American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1916-01-27

! Know OF - 10 see grown people play
ing with the toys Of childhood. / have
seen baby boys. six feet tall, weighing
200 pounds playing with their toys.
have seen baby girls six feet tall,
weighing 200 pounds. more or less,
playing with their toys-there IL dan
ger In this. Things of childhood be-
come realities Of manhood and wom-
anhood.
Yonder I can see a lad yoking a pair
Of calves up. Later ! see thesame lad
placing on his wi shoulders the yoke
and burdens Of a nation.
Yonder I see a lad with a grand
fathers broadaxe and his fathers tools
making Il dugout in which to float
Later / see him on the bridge of an
ocean going liner.
There are men driving this old world
with steam, fire. intellect and indus
try, who played at 1t when boys.
Boy play typifies manly activities.
Yonder ! see a little golden haired
or dark haired grille rocking and sing
ing to her doll (Say. neighbor, there Ia
no angel or sight known to God
sweeter than that What Is she doing?
Preparing for motherhood. Yonder /
see her In the back yard making mud
pies, my God, the pains she takes In
selecting the pebbles. Go by that way
and listen to her tell you OF the cur
rants, and raisins and peel that she
has in her mince pies. What de- she
doing? Preparing for the ~queenship
OF a home.
Why put them away? Not because
they are wicked, but because they
hinder our hands from grasping larg-
CIR things.
Friends, II you wish TO know the
progress you have made. follow this:
Catalogue the things that you had to
haveyesterday but a get along
without today and / beiieve you Will
arrive at your real progress.
Have you ever thought Of your frs,
emotion? 1t was for possession. 1
can zee some Of you sitting in the GEN.
ter of the floor trying to get your toe
in your mouth and then growing, you
became capable OF standing at the
window and bowling your head off
for the noon.
Yes, when a child you cried for the
moon. when fifty o cry for the earth.
Say n%eighbor, money is not every
thing. Money is a type that indicates
.,.,.at.lt1tt L..t a. la MT rnGnnnta-
bility.
You nut have 1t to have a bank ac-
count but not to have health. What
good Is your money when music and
science and art and literature are
calling you and all you are doing Is
piling up yellow dross to throw on
your grave?
The man who has a million dollars
and does not know his responsibility
to God and humanity would be just as
we'll off with a million pair Of socks.
He'd know how to use them just as
we'll.
Neighbor, the test is not how much
money are you worth? but what would
you be worth II you didn't have a dol
lar? The second emotion that pos
sessed you was that Of praise seeking.
DO you remember that little pinny or
suit that you had when you strutted
around and waited for some n to
praise you? Well there aresome folks
that never get over 1t, Every time
they do anything In the church or the
school or the community and are not
patted on the back and praised they
are peeved and have to be taffied up
to get them to work again. These folks
are a liability, not an asset.
There are some folks that still play
with their religious toys. They must
stick to what they believe to be SYM
bolical and ceremonial. Hear me. be-
loved, anything we pride ourselves in
is our weakness. We do not need to
puff up or bolster up our strength. 1t
will stand. A thing that Is not Christs
way is not worthy of consideration.
Now to progress or grow In the ply
steal side Of oneself we must have
two things--namely food and exercise
to grow mentally we must have food
and exercise and to grow spiritually
we must have food and exercise. Have
you ever read that verse in Luks
where II says, And Jesus advanced
In wisdom and stature and in favor
with God and man." Say. you under
stand that, that speaks of mind. body
and spirit. but why do we persist In
dividing our relation with God and
man and call n spiritual and the
other social? Hear me. Our social
nature Is but the outward
manifestation OF the inner spiritual
and therefore Is the visible side OF
our spirit life. Beloved, your actions
toward your fellow man are your ac-
tons towards your God.
There are three kinds OF people that
hinder community growth. They
are the mossback. the Pathfinder and
Al, ,r.ftar haya lonMp manila