Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-02-04
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 Az We Build.
 We are builders of body, soul and character M.cther We will or not Our house Is being built by ourselves and our work will be tried and passed upon by the Master builder.-Rev C. O. Jones, Episcopalian. Atlanta, Ga.
 Reform
 The voice of reform, which is the voice of God. speaks only to the one who has ears 10 hear. and often when the men of Il nation are too engrossed in money making if speaks to a wom- an.-Rev Robert Hopkins, Cougrega- tionalist, Cleveland, 0.
 Reverence and Wisdom.
 Reverence must still be the crown ing element of wisdom, We ascend tho mountain path of knowledge to have our heads bathed at last in mystic clouds. In the presence of the Infinite awe and humility alone become the wise hoarted.-Rabbi Leon Harrison, St. Louis.
 The Greatest Gift.
 Gods greatest gift to the world of living men could only be the gift of q life-a warm, sympathetic human life. q life endowed with all the possihli- ties for transgreSsion. yet absolutely without sin. The acceptance of this gift of God means the giving of the spirit of Christ through our lives to ali the world Rev. Everett Dean Ellen wood, Universalist, Atlanta Ga.
 PRpal Influence.
 The influence of the papacy Is more far reaching than that of any earthly ruler. Kings aHd emperors and civil magistrates exact eternal compliance with the laws of the laHl They can not control the s:inctlElry of the heart The sovereign pontih, though he has ne army to enforce his commands makes and inte!rrets laws which bind the co,2sciences of men.-C Cardinal Glib bons, Roman Catholic, Baltimore. Error.
 Every human being begins i'll a mis- take. Error is the loany soil out of which truth vegetates and blossoms. The history of philosophy. science and theology illustrates this principle with distinct cogency that is unanSwer- able. so that We need not be too much afraid of being in error provided we cling to our error with a tenacity that is not simply tenacious. but that Is also honest and intelligent.-Rev.D Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst, Presbyterian, New York Importance of Moments.
 Our future Is fixed largely in the first twenty years of life. Certain tend encies, habits, convictions and char. shown then appear through the whole after career. Moments then are worth years afterward and opportunities for tunes One moment, crucial and trem- bling with destiny, in this period may have wrapped up in it the outcome of all the years of time and the cycles of eternity. - Rev. Josephus Stephan, Methodist, St. Louis.
 Value of . Fathers Love.
 You fathers cannot afford to let your children grow up without weaving yourselves into the memories of their golden youth. Make the days of child. hood happy and pour your love without stint into the young hearts, and these early impressions will, next to the love of God, whence they flow, save them when grown to mans and woman s estate from losing faith in the human heart, help to deliver them from the curse of selfishness. be an Eden in the evening when driven forth into life '% wilderness, will be a safeguard to tAem in times of temptation ald I conscious hell, ;l1lid the stern realities ol Ire Rev. Dr. Madison (. petnl;, Baptist New York.
 Real Ea&.,iss,t3oa.
 Religion t.In and end k hot t3 talI 1 out woaz.ca iaeu, l..'I WAJ sl.t. n 'l TOW autolnata. i'e:' GS ID ..ep.5llisse, religion CT preGigested ethics, no re ligion mal.e easy char&ttsr iI sil weeks-splitually guaranteed. No great thing, no noble thing is easy It is ou' hard but needful task to turn oul strong. positive. individual men. Nc steam drives wheels with lukewarm w, ter Enthusiasm must be the inner motor. The roots "en.' "theos,' mean "a god within" Enthusiasm Is really inspiration. Let us not creak along or drag along or be dragged along, but stand on our own feet, self centered self controlled, potent, our blood replett with red cornuscleS nerves a-tingle with will our shoulders strained for bur dens, our souls aflame.-Rabbi Leon Harrison. St Louis, Mo.
 What Is Required of n Church.
 This i; the idea of a church. The conmunity wants Igat It wants to 4