Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-19
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.

RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
 Gems Cleaned From the Teachinss
 of All Denominations.
 More sympathy has been pressed into a warm hand clasp than could be put into volumes of rottiy.--E;er f4lewcl lyn Brown. Baptist leycland, o. The WortGs Purpose.
 The purpose of tbiS world is that men may know. love and labor and thus come Into the likeness of the Gre 4tor. God Re l. \ Nanley ifaDtlst Providence R [.
 Happiness From Love.
 The greatest etermiuIng factor ID lomcsIic happiness is iUyc, and with out love In the heart there eau he no happiness in lht home. .-ReY, V " Bustard Baptist. Boston
 One ot Gods Calls. The call from the Great Teacher to love even enemies is really a call to get acquainted with folks is fhey really are-Eey A q. Singsen, Congrega tionaiist, Prov idence, +.
 Great Field For Personal Workers.
 The greatest work is not done by the man who works ill the pulpit, but the greatest field lies open to the personal worker, the personal evangclst.~Re C. M. Boswell, Methodist, Baltimore, One Use of Recreation. Recreation should glorify God. It should develop man along dirinely ap- pointed lines IL should make hiin stronger and more capable. IL should put him in.such condition ttat God can use him more effectively when he needs h!m.-~Rev. De Witt M. Benham, Presby Baltimore.
 Christ's Measure of a Man. When man wants to measure ID to the full measure of life, then Jesus Christ comes and helps him. When Christ measures q man. he does not l ask the man Of his failures. He says, ] "l measure a ynau for his possibilities for what he Is s"--Rev S. J. Cam, Bay .ist. East Providence, N. I. Man Not to Live Alone.
  to live atone. He needs the companion. ship of hi4 fellow man. So God placed him first In the family with all the privileges and blessings and at the same time with o!! tie responsibilities of family lte.-Rc- Charles F. Crnlk. t.i1ise"p:l!i.alt. Louisl lie. Ky. Winning Wisdom. sj, I; f life us; truly as ly the discipline ot ,he sci..sriS aad tnany q young college graduate h. |earned bF bitter tXperi' ence tti3sg he cannot afford to dcspl%a the tndsmeni Of tucI with loss book !earnine. uGl E>teetef fife Wisaoln.- Rev Dy i'eut.. i,',;sen,etlliion. Btsaton Great Burden Bearer. The church sta:las for t perpetual promise 10 Tighten ali N',e burdens of human life Whcther lAe' bur<2eE, be of poverty or nf sickness s4r of sili. the church should serve to llgsltet 1t ill it Is not merely less :srievo,ts, hut lil] t has entirely rolled ;Nay@I:cH. i3e:ry ]. Cushnan. Universities, Pro, idence. R. l.
 SOCiSkt a!Cal Ncsu The great need iE our Sn,i.i ille tr day Is for women. whether In ,Ai, vau. ity fair of fashion or Ill the quiet ul it.n home, to embody and exenpiifF Liae simple Christian graces gcntlencsa. patience, contentnent, reyerehce, IT i3 women more than men who give tone and character to society.--Rey. I'r St ln5r II fnf lss
 A Won1an's Love.
 Nowhere is the yearning of the solii after God more wonderfully expressed than Ill the great poem called Soio mon's Song This classic makes tse of the strongest. deepest. purest thing In the woylda Woman's loveto show that 1t Is with such intensity we should seek our Lord and Master, It Is thus we should give him the best we have and all we have, and finally. by being united 10 him. we shall find peace and eternal joy.-Hev. r. E. Hopkins, Congregationalist, Chicago.
 The University of the People.
 The true type of basic social organ lzation Is an association of the people of municipality to raise the standard of living in that place. Only q living and learning church can survive the final shock of social changes and be the agent of tue perpetual adventure of tue soul The church must become the university of the people. The re nglous association whose basis of con- munion Is wholly educational and prac tlcal is plainly elected to lead the way Rev. Charles Ferguson, Unitarian. Kansas City
 Measuring Success.
 \ man Nttains his throne when he reaches a position of power. however great or little it may be. His kingdom is success. Success or failure Is meas.