The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-01-14
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surrounded or encompassed. ! mean your
real self is encompassed. enyironed, by
this flesh and blood, bone and sinew, that
we call body. We all know ones surround
ings are very important. do not wish 10
convey the impression that We are TO take
no care Of the body, but that we are to
! think of il as o means. not an end Guilt.
vate It as vehicle. think Of IL as that won
deriul Corniche road running from Nice
to Genoa, which the genius of Napoleon
caused TO spring from the bosom OF the
mighty rock That white, smooth road on
the shelf or ledge makes easy and safe the
journey from France to Italy; so does a
vigorous, healthy body help US to live a
noble, upright life.
Q.-Do you intend TO be understood TO
say there is nothing in heredityY
No, do not; but not everything. There
are other factors in these problems that
heretofore have been overlooked. ! tell
you set the forces Of your being against a
long entailment Of disease, vice and degra-
datiou and you can accomplish wonders.
The battle will be tremendous, but strong,
steady flame of light and virtue will puri-
fy much evil You know someone has
said somewhere, "0ur lives make moral
tradition for our individual selves, as the
life OF mankind at large makes a moral
tradition for the race, and TO have once
acted nobly seems reason why We should
always be noble"
Q.-Please explain how the atmosphere
IS charged with our thought Are
thoughts things?
Mrs. Sanford.-Geo. Eliot, in speaking
of Savonarola, says: "There seems tn be a
subtle emanaiion from passionate natures
like his, making their mental states tell
Immediately upon others when they are
; absent-minded and inwsrdly excited there
Is silence in the air" Now, to my, way Of
thinking, every one possesses this attribute
to a greater or less extent. You all have
thought of some one just before seeing or
hearing from them. You all have turned
your heads to find someone gazing intent
ly at you. Yes, beyond a doubt, our
thoughts charge the moral atmosphere,
and IS expressed In the air about us,
Thought alone Is eternal" says Owen
Meredith.
Q.-Do you mean TO say that there are
inssnsible emanations going out from
every person, affecting the world about
them2
Mrs. Sanford--I do. Our Thoughts ere.
ate an atmosphere Immediately surround
ing US which, il we would heed, would
serve us as the cats whiskeis do her. /,
Is said u cai will not thrust her head In q
place small enough to bend the long hairs
with which nature has provided her. Sc
could we protect ourselves from danger II
we pay attention TO this aura emapating
from us all. You remember Lew Wallace
says 10 Ben Hur, THE smallest bird can
not light on the greatest tree without send
ing shock to It's most distant fibre; every
mind is at times no less sensitive TO the
most trifling words"
Q.-Are we to understand from your re
marks that we can dispense with concen
traied tffort' ,
Mrs Sanford.-Oh, no; mot that love
Cesar less, but Rome mpre." When
say you can think and think and think,
am addressing the majority who have nc
desire to enter into public work. W.
know societies, meetings and convention
are most neediu aud useful; we meet 10
gether In communion of faith, exchange
ideas and receive enthusiasm TO press for
ward In the work, but Il Is our daily III,
that reaches farther than occasional publ,
efforts
Nor knowest thou what argument
Thy life TO thy neighbors creed hath lent.
Q-How can we learn to open the win
dows Of the soul9
Mrs Sanford.-By prayer alone. W.
can shut up the doors and windows Of ou
homes and say there Is no sun. Until WI
have faith enough to open the blinds thu
sun will shine for us in vain. So is ther,
q great fountain Of divine strength anC
light lying all about us, from which WI
can draw at any Moment SIMPLY by plac
ing ourselves in receptive condition
"Ask, and ye shall receive; seek, and "
shall find"
Q-Do you not consider recreation
neediui to our best Development Woult
you have us always talking AMI thinking
Of eterni,yf
MIS-. Saniord.--I would hsye you ceas,
placing eternity away of in the future
but think you are 10 eterpliy now. 0u
eyery.day lives make us whni we.are. U
course we need recreation and II W,
permeate our lives with this light ant