The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-12-02

! ut emu 81 ludn, says NdrINIc, lS an
action, not a thought" That is not say.
ing that thought is not a necessary part OF
all high action, OF course. But thought
that stops in itself is stopping on the road
to truth. Action and action alone. saws
Philadelphia Young People, takes it for.
ward. Professor James, the noted psyche.
logist, has well represented thought as
"only place OF transit. the bottom of q
loop. both of whose ends have their point
Of application in the outer world" All
that our eyes, our ears, our daily connec.
tion with the world and with others bring
to u.s. must pass through our minds and
souls, and return to the outside world
again transmitted into action. 'In plain
English perception and thinking are only
there for behavior $ sake" says the profes.
sor. and long before modern psychology
came to the conclusion that the Bible
summed up the same truth, Faith. if it
hath not works. is dead. being alone"
For this reason truth can never be
learned by mere argument. We do not
really possess truth until we have acted
on it, and it takes continual action on il
to make it pnrt of the fiber of our minds
and souls We can fail to make nrogresI
toward truth by refusing to act upon it.
The young man who holds the gospel mes.
sage in his mind, hut determines not to
take any action on IT at present. is losing
clear perception OF it, ard power OF clear
thought about it. daily. He may not think
so, he may think instead that he is gaining
an intellectual perception of its difficulties.
But the fact is. that he is losing power to
act by not acting-that is all. He has
checked the advance of truth half way,
shutting it ~ in thou"ht when it ought to
he set free in act. III anv man will do
HIS viii he shall know nf the doctrine
whether it he OF God" Thought alone is
power less to know God; feeling alone is
nowerleSs to love God We must keep
Gods commandments. putting onr emo,
tions and THOUGHTS into acts of obedience
before we can abide in His love. and know
HIN whom to know Alright is l'fe eternal.
1t is a verv simple road, after all. To
perceive. to think. to act-snrely any one
can reach truth without trouble But that
third step il where many Young people
pause. 1t is easy to see the beauty OF holi.
ness. and easy to THINK about it. Those
two stems are unnoticed create no antagon.
ism. make no costiv demands. But to act
that means n great deal. Better wait for
a little more knowledge. a little more con.
sideraton Of the matter. whispers the en-.
er'v OF sous. and manv souls Weld to tho
whisnCr. And then, having blocked tho
road to truth. they lose themselves in
ra7os of doubt. and never get anywhere
Perhars. lil,e PLATE. who knew the right
hrt refused to act unon it. thev end by
falling hook rpon the philosonhcal re
"''rli: "What is truth| Alas! the rea son
Plate "over reached any further acnuant
nncp with truth was that he would not act
~ tho tnow'od"o Of Christ no had already
The dvin" thicf had not had half Pilates
onr""tunitel. hut pc was man of action
and u saved him. For many ~ rs to-day
salvation harTs upon action Shall we act
t"e"-or sEill we pause in the barrenrpss
OF thought and never reach saving truth?