Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-17

Faith is the tie that binds All reia
tenSiips, ard the man who can
strengthea this tie is the representa-,
tive of heayen.-Rev. Dir. w. j. Wi.
iiamson Baptist, st. Louis.
The Greatest Book.
The Bible is still the greatest book II
religion that we possess. The work ef
Cur great scholars, as our own expert
enccs. is making this more apparelt
continutIly-Ite c. X. Jones, tHi,a.
rian, Los Angeles, Cal.
Opportunities For the Church.
II Christ were to look over orr LAM,
| tlnk lie would say that the church. i
today confronted with greater aiel
granelcH opportunities than eyer befdt9
III its hi@tolN.-ReV. ilr. j. Ross Sfe3,.a
son, Presby terrain, New York
Helping Humanity.
With hands fuIl of helpful charity
with Il word in season 10 him ti:If i
weary, with Il heart at leisure f.0a (
self to soothe and sympathize, We a.
sent To bring ourselves into eefts.et
with humanity at the point of need.
Iscv Z j Nillers. Baptist, Inaianap
oils
Masters Recipe For iinppiness.
Ny bl'othcr, are YOU unhappy. l.
the things that now occupy youi
thoughts and heart fail to bring yu,l
satisfaction and pc;Ice and joy T..
the Masters recipe for happiness. l,a
sire earnestly to bless your fellow nea
Put the principle into practice.-l;e
Dr. H. S. Bradley. Presbyterian, Al
lautt Ga.
The Mystery OF Religion.
While we try 10 think clearly We are
learning the weakness of the ratona
powers Dogma is losing its authority
over us. The passion for definiteness is
giving way to tire sense Of mystery over
US and in US. In religion, as in art, tie
beauty and power of it lie often in the
kills. Roy Jeremiah Cromer, Congre
gationAliSt st. Louis,
The Acceptance of Truth.
The believer in the universally of
law may be grateful for all the good
that comes to him from the divine OF
der, just as the graduate realizes in
later life the depth of his obligation to
his university. In the same way all
other religious emotions will survive
the acceptance of truth, whatever that
truth may he-Rev. Or. q. Il. Dodson.
UniversHlist. st Louis.
Christian Representations.
What We sow we reap. Character
rcploduees itself in life. Grapes do
not bring forth thorns; tares do not
produce Wheat. If You want character
yen mllat pay the price for it. Sowing
love ynu shah reap love. Sowing hon,
or and truth. honor and truth You will
reap Therefore, the punishment is net
imposed by God from without, but Is
imposed by the soul from within. Rcv.
pr Newell Dwight Hills, Con@rc@u
ioMllst, brooklyn.
Goodness Through Fenr.
There is a class Of people who try
to do good from fear They are in.
stiiled With terrible dread OF the CON
| sequences Of the hereafter and 90 their
level best to do good But | will STATE
caudidly that there is nothing to fear
God is too mcreful. kind. just aud
sood, but still man will go on day hy
day living in mortal dread. He isn't
good because lac wants to be, but mere
ly to escape the punishment that he is
told VIII be mctcd out TO him.-Rev. DR.
Thomas i. Slicer. Unitarian, New
York
God In Present Tense.
The reason trouble is SO troublesome
IS that we seldom put God in the pres
ent tense. We transpose him into the
dim past and dwell upon the wonders
lie wrought in the days of the fathers
We transpose him into the remote fu
ture and dream of the glories which