The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-10-21

the Cairo Woman's Club at its meet
ing Wednesday aft9noon. on the sub
ject: Benefits Of Four Years Course
In the High School" The speaker
handled the subject extensively ant
eloquently under the general head q
Education" as defined by standard
authorities, treating ii under thref
subdivisions: the manual mental ant
spiritual or soul education, pleadine
stongly for the fullest and highest de
velopment of all mans wonderful
n forces. Following is the concluding
and perhaps the strongest portion O.
the very able address;
Let us now consider the third divis
ion OF our subject, in conclusion. II Is
extremely difficult to distinguish be
tween mind and soul. The soul we
icall the ego, the immortal. The sou
is the center and the mind may be
considered function of the soul just
a. memory, inauguration, the VIII
are functions of the mind If soul Is
immortal (and We grant the assump
tom its functions are likewise immor
al; If the m nd is a part, or a function
of soul, then il is clear that the fnnc
tons of the mind of necessity continue
after death The brain is not the
mind, only its servant a vehicle
through which il expresses itself. !
believe that the soul excarnate (oat
+ the body) can thiak just as well as
it did within the realm of time and
J tide. believe that we carry with MS
our education, our intellectual attain
ments, our mental powers when is
broken "the golden bowl" and loosed
"the silver cord | believe in the doc
trine of endless progression" Death
socalled, IS but an incident in ones
career: the ladder of progress may
have its base upon the earth plane
| but its top is lost high up beyond the
clouds and mists beyond, called the
resurrection life" As immortal
| spirits, clothed for the time being in
the robes of mortality, we begin the
ascent in time; but, when the proven
bal three score and ten" shall have
rolled around, we pass from mortal
vision, discarding the earthly vesture,
into the illimitable fields of future,
and there Tin hioher plane of con-
sciousness) we still progress, passing
up the ladder, round by round. THE
WORLD OF SPIRIT is A REAL
WORLD; WE ARE OURSELVES
THERE, CARRYING WITH US TIE
KNOWLEDGE GAINED HEREIN
THE PREPARATORY scHooL-oN
WHICH TO BUILD IN THE ETERNi.
TIES.
| once heard a good old man, a
preacher, in an outburst of emotional
ism, exclaim, For the first ten thou.
sand years in glory, all I expect to do
is to sit and look into the face of
Jesus" The Master. | think, if he
be the same there that he was here,
would prefer seeing the brother In
question engaged in some service of
love; for verify believe that the
man of Gallee' is still about his
Fathers business even as he was
here.
1t is recorded of old Professor
Phelps, OF Andover college. that he
once said to a class of young men,
regarding the resurrection life: Gen
tlemen. think there will be problems
enough connected with the are of the
circle, to keep me busily employed
for the first fifty years of eternity"
Ouitp a diffaranno IF optnin,, bot,,roo,, /
the aged professor and the father in
lsreal as to what each should do and
enjoy over there"
The powers of soul are deep as
sea unsounded, as wide as eternity. |
high as the sun kissed zenith: our
most extravagant imaginings cannot
forecast its destiny. Its radiant. bril- |
liant-hued rainbow of promise arches |
away through zones or space. be- |
spangled with myriad consultations |
of overwhelming opportunity.
In spiritual culture, or education. L
do not refer so much to certain thee. |
logical doctrines. nor to confessions" |
Of faith, nor TO fundamental doctrines
Of denominational orthodoxy: deem
il the privilege and the right of our
young people to choose the church
home they prefer, and | would not--for
a moment even-undertake to dictate
TO you the best relative to church |
and creed. But | would insist on |
your recognition of that golden thread
through the creed of each |
here represented In |,
fact. running through each and every
system that the world has
ever known: the apprehension Of God.
he Supreme Power. and of the life /
beyond earth's sunset.
would urge you, also. 10 accept
Christ who spake as man never did for
FOUR leader. your model. living as
nearly as possible the ideal-life outlined
by him two thousand years ago. Your
speaker would prove recreant TO his
highest and best convictions Of truth.
lid he fOrbear presenting Christ. the
personality, the one without
! peer.
They saw him strong to heal and
save.
To calm the spirits liner strife.
they saw him weep beside the grave.