The Newtown bee., 1898-07-15

a mans religious opinions until you know
that man has really worked, and thought,
and wrestled-then and only then do eth
er his doubts or his most glowing faith
and experience have claims on our atten-
ton. And for yourself, az the old sailor
said of other sinners, so of this, It's
logged does It," Persevere! Persist
Keep on trying! That way lies the road
to the strong soul, and the assured faith
as surely as to the streng mind or the
strong arm. This is the secret of spirit
ual endeavor. Don't lose heart because
you do not feel right, or because you do
not have the same glad sense that some
other may have. 1t is matter of work
ing, and continuing endeavor, mot Of feel
ing; it Is a matter of faithfulness, relig-
ion is, not a matter of any special jubi-
liant experience. l fear sometimes that
we put too much mystery around the re-
ligious faculty in man; we try to make
it different from the other powers. We
realize the reality of mind and body and
the simple laws which regulate these;
but soul; that is different; that is some
thing mysterious, and more or less I'M
real; that's what we fell As q fact the
soul is as simple and as matter of fact a
power as mind or body. 1t ia highest !!
it is last developed in progress or growth
or evolution; but it is as real faculty,
and its laws are Of the most practical, Or
binary kind. The soul may be developed
as the mind may be developed by use or
the soul may be allowed to deteriorate,
as the mind may deteriorate if neglected !;
the soul is strengthened by exercise; 1t
is weakened by neglect. 1t is rejoiced
when it's claims are met, even as the body
Is glad when it requires food, and gets
it; or the mind is glad when it needs
stimulus and some striking thought Is
given to it. The soul has its needs, 1t
demands time to reverence and worship
it demands discernment of right and
wrong, and the choice of the good; as it
receives these things, it 10 filled, 1t has its
feed. Indeed 80 truly is
THE SOUL REAL PART OF OUR EARTHLY
ESTATE
that its activities can be translated into
those of other portions of the body. Thai
is to say, the vigor of soul action can be
measured or expressed in part by the Wig
or Of bodily action. The soul and the
mind are very near together, they merge
in one. Being real parts of the one man
even soul and body are akin, they are not
wholly averse by any means, it is pos
sible to compare their energy and see
which is the strongest. Just as it Is pos.
sible to find some correspondence be.
tween bodily and mind energy.
The body has a real influence on SOU
and the soul on body. You can see eth.
er one through the other, as Robert
Browning said:
'An good things
Are ours; nor soul helps flesh more
Nor than flesh helps soul"
They are both given US of God, and il
we look rightly we can see one in the
other. We can see in the body that there
must be a soul-some soul, as Ben John.
son said, even to save as the expense oil
salt to keep the body from decaying
And we can see, too, in the soul that il
is really helped often and ministered IN
to, not defiled only, by the body.
want to give example Of this as it has
been illustrated by certain recent investi
cations. AZ do 30 please do not think
that mean to infer that soul and body
are exactly equivalent, that they can be
measured by the same terms by feet and
inches and pounds and ounces; what
do mean Is to point out the fact that even
by careful Investigations, the Spirit OF
man is as truly part OF the man, and as
manifestly presence in the human life
az mind Ia, or as the body itself. There
is q spiritual effect on man which ia so
real and practical that Is can have an in
fuence 10 pour de and ounces il you want
to see it that way.
DIR Scripture, the psychological pro
fessor at Yale, has devised an apparatus
| for the measurement Of the influence Of
the mind on the body, and in the course
OF his experiments on mind some very In.
teresting and practical effects Of the spir-
IL on the body were noted. Indeed it was
case where it was perfectly possible to
step up and see for yourself that man did
have soul whether be believed 1t or not.
To state 1t briefly the experiment was
OF this kind. A man was given handles
to hold, one for each hand. BY pressing
down on these be moved . spring 50 that
the strength OF his pressure could be &C
q urately measured. When he WAS using