The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-10-17

there is only one you. PreServe0that
individuality. The charm Of childhood
is naturalness. But before we know II
the artless. unaffected life which we
like so much has become artificial
The stiff requirements of education
and society are taken on. Affectation
of speech, manner, dress and charac'
ter greet us on every side. Genius
attracts hundreds of imitators. The
great lawyer has score Of copyists.
The great preacher has many echoes,
Imitation is the death of originality.
Be yourself The rose does not copy
the aster. nor the violet the sunfower.
All Scripture teaching is to take care
of number one" But number one"
is compound creature Of body, mind
and spirit.
Number Ones Body.
The first duty is to be first class
animal. Now and then there Is n gen.
ius who seems to be able to do his
work no matter what the bodily condi-
tion but 1t is only relative. What 1t
might have been may only be judged
by what it is. It is hard to row with
an anchor out. There is vast differ
ence between taking care of number
one" and gratifying number one" If
mental and spiritual condition, time
and eternity, depend 80 largely on the
body no one but an idiot would neglect
number ones" body. wish that were
true. There would be less sickness,
fewer early deaths, practically no pau
perism. In spite of all our selflshness
we do not take care of self. We abuse
ourselves. Then after a few years ma
ture presents her little bill and is a
veritable Shylock in her demands. Last
week on lecture tour well pre-
served man of eighty jumped Off the
wagon at the station. How spry you
arew '1 am living on the capital of
well spent youth" AS pastor in dis
trict where must be brought into con-
tact with hundreds of human wrecks I
can testify that the grace Of God gives
a new heart, but not new body. Let
a young man make his body whisky
IL
the fiber is burned out. smoke poisoned
cigarettes till his yellow fingers trem-
BILE, is black under the eyes and his
cheeks fall in and then at some church
seek religion. He cannot hinder the
process of broken laws. Suicide is not
rare. Fortunately or unfortunately
tombstones do not tell the whole truth
Number Ones Mind.
The mind is photographers chest
in which he stores negatives. The pic
ture of five or ten years ago is repro
duced, only that the photographer may
move or quit business and the plates
are lost or destroyed. But you cannot
move away from yourself All that
you see and hear goes into the recesses
Of your soul to make pictures for the
future. You win have them with you
till the Judgment day. Taking care of
number one implies education, ac-
QUESTION of useful knowledge, the cul-
tivation of the intellectual powers. You
must not only work industrially at
your trade, be economical and provi-
dent In your expenditures, but you
must also read-you must avail your
self of the many opportunities which
you are offered by cheap press and
many public libraries. History, travel,
art. science. literature, are yours. New
er before was it so true that "knowl-
edge is power" Never before were
there so many open doors for advance
ment Those doors may open at any
moment. Only he who is prepared
may step in. Now is the time to stock
the mind The chances are that il
number one" is ignorant now he will
be ignorant for life.
Number Ones Soul.
If we could only profit by experience.
Remember Kipling's lines!
If only myself could talk to myself
AS l knew him a year ago,
could tell him lot
That would save him lot
OF things he ought to know.
In nothing do we rob ourselves as In
spiritual things. We are dual beings.
Man has body. he is soul. He is
creature of two worlds. This world
is a place of preparation. Ones great
business is the salvation Of ones soul
Strange to say, however, If you think
of that only you may lose the very
thing you seek. HE that seeketh his
life shall lose it, While HE that
loseth his life for my sake shall find
It." said Christ. By looking out for
number two" the other fellow, by
the roadside Of life, we are going on in
self forgetfulness-fnally the gate OF
heaven is reached. "Chorea" is
nerve disease in which the patient
turns round and round on one spot
Love Of self is just as incessant spin
ming on that spot. Sometimes the
center of our egotism is about on
taste or talents, or sins, or suffering
Our true center is not self, but Chris
Look unto him who is the author an
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