Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-24

OF God; and sons, as We shall see, who
are Gbedient to God: these are the
people to whom the word is spoken
ana 10. IN the word is as sure as
me divinity Of him VINO uttered them
Study such a declaration as this in
the light of the whole teaching of .Je.
sus; yea, in the light of the whole
teaching of the word; and when you
do this you will find in the first place
that true prayer presuppOses Obedi-
ence to the revealed will of God. *
The man who cherishes envy and ha-
tired and malice. or any other of the
many sins with which we are afflicted
can not get what he wants from God
in prayer. But you say, then, who
can pray? We are all sinners Ave.
but there is a difference between the
temptations to which we are exposed.
and the coming into our hearts of bad
thoughts and feelings. ana the cher
ishing of these in my hearts
The trouble is that so often the
world can see no difference between
the church member and the non
church member six days in the week.
The world is not so cynical and unfair
in this as some suppose. Public opin-
ion is not unfavorable to the church
n ocfiun Nh,.ic =,
not specially keen to find half-hidden
signs of saintliness in the ordinary.
everyday sort of man, neither is it
slow to recognize manifest tokens OF
real piety. The world judges us by
things which we like to call little and
un-essential, but the very fact that we
ale judged by them proves that they
are not little: so that if we believe
ourselves to be rated below our true
value we can only blame the market,
or the law of demand and supply, or
some equally intangible abstraction.
If ours is the kind of religion that
blesses society, society will learn of
it sooner Or later. and with the de-
mand for that kind the rating will
rise.-The Standard
1t is not enough to say, Il love Je-
sus. That is a good confession at
the beginning of the Christian life
and it is good to repeat it often as
occasion offers: but it is not enough
How are we showing our love? BY
alone? But Christ de-
mands much more of us. He asks
first our love and then our service.
and the service is the proof of the
love. Peter must show his love by
feeding the lambs and tending the
sheep. Lip service is not equivalent
for heart sesvice in the Masters eyes.
something for thy
Lord and so demonstrate thy love.
The Examiner.
The severest reflection on the theo-
logical seminary is not the herculean
attack of an Independent press, or the
violent onnneiticn Of thc r,1tc"ia]is
tic eci"ntist or the po]ishnd shafts
of hostile literati but it is the empty
church. The prominence of evil in
the community. the loss of confidence
in the absolute integrity of the pro-
fessor Of the Christian religion. the
weakness of the church in large areas.
From the inaugural address of Pres
ldent }. H. George, at Chicago semi
nary.
It is God that speaks in secret
promptings. The Spirit will leave
YOU if YOU refuse obedience; every
warning disresarded is a door closed
against future progress. If you do
not now the good which YOU can. the
time will come when yCu can not do
the good which you wouid.-F eder-
ic II. Hedge
Anybody can build a house: we need
TIE Lord for the creation of a home.
j H. Jowett
There is no character without some
defect of growth and symmetry. Some
people see nothing but the defect.
and SO lose si-ht cf the moral good
aoaith and beauty of character so OF
ten to be seen by those Who look fOl
1.-THE Ch. istian Register.
1t is cause for THANKSGIVING that
there is more real study of the Bible
at the present time than in any pre-