The Ordway new era., 1905-04-14

nnrsIcol heInr. Works on ence. lit
erature. art. and philosophy eat man
as IL he were only an intellec hl being
Works on theology, moral posophy'
treat of man as IL he were perely
moral or spiritual being.
Each one of these stateme is cor
rect. but each states only y OF the
truth. Experience does no Teach OF
man In that way. Every y expert
ence brings us into contact IA man IN
his threefold nature. In Hing with
men, we very soon discoY that they
not only have moral nat Is but also
Intellectual and physical htures.
The physician sets but his task
with the idea that he dealing only
with the physical orgy I'm. He under
stands the human y lem and the dis
eases to which 1t liable. But he
very quickly disetkrs that the intel
telctual and the oral natures compli'
cate every dIhse. He soon faces
the fact thayhe has a moral and an
intellectual SSProblem TO deal with as
well as sphysical one.
Thspreacher goes out into the world
horffuily and joyfully. TO deal with peo'
lpie as moral or spiritual beings. Al
first he assumes that their only need Is
spiritual sustennnce. moral instruction.
But he very soon learns his mistake.
He finds his problem more compli-
Gated one. The intellectual and the
physical condition OF those he ministers
to has TO be dealt with and he soon
finds himself busted with subjects for
which his education did not prepare
him. and begins TO wish he had given
more attention to the man from the
physical and mental standpoint.
The school teacher at first handles
his pupils as n they were purely intel
Iectual beings. Their physical natures
are not thought OF. Their moral ma
| lures are ignored. He looks at them
| as at piece of intricate intellectual
machinery, TO be set in motion. 10 he
fabricated. directed and Kept In repair
But very quickly he discovers that
moral obligations. physical limitations,
embarrass his problem at every step.
1t Is only the book man that under
NihtN hfsil WIN iAAf
in n One-sided way. The man of prac'
teal experience learns his lesson from
the first-thnt men have a threefold
nature. Every man has his moral
scruples. his religious convictions, his
superstitious notions. He also has his
physical peculiarities. his anupathies,
his appetItes and his idiosyncrasies,
ApI o.,oIp hn hoc bIS iufaitectua1 nacul.
larities-an aptness to learn or dull.
ness OF mind. his precocity or stupidity
In actual business people learn very
quickly TO adjust themselves TO nj!
these peculiarities. The true teacher,
the real preacher. the successful doc
tor. is one who looks squarely nj every
person, taking into account their spir.
itual, intellectual and physical peculiar.
tiles.
One man lives almost entirely on the
physical plane. His pleasures are Of
a sensuous character his ambitions OF
purely commercial type, his activities
| are animal activities. He has touched
II at all. but slightly intellectual consid
eratlons. His moral nature lies dor.
mint pE suuutTseu III u luulIpalCiiy vi
physical experiences.
And yet even in such n man til,
intellectual and moral natures ar,
there, furnishing n background. ant
giving to the sensuous life peculiar
tone or direction.
When such man suffers. however
from disease. If the cause is discovered
1t will be found TO he OF n physica
sort. He has eaten too much. or what
he should not have eaten. Some physi
cal indulgence or excess is at the bot
tom OF his difficulty.
Another man lives an intellectual
life. His eating and drinking are per
formed as necessary function to whicl
he gives very little heed. He takes ex
ercise because he must. and finds in
spiration or recreation only in intellec
tual pursuits.
| IL such n man gets sick, an entirel,
different problem is presented. II,
/ may have the same disease by name
that the person has who lives on tn,
| ph; steal plane, but the problem pre-
senied by the case is an entirely differ
ent one.
Another man lives on the spiritua
plane. He is the victim Of one.sidet
development. He ruminates on tn
origin and destiny of man. He con
jures with moral problems and keep
his feelings and sentiments on the keel
edge Of scnsittvnnasg, bordering on emo
tlonal insanity, by constantly dwelling
upon sin and salvation, degrsdatip
l3and fsgeGerstioa.