The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1918-09-13

which The words are found; the SO
eial and ethical causes that called out
the entire epistle, and the spiritual
reason and tire reason Of all reasons,
the deepening Of the Faith in Christ
anl Ills promises. The Vicar traced
tie psychological aud physiological
0riain of The human affection for
things GOOD; and for things evil. III
Tho things evil are hardly ever re-
.garded as evil BIZ those who love them
.of like them. OF use them. It is often
Eli case of false valuation. Of miscalcu-
lation, off bad understanding, in short
sc comparative ignorance. It is hard
lN like fhe ease Of Satan in Milton's
Paradise Lost" Here, Satan deliber-
.atelY chose evil when he was cast
d0Mn from Heaven. He stood and
with spitelu defiance and reasoned
decision. exclaimed: Evil be thou my
pood. Ills affection was fixed hence
forth upon the things Of ultimate de-
struction; tile things which beautiful,
pleasurable, exciting even the jaded
senses to enjoyment at first, soon
fall, soon unfit, soon destroy. 1t is
met eftea that we find man or wo-
man deliberately choosing evil and
calling II good, The case when there
Ii enc becomes one for the student
ST pathology and psychotherapy. It
II treated IL an ordinary sick patient.
matter Of fact q person Of 50
abnormal 4 type is sick Of soul.
And yet there are many whose af-
fecton ii set upon things set fast
upon transient things, and they know
Iis not Until those things are taken
I them They did not know that
n cultivating their affection for such
limos. They did it so intensely that
+ Ithelr hope III God became translated
10 the things they loved, loved with
9ut knowing it, They become some
! chat like the great Darwin who sc
Intensely followed the clue of evolu-
tion, who, mindless of all other ac,
accomplishments, became such a slave
4 to tile science Of biology that he lost
lie taste for music and the beauty d
SOUND. we set our affection upon the
things Of this world at the peril Of oui
Town general happiness. We therefore
lare 70 Be careful and watchful. Ant
best Of all We must learn to value
rightly,
! f2l But the positive statement is
Iaet gour affection on things above
The second part Of the statement il
negative. Ii tells what not to do. I
tells what to avoid What then, i,
meant by things above?" Heaven
es, but not that heaven which min
isters say has golden streets, COLDER
Ie4,owns, golden harps, honey, milk
zine and other early things. Thes,
things are perishable and pass ava,
III time 1t means these only symbol
Iically. II means that we must valu
highly the great gift of self develop
ment III soul power; the great gift o
| self development in spiritual under
| ttanding. It means that we must Sc
Us our goal self-development III thing
Iiyjne, and become like God Himself
| through Christ. Magnanimity-
greatness of soul, charity, love Of Al
things coed, sympathy, feeling lik
our fellows in all things great an
lofty IT means il short develop
nent eft senl, mind, spirit, and bod
sIto d divine pitch. Greatness in whic
his included, kindness, dignity, low
i faith in Christ, helpfulness nothin
4eaal, noting that ends with deatl
~ means setting our loves, ou
hopes, our faith in God and striyin
e be Ike God. ELLA