El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-09


Text: But seek ye first the King
dom of God and His righteousness;
and all these things shall be added
unto yOu.-Matt. 6s33.
RIDER is a law Of intelligence.
Most thinking is by eategories.
- Even the most aimless life is
not devoid of some planning. The
flood as 1t sweeps down the valley in
obedience to but one law-gravitation
carrying all before it and leaving
naught but disorder, devastation and
death in its fearful wake, is the oper-
alton OF blind force. There is activity
but no intelligence. Nothing but
chaos and disorder ensues. Order is
everywhere manifest in the universe
and stands as one Of the cIearest evil
days, the years and the seasons have
their regular recurrence and these are
but the indications of the harmonious
movements of the worlds and systems
Of worlds Of which our planet forms
so small part.
Order In All Life.
There Is an order in all life. Plant
life moves in cycles. There Is the
grain of wheat, the shoot, the ear
ing stalk and the golden fruit of the
ear. Human life moves from child
hood to youth. manhood and old age
and after making It's contribution to
society aid the propagation of the
species, passes quietly from the stage
OF action.
There must be an order, a system.
plan for the harmonious and success
full operation OF any enterprise The
schools and the railways have their
schedules and no days work Is sue
cessfully done that is not intelligently
planned.
Too Many Drifters.
The larger or more important in
terests and problems of life should be
ordered or planned Too many people
there are who drift with the tide. The
man who never sets for himself a des-
tination will surely never arrive.
Failure at this point is responsible
for many fruitlesS lives and for
much of the driftwood and wreckage
Of society. It always seemed unfor-
tunate to me that a man must face
and settle many OF the more import
ant problems OF life when from point
Of experience he is least qualified tn
do SO. To intelligently choose and
plan q life requires a broad outlook
or perspective. It is just this that
many Of US do not possess
The Big Question.
The place of consideration Of LIES
problems should be determined by
the respective Importance Of the
problems to be considered The big
question with every man is to deter
mine the order of importance. Once
convince a man that a certain thing
Is of first importance to him and the
very instincts of his being will drive
him to an early consideration OF that
thing in its relation to his life the
thing Of first Importance IS bread and
butter with the hungry man And
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ture, Ibraries. science or religion TO
such a man so long as they do not
in some way help him meet this all
important question Of bodily need
Position or place in society may ap-
peal to the ambitious man or TO the
pearl OF great price" So pleasure
may appear to the sensuous man and
art and literature to the man OF
leisure
Three Major Classlfications.
There are three major CLASSIFIED
tons OF the problems Of life, elassiIi-
cations to which all other questions
directly or Indirectly relate
First: Here find myself IN z ma
tarfaI world A world CT towering
mountains, expanding seas, OF fertile
valleys and fruiting plains What is
my relation to the material world
Second; Not only do I find myself
surrounded by material objects, but
also find about me human beings IKE
myself. Men with hopes and asplra-
tons. desires and plans not dissimilar
to nv own and many times running
counter to mine. What is my rela-
ton to men2
Third: This material world and
the men who inhabit it bespeak an
intelligent Creator. What is my re-
lation to this great First Cause2
All these questions hold rightful
place in the serious consideration OF
men. Man must have his daily bread
and the things Of this world are Tor
his good and enjoyment.
Since that notable day IN the early
dawn of human history when Cain
laconicaI1y queried: "Am my
brothers keeper" man has reeog-
nized that he sustains to society