Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-09-25
LECTURE SERIES
OPEN WITH c CROWD !
DR.. RiDbELL,TEELsy AuDiENcEo OF
Y BRAIN su,LDlNc AND SOUL
GROWTH.

Holding the close attention OF al
audience that very nearly Allied tn
First m. e. church Tuesday evening
Prof. Newton Riddell delivered athe
most forceful. unusual and interesting
| lecture heard. in Ottumwa for a. lonf
time. To those that have bided thu
day when science. would be welded
with. Christianity Ii. q scongruous union
Mr.. Riddell- lis Supremacy. satisfying
TO those that sdisdain the thought 81
science and religion being concerted
and whose concept tof Christianity If
that Of being an, opposing virtue to
science, he Is disconcertinS. To. those
that, construct asreligion from and
within science and try to make /" OF
scientific laws "a code, OF ethics by
which to live. he Is q surprise. Rev.
r. Ames Montgomery, introduced the
speaker. '3i. - E. !. n h, 81.
! The lecture last evening taught a
practical philosophy of right living,
constructed science and destroyed ser-
,roneous deals and preached the COS
pel;o of. the ages In a most antting, win
ming and natural manner. !y.Es
Beginning with the declaration that
human nature Is the most plastic: form
Of life known to- science, DR.. Riddell
entered into discussion Of the meth
DDS by which ideals may become NIX
lures in character and dispositions
changed from the undesirable TO the
desirable. 1T can certainly be done"
he said. 1T Is all a question OF know
Ing. how, right choice and persistent
effort" !
He then continued simplihed but
complete. study OF mind morals and
development as related to brain func-
tioning. "The neuron Is a living or
ganism, the physical. basis Of, THOUGHT
feeling and emotion he said. NJ
changes In chemistry ana structure
with the changing intelligence wrought
into It, Any fact or form Of intelH-
gence that can be repeated can pc
built into brain cells and made an In
teRral4 part of the man.
, Dealing for few moments with the
abnormal side of his subject, Dr.. Rid
dellspointed; out that crime Is q growth !.
not a single emotion. nor single i'm:
pulse, hut a chain OF events aud the
rystallization of a Psychological his
tory into a condition. The last step
In vice or crime Is often Inevitable.
he said, "the first step Ia invariably
one Of choice.'' 1T Is our privilege:
to protect those that are, not we'll born,
from evil snRgeetions, bad plays. sem
Eational billboards and impure litera-
ture. Read no book think no thought,
attend no play, view no moving PIC
ture ,.the ideals Of which you would not
embody for time and eternity
are things and when EN-.
bodied in brain. cells become potential
ii character .}s5 .5.
Astounding in apt Illustrations taken
rom real experiences and observations
DR.. Riddell backed what ne said and
impressed his hearers with it's truth. |
n the last part of the lecture, he ar
lived at what should be the beginning
Il all reform, saying. THE place to
,egin all permanent reformation IS IN !
he heart If your heart is regenerate
ind filed with thesspirit of God It will
i've rise to pure impulses holy desires
ind the forces that make for righteous
less. In the unregenerate mortal this I
,ita center OF the soul. spoken of!
as the heart" is the seat
Il bitterness. envy greed and selfish t
less. These perverted qualities come,
nto manifestations and find expression
N mind and character as modified by
ethical culture and whole
ONE influences.
This evening at eight O'Clock he
will speak upon Man, Mind, and
Divine Healing" L