Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-22

as a child. but now that have become
man I have put away childish things
Once I thought the important thing In re-
ligion was speaking with tongues or was
prophecy. was delving into mysteries
hut now l have passed away from these
things: now I see that the things which
abide in the religious life are faith and
hope and love-
THE second and distinguishing charac-
teristic of the mind of Christ Jesus as II
is repeated in the mind of the ulsclple
seems to be the opposite. 1t Is that ms
emotional nature shall be equally rich. TO
match his reasonableness and his teach
ableness That is something that We al
particularly need. The danger OF the az
erage cultured man is that ms pooi Vi
emotion shall be drained off; that what
with evaporation and what with na1urai
seepage. what with the paraiyzlnS Ell
feet of weighing the odds OF Things
his emotional life shall become stunt
ed. that he shall be only half man
that when injustice is done he snail De
co trained in self-control that there shall
be on his cheek no blush of indisnauon'
that when haggard want walks our
streets he shall he so well balanced WIN
political economy and snail nave sta
tics at his fingers ends SO Well that ne
shall he persuaded that out Of eighty mill
lions Of people it is inevitable that
certain percentage shall die in the poor
house Our emotional nature becomes
mummified. Is not that the experience
which every one of us has! we say 10
ourselves: Il would very giahiy ouy snoes
for this child. but that would pauperlze
the mother And If there is anything we
do not want TO do it is to pauperlze any,
body We would rather they shouu
starve! This is precisely the danger tlia.
comes. not to the ignorant man, WI"
wears his heart on his sleeve, puI 49,. 10
cultured man. before whose mlno status
the sentinel of reason: who tries 10 Keep
himself i'm a teachabe spirit
land the third distinguishing character
istic of the man who has the NINA Oh
CHRIST Jesus is the emphasis that ne puts
On tho practical tasks of his everyday
life Some of us have the practicai IN
Stinct carried so far that We intimate
that that is all there is OF Religion. nd
is a mistake; it is not all there Is Oh re-
ligion There is something pack vi tie
deed which prompts it: there IS something
hack of the gift of charity which inspires
f.. hut nevertheless. the man VINO mas
the mind Of Christ Jesus is not the man
of speculative ethics only. he IS tiie man
of the practical good will. he Is the man
who is willing. If you please. 10 pas n q
hereto when it comes TO doctrlhal mat
ters and yet, while church councils are
deciding on the nature OF CHRIST, the
number of persons in the liod-nead' inns
man will be found visiting the SICK. CLOTH
ing the naked and feeding the hungry.
little knowing. perhaps. what strange fell
lowship he has and the high WORDS that
ara to greet him when, in the critical hour
of life the Judgment is given and he
hears the mind of Christ Jesus saying to
hin, .Inasmuch as We did ii unto these
least INV brethren, ye did it unto Me-
And there is much need in the practical
world for men and women with precisely
that impulse and that genius in their life;
mon who shall do things, shall organize
schools shall be on the boards OF nos
nitaIs and colleges. and SO move the world
with all of their strength as we'll as their
.mind and their heart.
"And there is one more. This does not
exhaust the Christian character. The
man who has the mind of Christ Jesus is
reasonable and teachable. He Is r1ch IN
sentiment, for without sentiment life Is
not worth the living. He is the man VINO
ha bitually puts the emphasis on the prac-
teal affairs to be done. not to argue about
them But, beyond that there Is one
other thing. He Is the man who has the
sense of poetry in his religious life. There
is great danger of our. becoming matter
of fact unpoetical, so that large part of
the religious inheritance OF the world
shall be barred to us.
..These four traits then are the charac-
teristics of the man who has the mind of
Christ Observation-Disclosures richness OF
emotional nature, the continuous empha-
sis on the practical life and the poetical
insight, which is our spiritual inherit
ance 1t means that i am ID admit moth
ing into my mind which will not pass
muster before its sentinel; 1t means that
am to be a teachable man; that wis