Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-04-27

ana lis Il al politics and commerce
and the selfish and cruel ambitions #
men and nations it is found that, de
what they WI ia tAeir unbelief tie
IcrI .Jt=tt .=a';t has girded theta 10
fulfill! til. Uor, ~ his prophecy of the
eyau4ell. ton OF the world.-:tev.
Harris II. Greg, Presbyterian, Chi
eago.
Worthy Comsummation,
TO so live that to die is gain ana to
be conscious that it is Il gain, to be
glad of the exchange Of an earthly
for spiritual body and to fall asleep
i'll the certainty OF waking III a higher
and a nobler life is to grasp the CON
summation so Geyoutly to be wished
and TO reach the, ideal which God
places within tie reach Of honesty,
truth and tidelity.-Rev. Dr.. George Ii.
Hepworth, Congregationalist, New
York
Golden Rule or Golden Calf.
If men insist on forsaking the Golden
Rule for the golden calf, if they plead
the prcoccupation of business as an ex-
cuse for the neglect Of civic duties, if
they quarantine their religion III the
Sundays of the calendar and the pews
and aisles of their churches, then the
fiery footed avengers of willful blind
ness and neglect will visit them, and
anarchy will forever hold its high earn-
yal.-Rey. Frank e. Iyrrell, Christian
Church, St Louis.
Growth the Law of Nature.
Growth is the foundation law CT all
living creatures. In nature there is no
standstiIl. \ creature WAS never made
by God to remain immovaGle. The
higher we go in the forms OF existence,
whether of plant OF Of brute life, the
more obvious becomes the law, and
man is 10 exception to the rule. Even
in his maturity, when he has attained
the fullness of his manhood and the
ripeness of his years, growth is essen"
t;al for the very existence of man.
Rev. j. W. Sullivan, Roman Catholic,
Sau Francisco.
Prayer.
Prayer brings the secret, powerful
thrill OF life from God.-Key. X. ]. Big
ham, Atlanta. Ga.
Gods Friendship.
The only friendship forever merciful
to our weakness is God s.-Hev. +. +.
Hopkins. Chicago.
Saved and sa.iOrs.
We cannot save lost souls till we our
selves are saved.-ltev. David Utter,
Unitarian, Denver.
The Great Word.
Mastery is the great word in the art
Of life.-Rev. William Il. Brown, Con-
gregat;onalist, Rochester, n. Y.
The Real Christ.
Christ does not become the real treas
ure of your life until you come to know
him personally. - Rev. Louis Albert
Banks, Methodist, New York.
Sim Is Madness.
Sin is madness. Sin is the wandering
of a soul from the true ways of life
Sin is the action of a lost self, a mad
self.-Rev. Spenser 3. Mceser, Baptist,
Philadelphia.
AS man survives or perishes by his
ideals, so men cannot grow and flourish
without the ideals that come from the
Godward look of the soul.--lsev. NJ. J.
Haw, Methodist South, st. Louis.
Cannot he Harmed.
Character is indcstructiblc. The bull
let was never nodded nor was the blade
ever forged that can destroy the good
man. They may stop his breath, but
they cannot stop his iu!l,ltuce.--Ke
Frank Crane. Methodist. Chicago.
What Education Means.
Education is the effort 10 have men
and women come to the sense OF per-
sonality. to have each come to him
self" and awaken to his relations 20 his
world, to himself and to his God.--Ite
Spenser r. Meeser. Baptist. Phladel
phia.
Sowing ana EcauiMg.
Friends, we can't SOW :,lc seeds Of sin
without reaping death: Wc can't SOW
the seeds OF dsloyalty without rcal,ins
rebellion: We can't SOW The seeds of
aWlessness without rcaping anar6 hy.-
Rev. j. r. NJ. Johnston. Baptist. st.
Louis
Only Enduring Things.
We s4& i know chat TIE only enduring
things. the only atisfyii4G things are
those which h. 4 In do with ;!ie iliilnor-
tai kngslDin cf i.g, iap things which
God gives 10 those who seek frs. his
kingdom &nI his righteousness, -l;ev.
George y. King Presbyterian st.
Louis.
..ot sn Vain.
If today the people register VOW
that they will so strengthen the home,
the school, the press and the church
through wise legislation ard noble pre-
cept, expel anarchy Iawlessnass, injus-
tice. class hatred from the land, our
martyrpd president wiz no, haye died
in van.-Bev. Dr Newell y. IIi.Iis,
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