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HAVE GOOD
THOUGHTS!.
Much Of Life is What
We Think.
ADDRESS Of RtV. c. /, BUCK
Eminent Methodist Divine of New
York City breaches at Central
Union.

Rev. C. II. Buck. an eminent divine Of
New York City. preached at the Central
Union Church last evening to large
congregation. The Doctor is en- route
to Australia with his wife. and will pro-
coed on his voyage when the Moana
stops here.
His text was taken from jeremiah,
Attn chapter. 18th verse: How long
shall tnsse vain thoughts reside wiIhi.I
meY' Tine lie OF man ~ duai,' said he.
the outer and inner, the material ana
the spiritual. The inner life impresses
ali the denghts OF life, the thoughts.
These two lives are so closely inter
mixed, and the movements are so ma
teriany controlled by the other, that IL
Is sometimes very difficult to distinguish
between them. The inner life, on4y as
embodied by the outer, is entirely con-
ceaied from all eyes of the word This
thought, hidden but yet not unseen, is
by no means unimportant. II Is what
the general is To the army, the engineer
TO the locomotive. IL moves, directs
and controls.
From the moment OF our birth on we
are thinking. eternally thinking. This
inner thought is unseen to the outer
world. Human laws only take account
OF the outer life. Governments cannot
| late IL: but God sees thoughts as well
as actions He searches the heart. In
the divine realm. thoughts as well as
| actions are under divine control, and
for them man IL accountable. ii Is 10
this inner life that our text speaks. II
is rebuke TO vain thoughts, TO false
empty and simple thoughts. The fact
lis that everyone has q thousand vicious
thoughts. Every man is obliged TO az
ford them refuge. as they assault the
mind. But we can drive them out with
better thoughts. IL Is a solicitation oil
levil. but temptation Is not sin. some
people exclaim that man has not th'
power TO drive vain thoughts from
his mind. or control them. Although
lit may be difficult to control thought
liz is not impossible. II is impossible e
keep evil thoughts from knocking at tn
door Of our hearts, but We need not al
How them TO enter.
AN old Puritan divine said he 'coul'
not prevent evil thoughts from counting
) him. out he could prevent them from
marrying him. He could not proven
birds from flying over his head, but h
! lcould prevent them from making nest
In his hair Thoughts are very largel
the result OF environment In whlc
| we live. Every environment Whlc
suggests good thoughts is as the ros
and lily. which suggest beauty an
fragrance Go away from the Churc
Tonight and think nothing more OF IN
Z preachers text. Don't think about !
a and tomorrow when one asks you any
Z thing about II you have forgotten /
j. Don't do that. Make an effort to FOL
J. get everything else. Think. think {
the text, and tomorrow II will be firml
fixed In your mind. Thought Is n
rudder OF our actions. He Is mul
Y derer who cherishes anger: he Is a
- aduIterer who looks with lustful ey
There may be murdeTers in this aud
ence tonight. Your fellow man migl
not think so. but God does, because
knows the thoughts. Angry though
are like angry wolves which come in
r the heart TO tear It to pieces.
IN THE public mind is frequently shoe
NJ ed BIZ the news CT some good man vi
r. has gone wrong. Bonds are stole
Is a murder Is committed, people thrC
up their hands in horror; public cree
Is set back. people say, Whom can
- trust? what Is the reason? II I
heart Of that transgressor could on
be read. with the motive Of the criI
merely brought out, we would only n
~ what had been n thousand times i'm
W mans mind. No one becomes villa
&c at once. The course Of evil Is slow
lr- is like the stream which grows vic
and wider. There was "A fictitious la
which the Romans wrote about. ON
IL birds fell To their death: nightinga
ioi lost their songs and fell also. 1t was
- lake OF death. This lake exists In u
People try TO fly across IL, think
they can return II they wish, but Il
have not the power to do so. are pals
nv and fall into the abyss Of death. II
OF your hearts Win al keePIis anu u "
80 Of life"