Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-10
MIND ONLY SAFE
WHEN KING RULES
REV. DR.. WALKER EXPLAINS
PETERS EXPLOITATION
In Quest Of Happiness Men Turn to
Unsatlsfying Fancles, Whereas
the Pure Hearted Master
Alone Holds Key

Rev. Hugh K. Walker preached in
Emmanuel Presbyterian church last
night on THE Kingdom of the Mind"
The text was Peter Al, Arm your
selves likewise with the same mind"
Dr. Walker said In part:
"a kingdom in arms That kingdom
the mind. The mind safeguarded from
the attacks Of foes without by the
strength of the garrison of noble
thoughts within.
This, in brief, Is the meaning of Pc
ters exhortation, to which he himself
had given heed and which had resulted
in the transformation of his own life.
For there was q time in his career
when Simon Peter lived on excitement,
kept himself always to the forefront in
all manner of activities, depended upon
being petted and praised and would
hardly brook criticism or any interfer-
ence with cherished plans and convic-
tions, even from his Master.
Prey of Whims
HE seemed to have little idea of
kingdom of the mind; variable, uncer~
tain fickle, unstable, the prey of every
passing wnim and fancy. All that was
changed now. He was rocklike-he had
a kingdom, and 1t could not be moved.
HE was exhorting people, now
whose temptations were different from
his own; they were the victims of the
lust OF the eye, the lust of the flesh
and the pride of life.' But the result
was the same. They were unsettled,
restless, disquieted. They had no place
of refuge-no sanctuary to which they
could flee, when they were hard pressed
by the foes that threatened their peace
"He entreatS them to arm themselves
with the mind. That is a. sure kingdom,
If they garrison 1t with pure thoughts
and noble aspirations. The Captain
and the King, who can furnish such
a garrison. is none other than the
Lord Jesus Christ, who is the bountt-
full dispenser of life and peace.
In Modern Days
"In these modern days men are sat
isfied that happiness lies in erecting
kingdom of the mind. Many a career
has been blighted because, as some one
said of Charles Dickens, there was no
city of the mind against outward ills
for inner consolation and shelter This
great literary genius had little or no
resources within himself. He depended
almost entirely upon others, their
praise, their commenda tion. for the in
terest and spring of his life. And so
with many others.
But let the frowns of the world come
in place of smiles, and a mans happi-
ness is in ruins, veritable house of
cards.
But even though the need of the in
ner realm, which can not be molested,
is recognized, there are those who are
not willing to pay the. price.
I'm the quest of essential and sub
stantial happiness, men turn to nature,
to books, to art to human friendship,
to the pure delights of human love.
But unless we keep uppermost the
thought of Christ, the love of nature
may become nature-worship, and nat
uralism with all it's unsatisfying fan
cies will leave the mind unguarded, a
kingdom without king.
True of Books
The same is true of books. They
may, indeed, prove a refuge, a verita-
BILE pavilion in which we may be saved
from all the strife of tongues. But
they may leave all the avenues open for
troops of disturbing theories and
dreams, subject to the whims of some
morbid though brilliant brain.
And love itself may prove a snare,
and many a home be wrecked because
of a lawless and ungoVerned mind that
seeks a love in which purity and honor
have been sadly exiled. And art may
either be as a battlement pure and
white to the soul, or 1t may be a batter
ing ram that scatters and destroys all
the high and noble instincts of our hu-
man life.
"It is idle, therefore, to seek to erect
kingdom of the mind without we
greet our Captain and King If the
pure-hearted Master the White Christ,
takes possession of our minds, then, in
deed, are We safe. We have kingdom
that can not be moved"