Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-08
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splendid work. The work really helped
them. for it kept them from too much
thought about their bodies, and, while
they knew what it was to be wearied by
the time night came, their enthusiasm for
life kept them from falling. / wish We
might have a sane and clear idea con-
corning the influence of mind and spirit
over body. 1t must not be thought that
the body is to be counted as the abJect
slave of the spirit-a lower part of the
human just to be made use of and then
disregarded. Rather must there be
sympathy and union between all the
parts of our being, and this sympathy
can do more in the way of stimulation
than we ordinarily think. Let the laws of
health be strictly observed in eating and
drinking and sleeping and all the func-
tional demands OF the physical system;
and then let the mind and the heart call
upon the body for assistance freely and
the body will respond.
So the ind must come up to its re-
SpOnSible share in life. The great princi-
piles of living enunciated in the common
sense judgment which calls for usefulness
and unstinted service and unceasing toll;
the clear and healthy knowledge of daily
and hourly duty: the normal judgment
which neither eXaggerates nor detracts:
these must be the mental forces of
true man. And if We are conscious of
any failure here, then our minds are at
fault and we must bring them up to the
line. And with the heart or spirit.
n,
as to the result of toll, or if we have
lost enthusiasm and the spring of happy
effort. then we need reformation in spirit
"a reformation wrought by prayer and
worship and Bible and will power. the
latter being a submission of the Will to
God. who touches it with HIS love and
gives it back to with new strength.
Let us remember this harmony OF body,
mind and heart when we think of new
work. and bring the full nature to the
front.
Sometimes the question of new work
,perpleXes US. Why new? Why can we not
quietly keep in the old way and not
attempt anything novel? What is the
use of all these new ideas which disturb
our peaceful slumber and threaten to
pull us out of the easy ruts of our ca
reer into the uncut paths of new field?
Most of us hate to be disturbed Let us
Alone We cry out to the enthusiasts
who besiege US: present methods are
sufficient. good" The answer is two
fold. First. change is absolutely neces-
sary everywhere and in everything if we
would be healthy. And. secondly. new
times demand new eXpedients. You can't
do your work today as it was done a
hundred or fifty or ten years ago Any
business man, any scientist or lawyer or
physician surgeon will tell you that.
and morals and education and religion
have the same truth to face. And, be-
sides, life progresses there IS more
work to be done. The average business
as his predecessor in the last generation
did The demands are pressing upon us,
Think of our missionary opportunities.
Think Of the immigration which is bring
ing tens of thousands of ignorant folk
to our land yearly. Think of educating
and guiding and converting these multi
tudes. New work? Why it were imbe-
cile to think that old methods can meet
these new condition The church of to-
day must dc three times the amount of
worn done by the church of twenty years
ago The Christian of this decade must
have three times the energy of the Chris
ton OF 1899 And yet wonderful are
Gods plans that. just as the business
man has grace ard strength to increase
his activity, so the church has new
power We can-God can-if We will.
1t will hardly profit us to lay down
here any minute directions to what
new work We shall undertake. Each one
of Us must decide in his own sphere. But
We may note few of the especial lines
which God is opening up before us. and
then indicate the spirit with which We
should face the call of the present. And
first there is the call for social service.
which includes all the needs of the COM
mon human life and all the dangers
which must be met and overcome. The
housing of those of limited means the
health of great city, the education of
the young, the evils of intemperarce and