The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-10-10

el.ne. Incomplete. And rfxht hare Il NAV h.
n,r, sass NO perfectly good and right feeiinrp
=. escn other; in fact, every good feeling In
=. ooan pietene0 paxtakes Of Ill other rood tel.
ss.ey good feeling bsine named by its
hslnant attribute Il 10 lack of proper
sr- sSs % harmony In the quality Of any feel.
-. more, however, are rood feellnss unbai.
.nceo and even overcome by bad feelinsv Can.
sou = perverted By cowardics; love 10 unbal-
sao ~ lust; self-sacrince By ascesicfsm: lib
y license; simplicity OF motive BY duplic-
- 80. Us goodness and badness OF feeling that
/ ssuNes tns guilt Of man Error Of In
~ alone u not sin. nor effort baked It Is
ny 70 thoughts ana deeds II we vou!d search
VI. motives We must search our feelings.
cisen lack OF some special kind OF feeling
s1.' MAKE our lives little or narrow What il
olen called narrownsss Of mind Is really mar
e. OF feeling 1t IL because our feelings
=. Interest are limited. Here Is one who feels
IT, 80 interest In anything bat the every day af-
... % nome and businesa We say his life il
Psetsy neaesr. Here II one whose life ID barren
musical or poetic OF esthstic sense. Here 10
one OF pfoadef human interests who loves to
follow In thought and feeling the history, past
rsca
And al such broadening of our interests IL
eaay balancing or true1 adjusting OF the
feelinga
What Is 80 Of Others ID TO greater or less ex.
sens uuo OF each OF u. Let each one consider
Wnat may be his or her dominant trait or see If
.ne ieeiings which dominate you. life are ad.
yus'ed 70 each other in simplicity and harmony
an moi bend your efforts, concentrate your
Judgment In adjusting the relations; hush the
oiscofo ana hil out the harmony. Let us search
our hearts and see IL there be any evil way in
any one OF us. And, again. any one feels that his
outlook is narrow, II any one comes to feel that
ma thoughts and feelings ara narrow, his aspir-
euons poor and his sympathies limited. let him
Ieed his desires until his interests In all things
human grow great with the food that feeds
them.
And, thirdly. Of those types Of character where
the wiz 10 weak. Here are those whose effort
seems paralysed. in spite Of good intention and
Judgment II should describe them It would
be sad, sad story. 1t 10 the story OF those
whose souls have become the slaves of their
bodies. It Il the story OF thoss who cannot
keep their soul on top, but whose bodies tram
PIE souls in the mud II II the story of those
who have upon their necks the yoke OF sin,
lured thereto by the delusion OF . sinful heart,
ana BY perverted judgment self-deceived into
the Idea that the yoke Of Gin would always re-
main - easy and its burden - light a. at irst
itseemed.
II 10 thu awful story Of DR.. JekyIl and Mr..
HYDE the word over. It IL the pitifui narrative
OF those who have meddled with drugs and
foolsd with medicine. King Alcohol has mora
slaves cringing at his heels, fattering him be-
fore bis throne, or shackled to his chariot
wheels than any royal tyrant OF human form
His palace is the saloon; his slaves the weak Of
VIII; his allies everywhere are those who coun-
tenance In any degree the unrighteousness of
his works and his traffic
Isaw man not long ago who was on the very
verge OF delirium tremenA His mind was clear
He knew his condition and how he reached it
and what was impending. His good intentions
were uppermost In mind and yet his will was
gone and he knew It, and felt 1t, aud was
glad to be locked mp from the drink,
going voluntarily to our city Jail The
slave to any sin IL usually possessed OF
the devil long before he knows II. He thinks
he can stop at any time, and the ill-banance of
his character, tho lack OF will power il all the
more clearly seen by contrast with the spon-
taneity OF his good resolutions and the alsrtness
OF his mind to fashion excuses. The excuses OF
drinkers, for instance, have . dismal similarity
and fatality OF weakness. He will take just
one more and that viii be the last; or here 10 a
friend he hasn't seen for long time and his last
enough to make him finish this piece Of work
well and when it II done then he will stop His
nerves need q little stimulating In order to get
done in time. When his job 10 done then 1t
viii not hurt him to drink because he il not
working and the use of the liquor does not
cause him to exhaust or hurt his system, and at
last, 40 . noted psychologist has pointed out, he
will with equal readiness Of good intention and
excuse drink 90 a. 70 get mp enough strength to
make . strong resolution not to drink; he viii
drink for strength to keep from drinking.
Yes, the devil sometimes lays tribute upon
the conscience itself, and tie man willtake an.
other drink because he thinks under the stimu-
Ian h. A. fhnw 4,
do harm to himself
For utter paralysis Of win there does seem to
b nothing but despair-but say again what IL
90 Of others, what il true OF the illustrative
types, h true to greater or less extent OF each
one of uA Each one of u has some weakness
unbalance our character. For the gradual
strengthening Of the viii nothing il 20 good as
practice, exercise In effort, struggle Paupers
are usually people whose will nbre IL flabby,
and a. DE-. Phillip Brooks has said, 'sNot until
you make men sslf-reliant, intelligent and fond
Of struggle. fonder Of struggle than mere help
not until then have you relieved poverty"
Every man and woman in their own self-dis.
ciplfne, and In the discipline and nurture of
their children. ought TO beware of any method
or indulgence that will weaken the will FIBRE
the effort quality. the effort power in character
IwouId speak In all kindness and humility q
word Of solemn warning to any one Of you who
slight degree in drug or medicine or liquor.
We young men need to warn each other Be-
1ieve ma. the Cinnamon In the flthiest opium
den and the men and women whose deeds We
sometimes learn. too horrible and loathsome for
the newspapers, are not In their unutterahle
dspravity a. guilty before God young men
among Us. yes, among our acquaintance, and
In society and In the world, whose secret lives
are shame TO their mother, duplicity before
their friends, Q rebellion and disobsdiencs be-
fore God. And beseech you, IL you feel your
self becoming weaker, and weaker or If you can
not stop at once ana forever. then seek friend
whom you trust and love and make your solemn
promise That 10 one OF the best helps know,
and then throw yourself among the good and
avoid the evil-minded. Crowd out lower
thoughts and ideas with the nobler aud try TO
gain patient confidence in the cumulative ef-
feet upon character OF daily prayer.
I have been trying, ~ You remember. TO show
what are the various types OF character In eases
where any OF the three functions, either mind,
feeling or will. Is weak.
I feel that have hardly opened the subject
before must begin to fashion my sentences for
the close.
There are many elements OF character taken
In its unity that we ought to think about, but
which we must not iinger upon here The due
balance between mirth and seriousness quick
ness and elowness, speech and silence, pleasure
aud duty, piety and conduct. and many more
7 will harm lyes To