Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-01-03

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IlfASL0R RlSSELl] there be any vir-
tue, and II there
be any praise, think on these things"
philippians 4;8J He said
More and more we are learning the
power Of the will. "As a man think
eth in his heart. so Is he." The heart
represents the real man, whom we are
not always able to properly recognize,
weigh and value. God looks upon the
heart, and each man should carefully
scrutinize his own heart-especially all
who desire TO be pleasing in Gods
sight But the Apostle uses the word
think as representing another process
OF the mind, the will. We must do
some thinking In order to will proper
ly, wisely, AS a man thlnketh, he will
gradually come to do. because the
mind, the thoughts, give us our ideals
for the activities Of life. just as the
architects drawings give Ideals In re.
spect to the construction of house.
The man who does no thinking has
not properly begun to live. The man
who thinks upon wrong things. who
has set before his mind wrong ideals,
Is worse Off than the man who has no
ideals We must admit the truth OF
the Apostles proposition that we should
think upon the good, the honorable
the Just, the pure the true the loving
things, II we would hnve our lives
Just. loving true, noble, pure, lovely
and lovnble,
have chosen this subject. not be.
cause | believe that this congregation
is devoid Of good ideals, but because
we are apt to let slip some OF those
noble ideals which we set before our
minds and which God has set before
us through the words OF Jesus and the
Apostles and others Of His servants.
We need to set our affections on that
which IL Just, noble, true and good
the Heavenly things OF Divine ap-
proval; and as they slip away to
earthly Ideals we are to set them
afresh. The opening Of n new year In
time especially favorable for reset
ting our heart affections upon things
that are Just noble, pure, lovely, the
time for calling to our aid all the viii
power and resolutions which we can
command, Thus we make character
Moreover we are all preaching. by
our words In public and In private,
and by our actions, Our nelghbors
and our friends nre influenced more
by our notions than by our words II
the two are In conflict As Gods peo-
pie we are all to he ministers Of the
Truth, ambassadors for God, TO show
forth His praises Ns we hOve opportu-
nifty, Our ordination. our authoriza'
tlon. Ia of God through the Holy
Spirit, Whoever has received that has
a Divine authority to preach, which Is
the highest, the only authority.
The Worlds Purity Congress,
In November last received appoint
ment as delegate to the Worlds Pur,
ity Congress, which met IN Minneap.
oils, November 7th 60 18th. Although
hesitated because Of pressure upoT
my time, was afterward glad OF tn,
experiences galned. There made tn,
acquaintance OF some noble men ant
women who, so far as ! could Judge
are laying down their lives In GghtinI
against sim impurlty. wrong ana /,
uplift humanity Nearly all seemed Il
be having considerable Aght agaIns
the powers Of darkness In their va
rious fields OF activity; and all SCENE,
earnest. jealous, courageous and hope
ful Some lahored as followers o
Christ; Others labored apparentl
merely from humanitarian stand
point But. ! reflected. tho Lord dc
clared that there ARE but two matters
40 | said to myself. As between Co
and mammon. these dear people seer
81 he seeking TO serve God aud 70 ngh
against mammon, against sin. agains
vice. They are on the Lords aide
whether they realize II or not
Yon viii he interested respecting IN
ncope Of that Congress. and the VI
rIous fields Of activity OF the worker
The Congress- did not discuss evil
merely. but rnther the good. and whp
must be accomplished In order to hav
the good prevail ! was pleased /
notice that even when they discusse
the immoral characters whose wor
they seek to overthrow. there was
proper spirit OF moderation and an al
probation Of what J have for veal
been trying to present; namely. thI
apparently much Of the sIn and VIZ