The Detroit times., 1916-06-08
in the Religious World
rHE HARVEST OF A LIFE.

equal 10 that saGdest lot OF al.
On the other hand there are
some burdens that nobody can shit
on TO another. We may a. well &C
cept them and shoulder them All
J the highest responsibilities are in
dividual and inescapable, Here Is
woman laid aside with nervous
prostration because" SO runs the
explanation. she had so many
things 10 stand, AS II standinS
things was not part o. the program
OF life. Every spirit with stamina
must expect rebuffs and dlsappoinI-
ments and anxieties and bereave-
ments: these are all in the day
cares How they shall be accepted
is matter OF ones own attitude
They may be borne As a crushing
load, or they may be accepted ss
normal responsibility In al these
ultimate things the soul stand,
alone
Sowing in Soul Soil ,
The high point Of this temper
ance lesson is this principle Of SOW
ing and reaping. Whatsoever a !
man soweth that shall he also reap. /
That is one OF the life laws that !
needs no learned commea,ary
Every body from his own experience /
and observation can assent TO &c. In Z
school and college commandments 1
we are hearing frequently:
sow thought and rear an act,
Sow an act and reap habit
Sow habit and reap destiny
The idea that Paul writes down
so clearly sends us to a contempia'
ton Of our own times liz a spirit Of
gravest concern. The particular
fact that multitudes OF men and
boys seem 10 be supremely en-
crossed in baseball. or in moving
pictures, is relatively unimportant
so is any given fashion among Won
en-. however glaring its bad taste.
The craze for the dance which pos
sesses the big cities. and the rapid /
growth OF restaurant life. might in
themselves count for little as iso-
lated phenomena. Where there are
many men OF mauy minds, many in
terests must be expected.
The mischief OF all this is, how
ever, that these practices are both
a harvest and a sowing. They stand
for a state of mind that now is, and
for p worse state of mind that is TO
be. We cannot escape the convic-
ton that too large a proportion OF
the people are sowing 10 the flesh,
They are. as the old phrase has il,
worldly minded" They have re-
jected the supremacy OF spiritual
obligations. Deliberately. they en-
terrain imaginations and ideas
which the saints Of all ages have re
garded as sinful Their major goals
seem TO be the qualification of the
senses. This is alarming. 1t bodies
i'll for the nation: for down that
road Rome went TO ruin.
In the Halls Of Imagery.
Sometimes one gets unexpected !
glimpses into a mans mind. or even
into ones own mind, and sees the /
horrors that hang on the walls OF
the chambers Of imagery. No evils I
that menace life or nation from |
without are half so dangerous az
these: for as the people think In /
their hearts. so their country must .
become. He who sows evil thoughts /
in his own brain is planning a har
vest that must be reaped by others !
as well as by himself.
There is another and more beau !
tiful side 10 this. We sometimes get |
glimpses into the minds OF the |
saints and benefactors OF our time. |
II is dangerous to forget the host |
of people OF all ages and conditions |
who earnestly think upon vhatso-
ever things are pure and true. and
lovely, and Of good report. These