Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-06-22
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
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 iy exercise of ones talents. Happiness Is not in owning; it is ill getting and giving Rev. pr. Newell Dwight lii lis. CongrcgationaliSt, Brooklyn.
 The Unseen.
 The power tp realize the unseen k az truly part of our human nature as our instinct for right which we cal conscience Rev. | ] Van Ness. Rap tist, Nashville. Tenn.
 Wor!. of Culture.
 Culture, in d word brings mere ot the man. most of the man. into play and puts bis ma ximllul into work and gets the maximum iii real values out of that work Rabbi Leon Harrison. St Louis
 Hard Problem.
 To save this world is Il bard problem, the hardest, perhaps that God ever un dertook to solve, but not too hard for bim. He is the omnipotept God. An things are possible with bim.-Rev. A. n, Holderby. Presbyterian. Atlanta. Ga
 Value of Courage.
 Men without courage constitute the weak set in every community. 1t IS the strong, courageous men every where that succeed. The strength of nation Is not in the number of its inhabitants, but in the proportion of its men and women who dare to think and have the courage of their copylctions,--I.ev, W. N. Martin, Methodist, Brooklyn.
 The Need of Sympathy.
 We are social beings. we were ereat- ed to live iu society. No m1n is sufii- cient unto himself We af~ mutually dependent on one another As an in- jury to one organ involves q shock to the entire human system, so should the community at large feel a prac- tical sympathy for their fellow beings in any grievance expressing them = Cardinal Gibbons. Roman Catholic. Baltimore
 A Divine Monitor.
 Conscience wounded becomes an :s .,er's tongue that will sting 10 the death Let no man hope to evade the Nemesis that follows the ignoring et 1hts dlyiue monitor.
 
 Gan tnatcn the t1er.e. intol.rabie pain He feels who. night and day devoid ot
 rest,
 Carries 'sis own accEst.r in ns breast. -~Eev .lIlnits E. Kc1nensnyier. Luther a.,, New Yorh
 Divine Service.
 tnEt true divine service is wGssi: Not tue worship ui God, as we ort1;- nariir think of il: not the prostrate knee the upIifrai eye. the claspeo haDds of devotion: not observance of ritual. stately or simple, not plaint os pepitence or pleading of prayer pr chant of praise; pot hearing of scr Mous: not even tue mystery and the sweetness of the realized presence in the blessed eucharist. All these have their place, their value, tEoir benedi&. precious means of grace to us, but primarily Jesus Christ's idea Of tle divine service is love, self sacrifice. ministry Rev. pr. Lindsay Parker. Episcopslian, Brooklyn.
 rbe U.e of Religions Freedom.
 
 nfe of men and nations, when they be- gin to think about themselves and req son about themselves, they discover that they are in bondage The family, the tribe, the creed the church, the state have already set limits to the thought of man. This comes about nat. urally through the effort of men to es- | Nel nN huY YGV iyG A te gooG. By experience they Eare learned that some things tend ,o make rneD wise and good and happy. As a condition of social stability and prog ress they nj once try to fix these things in the minds aDd habits Of men-sn poems. an songs, sn stories, in creeGs in rites. ip ceremonies, in habits Of the daily life They try to keep in nnind and to Worlz into practice tha. which eee1ns to be yoo,i or wise or true. But the time surely comes when further eE- perience teaches EAat tbere are better things ,c ue tad 4 few learn tha. tbere is !. chance :o :iecor1e s!ils rnols wise and aood and Aurpv. Ehey have rebelJed ;l2:4ins. ex!era&. aathorlty jD matters ot reAeiols fajtb and p:acli i1e. IIey are e1G: ipateG They have ue- come freed men. They rejoice greatly jp the1 freedom. They often like freed mel Of all kinds ti3Ik they have WOE more thap they really have for as between siaYei! aud freedom slavery ]s posl7lvt. while freedom ls negative Slavery Mcaus external compulsioH and constr: ant; freedom means the ah senee of comIu3s ion and restraint = that is Hothing After this tashion one nay lu religion ue free and re neither wise nof strong HOT good. One of the wea kest an0 most helpless of aD bu ulAl creatures k often newly e1nan e.pateo slave At best he has tie uses of his powers yet to learn II takes tlIue to discover ihat freedom ,s not g force, bat T condition We cannot to1 ',4.. fs,y. yf,,,4