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

asms Gisaned From the Teachinas of All Denominations.
 We Christians ought to make doing good one of the marked characteristics f ,f our daily life.--Rev Dr. NJ Rhodes, | Lutheran, St. I.ouis ,
 Defending Christ. { The best way to defend Jesus is not . in sermons, hut to show his spirit in our lives and deeds. Rev. Thomas Knox, Presby terian, Aurora, H.
 Power.
 The palm of power is only for the man who keeps m open mind, q poor spirit, a teachablc disposition. -- Rev. John E. White. Baptist. Atlanta. Ga.
 Beware of Delay.
 Use your influence. Make it tell on | the right side. Listen not to the little demon, Delay, but do it now w.--Rev. Dr. $. Edward Young, Presbyterian. Pittsburg. Cause of Doubt.
 Lack of proper knowledge Of and faith in Gods word is still the cause of much heavy heartedness and per picking doubt Rev. F. T. Enderis, Methodist, Aurora. Ill.
 Communion With God.
 Nothing will strengthen you for the duties of life and prevent the love of the world from stealing into your heart like daily communion with God. Rev. Dr. $. Edward Young, Presby. terian, Pittsburg.
 Christ the Vine.
 Christ is the vine, believers are the branches. Man becomes divine for the branch bears the nature of the vine, as the same sap courses through the vine and all living branches.-Rey. A. r. Elmquist Lutheran, Minneapolis. Minn.
 In tho Divine Plan.
 The men who have done things have done them because they have known themselves called of God for achieve. ment They are in the divine plan; they are also agents in it's carrying on and out.--Rev John Erskine Adams Presbyterian Brooklyn.
 Small Acts to Be Rewarded.
 The slightest and most trivial and most insignificant action performed in state of grace and done from thu love of God with pure intention ii worthy of degree of merit which vii one day be transformed into a degre. of glory. J. s. NJ. Lynch, Roma, Catholic Utica. N. ".
 Need of tho Holy Spirit.
 The only hope of the church of to day, in this age of fierce counter cur rents and alien voices, is to be file, wr,{fl, t1Ho iY.it f 1x-jH h filled with the Holy Spirit we will b almost inevitably occupied and sway ed by the spirits of the pit.Rev. Joh Weaver Weddel Baptist, Cleveland. (
 Working For the Master.
 It would be much better if me tired themselves in work for the Ma. ter rather than in so much work fc themselves. Slumber would prove mol refreshing and rest more gratef, when the consciousness of work we done for the Master lulled the min and body in quiet rest.-Rev. Richar Wilkinson. Methodist, Augusta. Ga.
 Dignity of Man.
 Modern science. invention and go, ernment all lead to the same grea truth of the dignity and worth of ma and are crowned with the gres thought of brotherhood. The patti that have seemed to many to lea away from religion thus unexpectedl take us to its very heart. They col vince us of the greatness and sacre, ness of human life and preach for Il the gospel of love.--Rev. Leon A IIa vey, Unitarian. Brooklyn
 Need of a Great Purpose.
 There should be great purpose i the heart to make a success of an, thing. Many man who has been a ordinary individual has become worl famous through the awakening in hil of a fixed purpose for higher and bette things. The day of the small thing has passed away, and today t is tA great man and great things that coun The salvation of our country and e the world depends upon great pul pose.-Rev. John c. Slayter. Church c Christ, Pittsburg,
 A Religious Conception Of Life.
 The only thing that justifies the sat rlfice of time and energy and manhoo and womanhood that we see in ou hospitals and asylums especially whe the officials in them go beyonl thei wonted duty and risk health and Tiff itself in behalf of those committed t their care-the only thing, say justi flying all this sacrifice is faith in tn unspeakable value of the individua life, and that is a religious conception of life.-Rev. C. W. Collier, Congrega l-ionalist, Bangor, Me.
 How GodIiness Pays.
 Godliness is not something whicl begins and terminates upon ourselves It is true that it begins in our medi tation with and upon God, 'ut i reaches out and touches and he ant influences the lives of men O every