Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-06-18


ecter is as contagious AS smallpox. Tl~t
"waves Of influence go out from every
life and sweep around the world" We
meet many people, and unconsciOusly
we influence each one and each one
influences us.--ltev. Edward w. Nc
Clusky. Presbyterian. st. Louis.
Thought and Human Welfare.
Thought, we'll directed thought, is the
real element of human welfare. and 1t
consists In tie value of education to
improve the quality aud enlarge the
range of thought and open up the rich
est treasures of human history and
research and prepare to commune not
only with man, but with nature and
with God.--Kev. DR. John l.. Brandt,
Christian Church. st. Louis.
Responsibility.
The effort TO shirk responsibility Is
one Of the ehara acteristics Of our time.
Instead Of recognizing the fact that sin
makes fool Of II man, too frequently
we place the responsibility Of our sim
full and licentious lives upon the law Of
nature or the influence Of socity. A
man comes into the world by himself,
and by himself he must stand In iudg-
ment before God and bear his own
burden OF guilt or glory.-Rev. 5. G.
Neil, Baptist. Philadelphia.
COmpa a ionship of God.
We must remember that man doeo
not have to adjourn himself out Of
his body In order to begin his rela
tionship with God aud that the sign
Of the cross Is not merely an emblem
that priests stamp upon the brow, but
that 1t commits us to the divine ideal;
that we are put into the world to live
in love and patience and righteous
less, In cha mpionship Of the divine
ideals, knowing that, whatever the cost
and the pain aud pang may be, 1t is
all necessary to that final development
of character which makes us fit for
the coinpanionship Of God.-Right Rev.
Davis Sessums. Bishop of Louisiana,
Episcopalian, New Orleans.
Unnotlced Lives.
What a massive debt the world owes
not only to the religious geniuses Of
the world, but to the ready and SYM
pathetic, yet unnoticed and forgotten
followers whose natures were deep
and true enough to receive a genius
when he came. Where would the mes
sage Of Christianity be. what would
have become Of the beatitudes and
the parallels in their present form. II
loving minds had not valued them as
they were spoken and loving mem
cries cherished them for all future
generations? .'Who 80 receiveth a
prophet in the name OF prophet"
ought to receive prophets reward. for
there must be a prophetic instinct in
bis SOUL Rev Paul Revere Frothing-
ham, Unitarian. Boston.
Self Denial and Honesty.
If stealing is a fine art. honesty also
comes through practice. Young man,
study how to be honest. Don't steal
your employers time. You have no
more right to be five minutes late In
the morning and clip of these golden
drops or to clip off little time at the
other end Of the day than clerk has
to clip of little silk from the bolt Of
rich goods. Avoid debt. Deny your
self the theater unless you can afford
it, Deny luxuries even to wife and
| child unless you have earned their lux
ury and pleasure. Earn the good
things you have. Take nothing as a
free gift. Stand on your own feet
The overt act of dishonesty begins
! in a faroff thought Of pleasure OF
| show. Learn the Joy of frugality, OF
saving little and Investing it. Re
member that honesty is the foundation
Of prosperity DR.. Newell Dwight
! Hills, Congregationalist Brooklyn.
Personal Equation In Life.
| There la casEet scene in every life
Every young man and woman coming
! to the threshold Of life must make a
choice between the worGly, moral and
Christian life, between the life of ease
and luxurious living, the life Of de
pendence upon others, concerned only
In having a nominal position, and the
| life of drudgery and toll, where, re
gardless of the name or financial cOndi
ton Of parents, the young man deter
mines to stand upon his own feet
carve out his own destiny and make
his own way through the world Only
| those who choose the leaden casket OF
the Christian life and who assume thnil
share Of the worlds work have any
realization of genuine happiness. But
mere physical toll will be useless TN
less mixed with brains. The first rnai
| thing in life is to find out the line oi
least resistance Misfits are fatal Ia
vid in Saul's armor would have been d
failure. A theological seminary would
have Cancelled Thomas A. Edison. Not
the wishes of parents nor the vanity OF
| wife nor the pride of place. but Cos
and nature. ought to choose ones occu
patton In astronomy there is the per
sonal equation BY that is meant th
difference In time required for the
| knowledge of given fact to pass from
! the eye to the brain center Of two as
| tronomers. In all calculations allow
| ance must be made for this difference
Broadly considered, the personal equa