Mohave County miner., 1899-07-29
The Greatness of Simplicity.

r,itv Yet how few seem to rea
s"' hi. salient fact. William George
.Ioo,. contribution to the Sunday
LING Post on this thought furnishes
,,h suggestions for reflection:
.cimnliclty is the elimination of the
aosseptial in all things. 1t reduces
sm,o a minimum of real needs; raises
!, n its maximum of power. Simplicity
,.o. the survival, not of the fittest,
,ottba bsSC. In morals it kills the
.d. Of vice and weakness so that the
s,,.r. Of virtue and strength may
1.,e strength to grow. Simplicity cuts
,sr,,te and intensifieS concentration.
!, converts tlickering torches into
ssrchllghts.
ALI great truths are simple. The
...ance Of Christianity could be given
IN q few words; a life time would be
hut continued seeking to make those
v,ri, real and living in thoughts and
,ct. The true Carl tian's individual
i belief is always simpler than his church
creed, and upon these vital elements
he buid- his life. His simple faith he
live in thought and word and act.
Like the lark he lives nearest the
cound; like the lark he scars highest
towards heaven.
"If the mind and heart of the preach
er were really thrilled with the great
ness aud simplicity of religion, he
would week hy week apply the ringing
truths of his faith to the vital prob
lem, of daily living. The test of a
strong, simple sermon is results, not
the Sunday p, aIse of his auditors, but
their bettered lives during the week.
People who pray on their knees on
Sunday aud prey on their neighbors on
Monday, need simplicity in their faith.
No character can be simple unless it
is based on truth, unless it is lived in
harmony with ones own conscience
aud ideals. Simplicity is the pure
white light of life lived from within
1t /, destroyed by any attempt TO live
in harmony with public opinion. Pub.
lie opinion is a conscience owned by a
indicate Adjusting life to ones own
ideals is the royal road to simplicity
Nature in all her revelations seeks
to teach man the greatness of sim,
pllcity. Health is but the living of a
physical life In harmony with few
simple, clearly defined laws. Simple
food, simple exercise, simple precau.
tlOLs will work wonders. But man
grows tired Of the simple things, he
yields to subtle temptations IN eating
aud drinking, listens to the palate in
stead of to nature, and he suffers. BE
then dimes with dyspepsia and sits like
child at his own bounteous table
forced to eat only the simple food that
he scOrned.
Simplicity is the characteristic that
l. most difficult to simulate. The sig
nature that is most difficult TO initiate
Is the one that Is most simple, most
Individual and most free from flour
l,hes The banknote that is most diff
fcult to counterfeit successfully is the
one that contains the fewest lines and
has the least intricate detail"
Simplicity in act is the outward ex
presoions of simplicity in thought
Men who carry on their shoulders the
fate of nation are quiet, modest un
assuming. They are often made gen
tie, calm and simple by the discipline
Of their responsibility. They have nt
rom In their minds for the pettines'
of personal vanity. 1t is the drum
IN ljOr who grows pompous when ht
thinks that the world is watching hin
"a he marches at the head OF the pro
cession. The great general is simpl,
and unaffected as child"
10 true simplicity, to perceive ,
truth is to begin to live it; to see ,
duty is to begin to do it. Nothing
great can ever enter into the mind o.
a man of simplicity and remain merely
a theory. Simplicity in a character
Is like the needle of compass,-i
knows only one point, its north, iti
ideal"
Let us seek to cultivate this sim
p'icity in all things in our life. Th'
hit step toward simplicity is-sim
pllfying. The beginning of metal ol
moral progress or reform Is always
or sacrifice. IL is sur