The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-23
"THE EYE OF THE SOUL y
DIR. KELLOGG DISCOURSES ON
FRIGHT USE OF OURSELVES"
The Souls Connection with the I'm
seen Worlds About It-Thoughts
in the Sermon.

nue. Nj. z. Church. discoursed last night in
the series on the Right Use of Ourselves"
He said in part: 1.-The soul has no grander
function than that which connects with the
unseen worlds about it. The imagination is
the dome of this vast cathedral of mind
through whose windows we look out and
up into the unlimited fields of space and
onto unreasonable stars, and through
which the Infinite peeps into upon to
astonish and delight us. 1t is far more
than this, for it is not merely passive
avenue, but a positive force reaching out
and leading the soul into paths Of discov
cry. 1t is an explorer, as we'll as a pio-
neer that goes forth after mapping out new
and wonderful countries to settle and beau
ufy them. 1t is a creator. Out of airy
nothing it's material 1T makes habita-
ton and place for the multitudes of
queer people. 1t is that power by which
We initiate the Eternal Creator.
What a dreary life this would be with
out its ministry. If the soul were limited
to the rules of logic it might travel a
rugged road safely, but it would never
groundings, chained to earth, and our path
way would be full of tediousness and
stumbling. But imagination gives wings
and we soar and delight ourselves in the
higher atmospheres. l have borrowed the
title Of this address from that greatest of
masters in its use, Shakespeare, and while
1t, 1t Is an impressive one-'the eye by
which the soul sees the unseen, through
which it beholds visions of the uncreated
1t is the 'quickener from the dead the
fancier of new wonders. 1t holds the brush
and the chisel and compels them to carve
out of cold stone or place on canvas the
angels that have been unobserved.
INTRODUCES DELIGHTS.
| it inspires; what visions it presents; what
charming companions it entertains! 1t
| never wearies; it cannot be ensaved 1t
is free in filthy dungeons and brings to
the cells of the wretched sufferer joys from
| realities that troop in at it's bidding The
| night has come; the prisoner is left alone
in his cell. The wife and child have said
their goodnight and gone and what a
solitude embraces the poor Bedford preach
er. But alone he is not alone, Christian
and Hopeful have come to call and he is
talking with them They are relating the
experiences of another day. Doubling Cas-
tie has been opened and they are free, and
now they move toward Beulah land. Bun
| yon that night enters this delightful coun-
try with them, and hears the birds sing and
breathes the pure air and sees just beyond
the reflected glory of the Celestial City. He
is not a prisoner In Bedford, but a free
man in paradise. Thanks to the eye Of the
SOUL.
mo soul can be bound that has this
power, In huts of poverty 1T brings the COM
| partnership of the noble, and into dens of
| misery 1t brings kings and queens 1t is
useful we'll pleasing. In it is the
| genius that works out our inventions. 1t
| paints in pictures great truth and brings
| it within the reach of the mind. Pictures
minister to the mind as we'll as to the
spirit. 1t was the educational medium In
religion was taught through their crea-
| lions. Sculpture has been the mand maid
of religion, expressing to the older world
precious ideals of the Deity. In architec-
| and temples, imagination has attempted to
| present the Divine in His world.
| In literature imagination yields a SUI
preme control 1t makes philosophy read
| able and even delightful and history pleas
| ing, records of brutal deeds are converted
| into stories of pleasure. Truth, that in
the abstract would be repulsive. is made
| fascinating and fancy forms into harmonious
verse the rude tale of reality. In literature
imagination is king. Fiction is most in
| f1uential interest even in the Bible. In
| oratory it is the soul. Reason is importa Mt
to this art, but imagination essential. This
| is the secret why some men may tell the
| same truth and interest and excite, while
| others will not be tolerated In all presenta-
ton of truth, in the schoolroom, as well as
| on the platform, this touch of brightness
| and life is indispensable to best results.
| PRACTICAL WAYS OF LIFE.
| "And what shall be said of it's usefulness
|
| our inventor in all important industries
| Has not its influence been to create new
| earth wherein dwells a new civilization?
If, then, this function of soul is so i'm
portant, it should be cultivated. 1t is pos
sessed by some persons in greater de-
| gree than by others and by some nations
more than by others. The Celtic people
abound in this. The Irish, Welsh and
| ma he dpnpndod
| and charming literature. In persons al
| certain periods of life 1t prevails. Child
| an imagined one, and it is not an easy task
| to lead the mind from this unreal world
| into the real and not shock it, The kinder
| garten is gigantic and successful attempt
| to accomplish il. To deny childhood food
| for this disposition is criminal to
deny it food for the body. But to prevent
the life from being mastered by the unreal
| and fanciful is as necessary The after
| stages of reasoning will correct all error il
properly introduced. Here, too, the moral
| nature stands a corrective and keeps
| one who is possessed with overvivid i'm
| agination from becoming liar The first
| steps into falsehood from the region OF
| vivid picturing Is so gradual that many
| take them almost unaware. man of great
| Imagination is not as a rule good money
| maker and lacks in sound judgment. Con
| spicuous cases of this kind abound. Great
| orators are not, as a rule the wisest states
| men, and great preachers are not good bus
| mess men. Nature has not provided fol
| both in the same man.
THE law of imagination is little under
| stood Indeed, free and independent is
| this faculty in its working that many never
| consider that it Is under law at all. And
| when / say it is rigidly controlled by the
| same law as judgment it will require proof
to carry the assertion. Reason takes facts
| and compares them and deducts it's conclu-
| sions. Imagination takes the same facts
| and with them forms new creations. But
| facts are as essential to the one as to the
| other. Indeed, imagination can no more
work without facts than can reason. Try
| to imagine something that does not exist
in fact and see how impossible 1t is to dc
| so. You may imagine a mountain of gold,
| but the mountain exists and so does the
gold. And what is more, before you car
imagine this unnatural creation you must
have a knowledge of gold and OF a noun.
tain. The creation of great artists has beer
| the result of extensive knowledge. Michael
| Angelo studied anatomy twelve years be-
| fore he could carve Moses-that giant OF
| physical manhood.
THE GREAT DIFFERENCE.
''This is the difference between Tennysor
and the boy who attempts TO write sprins
poetry-not a difference of imagination blu
information Teachers too often imposed
unreasonable burdens upon children by re
quiring them to write about things concern
ing which they have no information. Thi!
| would be impossible for a genius
I'm the Improvement of the Imagination
sound education stands first. Fill the mint
with facts. Then feed it on natures granC
and beautiful things. Scenery such as thi
great country affords should produce vivit
imagination. Like all faculties 1t must b,
used. But no greater influence to awaken
| nd IA OF IN