The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-04
Take Thought.

heart, that is he."-ProVerbs.
Good thoughts are God thoughts.
Every good thought is an additional
rung in the Jacobs ladder that shall
finally enable us to mount heaven
ward Have you not seen men Of
good lives who radiated benign in
fluence upon those about them?
Preaching little by the word, but
much by example. Such men have
fundamental thought of faith in the
ultimate righteousness of men; a
faith kept whole despite the. relapses
Of many, and, perhaps, their own falls
: from grace. Who realize that, Oft
times, the reason so many mems light
becomes dim is that their great need
is for someone to snuff the wick,
cleanse away the CRIME and add more
oil. AS Emerson has phrased it,
'sWhat most need Is somebody to
make me do what I can" In other
words, someone to take thought for
us.
What a man thinks win alter his
plan of action. If, through the COM
pulslon. of necessity he has adopted
mode OF life contrary to his ideas Of
right, the good thought will even
tually free him from his chains 1t is
absolutely true and widely applicable
that Whatsoever man thinketh in
his heart, that is he" He can not
violate his sense Of righteousness
continuously. His inner thought will
war with his wrong inclinations until
the God thought conquers
II the inner thought is elevated and
noble he will approximate high
plane II the thought be low he will
live In the kennels and drink the
dregs of life. His thought will radi-
ate and influence the lives Of others,
whitening their souls and clearing
away the dross. or casting deeper
shadows. We. can all radlate good
thoughts. We can all associate with
those that do radiate good thoughts
IL we only will, and the power of
4 good thoughts is so pervasive that.
wherever the source of radiation,
there must be a, center Of high and
good works Herod feasted in his pal
ace; Christ prayed in his prison, but
from that prison went forth thought
that illumined the world.
Millions are spent daily for CO.'S
metics and other aids to loneliness,
and the money is worse than wasted,
but there Is a beautifier within the
reach Of all, a magic balm that will
transform the ugliest face: the power
OF good thoughts. It is the greatest
cosmetic in the world. Walt Whit
man. in one. Of his poems, speaks Of
seeing someone on the street who
radiated such a wonderful person :
ality that he followed him, not dar-
ing to speak, yet longing to have him
for a friend. The power of good
thought.
Thoughts are things. Sometimes
we will walk side by side in life with
one we adjudge commonplace then,
one day, it may be, that person will
give vent to the wonderful thoughts
that surge within him and our eyes
are opened. What we thought was~a
common caterpillar is beautiful
butterfly with wings that soar heav-
onward. No matter what our occu-
patton may be, we can rise superior
TO it. Some men make Of their
thoughts a chain to bind them to the
earth, while the thoughts Of others
sing with spheres and quire with
oherubim.
A little thought each day would
transform the world II all would
adopt the Boy Scouts plan and do
one good deed each day, how far
reaching II would be, That would
mean 365 good deeds a year, $500 in
ten years, That would be good
sized town wouldn't 1t? I like TO
think Of our good deeds waiting TO
welcome us on the other side. It
rests with us whether the city of
Our Good Deeds he really metrop-
oils, miserable village, barren
desert, or a loathsome marsh. reeking
with abominations, with only the
memories of what might have been
to salute us, While he who wrought
as he lived is ravished by the music
that comes from his city of Good
Deeds.
You can be what you want Ia be.
The only force that bounds you is the
limit you set to your own ambition.
Psychologists tell us that every cell
in our bodies is a particle Of primal
life, and this primal life will respond
to treatment, That there is brain
force--not in our heads alone--but in
every part Of the body; that, to a
certain degree, they are outposts of
the great brain center, and by thought
concentration we can send messag ~
TO any part Of the body desired, and
that part of the body will act upon
the message. All We are is composed
in a pinch Of dust and n drop Of
water but when God .breathes upon
that dust what wonderful force is
created, and, seemingly, its possibili-
ties are only checked by our own
ignorance and apathy we do not
understand one-tenth of our power;
power over ourselves and over others
as well. Power for good or,eyiI. You
may carry blessing or a curse, ac-
cording TO the thought you harbor
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