Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-05-29
Our Ideal.


There is nothing that stirs ones en-
thusiasm like the discovery of ones
ideal. Every one has his ideal hidden
away somewhere in his soul, but to
few it is given to find it, For most of
us this ideal is tantaliZing will-o'-the-
wisp, ever Guiding our grasp and yet
ever reckoning us on.-Rev. H. G..
Brown, Presbyterian. Cleveland.
Best Life.
The fullest life is the disciplined and
temperate life. Without godliness, alb
stinence and high thinking the pleas
ures of sense are gross and brutal, and
they perish in the using. Thus it may
be that living for God means vastly
more than to die for him; a martyr
may be less noble than a servant. Not
death, but life, is the Christian ideal
Rev. J. P. Marlatt, Methodist, Taco
ma, Wash.
Regeneration of Society,"
The mission of the church is not to
be conformed to the customs and con-
ditions of this age, but to stand in the
midst of this age as an effective agen-
cy for the regeneration of society; not
to be a lump of clay to be nodded in
the fingers of every passing trickster,
but to be an artist with great ideal
and trained eye and hand to execute
his will on the waiting marbIe.-Rev.
Joel B. Slocum. Baptist, Brooklyn
A Great Error.
. No error that the human mind is
capable of committing is greater than
Indifference to religion Religion is the
most fundamental duty of man. 1t is
the chief happiness of man. Religion
flows direct from the rational faculties
which he has received from God. Man
has nothing In himself, but owes all to
God, and therefore is absolutely. bound
to fulfill the will of his Creator.-Rev.
J. Ravens Richards, ST., Roman Cath
Ole, Boston
God In Man.
There runs through the Old Tesla
ment as well as the New q note of
hope which sounds clear, strong and
full. 1t rises above the din and turmoil
of life's activities, above its sorrows
and disappointments. 1t is part of
the material of which the Individual
Is composed and is universal. 1t is the
strong side of our nature 1t is the God
in man. You may call it optimism,
courage or integrity, but it is there and
ever asserts -itself.-Rev. H. NJ. Couden,
Episcopalian, Washington.
Highest Type of Christian.
The highest type of Christian is he
whose soul is absorbed in some work
of human service. He spends the least
possible time thinking about his own
mental and religious state. Sorrows
and trials come to him, hours of weak
ness, Encouragement, loneliness, but
he fees from them into his work not
simply because in that work he finds
consolation, but because the work
seems to him so much greater a thing
than his own private trouble.-Rev.
Willard B. Thorp, Congregationalist
Chicago.
Lies True Rhythm.
Every great life is made up of two
characteristics, the power to work and
the ability to rest The life that is all
work soon wears out and comes to
nothing. The life that is all rest is
weak, aabby and nerveless, accom-
plishing nothing and really worth moth
ing. The important problem is how
to combine the two-to work with ev-
cry fiber of our being. to throw our
hearts into whatever tasks we have in
hand and then so rest that our ten
porary cessation will not unfit MS r.,
life's battle, but will send us into. ths
conflict with renewed hope and a,r.s.s
dauntless courage. This work and ret
this toiling with men and then retiring
to be with God. constitutes the trae
rhythm of life. 1t brings cut the ,h;ir-
mony of character, the subtlest Of all
music and makes men and women i'm :
mortal for good to their less gifted
brethren. In this way truly do they
make ''undying music in the world
Rev. George Downing Sparks, Epis