Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-10-08
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
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Nobler Living.


Louis.
Social Necessity.
The church is neither a charity nor
a luxury. Laying aside all questions
Of religious culture, the church is
! financial and social necessity, and the
| money you spend for public worship is
Just as really spent upon yourself as
though you put 1t into a garment to
| cover you or in house to shelter you.
Rev DR. Madison G. Peters, Baptist,
Baltimore.
Beauty Of Dying.
think it a strengthening exercise to
our souls to reflect frequently upon
our last end in order that we may
bring more clearly before our minds
the vanity and evanescence Of worldly
! things. BY familiarizing ourselves with
death in as far as we are able to con-
ceive 1t we will find that it will lose
! much of its terrors-Rev Carl Doney,
Methodist. Washington
Where Unbelief Harms.
Those who would have new and in
spring vision Of their Lord must enter
! by prayer into the secret chamber OF
the Most High" which is availabl
through the intercession Of Christ on
the thoroughfare. In the busy work
shop or the home. Means of communi
cation with the King are never OBJ
structed save by the evil heart of un-
belief"-Rev. NJ M. Strong, Unitarian.
, Denver.
| Life's End.
There are those who confine their
ambitions to the life Of the world and
think the grave "be all and end ALL
Of life But we cannot think thus. II
II were. why all our suffering, striving
upward and battling for the right? II
we are convinced that the grave is not
the ultimate goal of life, but that We
have been created by the eternal Fa
ther to return to him in the end with
love and loyal service and through
them to be happy in the next world,
then our struggles have reason.-Rev.
Father Hayes, Roman Catholic, New
York
Work and Happiness.
, No man has ever done enough. The
best is always before us. No matter
what success you had yesterday. there
is a richer achievement to be gained
tomorrow. God always keeps the best
of the wine to the last of the feast.
Life is not behind you; success is be-
fore you. Yesterday is a granary that
holds seed for today's sowing. Great is
the harvest tomorrow. 1t is this spirit
of hope. work, varied interests and in
cessant activity that lends happiness
! to life, and it is happiness that makes
work successful.-Rev Dr. Newell
Dwight Hills, Congregationa!ist. Brook
lyn.
Peace II Splendid Stride.
The peace OF Por: brought
about by the American pacificator. will
not be one single event begun and end
ed'wlthin brief space Of time. 1t will
I be marked as splendid stride toward
a method of rational and humane ad
justment Of troubles yet to arise
among nations. It has been a new IL
j lustra ton of how nations at peace may
help nations at war 1t will make di
plomacy more courageous, outspoken
and friendly. 1t will Introduce com
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| tlement of international disputes. Ii
will make it less difficult for nations to
advise nations and for potentates to
heed the judgment of mankina.-R
DR.. George f. Rees. Baptist, lhiiadel-
phia.
Educating For Life.
To educate for life is not merely to
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money 1t is not necessarily bad. 1t
can be very good But money is not
the highest good or the deepest happi-
ness. 1t alone cannot make life gen
uine, desirable and worth while. We
may be rich in money and poor in life.
Let us spare our children this curse.
Let us not surround them like Sisy-
phus with things they are incapable to
| use God made our children men: let
us not make them machines, cash reg
listers. God has given us heart, head
and hands. They have higher possibil-
tiles and uses than to be mere feeders
to stomachs or tentacles to pockets.
We should educate our children to
make the highest use Of money if they
have it and to get along without 1t if
they lack It, They should be cultivated
with more than material interests and
physical Qualifications. "Train up a
child in the way he should 60" That
way is to give him opportunity and Ell
couragement to acquire deftness, skill.
cultured senses, higher ideals. sympa-
thies and an all round symmetrical de
velopment. To have such is living TO
strive for such is to educate for life.
for the human life. Such ia the proper
educational task Of our children. 1t is
our task and duty as their parents
Rabbi Alexander Lyons. NJ. A.. Brook
lyn.