The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1921-01-20

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the .lOw-thoughts. they are very Ia
millar."
God said, For my thoughts ar.
not your thoughts. neither are you
ways my ways. For as the hea VEN
are higher than the earth. 50 are M
ways higher than your Ways. anC
my thoughts than your thoughts -
lisa. 1859.
Relatively man thoughts are Low
thoughts as compared with God Vel
we may think Gods thoughts after
Him" think the most common er.
ror In human thought Is thai which
30 recently plunged a world into war
"A mans life CONSISTENT not Ia the
abundance OF the things WHICH he
possesseth Yet this IS the constant
thought OF young aud Old alike. II
has been the thought u nations. and
therefore great wars have been
fought. n has been the thought OF
individuals and accordingly men
have tried 20 enrich themselves BY
dishonest dealings, and By every spe
eies OF criminal practise that human
Ingenuity could evolve This leads
US 20 all kinds OF vain dress and
show. and I would call you into the
heights by repeating Bishop Mellow
ellis experience In 1898. when banks
were falling on every hand He was
then chancellor OF Denver university
He was called home from the Co
lumbar exposition. A bank failure
caught his material possessions. lie
looked at his degrees from univer-
stiles. and names OF his teachers
Walked out as a eOnquerOr. The
bank got some OF my things. but has
not touched me"
When We are speaking OF low
thoughts. we are not stresalng base
thoughts. Those. We take n. are be-
meath clean minded men and women
OF any plane Ia life. We are rather
stressing that gross and wicked ma
terislism that says. Let Us eat and
drink. for tomorrow we die" In 9th
er words the chief end OF man Is
not 10 "glOrlfy God and enjoy Him
forever" but 10 enjoy pleasure ANA
live iuxurloualy today and let to
morrow care for Itself II IL the key
note OF most OF the popular litera-
fure OF the day. II rs the thought |
N the American people too largely !
IL vitiafes the outlook upon life /
rom every viewpoint. Youth thinks
4 IL here 10 have good time. /
school. business. home. health. ey-
,rything IL sacrificed to this god /
4 enjoy Il. who shall say me nay2"
30 they speak. There Is danger that
he Iron OF the blood OF the pioneer
hall vanish Greece and Rome went
Town when their heroes vanished In
heir sffeminate sons and daughterAf
The real value became pleasure and
luxury. not the man and woman 1
after we had fought great world.
var. and left "A hundred thousand OF
americas sfalwart sons dead upon
no battlefiolds OF France 10 kin ma
srlalism. and after perhaps another
hundred thousand must gO through
Ifs MANNED. and halt and blind aud
'eakened because OF tive celebrate
he victory. not on our knees In
umble thanksgiving To Almighty
Iod as was beflttings but we cele
rated Il as atheists might have done.
4 dance and barbecue III ever
ave of low material thinking was ,
weeping over America. II IA az this
cry hour When you hear the call
, sacrifice health. and school and
usinesa. 10 pleasure. turn a dear
AZ To the sirens voice. and enter
ito the sanctuary az high-thlnking
ith God
Again the siren calls 10 youth BE
,ntent with low ideals. they are
Iore easy OF achievement" The
ans OF the average life today Is IT'S
w idsalism. | am not speaking OF
10 cigarette fiend. nor OF the liber =
ne. nor OF the gambler. nor OF the
ee-dissased and yice-chained lives
they have no ideals ! am speaking
youth with it's dreams OF tomor-
wi | am speaking To you who Ere
hat are your idcalsi A home. 7
ofesslon, a farm. huslnesas A
ace In the world whore you may r
fed. and enjoy lifef IL that your
cal for yourself. and Is that your
rents ideal FOR youy I submit
10 tho candid judgment OF this
offence tonight. u that is not an
nest presentation OF the ideals OF
OF people that you aud
lo~f Ii Il not the ideal OF the p
atority OF the Young people whom
"a knowf Il II not the ideal OF the e.
'me-lifs cut OF which they Gomez
~ not the ideal OF the state lusti- \,
tioN% oi thf faNt Nufit our >Ohf
a daughters are educatedf Al Al
pm. at Moscow. at Lewiston. al Cor n
Hts. 90 which YOU are going. and :
pm which many of our teachers
We come. the Ideals are to make
nis out OF you that YOU may earn
ivinx aud be fed. Hot ~sess es1ae has
Ia. "A higher question "a. Are you u
nth feeding" DO We feed our =
rises and our cattle merely that
~ may livef DO we Keep our una
lnsry msreiy that "a may EXIST
4 BY any means. Why then.
ouId the human family think Il
fftcient that n should live and en4 "
! lifef That God has placed rs ~
re merely 20 earn a living. aud
N spend u upon oer~citeSe Sure
these are not high ideals They r
" be common. and relatively easy
achievement but they are AZ
rthy Of immcrtais. Browning
Is again and again words like =.
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