Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-10-22
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ASK. and il shall be given You: seek.
and Ne shall find; knock. and ii shah
1t opened unto Won.
The question has Eeen asked several
leaders OF the worlds best thought
i'ha ac,loD: What in their opinion is
he chief danger, social or political
which confronts the coming century?
Among the many answers Gen. Booth
Siys: i am Of the opinion that the
chief dangers will be religion without
ihe Holy Ghost; Christianity without
Christ; forgiveness without repent
ahce: salvation without regeneration:
lolitics without God; and heaven with
out he'll. And does it not seem that
his fears are being realized today?
II by worldly investment one dol
lar can become 81 900 in a hundred
years, how much will 81 900 become
by he arithmetic of heaven. in the
countless ages which stretch into the
great beyond. If the Son of Cod
the King of Glory-died to save a lost
soul how can we compute its value?
What investment here can equal the
oiNldend from the treasure we lay up
in heaven? What service can compare
with that spent in winning souls? One
f,fo l. -
our means belong to God-above that.
what hCnor to count our free will Of
.=:,,s@.. viii there be any stars in
MY crown ."
The worst tyrant a man can serve is
lis own selfish healt.-Dr. Hovey.
4 committee of Chicago school
teachers Who have been Investigating
me subject. say that one in three of
al the school children in the city has
some form of nervous disease. The
various calses OF this alarming con-
dition are said 10 be The intense city
life. the impure air, the living in
'tha,s. ;he continual noise of street
cars and irafiic. lack of nourishno
food. and the society and late hours
permitted by parents. The prs vulepce
OF nervous diseases among children
has. doubtless. no small BEARING ON
rhe appalling increase of crime among
The young of our cities
This evening ends the week of
prayer service of the Woman's Home
south. We rejoice because of these
services and the awakening of a
keener responsibility of the work. God
requires every woman to do her duty
according TO her ability. We of course
are not endowed with the same tao;
and ability but we can render unto
God according to our ability the things
thai are Gods. and be very careful
that we do not render unto the world
the greater service. We received
few new members for which we are
thankful, bu; according to the lady
membership of the Lakeside church.
we should have received greater
nuber. | am afraid some of our wO-
men are as stingy as the men and
can not spare the fifteen cents per
month. If you could not attend the
meetings you could pay the fifteen
cents per month and pray for the
work, which would greatly aid the
my business. We will when called be-
fore God to give an account of the
deeds done in the body. Stand per-
sonal examination and ignorance of
Gods laws will not excuse. person.
We can not then correct our mistakes
C recall lost opportunities. Our
past week of prayer has been very in
teresting, and l believe we have expe-
rienced general spiritual uplifting of
the membership. We pray that God
will give us the spiritual. mental and
physical strength TO meet the condi-
tions before lis. and to grasp our OPP
por:unities as they come to us. May
the people realize the fact that no
Christian organization can be run on
air. and give the work financial aid
when called upon. May each member
60 from these services with firmer
resolve 10 ''bear We one another's bur-
dens" until receiving the command
Come up higher
MRS. PIERCE. Reporter.