Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-10-29
CHURCHES AND 7. NJ. G. A.

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The home that recognizes God need
not be concerned about the menaces OF
the present day.-Rey. DR.. William
Hathaway Pound, Congregationalist.
Chicago.
Danger.
The peril Of this age in the enlarge
ment OF the kingdom OF Christ on the
earth is the tendency to the amalg ma
ton or attempted amalgamation OF the
body OF Christ with the world.-Rey.
Frank w. Luce. Methodist. st. Louis.
Labor.
Labor is not an end in itself. A mao
is worth more than the work that can
be got out OF him. Every man who
tolls needs time and opportunity for
bodily rest and for mental aud spirit
uai imprOyement-Rey W. Scott New
in, Presbyterian. Cohocksink. Pa.
LIfe's Supreme object.
The supreme object Of life is to 90
/ that short distance farther which
, brings the realization that You have
done your best, and he who. in the spl.
it of service, goes beyond the mile that
Is required will find angels at the cross
roads to tell him what direction TO
; take. Rev. Cortland Meyers. Baptist,
/ Brooklyn.
Vaudeville Religion Fails.
! 1t is only when some experience
E, touches the depths Of life that people
turn naturally 10 religion. Let the
church descend to the sensa tional meth
ods Of the vaudeville slage and, though
it attract the multitude, it will not
save them. Its seeming failure Is evi-
dence OF it's lo:alty to it's mission. =
Rev r. F. Johonnot. Unitarian. Chi
cago
BeGetttmw of Children.
The begetting OF children has for its
! object not merely to swell the census.
but increase the number of good citi-
zens~ citizens who are qualified to full
dll their obligations to society an" to
themselves IN such wise that the world
may be the better for their existence
and that they themselves may make
good their title to heaven by leading
life of Christian virtue-Rev Father
! Often S. j.. Roman Catholic. st. Louis.
Christ the Saviour Of All.
1t is narrow view of Christ that
would limit his words to the salvation
Of souls and bodies in the one world
viC.ih hI6 tn IS g
worlds and all ages. He was manifest
ed to destroy the evil which affects
rreat ton from center to rim There is not
spot in all this marred creation be-
yond the reach Of that hand which
touched the Gallean leper with heal
ing power.-Rev DR. L. +. Frost, Meth
odist, Evanston, Ill.
Rewards of Altruism.
Man becomes more and more Il di-
vine man as he pours out his love and
sympathy in devotion and self sacri
fee. The altruistic spirit is the high
est education-the drawing out Of the
deeper aud finer lineameuts Of the
Fathers image. This is not only the
great doctrine of the Master. but tht
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newest deductions OF science. When
Job was an object Of profoundest pity
he prayed for his friends and his hor
rible dream vanished and the I.Ord
gave him twice as much as he had be
fore.-~Rev DR.. n L. Tedrick. Metho
dist. Chicago.
Matthew'S Magnificent Lesson.
may learn a magnificent lesson. Whel
he became converted and followed
Christ the first thing he did was t.
make Il great feast in his own hous,
and to invite all his old friends and as
sociates, who We're publicans and sin
ners, and have them meet Christ, hi
new Master. These We're the men, h.
felt, who would be most likely to prof
it from coming into close persona
touch with Jesus Matthew has left al
! example to young converts in all ages
He did the best possible thing when h.
made his discipleship as public as h
could. He could not have done
shrewder ding TO defeat the devil thai
to make this dinner for Christ-Rev
| waiter .NuSSutj Su
! cago
Spirit Filled Man.
The spirit filled man or the spiri
filled church. according to the New
Testament teaching and according t
present day experience. is the man o
the church which lives and moves il
an unnatural atmosphere. Say wha
you please, Gods ways are not on
ways The spirit filled man is tn
man who hears unnatural things; til
spirit filed man is the man who see
unnatural sights; the spirit filled ma
ia the man who says unna mral things
the spirit filed man is the man VIII
walks in paths that the world does no
understands: the spirit filed man hear
sweet music when all the world hear
confusing sounds and discords; tn
spirit filed man is the man who IN tn
midst of a beclouded sky can look bt
yond and see the sunlight of hope. II