Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-12-24
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
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One of the curses of religion is that so many people are merely the shells of Christianity. - Rev. w. F. Sheridan Methodist, Louisville Ky.
 On the Highway to Success.
 1t is only when d man works for tl: love of work and not 10" lnas3ey tia. we can say happy man is t:u,, .r.n. along the highway of true success Rev. Dr. Frank De Witt Ta.maSc | Presbyterian. Los Angeles, Cd.
 Model Congregation.
 No congregation cs,n be regarded as a model Che which does not contain some of the Lords poor. to whom it was especially designed that the g5;s~ 1 pei should hc prGacle. i.-l.ev. pr. Rob ert NJ. Green, Methodist Brooklyn. Trcsti.
 Truth is not confined to any Biit.4. l however venerable. ner to ally chtre.1 however ancient her authority. 'Inr i ideas of past centuries will not suffice for today in reii@ on any more than in science or industry .-Rey, W. il. P'ils- ford, Unitarian, Chicago.
 
 The world ,:oes not owe you a living. young man. It owes you nothing but {. l fair chance. But, on the other hand you owe the world something. You owe the world a debt of manliness, character and work.-Rev. R. R. White Presbyterian, New York.
 T:ne Satisfying Life.
 The sooner We realize that man lives not for bread alone, that the true end of life is hot to please the body, but discipline the spirit; that the satisfying life is the life fed from the heights, tne sooner shall we devote ourselves to the essential.--Rev Dr. Arthur Mather Episcopaian, St. Louis.
 True Judgment.
 Man is a moral being There is in him an intuition of right and wrong. To keep the judgment true is the great thing. for there are many distracting influences in the world round about us, and it is necessary to have time and means to have the conscience or judg- ment Cuickenea and made true.-Rey. Alex Esler, Disciple. Toronto.
 Vacations and Worldliress.
 If there would be less vacation and more work there would be less worldli- ness ill the church. As a general thing, summer resorts are not calcu- lated to create any religious enthusi- asm, and it takes two or three months Of the fall to get both pastor and peo- pie lined up" again.-Rev. S. 1. Lind say, Congregationalist, St. Louis.
 Money and It's Dangers.
 By the Mammon of unrighteousness our Lord means money, and money, as we have seen, has it's dangers. But ali things valuable are dangerous. Steam and electricity are dangerous, but when mastered are invaluable servants of man. Money Is attended with dan gers, but when rightly used it may become the greatest blessing. To in- sure this end money must be rightly used and not expended for selfish pur- poses.-Rev. Dr. B. H. Ward, Episco- palian, Pittsburg.
 The Jewish Question.
 The Jews must come to the relief Of the millions in Russian lands. The Jewish question cannot be solved m Russia. The hearty response of the Jews of the world ill the present emer- gency augurs we'll for the future. believe that the Jews will solve the question outside of Russia and give to the oppressed land where they may enjoy their lives in peace and safety, and the old wandering Jew will at last cease to roam.-Rabbi B. c. Ehren- reich, Philadelphia.
 To Become Christlike. ) Here is the way to become like Christ: No mere pining or godliness, no sheer mentality, no cloistered 1sola tion from men, no ecstasy of emotions no reverence for historicity of creed or eeelesiasticsnl, no enthusiasm for ordinances or liturgies or ritualisns can beget in us likeness to Christ. We must seek to make his COT 1ciousness our oWn so far as we can, to live out the vitAhties of his life, to reproduce in ourselves his ministry to the world, to hate sham and incompleteness in any realm Reflect him and we become like him. That is religion and ration ality also. Every one of us is r@te~ : ing something daily. Ne are iaooa5 ta l some sun. We age mi3'3y3 , a2me ] glory or shamo. Oue dreams, N53t... shops. literature, friendshl9s, reea2@ tians, onv.rsamcs-. 9re st-fer= Ge4ee.- ing O. e~@lt0E us. Ivo.y man i3 h> ing chA4%a4 z2A &I9r... t2 &2rE o from shane to 4hawe by tl5a .s..3-ia;,. or shHaetgl thH&a fe rearees. Tee fore reI.g.an is neg, ed in every li Christ is essential 10 GIT cha9aeters.-- Rev. pr. ". C. Biting, blutst, St Louis
 Tine New Conscience. The hofe CT ear age ;s tte new con scienee, which. paraphrasng the words e Grattan. arises out Of the very cX= cess of the evil-a glaring, tragic dis proportion between the multiplication of the material resources and the pain fully labored increase of the moral re- NF {1N