Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1901-08-13
THE MOLD AND rHE~MErAL.
Mans Thought--As He Thinks,
so IL lie.

In the Hall OF Heroes in Berlin mu-
scum may be seen a bronze statue of
a praying boy. It's statue was found
in the Tiber during the lifetime of
Frederick the Great and was bought
by him for 10000 thalers. Ii is con-
sidered the finest work in the collee-
tipn. The whole attitude is one OF
prayer. In the examination Of this
relic of ancient Rome we trace the
carefully prepared metal, the more
carefully prepared mold. the laboriSus
model, hut especially the inventive
brain OF Boedas. the son OF Lysippus.
The model of this praying boy found
ITS form first in the mold of thought in
the brain of the author.
So il is with all things. Mercury,
Venus, Jupiter and far distant Nep-
tune, stars immovable and fixed, each
has taken the mold of divine thought.
The elm that weathers the storm of
a hundred winters. the delicate fern
that makes its home in the asadowy
forest and the yellow buttercup that
roams the grassy fields, each took
form from the mold of the divine
thought.
Human thought is the mold, char
acter the metal; character runs into
the mold which thought presents. The
difference between men is the differ
ence between their thinking - as
man thinks heis. The worshiper comes
to be like the Being he worships. The
Mortimer worshiping blood-deities
become themselves bloodthirsty. Rome
in it's early history was a strong ma
ton, but through the centuries the
Roman ideas of the gods degenerated,
and this produced a corresponding de-
generation in Roman character. The
Roman became like the gods he wor-
SHIPPED. Among the Chinese the priests
teach the people to think on their gods
that by so doing they may become
like their deities: think of Buddha,
and YOU will become like Buddha."
Whoever's thoughts dwell long on
vice, his character naturally comes 10
be vicious. The history Of crime may
be summed up in this:
"vice is a monster of so frightful mien
AS to be hated needs but 10 be seen;
Yet, seen too oft, familiar with his face.
We first endure. then pity, then embrace
to be. The present danger of the sue
cessful money-maker is that he be-
trays his Lord for that which the
money-bag contains.
SO it is with virtue. Paurs lie was
spent in developing the thoughts of
redemption, the gift of salvation in
Jssus Christ, repentance and faith and
the rest that remains. 1t is no Won
der that dwelling upon such themes
Paul came to be Christ-lilke in char
acter.
An artist is able to appreciate q
work of art because his thinking has
nodded his character in that line. A
few years ago the falling plaster in a
cathedral in a European city revealed
a painting before unseen. Many art
lists were called upon to decide from
whose hand the work had come. No
decision was reached until one who
had made life study of the forms
and spirit of the master-artist of the
world exclaimed: ut is divine Raph-
ael"
II all these things be true, how inn
portant is ii that the subjects of
thoughts be carefully selected. Paul
so declares when he names over such
things as truth, honor, Justice, purity,
loveliness, and says: think on these
things" Let the walls at home be hung
with pictures of historic virtue and
artistic beauty. Let the books of the
home circle contain elevating and
pure thought and illustration. Let the
mind in hours of meditation be occu-
pied with none but the noblest and
purest thoughts.
When the heavens are rolled togeth-
err as scroll and the elements shall
melt with fervent heat, then shall en-
dure under the all-piercing eye of God
whatsoever things are true, whatso
ever things are honest, whatsoever
things are just.-Gilbert Frederick,
ID. d.. in Covenant Chronicle and Rec