The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-27

tracte,s fields. Till with an effort you drag
Il back 10 the harness again. only 10 re-
peat the process. say. the really edu-
Gated person IS he who can hold his mind
by the power Of his VIII as long as he wills
to do Il.
81 wish you 70 notice that the mind
powers and the mind gifts are strikingiy
similar in their mode Of action and their
susceptibiities 20 the powers Of the pure
ly physical. We can educate the power OF
muscular grip 10 such an extent that we
are enabled 70 hold and keep for n
long time. II we cannot. there fol-
lows loss of possession. Now there IS
such thing as mental grip-the grip
of the mind upon an object 10 be consid-
cred: the ability TO keep hold Of the thing
that is in your thought. II is difficult of
requirement because it is the acme OF edu-
cation.
"you have read the story of the African
traveller, or perhaps. 1t was an Australian
traveller, / do not remember which, Civ
Ing an account OF the wonderful exhibition
OF this power OF mental grip by certain ma
tives with whom he came in contact. He
describes how the savage bushmen in the
country he was travelling would take in
hand 2 piece OF chalk or charcoal ad-
vance TO a position in front OF smooth
faced rock or boulder. and then by the
process of menta. effort. amounting to an
absolute though concentration. cast upon
the surface of the rock the image Of any
animal whose form they knew. and re-
tain 1t there until they had outlined the
figure accurately with the chalk. You
say that is wonderful Very. But 1t is
nothing more than a simple illustration
of this concentrated power Of thought
which I have called mind grip And the
qualified student is the one who has this
power, power which can make him mas
ter over the realm OF the metaphysical,
as well as the realm OF daily life.
truth Is Light"
eve may go a step farther and say
that the complete education OF man or
woman lies in the requirement OF truth
mental truth. Light is mental truth. The
light which illumined Elijah's face was
the light of mental truth. If the Bible is
TO be believed, 1t is Gods purpose to IL
.ume and glorify His children with the
truth which is Divine. You remember that
when the Great Master went up into the
mountain His disciples saw something OF
the light of this Divine truth and were
blinded. 1t was too bright for them to look
upon. and a voice came out of the cloud,
saying: This is My Beloved Son, in whom
| am well pleased Hear We, Him. The
light which blinded the disciples was q
symbol of the Divine truth. For the Mas
Ter Oh lildL truth was tnSrs.
THAT leads us 10 say that the province
OF light Is to glorify. There is no beauty
except with light The grandeur Of the
mountains, the green yerdure Of the
plains, the foam-fiecked sea- the tender
beauty of the sunset, and all things else
that are lovely on earth and given to
cheer our hearts and minds are made pos
sible only through light. If this Is true
OF the mental. it ia true of the physical,
for both are from the same source. You
have heard the expression: The human
face divine 1t can be so. When 1t is
not, Il Is because truth itself is absent.
Man and woman never become truly beau
tiful except when truth dwers within and
glorifies them.
Then. truth is desirable Desirable In
itself, desirable in all the many spheres OF
life. And being such. that leads me 10 re-
fer directly to yourselves. You have been
spending years In gathering truth, fixing
your minds upon il without and convey
ing It 70 the mind within. No one can
maintain the normal mental attitude with
out maintaining certain positive re-
latdons 10 truth. The question then
arises. what is TRUTH Truth is
life. The mind must be receptive
in order 70 gather truth from without: Il
must be in a normal attitude TO receive and
digest and appreciate IL within. You have
watched the growth OF flower; how from,
one way-toward the light. What does
that mean? II means that the plant. a
simple child Of nature, leans toward the
light the source which gave Il life. Jus. as
n bahefeans towards It's mothers breast.
It must have life or IL cannot live Turn
II away from the sun and leave Il. Come
back and you viii flnd IL has turned itself
10 the light in spit OF your opposing hanG.
This. as a symbol of truth. should be the
attitude Of every mind. spreading out.
reaching forth, turning IL necessary. in the
search for that light which is truth. that
truth which IS life. So should the student
be In relation TO the things about him.
Another object OF Education.
There is another object OF education
beyond the training OF the mind to think.
1t Is the training OF the heart to feel, for
full education IS to do with the heart as
well as the mind: 1t IS not thing OF the
mind alone. as the popular use Of the word
would lead us TO suppose. Jesus and His
disciples dwelt long and earnestly upon
the educating OF the hear; away from sin
What Is the right field of the heart? Is II
not love? There are many Illustrations 10
prove Il Let me say again that TO edu-
cate the mind alone and not the heart is
TO not half educate man or woman, and
even II YOU have that half, Il may prove
more harm than good. 1t In this very half
Of an education that has wronged and In
iured ana hardened many a man who had
he possessed the other half, the heart ed
uca;.on. wonli have lived 10 bless instead
Of 10 curse his fellow man. What L. the
secret Of Cubas woe? It Is not that the
rulers Of Spain are not and have not been
men OF intellectual education. Il ~ this:
That they have been men 81 half an etiu-
cation. men whose minds were trained.
but not their hearts. The moral faculty Of
their hearts. which IS sympathy had not
been educated. Al, II is very possible for
men Of gigantic intellect and swaying
power % be bondwaSters- II men want
their fellow man 10 do well, they must
themselves bear love 10 their fellow man.
/ would not give much for the patriot who
has not In his heart this universal love;
for man can't love his country unless h9
loves his brother. 1t Is humanity thai
makes ouT country. II Spain had loved
her fellow man. Cuba would never have
known her woes
II wish 70 gay 70 yo1 that II the train
iag 81 the mind the heart and the sympa-
thles - education complete then Christian
civilization embraces all these three. For