The Washington times., 1919-07-27
City of the Soul
Knowledge Comes to This CITY Through the -Four Gates

and thirty ninth Psalm comes your mind when you face
mirror. Within reach of study there is nothing
marvellous than human being The scientist is doubtless
right when he says that in this universe there beings
compared with whom man would be like black beetle
compared to himself But those greater beings that
probably do exist above and beyond cannot We
dwell upon this little earth the cheese mite lives in its
cheese, and HERE is our study
This picture in which the artist McCay shows imaginary
tiny men investigating and studying the head Of typical
human being illustrates mans most perpexing interesting
and fascinating study
Bmyan describes the human head as The City Of Man.
Soul he described Satan the enemy attacking the city
the soul through the four gatesEagate Eyegate Nose
gate, and Mouthgate.
We know, having passed Bunyans self-searching and
limited Purtanical ideas that the four gates Of the city
u which the brain of lives doors through which
KNOWLEDGE comes-mowledge infinitely more i'm
portant, powerful and definite than any Satan.
Through the receive the wisdom of others living
and talking with and the harmony Of music that ennobles
the mind Through the eye and the art Of reading we
inherit the knowledge and wisdom Of those long dead make
it our own, and use it. Through the mouth and nose we
supply food and air to the living body which the think
ing head travels
We die Is thousands upon thousands of millions have
died before the majority filed with the comforting faith
that tells Of perfect residence waiting for Us and our
friends and very uncomfortable abode waiting for our
enemies And die without actually KNOWING anything
beyond the teachings of beautiful fath-as whence
We came, why we are here, whittier we are bound
myself where it is located within the bony skull
whether It was created with the body to die with the body
as the hopeless believe created with the body to live
forever or whether it is itself part Of all Eternity exist
ing forever IN the past and In the future through many
bodies on many planets witnessing many cosmc creations
and distinctions.
The big question WHY is too big and troublesome for
the average mind And the greatest blessing for millions
is the faith which says You are all right behave don
worry think Of other things"
majority of of other
ing to philosophers and scientists worry about the
problems What is matter? What is force? What is spirit
consciousness or soul?
It may interest you for moment looking at this pic
t to ask yourself what it is that YOU and how that
YOU works from within your head and deals with the
world outside.
You say, 81 not satisfied to know about this earth
only. want to know about things outside"
You look through the telescope and see the craers of
dead volcanoes the moon nearest neighbor You
look farther and see the golden rings around the planet
giant far-of neighbor Jupiter
That telescope was created INSIDE OF THE HUMAN
BRAIN HOW was it done? WHERE was it done?
Nothing that you can find in the head with careful
study the dssectng knife will tell you the story LAYERS
Of tissue, skin, bone, nerves. but no explanation
The eye sees and tells the brain what it SEES The
brain gives orders to the that move the hands and
feet by acting the muscles and you pursue the enemy
or fee with him.
We only know that it happens. We take for granted
the most wonderful of all miracles thought based on
observation, translated into action and material results
g. What is the thinking planning WORKING power
that we call mind soul? It has weight of course it
occupies space Yet is there within the head With
out this earth would have remained wild uncuvated
That invisible force back of your forehead has dug the
canals united oceans drained swamps irrigated deserts
built the harvesting machinery that feeds men the sub
marine that destroys them the telephone that carries their
voices and the flying machine that carries their bodies
What it Is that does all this now how it is created
what becomes of it when the eyes close for the last time
dargo from the braio l-na--,
But this do know-that to each of US is confded
power for good and useful work. fearfuy and wonder
fully made
- q man known to you had inherited great factory
with wonderful machinery capable of marvellous intricate
production and left it idle ignoring it, you would pity or
despiss him