Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-02-15

Do not let 90 Of the goodness ard
the sIadness Of life. If joy has come
TO YOU in any measure do not let II
escape yOu but multiply it in every lie
you rect. You possess it most in Civ
inc it away. Hide it il your own
heart and it is gone; in the heart of
anofher and it is doubled.-The Uni
versalst Leader.
The church for which we are hoping
will be inspratonal and encouraging.
It will take a great deal more time and
pains to show its appreciation of what
man is, and what he is not, and for
what he has not done. I may be wrong
but in this | firmly believe | am cor.
reet=Dr. G.. r. Simmons
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We all want to do some great thing
to dc what prophets, saints, heroes,
and martyrs have Gone. But the small
thing. the commonplace thing. the lit
tle trivial duty, the thing that has to
be done out of everybodys sight-in
the routine of business. home or
echool-that seems poor work to do
for God. But it is what He wants us
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The Congregationalist says: The
new age may easily claim too much
for itself in contrast With the past It
is doing it all the time; bnt there are
some so welded to the past that they
can see nothing good in the present
Where this state is not disease. it is
a sin
On the subject OF prayer the Chris
tian Register says: Most respectable
people, I suppose, teach their children
their children to say their prayers
They maintain the custom Of coming.
at least occasionally, to prblic Wo1-
ship. And yet the modern mind is fuii
Of uncertainty with regard to the
meaning of prayer and Worship We
are all quite sure that cloud Of pure
superstition covers one side CT the
subject. No one. for example, doubts
hat The praying machines which pee
ole use in scme parts Of the east as
> relic Of superstition. How many
pie in our own country, really be-
lieve that in the recent drought in
Kansas it was by real and direct ans
Wer to prayer that rain fell in certain
counties only. While over the lina
equally deyout worShippers prayed in
vain? On the other hand We nave
the strongest impression that the reali-
& OF PRAYER in some true sense must
be involved in the reality Of God an
religion. As sure as God is, as sure
as = the universe, there must be some
valid intercourse Of communion be-
tween God and the hearts Of men If
Ifti Z - nv 'f'li Wi!oll W Z C1Il ctJpl OttH
in prayer if there is no intercourse be-
tween the infinite spirit and oar spirit.
then all religion is vain, and ali meet
ing in churches would be a mockery.'
.Iohn 3. Cough. the late great tem
rerance orator. during a service of
song in a Christian church, was asked
by a man in the pew with him what
was TO be suag, as the announcement
had not been heard. The qnestioner
was most repu!sive in appearance be
cause Of a nervous disease that dis
figured his face and form When the
singing began. Cough was driven al
most To a frcnzy by the harsh ana dis
aoriant tone5 Gf tie singer by his side.
But when the wreteHed ereatare sang
Just as am, poor, wrotched, blini
@, Lamb Of God. come. come,
he lifted his sightless eyes to heaven
and sang with his soul. The great ora
tor in his impassiened and inimita5la
way said: Il have heard the aaeef
strains Of orchestra. choir. and sOlOist
his world can produce. but | had nev=
er heard music until heard that blin3
nan sing. "Oh, lamb Of God, | coma
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