Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-11-03

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to rule. The child at school, the
[ young man or woman at college,
/ the apprentice learning his trade,
/ the pupil at music-all have to
give constant attention, application
and study in order to reach the de-
sired goal.
A Commercial Age.
Just now we are passing
through what is called a CONNER
cial period, (and rather unfortu
? nately for>the world), a very selfish
r period. We have been neglecting
the spiritual for the material. If
} one but realized the Importance of
spiritual mediation and its effect
upon the physical body as well as
the intellect, there would be classes
for spiritual culture, just as we have
classes for physical culture now.
Spiritual exercises are far more
necessary than even physical ex-
ercises. Think right constantly.
Take some time each day for me-
ditation---(the morning is besD.
Just be still for while, become
calm, quiet, and receptive. Real
ize that the soul is the percever
and revealer of truth, and you will
go forth to meet the day and what
ever it has in store for you, with a
new spirit and purpose which you
have never known before.
Since the war, the entire world
has gotten into a spirit of tenseness
and unsettledness. Everybody
wants to be on the move. The only
cure for all this is a definite spirit
ual program-and this is an indi-
vidual proposition.
1t is a well known axiom in met
aphysics that like attracts like.
Hence the need of thoughts that
are clean, wholesome, unselfish, yet
virile and strong. Believe in Gods /
| promises. Take Him at His word. |
Realize that His is power not
afar off; not up in the heavens or
over the distant seas but every |
where present-right at your side
even within you. The real powers
of nature are always quiet. The |
stilling of mighty Niagara is ac-
complished in quietness through |
cold and frost. God works surely
but quietly. |
/ Habit is one of the strongest !
things in human nature, and we
| can readily see the need for form
| ing the right kind of habits. Dur
| ing daily meditations latent feelings
and ambitions are aroused. Ideas
come to the surface, and at times
We fairly marvel and wonder from
where they spring. By virtue OF
the Deity thought is renewed in
exhaustibly every day, and it rests
with us to become what we will.
RaniSh Negative Thoughts,
Never to become discouraged
even for one moment is a good rule
to follow. If a negative thought
comes into your consciousness, you
are master of that thought. Danish
it forever. The quickest way to ac-
complish this is by reversal of
thought. Think of the opposite
Turn it inside out and you will not
recognize it as your own. Live
from within and not from without.
There is but one source, one cause,
one good, one truth, and If you
make that truth your very own.
even the gates of hell shall not pre-
vail against it. Your everyday life
will so conform to that truth that
it will not matter to you what your
friend or foe may say.
A daily spiritual program is con-
ducive to better health conditions.
Thought is creative, and we usually {
find what we are seeking. There !
fore, it behooves US to think and I
seek the truth. Let us be careful $
what we create. Everything that is /
was first conceived in thought be-
fore it was brought into visible T
manifestation. Imagination en- t
riches everything, in a rich and v
blessed stream. After such prayer, a
one is renewed in body and soul. a
Prayer Gains. t
DR.. Thomas Hyslop, of the Great
West Riding Asylum in England,
said last year to the British Medl-
cal association, that the best sleep !
producing agent which his practice e
had revealed to him was prayer, II
and this was said purely as med y
ical man. The exercise OF prayer
in those who habitually exert it,
must be regarded by us doctors, he y
says, as the most adequate and nor u
NAL of all the pacifiers Of the mind
and calmers of the nerves.
Our lives would be freer and q
nobler were we but to realize the 6,
of energy, knowledge and II
at our command q
through the medium of prayer. u
Read the eleventh chapter of He /.
brews over again, and while read
ing it, have the desire to receive a :
faith, and note the
result.
Timidity is no more becoming in
a spiritual life than in business
life. God does not want us to
cringe before Him. 1t is an ex-
cellent thing to quote scripture:
more excellent still to apply it. AS 4
and Christians we are
accused (and with some measure
Of TRUTH of not practicing Chris
tianity. To know truth is to live
It If we are true to ourselves. To
a truth and not let it
become a part of our very being
IS to sin.
knowledge and Prayer.
Gods laws are fixed, ever opera
i've. Then why pray, say you?
Pray simply in order to understand
md commune and learn how to !
come in contact with these laws.
Then will come the sudden rush
# light, inspiration and wisdom \
which passeth understanding. Ly-
ng dormant within each human
BEING, is that power or faculty
which, when fully aroused, viii. II
'hange and transform the entire ii
'haracter. We cannot live to our
elves. Therefore, in measure we
re responsible for the influence N
We consciously or unconsciously ex-
TT over others. We do not all see "
hings In the same perspective. A