Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-07-12
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.

Take the simplest flower that grows and begin q series of questions under the direction of science as to it's origin. and they will all sooner or later lead back to God.--Rev. F. W. limit, Pres byterian, DaDville, Ky.
 Sentiment Against War.
 It Is better to raise an army of doc tors and nurses to fight the dreaded enemy consumption than to spend millions of dollars in needless prepa raions for war with q sister nation.- Rev. F. C. Herrirk, Baptist. Charles l town. Mass
 Demands of Christ. Jesus demands of every man that he utilize all the thought every capacity. every potentiality he possesses and that he put down the lower, selfish ma turc and exalt the divine and the noble that is within him.-Rev. M. LeRoy | Burton, ongregationalist, New Ha- | ven. Conn.
 Acquaintance With God.
 Recognition, intimacy and true friendship enter into the question of acquaintanceship We get acquainted 1 with God just in the same way we get acquainted with men. The best Way l to get acquainted is to live with peo 1 De. If we would know God we must l i've with hiln.-Rey Charles E Win &crtl, Presbyterian, Pittsburg.
 Rights of Men.
 Our American democracy in the next l In iyn bn rights of men to be as indu&trially free and equal as they are relgiouslH and politically free and equal be liere this is the purpose of God, and men can no more prevent ii than the& can drive back the tide.-Rev. !. II Melisll f,piscopalian, Brooklyn.
 Harmful Effect of Societies.
 When any man allows any human society to take the place of the church of God in life that society has become 10 him q positive evil, and he ought al 1 once to recognize it as q snare of the devil. These societies do good in their way. hut in comparison with tie church of God they are as Il rushlight to Il star of the first magnitude, as Il Grchy ta the sun in all his glory and spendof.- Ray. Curtis l.. Laws, Bap list Brooklyn
 Faith and Hope.
 X man without faith must either de crease his hope or he must acquire l faith, for the two are necessary to each other The more hope a man has that certain things are coming to pass the more faith he must have that they will come to pass. If man hopes to live again lle must have the faith that 1 he will live again. And what is there in life for the person who has no hope for anything beyond this world ?-Rev. John A. Rice, Methodist, New Or leans.
 The Church's Mission. 1 Love works no ill to any man, wo man or child and has given to Us every l institution that seeks to promote the peace of the people, to protect the in nocent and to defend the helpless. The 1 mission of the church is to bless and not to curse. to save and not to de stroy, to brighten lives and not to | blacken them. It sweetens all the rela tions of life and strengthens every in. 1 dividual in his purpose to do and be l good.-Rev. ]. A. Henry, Baptist. Los | Angeles, Cal
 Greatness of Love. Love is greater than the wisdom ot King Solomon. Love is greater tha the prophetic eye which can look through the black curtain which sep arates the present and the events that will happen millions of years hence Love is greater than the strength of the everlasting hills Love is greater than the highest triumpls of art. for if we have not love, no matter how great our intellectualty may be. we are as nothing-ayc, we are wors" than nothng,-Rev. Dr, Frank De Witt Talmage, Presbyterian, Los Angeles, Cal
 Blessings In the Hereafter
 The blessings of the future will be of such a kind that every individual who does not have his full opportunity in this present life will have it then not an opportunity to have part in the great "change" from human nature to divine nature, not an opportunity to sit with the Lord in his throne, but an opportunity to obtain that which was lost human perfection, everlasting life under human earthly, paradisaical conditions, an opportunity of coming again into the divine likeness.-Rev. C. F. Russell. ongrcgationalist, Gin cnnati.
 Central Issue of the Day.
 The smallest word in our language is the largest in power, meaning and importance On what we mean by that little word hangs our eternal hap piness or our everlasting misery. It is the pronoun T." Corporations. they say, have no conscience. and this is true. for there is no longer the per sonal "I," but the corporate swe. The church has no conscience: the col lcge class has no conscience. Con cciauce cannot be distributed any more