New-York tribune., 1905-01-18

them. And yet so much is 1t a mental state that
ure. If have idea 70 develop 1t would not
be worth while If it did It involves only the man
ner in which We set TO work and the way await
results To recapituIate IN some measure, the sim
PIE life REQUIRES fne sense OF values ana & equYa- @
essentials. and the will TO choose wisely; knowl-
and again the win 10 conserve both. Finally. the
simple lie involves the value OF experiences more
work. culture, love. sympathy, meeting ones
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HELEN GOULD LEADS SIMPLE LIFE"
The meaning attached to the expression simple
life" by Pastor Wagner is in reality perfectly
clear, but Il IS as commonly subject to misunder-
standing the word simplicity itself 1t does
not OF necessity imply the rejection of the acces-
sories of lie required by our civilization. It
tainy Goes not recommend poverty such. nor
mere aceticsm. The simplicity dwelt upon IS
rather in the spirit than in the letter and is ex-
pressed in such passages from the gospels as
BLESSED the poor in spirit" and IF thine eye
be single. thy whole body shall be full OF light"
It may be briefly defined as sinsleness Of purpose
and true conception OF the values of life. or the
relative Importance Of things 1t neither consists
in the abundance OF things that man possesses.
nor the reverse IT consists in the way he Classics
them In relation 10 the eternal verities. If any
Of them are found to be mere hnpedimenta. from
q moral and spiritual point of view. he should ig-
more or reject them, Inc principle set forth in
the following passage: Let lay aside every
weight and run with patience the race that
is SET before us
portion, and wise seleeton-these are the underly-
ing principles simplicity OF living. And in the
classification OF values, the first treasure Is
the unleaVened bread OF sincerity and truth.
Honesty, not merely in deed and in speech. but IN
mind IS the preservatve of all other virtues. And
next comes love OF what is real and essential.
spirit the mere accessories of life be accept
ed or rejected at VIII and II will naturally follow
that many OF them are weighed in these true bal
ances and found wanting in value.
The simple life can be led as easily by q minlon-
aire by the poorest aborer. and by all the social
seen or spoken TO Miss Helen Gould, even Tor
moment. and on the most ordinary topic. can doubt
her simplicity Of spirit and the virtues or Whlch II
is the natural outcome. And yet she Is involved
host OF works and responsibilities every day
and her correspondence runs up into the hundreGS
III twenty-four hours. President Roosevelt leads
the simple life. in the most Strenuous position IN
the world. According Mr. Leupp. in his BOOK;
The Man Roosevelt" the President was raIAet
by Speaker Reed upon his original discovery oI
the Ten Commandments" The allusion was 10 ms
constant emphasizing OF the fundamental virtues
This Is literally setting things on their feet-plac-
ing all the affairs of life a secure foundation.
virtue made up all the others This appears para
doxcel but Il merely means that most good INNS
simple while evil things are complicated lI anu
tortuous. The eye that II evil Is rghtly p4aCeu
as the antithees 10 the single eye. Gods laws
clear. simple, single, and to follow mem ~
tal 10 the worldly mind. This Is the nsali,ss -
the -Lniunction 10 become "as little chilaTen- -aot
childish, but childlike. NJ - .
East Orange. N