Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-01-17
:: The Revival Takes a New
Turn. A Campaign of
Prayer, Nine Meet
lngs IOday.

Man is thluElug being. Without
Thought he would uUL De Man. The
crOwnlDg glory Ut All created beings Is
Lle glvry vi Mluu. Mud Is, anu to
dispute 1t Is lo attl,m II. the power
to alliim Nselt ncceesltates Its being.
Shrlned With skill unu wisdom alike,
that 0espeak the intinlle, 1T ls easy OF
access Oy any QUE OF tive unique lines
vi teiegraphy, that carry the impress
slOns from WltnOut, with unerrlng
certainty and speed equaled only by
the sWlttness of thought, to the match
less cathedral of mind. Mud. Whal
is il? It's not the nerve that receives
the Impressions; II IS not the cOnvu-
iUted brain IN which the message is
reported; 1t is MT part Ut, Or result
Of the organism; 1t Is not mere coll
geries of ideas; 1t is not mlnutest ma.
terial atom but is something tha.
has IN it the deepest reality of exist.
ence. More attenuate than ether
more versatile and alert than electrici-
ty; 1t is yet more solid and iudestruct-
lbie than granite or gold. SHINING
itself IN the very center of the nerves
of sensation, 1t feels the slightest
change produced by impingement
upon them and by mysterious power
transmutes the sensation into Thought
and sends the concrete back into ideas.
Not apprehensible or describsble un-
der terms of matter, it is super
sensible being which thinks, feels and
wills. Mind, intellect, yolltlonsl agent,
immortal mind. Within this some-
thing that evades definition, that
eludes the microscopist, that defies the
chemist, and laughs at the anatomlst.
there is that which cognizes mind it,
self, and the object cognlzed; yes more,
when the object of thought is removed
the mind still retains the photograph,
OF thought image. which it can pro
duce at any time without the object
Incompatible photographer-photo-
graph without rival. But this is not
all, objects and acts are restored and
studied and reflected upon, classified.
The result of this being system and
order that merges into higher or super
sensible realities, discovered to the
reason itself without mediation of
sense. The psalmist says, thought
on my ways, and turned my feet into
thy testimonies He no doubt care
fully scanned the thoughts and acts of
his past life Thought not only of the
act itself but also of the influence
thereof upon his own life and the life
of others God will not allow man
to go down to the gates of death with
out causing him to review his life
and forecast the outcome of his con
duct. Religion is founded in reason
and God does not expect man to
change the trend of his life without q
sufficient cause therefor. Right char
acter is the result of correct thought,
and no person ever vet thought wrong
and lived right If this world could be
set right at this point all would go
we'll. What has been your course Of
conduct? What "way" have you trav-
elad? In what road, the straight and
narrow or broad wav? Stop ard think.
~ thought on nv way" If the citi-
zens of this town would only think of
their past life and ponder well The only
logical outcome. there would he 9
moral upheaval here. No thinking
being can ever get consent of his mind
TO live so as TO insure possible moral.
injury. 1t is onlv when he is thought
less as to consequences. Think, make
haste, turn and live.