Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-10-24
WHAT WE THINK. xs
PeopIs whs XIII Themselves BY 7hinR
leg Mean Things. -

Rosroy, Oct. i5-If you are unhapp;
from a,y 3se yol are sinner. We are all
s.nrer,i CIrTressnt religions don't seem 10
make I be r.s iority Of the professors happy.
II bas.o.l II truly to reform our acts IL
soys .i;tle about reforming our thoughts
Ths average New England deacon Of forty
wears ey1 uf;ea died OF consumption;. be-
cause ne though: such q set OF mean Thoughts
thew XII eI hirn. There is a scientific truth
involved in the phrase about a mans being
.too mean 70 i've" Meanness does kill Peo-
ple, It's not 50 quick as arsenic. But lts
slow and sure. A mean thougn'
mean thing put ont in the air. Its none
the less real for being invisible, no more than
is electricity or any unseen power In nature'
Some houses make you feel mean 10 go mo
them. It's because there's so much actuai
mean element floating in the air and per
meating the walls. Think mean and you II
act mean. Every act Of the body has lnood
of mind behind that made the act MURDER
in the mind always precedes murder Oy the
body. You can't do a mean thing WITHOUT
several hours of mean thinking before. some
people take several years. Mores the pity
They pay for it by sick bodies. fure' utl-
adulterated yillainy is never we'll lrue' IL
NAV be ON its legs and about the streets
But more people are sick on their legs every
day than are sick in bed. Don't get angry at
mean man. He's suffering more than you are,
unless YOU get angry. Anger brings on bic.
The trouble with many people who want 70
reform the world is they make themselves
sick at the start by getting angry and scold'
ing No regular scold is ever well Scolding
and anger poison the blood. The thought SC
mt out is the destructive element. Ii draws
/ and attracts the same element from thost
scolded at. You can pile pills all day down
/ scolding woman and they won't help her
/ She is a profitable patient though for th'
doctor.
! Short cases mean short fees A good prac
tice needs long cases and long purses behind
the cases. Don't blame the doctors. Ihel
only give what their patients call Tor In
doctor knows that all the woman needs !
rest. The woman thinks she needs pill
The doctor gives the pill to satisfy tn
woman's needs She needs it not because It
really necessary, but because she thinks 1t Is
Then it is not necessary. Just as l need
cigar because think do. Put me where
couJdn't got one and I'd soon find / didn
need it. No sound preaching is good unles
the minister takes his own medicine.
try always to swallow my bitterest dose
Bnt no preacher is obliged to practice wha
he breaches I've as good right to do wron
as my parishioners. If | do the penalty WI
whack me and whoop me up all the SAINT
The idea that man must or should practic
what he breaches to Others is ridiculous
Telling a man that getting drunk will CIV
him headache next morning has nothing
do with your getting drunk or keeping sobe
You've told the truth. Whether you hand
The truth or not is another affair.
That is right proves itself in the amount
happiness it brings. One hours "drunE
brings a day of pain. This is the proof thi
, the drunk was a sin. If you want yol
drink and must have it, and are willing
suffer for it, you are entitled TO it and 1t
, nobodys business but your own. All III
, preaching by others to others as to what yc
shall do or shall not do is so much streng'
thrown away by the preacher to the preache
, You have perfect right to do wron
You can't do wrong without getting yo'
/ little whack for it at every step Go on
wrong doing my friend. Go on as long
1 You can stand it. L. l. dEEf'