Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-07-26
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned From the Teachings
 of All Denominations.

We must be careful lest We use Tor ourselves the money which rightly bs- longs to the Lord and thereby rob God-Rev l.. M. Zimmerman, Luther an, Baltimore.
 An All Time .Ministration.
 Present day church work is to min ister to all needs of men every day in the week the year round.--l;ev. w. X. Bartlett, Consregationalist, Chicago.
 Eliminating the Holy Spirit.
 No greater folly can be perpetratea than to eliminate the working of the Holy Spirit in the affairs of human life in this present day.-Rev. A. W. Hod der. Baptist. Brooklyn.
 Good That Follows investigation.
 Invest igatiOn never explains any thing away worth retaining. Science Is never the enemy of truth. If it breaks up the formal and tears down the superstiliOus, 1t is only that 1t may reveal facts that were before con cea led Rev. Robert Macdonald, Rap. list, Brooklyn.
 A Practical Religion.
 Jesus became a man of the world and was familiar with the lowly things of life in order that he mi ght show to the world that all men could carry their religion to their work, their pleasure. their relations with one another and their material activity.-Bishop Henry Warren, Methodist, Denver.
 Self Defense.
 Any acts oi self defense or any fight ing or an aggressive work done from sa am judgment without the bias of emotion or prejudices can be indul@ed in without any violation to the doe Urine of nonresstance as Christ intend ed it-Rev. Hiram Frooman. Church of the New Jerusalem. Providence, R. l.
 What Counts Today.
 The thing most to be admired in the man is not tn, way he dresses or the way in which he makes his money. but the charatcer he has. The world respects his manhood most. What counts today Is not physical agility or mental ability, but moral supremacy Rev. William w. Bustard Baptist Roxbury, Mass.
 Need of Enthusiasm.
 The ignorant succeed not because they are ignorant, but because they are filled with enthusiasm. Enthusiasm without knowledge rises higher than Knowledge without enthusiasm Cold ness is the great malady of the world. wifi mi Inn vjthnnt ambitions, without some noble purpose in life, is dead--key. Gilbert r. Jen- nings, Roman Catholic. Cleveland, o,
 Gods Great Determination.
 If pleasant things will not save you. painful things must. God prefers to win you to eternal salvation by giving you sweet treasures here on earth. Nevertheless, if you fail to be won by the lovely, God is so set upon saving you that he will certainly send the un- lovely. His great determination is that you shall be saved.-Rev. pr. $. Ed ward Young, Presbyterian, Pittsburs.
 Christian Manhood.
 Merely to he a strong man physical ly. merely to be able to defend one self against an enemy and whip who- ever may attack one, merely to be a giant in brute force-this is not the gospels ideal of Christian manhood. But if Jesus Christ dwellS in our hearts, if he becomes the master Of our lives. We will seek to be strong physically in order that we may use our strength to benefit our fellow men and to glorify God. Dr. John L.. Cauehey, Presbyterian, New York.
 The Judgment.
 The judgment shall not be deter mined by wealth or by position or by influence or by social power, but by living in Christ alone. The judgment is where men will come face to face 1 with their own conscience. Men may hide their conscience from other men, but they cannot hide it from the judy- ment Judgment makes men think. and it makes men honest. do not mean honest with other men alone, but honest With their God.-Rev T Wilbur Chapman, Evangelist, Philadelphia
 True Hunters Spirit.
 NlilllOu as t llliSult Uuuitl Utl ol ( the Lord" Indeed, he may have been the first hunter before the Lord, but not the only or the last one, for every body has his weapon and is out for game. Everybody has his shot. In spite of all that we hear today about tue inequality of life, about the ''haves' and the "have notS," about the plutocrat and the proletarian, of grind ing down the faces of the poor and of the pampered progeny Of the rich-in spite of 1t all and in spite of the pa theic truth which is in it all the hum best as well as the highest and the least as well as the largest has his shot, l do not mean that all shoot at the same thing or bring down game of equal size. Why do ninety-flve men out of q hundred fail? Because they don't roast their meat Why is it cas- fer to make a fortune than it Is to keep II? Because roasting the meat Is more arduous, painstaking, laborious busi