The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-08
The CHAMBERS of IMAGERY

ASASS OOAliillcHlS On the OnllOrm Fray
er Meeting Topic of the Young Peo-
Pies Societies-Chrfstian Endeavor
etc.-for June 10: Sins of the
Mind" Rom. Still
The first contribution we can make
to the world, if we seek its betterment
is strong life. Unless we have un-
bending integrity and breadth of soul
1t will be impossible for US to lift up
our fellows. We cannot help another
to get higher up than we are ourselves.
Each must lift his own life before he
can lift his neighbor's life.
Thank God every morning when you
get up that you have something to do
that day that must be done whether
you like it or not. Being forced to
work and forced to do your best will
breed in you temperance, self-control,
diligence, strength of will, content and
a hundred virtues which the idle never
know.-Charles Kingsley.
Lives bear both wheat and tares
The divided harvest is the lot of every
soul But the proof of life is whether
the tares or the wheat is cast out when
discovered.
Search thine own heart. What pain
eth thee in others, in myself may be-
All dust is frail, all flesh is weak, be
thou the true man thou dost seek.
LAS a man thinketh . . so is he.''
Minds are improved by contact with
wiser minds; and the wiser you are the
more people you will find that in some
points know more than you do-Amos
R. Wells.
The improving of a farm is proved
prove your mind without seeing the
result in your life.-Amos R. Wells
| Gossiping is a mental sin first of all.
1t denotes mind lacking big interests
and worth while ideals.-R. P. Ander-
son.
Selfishness is the fundamental sin
of the mind 1t hampers the I, the
self. 1t is hostile to God, for it will
not give up any sof it's own will for
| His.-R. P. Anderson.
/ Covetousness is one of the worst
sins, because the older one grows, the
worse it becomes, whereas grosser sins
lose their hold.-R. P. Anderson.
Yesterday L met a glutton whose
vice has destroyed his mind more COM
pletely than even strong drink usually
does. He has for years lived to eat.
To the pleasures of the table he has
sacrificed his college training. his am
! billions, his manhood responsibilities
anu all the line OelSnlS OF Ire L ne
instance illustrates in an unusual
fashion, the peril of caring for the
body at the expense of the mind. Had
that man sought intellectual pleasures
instead of gross gluttony, he would
have been an honor to his friends, in
stead of a by-word and a, joke. His
plight which excites the derision OF
all who come into contact with him
recalls tina earlier day in the civili-
cation of Europe when the body re-
ceived more education than the mind
and to be "a good trencherman" was
more honorable than to be a good
scholar. Now, however, in all lands
where civilization is dominant, the de-
velopment of the mind and spirit is
held to be the highest privilege OF
man. and the clear duty of all who
have the training of people in charge
Ministry helps to mastery. When
we are best serving others we forget
to obey self. 1t is the life that is most
engaged in unselfish service against
which the arrows of temptation fly
with least force Devotion to others is
strong armor against the temptations
of selfishness.
4 The blood of Jesus Christ cleanses
US from all sin, and the Spirit of Christ
keeps US from falling into sin. Sc
long as we are on earth we shall need
the mighty power of the Holy Spirit
to help US to escape and overcome the
snares of sin.
The higher we advance in the spir-
itual life the more plainly we see in
ourselves the sins that we constantly
commit It was John the disciple who
lived nearest to the heart of the Mas
ter, who declared that "if we say We
have no sin, we deceive ourselves" The
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