The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-11
"HEART CULTURE" is
DR. HURLSTONE'S THEME
Allusion to McKinley's Ministra-
tons to His Mother and
Invalid Wife.
WORTHY OF ATTENTION.

Heart Culture was the topic on which
DR.. Albert Hurlstone preached at Roberts
Park NJ. L. Church yesterday morning.
Text Matt. XIV. 10. He said: THE heart is
the Bible synonym for the center of con-
scious voluntary action. The great teacher
put His finger on the heart as the seat of
mans sin and sorrow his betrayal and loss
of paradise He did more. He proposed
TO restore the lost citadel; to cleanse the
heart; 10 make the fountain pure. But
clean heart must be cultivated. 4 clean
heart is not necessarily mature. Self
reverence, self-knowledge. seif-control
these three alone lead life to sovereign
power. 1t is not for weakness we plead
but for pure, cultivated heart. We read
OF one whose strength was as the strength
of ten, because his heart was pure Heart
culture means soul strength, health whole
ness, holiness. 1t means clearness of vision,
seeing God. and seeing things as God sees
them. True seeing is the unfailing reward
of true living.
Emerson comments on Christs princely
manners His courtesy, gentleness, tender
ness, meekness and lowliness of heart were
perfectly compatible with His matchless
strength. The delicate nature. the sweet
ness. charm, sympathy, pity and grace of
the truly great are manifest in history.
David and the three mighty men at Beth
lehem's we'll are an illustration OF this.
Luther non-hearted, but full OF affec-
ton. Cromwes letters show him to be
of tender, true heart. That the
bravest are the tenderest We see in the
dying Nelson, as he said: Kiss me,
Hardy Garabaldi stopped a procession
when the streets of London were crowded
with his admirers that he might kiss a lit
tie child which was being held up by its
father to see the great general as he
passed. Chinese Gordon was fond of chill
dren. Lincoln found rest and delight at
the close of hard days work In the abil-
condemned TO be shot. And the manly
Mckinley spent his years In tender minis
trations to Christian mother and an IN
valid wife. The heart culture of these men
was no sign of weakness. The advice OF
the old music teacher to his pupil contained
sound philosophy when he said: Cultivate
your heart: cultivate your heart
IN MANIFOLD WAYS.
This heart culture will manifest itself IN
manifold ways. In kindness to animals.
Ernest Thompson-Seton is certainly doing
much to convince people that it is better to
go out with n camera than with a shotgun.
His study OF the personality of the MEM
large a claim they have upon our affection.
Thoreau was a lover of the animal kingdom,
and the animals and birds loved him as
their true friend. AS for the birds, says
Lowell: I do not believe there is one of
them but does more good than harm; and
of how many feathcrlesS bipedS can this be
said? Kindness to animals was one article
in the creed Of John Ruskin, who said: L
will not hurt any living creature EeedleSSly,
nor destroy any beautiful thing, but will
strive TO save and comfort all gentle life,
and guard and perfect all natural beauty
upon earth These were the words of the
man who would rather see a seagun fly
than shoot il, and rather hear thrush
sing than eat it, and who rejoiced in the
fact that he had never disobeyed his mother.
Heart culture will manifest itself in show
ing pity for all the suffering. Remember
that in the culture of the heart you must
be follower of Him who was a man of
sorrows and acquainted with grief. Do not
wait for the suffering to come to you. 1t
was one of Gods perfect and upright men
who said: L was eyes 70 the blind. and feet
was l to the lame. i was father 10 the
poor. and the cause which L knew not /
searched out Searching out the suffering
In our large cities and ministering TO them
mercy and help aids In the culture OF the
heart. DR.. Arnold, of Rugby, said: Prayer
and kindly intercourse with the poor are
two great safeguards of the spiritual life;
it's more than food and raiment.
THE cultured heart shows kindness to-
ward the weak. Carlyle pointed out that
tation are at bottom, want of strength,
weakness. We would be more considerate
OF people if we only knew the strength
OF their temptations and the weakness of
their will We see only 10 what they yield.
We know not what is resisted. Give due
thought TO the power of heredity and the
influence Of environment. Thousands of
people are going about their daily work
with aching hearts and anxious minds.
They have secret weaknesses and perplex-
tiles and the burdens of life well-nigh crush
them. Speak tenderly, be kind, be cour-
teOus, be gentle Slightest actions often
meet the sorest needs, for the world wants
daily little kindly deeds
RESPECT FOR AGE.
''Show respect for age. There is a grow
ing disposition to push the old aside and
crowd the young forward. To speak dis
respectfully Of age, Of parents, is a
mark of an uncultured heart. To assist is
the noble task of heart culture Guard
the sense of shame. Respect the code of
courtesy. Obey the rules of business.
Choose carefully your companions To
thine own self be true, and 1t must follow
as the night the Day. thou canst not then
be false to any man Read only the best
books. Make friends of them. Pray at
least three times day. Read the Bible
daily. Mediate on what you read. Ask
that the eyes of your heart may be en-
lghtened. Remember, nothing that is
ity is never so lovely as when arrayed i'm
scarlet: moderation is never so impressive
as when it sits at banquets; simplicity is
never so delightful as when il dwells
amidst magnhcence; purity is never so
divine as when it's unSuflied robes are worn
in palaces; gentleness is never so touching
as when it exists in the powerful. When
men combine gold and goodness, genius and
graces, greatness and goodness, human
nature is seen at its best
I'VE have multiplied agencies in school,
college, university, home life, where we
seek the culture OF eye, ear, hand, memory
imagination, intellect, will; let us not
neglect the culture of the heart. To the
Importance of this Sir Walter Scott gave
his testimony: I have read books enough
and observed and conversed with enough
Of eminent and Observation-Disclosures minds,
but | assure you / have heard higher senti-
ments from the lips of poor. uneducated
men and women, when exerting the spirit
Of severe yet gentle heroism under diff
culties and Affections. speaking their
simple thoughts as to circumstances in
the lot OF friends and neighbors. than l
ever met with out of the pages of the Bible
We shall never learn 10 respect our real
calling and destiny unless we have taught
ourselves 10 consider everything as moon
shine compared with the education of the
heart
PRAISES NEW YORK.