Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1898-07-07

mentS IN a careful eXamlnatlOn O1
your life just as we would exam
inc a watch that does not work
we'll.
Our life or any one else's would
serve the purpose just as we'll, for
human nature is the same the wide
world over. Any one unit IS ike
all the other units in the vast ag-
gregate, but your personal life has
a large interest for you, and It
may do US all good to take a quiet
but critical look at it. If we can
discover what the matter IS we
may perhaps learn how to take
the hair out of the watch.
You are disappointed in your
self. Who is not? You have
achieved so much less than you.
hoped to do, and your qualities Of
character are so different from
what they might be that you are
rather dlsconsoIate. Again, who
Of us is noti the same state OF
mind from the same causes?
Now let US lay down a general
principle, for that may clear the
way to an investigation which will
produce a remedy, as an apple
blossom produces an apple.
People who are learned in psy-
chology tell US that a condition OF
mind results in a condition of the
body, Some emotions will even
produce disease, and others are
conducive OF health. Your
thoughts will produce a chemical
change in your system. Some
thoughts viii act on the nerve CEN
res in such a way as to make you
weak. The man who is submerged
in despair is like d man sQbmerg-
ed in water-he is drowning. He
who, on the contrary, is bouyant
and hopeful can work hard and
enjoy it. You must be careful,
therefore, about the kind OF
thoughts you entertain, because
thoughts may be either poisonous
or nutritive.
Now then, what are your dom-
1nant thoughts? That is the all
important question. Do you be
lieve that you can make a great
deal out of your life if you know
how TO handle it, or do yor
rather feel that there is not raw
material enough in your surround
ings to make a strong character
of success?
Is God a dreamy myth, a cloud.
nothing which you have Inherited
and on which you lave neve
placed much value, or is he a spir
itual tangible presence, to be dali,
consulted and trusted as you trus
and consult your best friend?
If the former, we have made
sad discovery-namely, that 20
have no religious faith at all an
you have been deceiving yourseI
all your lifetime. You may go t
church, or be a church member
but the plain truth is that your re
ligion IS simply an opiate to du
your pains in the experiences
life, whereas it ought to be tt
sunshine on flowers, the dew {
shower on the wheat field.
You are like a ship sailing in
dense fog. Your compass is brol
en-, and there are shoals all abol
you. The difference between
genuine faith and a make belle
faith in it's effect on your abili'
to cope with hardship is the di
ference between the heart Of
giant and that of a child.
If Christ could have ente
taineda doubt of his Father
love and wisdom He never won
have gone through GetbsemaI
or the agony of the cross A sir
pie drop of that kind of poist
and We never should have had
Christian church.
Your life IS q sacred posse
sion, and all its experiences,
matters not what they are, C
be made to contribute to a not
character, It is hard to belle
this at times, but it is true, a
you will become your grand
self the moment you recosnl
that fact.
Take your lotin life as a inca
of spiritual development,
you will soon find yours'
growing 10 grace. Do not allc
events, however difficult to be
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