Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-09-03


it pay?'' rhe church has caught the
spirit OF the world Rev. T. T. Chris
tan. Baptist Chicago.
Defense of the Rfbi-.
When book 8 found more I'D TO
date Than the Bible we nav accept t.
But Il is never out # date. The moral
itv Of the Bible i far ahead of that Of
any age The unity Of the Bible proves
its absolute divinity There are thirty
or forty portions all hearing he same
message Rev William Spargeon.
Cougregatienaliet, Gardif. Wales.
Divine purpo-p IN Our Lives.
The conditions # Iife are complex.
| IT tie problem # ifp = simple, e0n-
Sistlne II 4 few essentials There IS a
/ div'ae pian. and every Hife onducted
according = hrs N is Il sHeeess. y q
oyer recurring. epoch making progress
* death COTS purpose alone forms
! The f.le deal. This purpose never
| transcends the possible or stops short
/ IF rhe poSs 10 TIE one hing neces-
sary s ap9a-tnnitv and God never
aeglectS he aapef't.si y which . nec-
sssary for he purpose which he a.
signs There : a purpose q evetv
life definite and d5riuelY ASS gned.
The acceptance of this purpose shows
wisdom Rev. p. p Goneher. Metho-
dist, Baltimore
SISTER snd Re Perfect
We are partakers Of divine human
fellowship. God furnishes he possi-
Bilities and gives his grace to aetliatize
them In his aopartnership here q
mutual interest The great God is n
t.rested in rs. not only in the crises Of
our ives. but IN all he details We
need not worry bout success He viii
take care of that The copartnership
means mutual devotion. He Is dev0t-
ed to as and We are devoted 10 him
It s worth our while 70 be utterly
abandoned 70 him There Is mutual
activity He works hitherto and y4
work and here IS often mutual snf
ferng The captain Of our salvation
was made perfect sthroHgh suffering
and 80 are We Rev T. F. Brushing
ham Methodist. Chicago.
kf got n tifE of Prayer
Prare,. an instructive outgoing Of
the soul 10 tsoG ana brings man INTO
relationship ~ lie infinite Mee #
a4 agcs have seen .mpeled 10 pray
In the reseaeeaes Of Egypt and RssH-
ION lnumr es AMI Ylnders Iaid away
eentur es ago contain evidences of the
tendency Or man to PRAYER It is an
easentaI communion with God, not
sin D!y eseeching or begging II a
u.4a was 70 say that prayer IS m
prafitahie because Of no outward bene
At derived therefrom he would be mis-
taken. because no rue, earnest per
sev4~1rz nraver has ever been offered
to the throne of God IN AN but fits tie.
PRAYING maa FOR ne performance Of
Hfe's duties Re- Or. John Douglass
BAPTIST Noftinctam England
secret of living.
FBH measure IS fhe reqaremeut Of
the divine taw. The secret of living IS
faund III eenfross stY. # people viii put
heir hearts at0 ife's work and pleas
lres unspeaka oIv great will be the re-
ward The world stands ready 10 an
sFer TO our idea of II. II we regard I
* Foticy shop or gambling he'll. :
7ze treat + as fhoUgh it were a place
,vhere one nay ~ 70 get something
fer othiug the f0ll force Of the hcreey
will assert Itself some day Think sne
worst Of oil ers and Won viii ma Se
tsfr7 If tho worst. and Won vet 7olfr
self do vo,4- no~st besides Think rs
4 Een ~ TH can. aad Hofh
vou and they ~aa he helped more staa
words folI- Rev Or Henry g.
Swenfzet EHiscopa Han teaoklyn.
The Divorce Eetl.
The geoveh - nc - e1rce evil II
the nited states IS dHe=in "a great
measure to the aee ~ prcpara on
necessary tram cfaHiren= 70 a proper
appreciation Of me sacraslness Of s4e
marriage eeze Ne.1 aef ase rouag peo-
pie Of either sex taught enough about
themseixes This * subject which
should not only he tanght n The home
but which shouid receive the most car"
ful attention IA the physiology ~
psychology classes of our schools \
national law regulating not alone di-
vorce. but marriage is necessary
we wish to avoid the complication $
arising from the present system. r Il
to hope that legal restriction alone will
eradicate the evil is like putting iodine
on boil-the humor disappears. bu:
4 It Is driven back into the blood What
ever may be done now, no final answer
to the question will be got until We
have social system that will enable
every man and every woman to be de
pendent upon nobody for q living. AZ