The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-23

thinking bad thoughts, You must px%
tice thinking good ones. II you Wm1
to get rid of your unholy DESIRES
must not be content with ch0H
every desire that 10 not holy, you n414
cultivate the desires that are holy u
you want to get rid OF drink YOU nn
seek something better than drink
is not enough to try to stop drfnktM4&
you may stop every day ana e x49
put nothing in it's place you are ~ Ct
likely to begin again. IL YOU Wo4A
successfully put aside drink ana ~
the pleasure you get from 1t. You mn
seek higher intoxication- BE n6
drunk with wine" says Paul, whor4s$
In Is excess; but be filed with t
Spirit Open your heart to BE- A
toxicated with the Spirit. A rn4M
Graves drink because he wants to 49,
good" He wants to be happy, a N
would turn from the intoxication q 4
drink let him go deliberately TO wo1z
to be filled with the Spirit: let ILL.,
open his heart and life to the 6piE19#
If he liz filled with the Spirit he Wtk
be satisfied; IL he gives himself IN 1M
be dominated by the Spirit he VIII nt
longer be guided by the impulses Q1
his lower nature. III
How can / give myself up 10 NM$
dominated by the Spirit BY gtvtN&
myself up to be filed with the Sp1klt
But how can I be filled with 9H1E3
Spirit? / have answered this qn41
ton before. Watch a man Wh64
business in life Is TO be drunk N1N
wine. Note how entirely he 9tN44
himself up to II: how he makes ~ 1l
first thought in the morning: how 1M
awakens with a thirst for IL and Etvl
his first moments to satisfying thN1
thirst: how he pursues 1t through mN
day; how he associates with men w14Mz
drink, and frequents the places whexM%
drink il to be found; how he Conn.,
tinues over his cups until late In t1IMa
night. That man succeeds In gettiN
out of wine all that Is In 1t, even t4
the death hat liz in 1t. EuppOae ~
man should seek to be filled with thl#
Spirit in the same way Suppose 6x
should awaken in the morning with r.:
thirst for God. Suppose God waa A1ap
in his thoughts. first in hts desir11Ha
first in his plans for the day 8uf
pose he used his first moments se1A2
ing to satisfy his thirst for God. 6Ml
pose as he went forth to the d4YM3
work he opened his heart wide to- m383
divine influences, and through the 0&1&
held himself In readiness for G0Ns
continually looking UP to God. cCx45
tinually carrying everything to 06N
Suppose he should seek asSociAft6N
with men who were filled with t1f~S
Spirit OF God. and should frequsA
places where the Spirit OF God NMG@
continually manifested. Suppose hlmS
life was one continual seeking after
God. Do you suppose such a nM1
would thirst In vain?
Our Real Temperance Problem.
1t Is not the mere matter OF g1f%ss
ting rid of the saloon. Some or uGa
imagine that TX We could vote the na&s
loon out to-day the millennium wonld
| dawn tomorrow. But If we shouIAs
vote every saloon In the world out D&s
| existence in the next twenty-fcQEs
hours our temperance problem would
/ bob up tomorrow az serenely a. ev34ss
| The real problem Is not to put whf4s
key out of mans reach so that h1a
1 will not have chance to drink. 6U&s
| to turn his desires toward somefhtn4S
| that will take the place OF drink
not merely to keep temptation out 04s
reach OF a mans lower impulses bq1E
to get him interested In satisfytnns
his higher impulses; not merely 30z
keep him from satisfying the desires
of his lower nature, but to help him
follow the impulses of his higher NH
| spiritual nature so that he will m6S
longer care to follow the impulses I'D
his lower nature. 1t Is not questf0165
OF reform merely. Ii IL = queation III
| regeneration. Reform is all rixht GTS
means, but II is not the end. THMs
real temperance problem--the proiss
lem which we are so apt to lose siwIzfs
| Offs the problem of Changing fhG3
| habits of a man by changing the nsaiI
| If we can transform a man who fo#
lows the impulses OF his lower natue3
into man who Is ruled by the frl*
pulses OF his higher nature under t1i36
| influence Of the Spirit OF God--tf W@S
can get . man TO walk in the Epirikss
he will not fulfill the desires 81 MI
! flesh. az nh