The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1901-06-18

lie hlpri lOiiNy OF tnONRnt force over
phyMirnl force In nccn In that thought
force contioln phyaicnl force. II In thIa
power Of Thought that givcn to man hln
domtuiuu, TINT n,nkcn him GOd'n Vice.
Hrrcnt on Coda governor upon thia cnrtl,
to rule nnd to aubduc thin world. II IN
hy thm power Of Thought TINT man
'""rl,'" Mp nnd E,""in the llghtnlng and
mnkca II hm uhrdicut iurmci,Ecr. II m
hy Thought that man han dmg up thonc
black uinmuuula ot which | have npokcn
nnd mndc .hrn cn,ty htn vnal coluu,r,rc
whr,rHocvrt hr villa, II Ia hy that ,owc,
that mnn lna dominated tho lo,rcn nl tho
mc,rlS phvairnl wo,h nuu dlvrd down
trnrnth tho Mran n,d at,ctrhrd great
rahlra Witch hnu tho old world and tho
new in ctc,ml hou,la nf wcdlort. II Ia
m thia rnwrt that mnu han ,ln,uiuntcd
the "ra nnd tho acnH"ua nu,, ro,uc to CON.
'nh thrS" warttrailv thnugh hr loca nn,
AN ~ absolutely, rhhty ain hru,u hc.
tw" th" Galveston ntu,m mcasnErn vt
wmninN had hcrn acW out, NY tho
r"w" W Thought We hnL that man hna
Na'"rd r>ni'"l wrr all that hclouHa to
thr wr,lh W lifr. We Gud mau Hotny
Nn in ha r,rErrsa step hy atop by the
power W thought. Eaining dominion over
Nhcsr physical forces, and lie ia cominx
tN have absolute doMiuiou.
hut vast as is the power Of the Thought
world III comparison with The power OF
physical to,rrs far more than the thought
force ,ranSccnds the physical forces,
these niN,al forces Transcend the mcrcly
| intellectual forces This Is not so easy
tr illustrate rs the other But the only
| power that deserves the word sublime il
moral power. The only struggle thnt dc
serves To hc called II sublime struggle is Il
struggle III the human soul between good
and evil, and the sublincst struggle that
heaven ever looks down upon is a young
m"n or young woman that ovcrcomes the
power of evil and persistcnuy rises III
that scale of life about which you heard
this morning. The very fact that you
fluid sornc splendid characters going down
easily under temptation but proves the
| power Of temptation, and therefore but
emphasizes the grandeur OF the moral
victory Of one who keeps himself free and
unspotted from the world, Of one who
trcatls every deed Of shame beneath his
feet. That is the struggle that deserves
| to be characterized rs truly sublime.
| That is the exhibition of force and power
i'll comparison with which Niagara is in
significant. The power there is in the
moral struggle, the exhibition Of those
forces that belong to the heart. And not
only rs we sec it thus, but tile real power,
the tenderest and sweetest force of nature
belongs to the soul realm. All the beauty
of nature is love beauty. All the music
of nature is love music. The mightiest
force of all forces in the moral and the
physical realms is the force of love that
takes i'll the realm of heart, and the law
OF selt-sacrihce, OF other than self. And
SO III the realm ofthought, those thoughts
that are real and eternal, those thoughts
that live and thrill and glow in the hearts
OF men are always found to be those that
belong to the realm of the soul, those of
lie and love and truth and beauty. The
grand and immortal element in our liter
attire and poetry is love. The beauty of
Evangeline is the love. aud beauty that
we have there. The thing that you will
find immortal in the Idyls of the King,
or any Of the poems that rank as the
highest, is the element of self-sacrifce,
OF the heroism that is recorded there.
The immortality Of In Memoriam is that
1t speaks the language of the heart, of
love, and shows the longings of the soul
alter those questions of time and eter-
nifty, thoughts that move on toward that
Gone far off divine event
Toward which the whole creation moves" ."
All these forces are found concentrating
in man. In your making as young met,
and young women, i'll bringing you where
you are tonight, what mighty forces have
been operating in your lives. 1t is an in
teresting study to watch the acorn lift
Itself into the sturdy oak. But think
what it takes to lift babe into stalwart
man. Then think of the thought, the
training that it takes to lift you UP into
. your condition of knowledge as you have
1t today. And then think of the moral
forces in your lives And in turn you stand
as that i'll which focalize these mighty
forces and it is due that you should rein.
vest these advantages which you have
, received. The world of today needs con,
structive men and women. In all these
forces there are two forces operative all
the way through, the constructive force
and the destructive force. The wind
, that gently circulates beyond the clouds
: may become destructive storm. The
= coal that glows npon our CRATES in that
3 form is helpful, yet that same energy
3 may sweep city from the face of the
earth. The intellectual power that ere.
l ates can also destroy. The moral powe,
that builds can also degrade. The de.
= inand of our times today is for CON
= etruct1ve manhood and constructive
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