Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-07


fight against physical appetite. one Of
the greatest heroes IN the world IL the
man who IL struggling against the de-
msnds Of an inflaned and dlsordered
physical frame, when every nerve cries
out for drink.
o what a 6attlei o how he tights, how
he struggles. how he conjures up fond
faces Of the mother and child that for
their sakes no may wini When the body
masters the soul. you have a sinner;
when the soul masters the body, you
have a saint.
They found some time ago In Egypt
/ massive tomb NJ a prlncely young man.
buried alive 5000 years ago. Within the
dark chamber he had frsnticarly fought
for life. There was evidence OF a fearful
struggle His body was doubled his fin
gers cienched and the walls were stained
with blood. He had frantically battered
the granite doors until the flesh had
fallen from his bones.
J I have seen men In q deeper dungeon.
In darker prisons. in tighter grip--the
cruel grip OF an evil habit. Lincoln
walked over the battlefield az Gettys-
burg. after II had been baptized with the
blood OF that terrible conflict. and as he
by the awful war. said: How dreadful
to see the faces Of the dead staring
a. US"
have seen something more terrible
the pale, bieached. white faces living
one moment In an atmosphere Of happi-
! meas and purity and the next moment
have them crushed to the ground. gone
forever. You will never know what a
q fatf Ia L. a.
The soul IL a gift from God. The soul
/ can think with God can talk with God,
can act with God. The soul without God
Is lonesome and sad What the shell lie
20 the nut. what the skin II 10 the or
ange, what the shoe IL to the foot. what
the casket 20 the jewels, the body IL to
the soul The grandest moment In life
Is when we become conscious OF n soul.
Archaeologists have digged magnificent
cities from under the sands OF centuries.
have uncovered what they call buried
maEnificence." There Is In the hearts
OF men with whom we rub elbows every
day buried magnificence," but only
God can uncover IT,
JeIsyu and hyde Alive Today.
There is Mr.. Hyde In every man
who neutralizes and paralyzes the asplr-
stions OF DIR. Jekyll Stevenson was not
in falkland when he wrote DR.. Jekyli and
Mr. Hyde Mr. Hyde is alive today.
There Is in the hearts OF men a force
which chains them and drags them in
the dust. Society is organized around
the idea that men have a natural ten
denoy TO sin This idea is back of every
social and every criminal law on the
statute books You may not like the
doctrine OF original sin, but unless you
are a moral idiot you cannot deny the
fact that there is an Unborn tendency
to sin.
Paul said, What hate, that do II
IL no more that do It, but sin that
dwelleth in me. For the good I would.
do not; the evil would not. that I do.
find a law when 1 would do good,
evel II present. / see another law, In
my members. warning against the law
Of my mind, bringing me into the cap
tivity Of sim
There are thousands who can sub
scribe to the statement Paul makes, who
appreciate the soVry plight of Dr. Jekyll.
when they have reached the point where
Mr.. Hyde has dominated.
Llstehl The story has a ray Of light.
Your will Ia still supreme; II Is stiil the
pivot of your destiny. You may say
!, who win take the throne of life.
Two Pictures.
In front OF you tonight stands the
mild-manered Jekyll. with pure and
clean thoughts. On the other side
crouches dwarfed. mean. vile. low. mis-
shapen Hyde.
He asks control. Neither can take
control without your consent. The drug
In stevensun's story had no discriminate
ing action; II was the will OF the man
taking the drug which decided what the
result would be. Men try to avoid this
truth. lay blame on other things, but
YOU are at fault
You remember when Moses was on the
mount Aaron, whose chief lack was
backbone, who was like many people in
our day, always a reprint of the ono
who had his ear last. permitted and
helped the wavering children OF Israel
TO make out OF the earrings and trinketa
the golden calf which they worshiped.
Aaron even fashioned the calf with a
craving tool. but when Moses returned,
indignant at Aaron for following the
children OF Israel. instead OF leaving
them. Aaron, like whlmpering child
caught in q jar of jam, said. in sub
stance;
We'll, Moses, I'm not to blame for
the golden calf-the people brought ear
rings. trihkets and jewelry. and cast
them into the fire. az you might throw
old letters into the waste basket. and
out came this calf which you ses'
You see, Aaron tried to shift the re-
sponsibility for the idoiatry OF the gol-
den calf onto the furnace. tried TO make
Moses believe that he threw gold into
the fire to get rid OF II and upon its own