Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-27
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.

Uo NC " ib'h NN'Nti " they sooner or later get.-Rev. Charles F. St. John, Unitarian, Philadelphia.
 Most Real Thing.
 TO me religion is the most sacred. the most real thing in the world. if any thing at all. Man has no right to change his religion for worldly mo tives. Rev. Henry Dawson, Episcolm Han, Canton, Ill.
 The Rounded Life.
 We have heard about the simple life" and have been told about the strenuous life," but what we ought now to appreciate and study is the value of the rounded life."-Rev. P.'F. Frothingham, Unitarian. Boston.
 Pleasure In Travel.
 Let us remember that joy does not come from environment, but that it comes from the soul. And if we are to find pleasure in travel We must be ill spiritual harmony with God.-Rev. Dr Dewitt M Benham. Presbyterian. Bal timore
 Euioeies For the Living.
 hSihCuiDCl IhC IIN III tltt boh bS afraid to give them a word of cheer Eulogies for the dead do not amount to much. That which is far better is give more eulogies for the living. Rev. Dr. l.. NJ. Zimmerman, Lutheran, Bal! timore.
 Urgent Need of Temperance.
 The present dignity of man demands temperance that he may not drag the image and likeness of God ill the filth and mire of the streets. His family relations demand it; his civic duties demand it, that he may keep his prom ises to dutiful citizen, which Il drunk ard is not-that he may obey the laws which bind his conscience and external acts.--Rev George I. Conlan, Roman Catholic. Newark. x. J.
 Influence of Mountains.
 No form of nature has more inhu- ence on the human mind and imagina- ton than the mountains. The near ness of the great presence is more real. then. tlla.s in gazing upon the beauties of meadow or lake or sea. These call forth e,lr aumiraticn-the mount;rirS thl.ll Us, awe Us. give us that quiet soul feeling when we simply look breathe and enjoy Rev. Dr. John F Mackas. Presbyterian, New York.
 eclieyins's Effect on HeeIth.
 li.e first step in religious healing iS to believe aot idly. hu; with the real consciousness of d living experience 'ra lse healthy is q duty and rp+poaSi biiity for every one. Much disease i: dl;e to wrong thinking. Health ra1 be chosen and made real. The soHl and the power of health can be con- troled by tAe power of thought. It is a matter of cause and effect. Control the cause. which is the thought. and you control the effect, which is the dis ease or the health.-Rev. F.. W. Hunt. Unitarian, Boston.
 The Need of Action.
 There is nothing the matter With this world, except that it knows to do good" but hesitates. deliberates and arrives too late by some circuitous route We must teach our youth to harness Knowledge and doing and the marvels of the present will be eclipseu by greater. We must swing the whole fabric of modern life from the nega tive basis in action, ethics and reli gon-the Thou shalt not regime of the past to the positive basis of life suggested in one text. "To him that knoweth to do good and doeth it not. to him it is sin Certainly no man or institution can achieve greatness or endure for any length of time who knoweth to do good and doeth it not, Rev. Adam Reock, Congregationalist, New York.
 How to Obtain Peace.
 The ground of true peace lies in the gift of God to man. and without that peace there will always be wanting the one thing needful. It would be ;l blessed thing for God. our homes. the church and eur country did peop.e at large rise up and wage battles of peace Battles of bloodSheu should be things of the past. for such battles are brutal and inhuman. What we pray. for is Il universal brotherhood. when there shall Be put into practical effect the song of the angels when they sang Peace on earth. good will toward men," There are many different kinds of fruits in the land, but there is a rare fruit of the lips of which the prophet Isaiah speaks when he says. T create the fruit of the lips" And what is that fruit? Fruit of the lips. Surely it must be a sweet fruit. And so it is, for it is. according to the same prophet, peace, peace" Oh, that the lips of more people today bore this kind of fruit, for then would there le more blessed world in which to live. Family differences, church quarrelS, national arrangements. social bitter mentS, could all largely be avoided did more lips bear the fruit of peace. In fortunately there are those in every de partment of life who cannot speak but that they cause trouble to where they will they are the Serpents in the