The record-union., 1892-12-24
Reported for the REcoRD-UN1oS.l
old CRANK'S" SERIAL SERMON.


CHATTER Il
TExT-"As man thinketh, so is hev
Somewhere between the covers of some
book these words may be found, and
though at first glance they may appear
an awkward expression, they contain a
fundamental truth from which an in
mite variety OF ideas eau be deduced. As
woman thinketh, so is she. AS a child
thlnketh, so is it. AS nations think, so
are they.
Thought is the motive power of all def
mite action, and, like any motive power,
1t cannot be utilized while dormant;
therefore, say unto all, Uinkt
Use the inherent power which God has
given you, for by so doing you can de-
velop it into more beneficial results.
History and observation prove this as
sertion.
columbus had thought that probably
there were other lands beyond the coasts
OF Europe, and that thought-whether
acted from by him or others-was the
motive power which added to the then
known world the continents of America.
NdIlleo had a thought that the earth and
| otner heavenly bodies We're in motion.
IoIIowlng orbits prescribed by some un-
| Gonlprehended power, and that thought
mas developed into modern astronomy.
ana so OF all the sciences, and arts and
IlVentlOnS, and discoveries; our present
knowledge IS but the development OF
! Thought originating in someone. In fact,
| our whole civilization is but the result OF
| thinking, and one OF its wonders is the
| facility with which we can acquire the
knowledge which has resulted from past
generations OF devoted thinkers. MANY
I men OF eminent jntaIlac+c no Fl
working portion Of their lives developing
ana arranging proofs of single ideas, and
we OF modern times can pick no books
which record their observations and
studies for decades, and i'll a few hours
we are comparatively familiar with the
accumulations of their prolonged efforts.
certainty we are living in the most
favored age of earth, enjoying all the ben
| ehts conferred upon the world by past
thinkers, and | am sure that we shall per-
petuate and add to this accumulation for
the enjoyment and enlightenment of
| future generations.
All thinkers do not think alike, nor is
1t desirable that they should; for if they
dId the exclamation of the effete old cpl
cure that there is nothing new under
/ the sun" would be literally true. 1t is
the development of new thoughts-often
originating in humble and obscure indi-
vlduals-which constitutes progress, and
not the following of precedent, which
ought to have been abolished long ago as
bar to i'm provement
Nothing less than perfection is worthy
to be set up as an established rule and
surely the sociology and current law of
even so-called civilized nations is very
far from perfection.
y man thinks that some way might be
devised LOT performing certain kind of
work more eXpedltiouSly, and he works
from that thought until he produces a
machine which performs perhaps more
than he expected. Another man thinks
That some force in nature might be con-
! trolled and directed to perform some
service for mankind, and he works from
that thought until he develops nossihili-
| ties which had seemed unattainable.
The world is full OF such thinkers now
and the Wlsest men will not presume to
predict what they and succeeding think
erS may accomplish.
Such thinkers are not worshipers. or fo1u
| lowers, OF precedent: and though thew
may not all be devoid of the natural sell
flSh desire OF man fer his own aggrandise-
ment, in them it is a noble selfshness
Tor success for self means benefit for all.
IN TINS direction of thought our future
| looks magnitcently brilliant: but when
| we turn our contemplation toward our
political directors, our Lawmakers and
our laW-entorcers, although thew show no
lack of ability, too many of them seem to
lack the Christ spirit of self-abnegation.
which works for the general good Of man
kind. They seem to think more about
their own selt-interests, and the selfish
interests of cliques, than they do about
the supreme BEST for alp; and appear to
be lazily dragging our institution of
State" with its mud-encum bered wheels
sunk in the deeply-worn ruts of preced-
ent, and move so slowly toward orr des-
tined goal OF superior civilization, that
the pessimist instinctively fears that dark
ness will overtake them and stop all pro-
gress. OLD CRANK.
TO be Continued