Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-08-30
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned From the Teachings
 of All Denominations.

limit, Presbyterian, Danville, Ky.
 Honesty In Worship.
 It Is better 10 worship in ba.r tmong social outcasts with an inferior minister If the ideals of that service represent your honest convictions Rev. Harry F.. Gilchrlst, Unitarian, New Orleans
 Our Crosses.
 If we put our little crosses at the foot of his great cross he will lift them up until they become transfigured into crowns of glory forevermore.-Rev. Edwin Whittier Caswell. Methodist Episcopal, Brooklyn.
 Effect of Goodness.
 Good deeds, good thoughts, good hearts, here would be good deeds. good thoughts. good hearts, in any niche of the unbounded handiwork of the di vlne.-Rev. Dr. $. Edward Young, Presbyterian. Pittsburg.
 Ever New and Fresh.
 Religion is being renewed in the hearts of the faithful day by day. Re Iigion. with all It's power to comfort and inspire. is new every morning and fresh every evening.-Rey. Ulysses q. R. Pierce, Unitarian. Washington.
 Success and Happiness.
 Success and happiness. which all de sire, come to us by ordinary rather than extraordinary means Whatever is great is an aggregate of little things, and he who neglects or despises the little will never attain to the great Rev. pr St Clair Hester, Episcopal Han, Brooklyn.
 Victory Out of Weakness.
 Consciousness of weakness means preparation, discipline, progress and and these mean victory. Necessity is called the mother of in vention; therefore if the young man of wealth feels no necessity he will fail of the greatest achievement --R Rev Ed win Whittier Caswel. Methodist Fpis copal, Brooklyn.
 Greatness.
 Seek the true hidings of greatness as they are found in God No other great ness can take the place of that which comes from God, and as men are great with God will their greatness be last ing. God never forgets those who are truly great. and for all such he has place on his throne in glory above.- Rev. Dr. l.. NJ. Zimmerman. Lutheran, Baltimore
 An Encouraging Thought.
 What encouragement in the endeay- OrS of everyday life if we would rest assured that bitter disappointments. the malignity of man, the unfaithful- ness of friends. the bitter animosity of our enemies. tribulation, disease and even death are but the dark chambers that lead to light Rev. F. F. O'Harc. Roman Catholic, Brooklyn.
 Knowledge of Loved Ones After Deati: The best evidence of future reeog- hilton Is that the disciples knew Christ after his resurrection. In the words of the text. "They knew him." So. while there is no absolute promise of future recognition. the testimony of the Bible and logic give assurances that we shall V. E. lerz Severn, Baptist. Washington.
 A Beacon to the World.
 The preacher who is a representa- tive of the church. is watchman on the wall, and his duty Is to cry aloud and warn the people when he sees danger of any kind approaching. This Is the attitude which the church ought to take. The church is the beacon where burns the light of God. She is the mouthpeee through which God speaks his message to this world Therefore the church ought to be in terested in every question affecting the moral life of the people. She ought to be interested in everything which con ccrns humanity.-Rev. J. Benjamin Lawrence. Baptist, New Orleans.
 Glorious Harvest For True Men.
 Let Us grow earnest about best things, and worst things will either pass or yield as the sand for pearls The world waits for reality. It's whole soul Is truth. The true man will reap q glorious harvest on earth,s bare field. The world does not want as its helpers those who only beat the cup of life until the foam rises to it's surface and sleams with fictitious light but, rather. those who by keener and juster aual- ysis show what strength and hope are in the cup itself-that it is an elixir of grace 10 live, a benediction to keep on living and a triumph to have lived. Rev. pr. Charles Hastings Dodd, Baptist. Baltimore.
 Gospel For the Age.
 The gospel for the age must be q gospel of instruction. People need to be taught the true ray of life. have more faith In the God of intelligence as he is manifested in the intelligence of the human race than anything else 1 believe that in the end the right will prevail because 1t is the sensible thing Things which appeal to the human reason as right and just will prevail in the end. The greatest institution on earth today is the schoolroom of the