 1 lively interest in family finance and does all she can to aid in securing q home of their 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.
 Thore are somo books that are abso- l lutely indispensable to the kind of edu- cation that we are contemplating and to tho profession that we arc consider | ing and of all these tho most indispen- l sable, tho most useful, the one whose 1 knowledge is most effective is the Bi- bio. There is no book from which more | valuable lessons can be learned. I am | considering it now not as a religious book, but as manual of utility, of pro- fossional preparation and professional use for q journalist. There is perhaps no book whose style is moro suggestive | and moro instructive, from which you learn moro directly that sublime sim | plicity which never exaggerates, which l recounts the greatest events with so- lemnity, of course, but without senti- mentality or affectation, mono 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 the Scriptures speak of l Gods truth as being 'shid ill field. '' You will not run upon gold surrounded by tho clamor of the street. You must | follow George Herbert's advice and "use sometimes to bo alone. It is tho serious minded, thoughtful men who retire from tho noise and excitement of tho market and exchange who find reli zion precious. Not while the thoughts are given over to business or society does ono come upaf the treasure hid | in field. Gold hunting is q lonely | pursuit. but it pays the mind that in | bilJ lGiilo ttltdH iQb nhAiAAif5 it1ttsi- Ate adan who have itecc;sssale f.,ssss.. ts 1 years are tho men who hesitatod not to wander upon snowy heights or through l dark or broken canyons or to cross the desorts of Australia i'll solitude. They knew that when they found gold it would bo . treasure not picked up from under tho feet of tho careless multi tudes, but treasures hid ill tho field, the reward of patient, laborious, solitary search. And when they found that treasure they wero rich for life. So it is with him who searches for the good | gold of the kingdom Whom ho finds it ill some silent hour in 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. Rev. Dr. Jenkins, Preehgferian. Kansas City. ECOV. BOB TAYLOR'S TALES. This book is made up of Gov. Tay- lor's three superb lectures, The Fiddle and the Bow,' aThe Para disc of Fools,'' and "Visions and Dreams. We call to mind no lee