The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-21

I beautiful soul. SobCdy With a pure soul i.
ininteTestinC Only the light from within
| can Eloiity the face and form. \ perferi
would be TO more admirable than a b.ooded
I horse or a symmetric tree. There - no sat
fsfactory painting Of our SayiOr-hs evident
is Intended there should not h--Lut Eke his
contemporaries. we feel his great soGi
through the gracious words which procee"-
! cd 0HE CT his mouth
The coal is ruined when It has no apprs-
I citation OF spiritual things. We CSI II !"Si
because the truth can hardly fnd II. IG-
nOTance cannot be culture. neither can cnF
Hali;y be spirituality. The soul Is Savel
when. through the Gospel, a divine lie IL
IMPLANTED therein Now comsth the SpIL-
itUal nature. This new lilo u hcnc5fOTth
10 b. he chief care and concern. in com
EaTSon with which. earthly thinss are ROY
10 be sought as ends at all. hut permit; Il
10 &c added 10 us rather n their cue coUr.-
and Lime.
Jesus came into the world in tire interest
OF meas souls. ale made 4 shiniaE way
for the soul from earth 10 heaven IL u
the way. the truth. ana the life. The SOU
~ad-anC-%. learns and lives IN am NpdtI
from him. ia the real sense. We can d n"'E-
iaS. We are a. much dependent upon E.in
for spiritual life as NE are upon the order
OF nature Tor physical and mental lie.
When The soul huncers and thiTsis after
righteousness. 1t is alive. and Christ - It's
The hrst law ~ the soulful life is SELF
denial. II any man vii! come after me. lei
him deny himself. and take Up his cross.
and follow me- We cannot serve ito mas
tiers. SELF and Christ. When one becomes A
Christian. he enters = lie OF faith Ivy IN"
son OF God. This IS the new way Of living.
II is the life or the soul. or spiritual liz
Two courses are before every oneself
Indulgence and seIf-denial. CHRISTIAN hope
money TO get an education. and the young
man spent il al the first session. No
more was allowed him. and he had 10
deny himself OF many things. added 20
much remuncrltivc labor. to complete MS
scholastic preparation. lie vas william
H.. Seward. the statesman. Neither IN
We educate the soul while wasting God
gifts ON frivolities.
Another principle Of soul culture l. self
giving. 'Whosoevsr would save ms ne
stall lose IT,: and whatsoever shall lose ma
life fOT my sake shall find IL. Jesus care
fully explained that he had authority 10
lay down his life and to take il again
or peace so sweet as 10 be puTchaseI AZ
the price Of chains and slavery Human
~ comes into the higher life only through
self-givinG. And il must be done from d
proper motiye-for JeSus's sake.
when the thoughts are evil We ought
10 cleanse the soul and eNpurSGte iae
! mind. for, no doubt. both the fountain
head and the Channel-bed are wrong
Thoughts are heard in heaven, and often
read on earth. We may use language u
conceal thought. hut we thus reveal char
aCtsr. and when character IL kn9Na
ter than their thoughts. As a man think
eth in his heart. so Is he soul CultIIs
Improves the moral and spiritual quahty
OF thought. 4 Christian on his knees can
see farther than a philosopher N t!ptoe
because there is more OF him looking and
his eyes are turned in the right dir"c-
There are two streams flowing in this
strange world, and, alas. one OF mem
reaches every life II is the stream OF 81.
All have sinne1 and come snort OF Ine
glory of Gcd- The other river IS Saika-
ton. and IL IS the desire OF the, Sood lnaS
II should flow into every heart and
cleanse every life in all the world. Then
would there be peace and JOY SIN Nouii
be washed away and nothing svil Soui5
thrive Upon the o nfa t o. ssS Of Gcd
ard the Savior OF men. lie ives ana r.
ioices in the heart wherein the waters OF
life do flow. Sin can float a world 10 Iunn;
but salvation can dry up the stream o:
death and swell mankind into the haroor
OF everlasting hope and heaven.
faith, Actions speak louder than words
The acts of the apostles are the eApres-
sion ~ the apostolic souls; Worry Ia
tons are a part Of soul culture. We ~
in deeds. 'inasmuch as We have done;
will be the judgment principle me SOU
is to b. busy WITT mppToVsment do not
leave out abundant time Tor attenuon -
the souls deep needs Thus VIII You :
can YOU make many rich. Unto YOU VIII
be committed Gods wealth,
For every Injurious word we shalI give
account in the day OF Judgment. How the
scTI is wounded hv the words We speak!
Words are the sours bloom. WORDS or NE
and love are the fruits OF the pefIecI sUri
burden itself through language lnu
thought your soul was spiritual out ~
spoke words which needlessly discoIce 10
salt The widest animal IS the human
tongue. Perhaps the reason that ySu.
speeches have not destroyed you Is Ihat
o.bor souIs are better. Suppose your every
Uorf were writ. would you not ne ashamSC
of the volumes? By thy WORDS ,hou s shait
he condemned. Let the soul he ever led
bv him whose words are spirit and lie.