St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-05

There are still those who like to catalogue
the emotions and study their personal move
ments, just as there are those who are con-
tinually watching their pulse, temperature
and appetite. Such people make the best
subjects for Illness The individual today
who wants to be happy and useful must
look away from himself.
This does not mean anything reckless or
careless. 1t does mean, however, that in Or
der to know yourself you must see the large
reproduction of yourself in human life as a
whole. The successful study of man is never
made except as we follow it on the grand lines
of humanity as a whole. Each individual is
OF no special consequence except as he is in
terrupted by the false language of universal
human experience. l cannot be myself until
l look out and find where my supplies shall
come from to make me what ought to be.
The best cure for certain forms of sickness is
ventilation, good air in the room of the pa
tient. Oxygen is the best kind of medicine
| SO in regard to character moral stamina and
real religious tone; what Is needed most is a.
wholesome interest In the welfare of others
Ihat is, the open window of brotherhood and
social good will. When we begin to think
that our comfort must be consulted at every
nttle turn, that moment we begin to irnprison
ourselves in wall Of sensitiveness and jeal-
ousy. This thought very we'll applies to par
ents who are trying to deal wisely with their
children, but make great errors The robust
character in boy or girl cannot be obtained ex-
cept by fair amount of buffeting There is
often no greater enemy to children than the
over-solicitous parent, who fondles and pets
the child into selfish, querulous habits. There
are extremes the other way Alasi some are
treated too harshly by events; but there is a
good lesson in our subject as applied to the
families of luxury.
Inc whole application of this topic brings lis
at last TO spell out the word religion" When
we look at 1t soberly, that is what the OPEN
wihuoW view means. Religion is, in its purest
form, "a way of looking at existence in its
large. truest aspects. Whenever anv Of its
forms are sincerely used, there is an outlook
INTO the broader thought of life and DESTINY.
we see ourselves as parts of a grand whole.
Hlled with plan and governed by a. divine
uesigh. we cannot see all this piece by piece
lhls reminds me to say, that patchwork M
uouDt is valuable for certain purposes It
may De useful or subject of curiosity. But
the thing to be admired is a web. woven of
sustained texture and prepared with intelu-
gent care. The looms made it. and the inpen-
ulty OF man devised it. So with this great
problem OF life, is it worth living and what
arc the issues out of 1t? No proper answer
can De given In the shut-up condition where
we look at only few facts: or when we sea
things in the dim light of superstition and
ignorance. The more truth we can get the
grander Is our tempel Of the universe in
which we worship the supreme being. We
are very confident that, as far as we can see.
we shall find tokens of a ruling power. Ali
this brings back the psalmist to sing again
his song Of praise and trust; it places the
prophet on the mountain top to speak mes
sage of cheer and hope, and it sets on the
weary lips of the world the music of content
ment and victory. ,e1