Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-30
Elements for Soul Culture.

Elements for Soul Culture.
AS the plant needs these various ele-
ments, so the soul for its substance needs
certain moral elements which are reqdi-
site for its vitality. These are spoken
of as every word OF Cod that is the
different elements of Gods truth.
These may be mentioned as elements
for soul culture:
'The esthetlc, or love Of the beautl-
full. A man who does not love music
or poetry or art should cultivate a little
music or poetry or art. for II is an es-
sentlal to the soul The man who does
not consider the lily ought to consider
the lily.
THE practice OF chadity is essential to
soul growth. The rich NJ. r. Dodge of
New York, when he climbed five flights
OF stairs to carry some relief to a porr
family. was asked why he did not send
the office boy. He said: 4 need the
halp that It brings me-
Truth and honor are fundamental ele-
ments OF soul culture, and one does we'll
to read the lives of those who have ex-
hibited those characteristics.
Good cheer is an essential element.
When Queenie Briggs in Minneapolis
found that her mates in a great factory
ate their lunch in silence and sullen-
ness, she organized a Laughing club.
with the motto: 1T is better TO be silly
than sick. The rule was made that
every girl should bring n funny story
and laugh between every mouthful. The
result was that peals Of merry laughter
rang out. The girls actually began to
gain in weight, and those who had had
to be careful in their diet found they
could eat most anything.
Devotion is absolutely essential to
soul life, This includes worship, graft
tude and trust. l notice in the offices
that mems voices are growing metallic;
great lines of care and hardness are
coming into their faces. They have no
secret place for prayer. They do not
heed the command, BE still and know
that am Cod
True Devotion Needed,
Twenty years ago 1 marked out a
tennis court in Maine, making the lines
with. Stacked lime, After an interval Of
twenty years / have marked that court
again, and did It by following the old
lines, which I could distinguish by the
grass being darker and stronger where a
little lime was added to the soil two de-
cades ago.
you will find, my friends. that where
your soil IL parched and thin little true
devotion would renew its strength and
tone NF
paul said; Whatsoever things are
honorable, true. pure. lovely and OF good
report, think on these things
TOO often in our daily papers and
| other reading we feed our thoughts on
whatsoever things are vile. dishonest,
criminal, hateful and of bad report
when was in Crete last week went
into the new science building into the
chemical and biological laboratory. can
find more illustrations for my reasons in
the scientific laboratory than can in the
museum OF antiquities. And l said. I am
going TO preach on Soil Culture and Soil
Culture next Sunday, and I want you to
| give me a good Illustration He said,
| Come into my experiment room. Here
are two plants, OF the same kind, started
the same way, nourished by exactly the
same ingredients with one exception.
This plant Is given a minute portion OF
| iron, and this hos none The first plant
was strong, deep colored and thrifty.
The other was pale. weak and visibly
/ smaller.
II said, There Is my lesson Every
soul needs Strengthening element like
iron. What is that but faith? A strong
conviction that God is God. and right Is
right, and right the day will VIM