The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-08-05
THOUGHT Is PROGRESS
Il Marks the Beginning of ,
New Life.
rsRMoN BY REV. W. A. MAJOR
,1r. ehankIln Tells OF the yalue or .
Good Same Mr.. Dexter on
'.Fcar or Frccdom.o

Il Thought on Ally Ways" Psalm v,,s
~ss .ie text chosen by Rev. " 4 No.
fsr bis zermon at the Second pras9.--..-
sfen church YESTERDAY morning. ,rss,a g.
furs OF the world. said the rninfstn.. A.
usaled On the future of its brains -,
she gift 10 make use OF the v7orsd.r -
r5re brains would determine the yorlssa
rfszssss, Cor the power 10 think il .he
s<.S.at OF all power. Mr. Major said.
What Is the hardest thing In ~.
world asks Emerson. and he answers
ty saying. To think And Carlyle has
ssla. IN every epoch OF the world ~.
frext event. parent of all Others. &c !,
cot the arrival OF thinker Thoarh. is
he power that has moved the world m
sassi. Serious meditation upon the ort1t,,
h:storg and destiny OF man, has alpvavz
been ennobling In its results. Livery sser
upxard has bcei first the thought ~
sore mind. Thought has given tn tba
rcFld It's beauty, and has fashioned tha
Ainker into Gods image. Around the
head Of every honest inquirer after truth
Z ar Invisible, but none the less real
halo of light. Thought, like an aruov
with torches. has gone into the dark
sess Of the world and has shed every-
where the rays OF light and wisdom.
Thinkers are few, said the rainister. he
cause thinking Is difficult. But the world
awaits the advent of those who follow no
grooves. who are tied TO no traditions
xao are not what their srrrounslnss
would mold them. but men and women
Who fearlessiy and pcrsistently seek the
solution OF unsol2ed problems. lie con-
tiHued:
Thought OF ones self is the beginning,
o. naw life. This marked the .snurar n
Strides IN the life OF King David. Dayid.g
ways, Ike the ways Of humanity. were
tlsaa IN his own eyes AS me saw his
Hfe in the light OF his oNn experience.
be felt not the need OF a change ptt
he tells us he thought on his wavs. NE
Turned the reflection of his thought in
ward. and in the light Of divine wisdom
estimated the worth OF his seif-rignteous-
ness HIS conclusion ia short and his
estimate very low. and lac at once DELAYS
no. 10 Aeep the commandments OF God.
s'S;ep a man long enough to think Of
himself, in the light of the statutes ~
Col and Il matters not what LIs creed
MAJ be. hereafter he win invariably be-
come dissatisfied with himself lie seeks
higher. better life. IL marks the true
starting point of his progress. Here we
neie the turn III his life, the place where
BE- Sees, and hears, and knows things
rev and different.
"Dayid's estimate OF himself In the light
u fstS .tsAHtttttfSirs was quite "a inherent
estimate from that which he made after
he bad cried Create within me a clean
heart and renew within me right spirit :
Tine thinking mind cannot stay In one
place. His life lis prospective His creed
Is more than Eat, drink and be merry.
for tomorrow you may die II is not OF
tine only, but OF eternity. There is al
Ways an upward whose thought Is
o. God. David's thought led 10
conviction. and conviction 10 action. Il
thought on my ways. I made haste and
delayed not to keep Thy commandments.
There Is no grander life i'm the world
than that life that is prospective. that
sees the best In the beyond. that strives
70 lift all others toward that life. The
last analysis of all crecds, of all the
oloeies is. DO good
III only We strive to be pure and true,
TO each OF us there win come an hour,
When the tree OF life shall burst into
flower
And rain at our feet the glorious dover.
OF something grander than ever we
knew"