The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-15
AS MAN THINKS SO
WILL HIS LIFE Be,
The Reverend George Il. HepwOrth
Says Controlling Energy Is
Mans Thoughts.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

fEPuBlLiC SPECIAL.
New York, July 1.-THE Reverend George
y. Hepworth's text for his sermon was
taken from Proverbs xiii, Z: For as he
thinketh In his heart. SO is he.''
The world does not yet appreciate the
fact that the controlling energy in a mans
life IS the kind Of thinking he does. So
true is this that If we could clairvoyantly
discover the thoughts which permanently
reside in his brain We could predict with
absolute certainty the quality Of his life.
"Our opinion Of what will afford US the
greatest amount Of happiness. give US the
largest satisfaction, determines our char
acter with infinite accuracy. 1t is like the
rudder which cor. rols the course Of the ves-
sci. or more significant still, it resembles
the boilers and engines In the hold which
alone make any movement possible.
Enlightened Thoughts.
with an enlightened conscience for rud-
der and noble thoughts for motive power.
a man will assuredly and steadily work his
way toward heaven IS the transatlantic
steamer plows the ocean toward the port
which is its manifest destination
IF you are convinced that there is neither
honor among men nor virtue among women
that honesty need not stand In the way OF
acquisition, but Is only valuable as blind
to help you the easier to attain your end,
then l can trust my forecast OF what you
will be In middle life just as I can trust
in the law OF cause and effect. Never
stone was thrown into the air which could
defy gravitation and continue its journey
at its own pleasure. There Is no such stone
wandering through space Every one that
has gone up has been inexorably arrested
by the law and has sooner or later come
back to the earth with thud. And never
q man has cherished mean kor selfish
thoughts and reached high spiritual level.
ness of strength. but he learns at last that
he Is not master Of the universe. and he Will
by and by sit In sackcioth and ashes to re-
another way OF saying that God has not
vacated the throne. but still reiGns In full
supremacy.
tune. l am not speaking Of your creed,
which. like your Overcoat, may be taken
off and laid aside without making any
change in your manhood. neither do re-
fer to the form Of worship which is best
adapted to your temperament. for religion
is Independent Of both have in mind those
mighty ideas with which the New Tesla
nent throbs like the heart Of q giant. those
moral principles which have brought order
out of the chaos Of human passion and
given us an ideal which is as clear to orl
mental vision as Orion IN the wintry sky
blazing with light that fills earth and
heaven with glory.
Will Produce Happiness.
Religicn means your surrender to the
wisdom Of God, the demand. backed and
sustained by the energy and love in which
all plants and systems are submerged, that
you shall do what you know to be right
sure that in the end your very sacrifices
will produce more happiness than mere
wealth ever dreamed Of purchasing. Reli.
giOn means an appreciation. fostered ano
maintained by the convictions Of your mos
thoughtful hours. that sturdy manlinesi
and the serenity of soul which II the result,
thereof, are worth more to you as a chile
Of Immortality than political influence OF
you ever coveted.
with such conviction as that, as
necessary to the true soul as fresh air II to
the blood, you are equipped for the strlg-
gle Of life as was the young Sir Knight
Gated his sword and his good right arm t.
the services of God. That conviction Is
the minis stamp on the coin, which gives II
its value. To be In doubt on this subject i
to be like the child who is afraid In the
dark. he knows not at what.
I'VE need to be sure that right Is right
that the Almighty is always with the right
as sure as the mariner is that his compass
will never fail him. and then we can be
peaceful and undisturbed by the crash OF
worlds
Life may bring what It Will; there is an
other life in which the crooked shall be
Strengthened out. We may weep. as who
does not but 1t Is only the surface Of the
ocean that is rufhed by the storm. while
hereafter is eternal calm. Death loses IT.
terrors. and we no longer shrink In dread
for 1t Is only Gods servant. sent to usher
us into eteral light. wherein they dwell
| who have parted from US in sorrow and
who wait to give us welcome.
Religion is all that and much more that
! cannot be expressed.