The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-24
KINGDOM OF GOD"
SIT IS AT HAND, NAY, WITHIN
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Rev c. P. Wilnsr Delivers . Forceful and nrilliant Address at the Moon-Aay Lenten
 Services.

"In the South the idea prevails that every man must be Democrat In ev- cry respect" said Rev. c. P. Wilmer. in q forcefri and brilliant address at the monday services in the Majestic Theatre yesterday. We believe that all our ideas. doctrines and political. are final. But, the Almighty God did nte-bellum civiiixation.
 The subject of his address was the Kingdom of God" and he chose par tioularly that aspect of 1t conveyed In the words of Christ, The Kingdom of Heaven Is at hand, nay, within you"
 '"The difiicuity with us has been that we have not accepted His word for 1t. but have pushed 1t forward into an other world. We have identified the Kingdom of Heaven with . great ec- clesiasticai institution. ten with some 250 different systems of religion, and then with the printed book. But there can not be any such thing as an in- spired book. There may be inspired lives.
 Tn fact. ve are looking everywhere, but where we were told to look. Only until recently after the development of the new psychology. have been able to get . glimmer ot the real meaning of Christ's words.
 We have been accustomed to sdent- fly the mind with consciousness. Con- sciousness is . mirror that reflects only | a portion of the mind. The sub con- scoius mind is the hidden spring which dominates our life.
 Mind has great power over the body. The will to live has great deal to do with the ability of a person to pull himself out of sickness.
 I "A mHn frequentIy fails in life be- l cause he has no confidence in himself. we often laugh at the pid darky
 who carries a rabbit foot. taken from night But Is 1t so absurd? If 1t gives him a spirit of optimism which he would not otherwise have had. the car- rying of 1t is doing him good. Germ of Fear.
 Nowadays. there Is Q mighty cru- sade being waged against disease. But you must remember that there Ia an- other germ besides the germ of disease | which is killing people. That is the germ of fear. You want to stop think ing of disease at all. We can encour- age or discourage the army of white corpuscles that has been placed in our body for the purpose of killing the germs. This is not Christian Science. It is what Christian Science aimed at and did not get.
 Tn our political life, too. we must
  have always done we must continue to do. We must be born in and of tho truth.
 There are two propositions that are always made. First. that we have . soul. and, second. that we are sinners If you say. T have soui.' you im- mediateiy lower yourself beneath it.. Say, instead. T am soul.'
 "Again. do not identify yourself with your sins. always by saying I am a sinner You will fasten them upon you. You are a child of God.
 What all should do. is unfaiiing to think of the noble in life. The effect upon the individual Is enormous.
 Young men. if you have any pictures on the walls of your bedrooms which do not suggest just what is proper. take them down. The things that come to your mind just before you go to | sleep affect your subconscious mind and thus influence your actions during your waking hours. Think of the no-
 blest things of life before you retire and you will soon find that you are | living a more perfect life"