Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-31
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.

n" .'iuAes ot poetry.-Rev. I.lewel y" "f'"h, Baptist. Cleveland. Q. e The World. Purpose: :. ihe purpose of thls world is that .uen- may know, love and labor and "af come into the likeness of the Gre a.or, 6od--Rev l.. A. Manley. Baptist, ! Providence, R. I:
 cPpiness From Love.
 ne greatest determining factor in "oh'esiie happiness is love, and with. put iovc ID the heart there can he no naPpihess II the homc.- Rev W w. Stard' Baptist, Boston.
 < | Ono of Gods Calls.
 inc call from tue Great Teacher to rove even enemies is really call to get sequaAn'ed with folks as they really sre.--lsev. \. C Singsen. Congrega. uonaljs', Providence. R. 1.
 sl Great Field For Personal Workers. The greatest work is not done by the man who works in the pulpit. but the greatest field lies open 10 the personal worker. the personal evangelist.--Rev :. C. M. Boswell. Methodist, Baltimore. [ One Use ef Recreation.
 Recreation should giorify God. It pould develop man along divinely ap- ,DSnted lines. IL sho,.l,' make him Sronger and more capable. It should Vt him in such condition that God can be him more effectively when he /needs him.-Rey. De Witt NJ. Eenham m. pHeSby tprian Rai.1nnro
 6., Christ's Measure cf a Man. \ When man wants to measure ur to @,al,e fn'l measure of life. then Jcsus Christ comes and helps him. When Christ measures q nian. he does rot ask the man of his failures. He says, e Y measure man for his possibilities. 1for what he is."-Rey. $. J. Cam, Eap. ( tist, East Providence, R. I.
 Man Not to Live Alone. n Gdd did not place man in this world No lNe alone. He needs the compa nion- tNp of his fellow man. So God placed Vvileges and blessings and at the
 he time with all the responsibilities
 Family life.-Rev. Charles H. Craik,
 fscopalian. Louisville. Ky.
 Winning Wisdom.
 Eisdom is won by the discipline of
 e as truly IS by the discipline of =. je schools. and many young college igraduate has learned by bitter expert. ence that he cannot afford to despisa the judgment of men with less book learning, but greater life wisdom ! Rev. Dr. Fenn, Episcopalian. Boston Great Burden Bearer.
 " The church stands for a perpetual .01nike 10 Tighten all the burdens of fhman life. Whether the burden be If poverty or of sickness or of sin, the Church should serve to tighten 1t till 1t ~ not merely less grievous, but til 1t Ihas entirely rolled away.--Rev. Henry eCushman, Universalist, Providence, RL
 eeeisty's Great kssd.
 The great need in our social life to. day is for women, whether in the van. ity fair of fashion or in the quiet of the home, to embody and exemplify inc < simple Christian graces- gentlchcss. N patience, contentment. reverence. It is women more than men who give tone and character to society.-Rey. Dr. St < Clair Hester. Episcopalian, Brooklyn. A Weman's Love. Nowhere is the ycarning of the soul after God more wonderfully expressed lan in the great poem called Solo Vofa'S Song This classic makes use Of ke strongest, deepest, purest thing in
 kworld-a womans love-to show x lat 1t is with such intensity we v{,dhould seek our Lord and Master. It kis taue VIC should give him the best we
 y a,a all we have, and finally, by kIn, united to him, we shall find peace
 d eternal joy.-Rev. F. F. Hopkins, Sngrega tionalist, Chicago.
 The University of the People.
 The true type of basic social organ
 ton is an association of the people
 municipality to raise the standard
 hiying in that place. Only living
 learning church can survive the
 l shock of social changes and be
 agent of the perpetual adventure
 fhe soul. The church must become
 university of the people. The re,
 ous association whose basis of com
 nion Is wholly educational and prac-
 b is plainly elected to lead the way.
 W. Charles Ferguson, Unitarian.
 sas City.
 e. Mfasurins Success
 1han attains his throne when no
 ches . position of power. however lSat or little 1t may be. His Kingdom
 neeess. Success or failure is meas 5red by what God knows the man 10 r fS canable of performing. A mu- tsi saeians1 success will not be measured f1 TT standard of the minister's, nor ! IF Sehoolteacher's by that of the law Ls y1rs 1I0r the preachers by that of the S 1hconn1ker. Each must be tested oy l standard of his own capability' Sre arc thrones, then, for kings in- E S1'' 1's'nerable in all avenues of life.-Rev. & HAkh Hot