The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-11-25
The Supremacy of Principle
and Practice Of Golden Rule

Some twenty years ago, Houston
Stewart Chamberlain, son-in-law of
Richard Wagner. the great musical
genius. wrote a book, entitled The
Foundations of the Nineteenth Cen
fury" in which mans past researches,
discoveries, and inventions en- the ma
terial plane in the world Of nature, and
the practical utilization Of the know
ledge thus gained in all lines Of pro-
ductive industry, were pointed out as
the source and foundation of all the
wonderful, stupendous, and gigantic
achievements Of mankind in the nine
teenth century.
And yet this vast increase IN pro-
ductive power seems to have proved IT.
self rather curse than blessing for
the mass Of mankind. 1t has led TO
a condition of so-called overproduc-
ton, led in rivalry for the worlds mar
kets to the last murderous world war
and caused the unemployment OF many
millions of willing workers IN all as
sumed civilized countries of the world,
and millions in all lands are condemn
ed to want and restitution because OF
the superabundance Of wealth produc-
ed.
On the face of it, this outcome Of
these truly grand foundations makes 1t
self-evident that they by and of them
selves in their present applications are
inadequate to meet humanity's econ
omic and social requirements. They
will be able to do SO, however, when
thew are made the superstructure OF
more stable, basic foundation enun-
ciated more than nineteen centuries
ago by the sage Of Nazareth in the
words following:
Therefore ALL things WF1AISO-
EVER ye would that men should do
to you, do ye even so to them, z Matt.
7:12.
And the Apostle Paul, recognizing
the indispensable duty and obligation
on the part of each and every indivld-
ual man and woman to a strict and
scrupulous observance of, and compli-
ance with, this rule in all intercourse
and every relation with every other hui
man being, positively asserted that no
other foundation for human society. fe-
lcity, and happiness was possible, ex-
cept as this rule was accepted as a
guide for life. That the keeping of
the ten commandments and of the
teaching of the prophets consisted in
obedience to this golden rule of life
And this is the narrow path of econ
ic and social salvation for the entire
human race: 1t demands the right
personal conduct of each individual
human being to every ether human be-
ing. For the sum total of the activi-
ties of every description of commun-
ity, state or nation is made up of the
conduct Of each of its Individual mem
bers. And the conduct of each indi-
vidual is determined by the convictions
entertained; the character grown,
which depends upon the beliefs or
opinions accepted as true; the habits
formed and the extent of accurate, re-
liable knowledge acquired. that has to
do with present human needs, relations
and affairs. Mans scale of intelli-
gence. the state of his conscious mind,
and the contents of his sub-conscious
mind, the character of his emotional
reactions to his contemporaries, and
the environment IN general. are the
unfailing criterion of his present mem
tai status and conduct.
In the mental science class at New
llano on Sunday night, November ~,
the students were reminded of state
ment in former lessen to the effect:
Whatever enters the mind thru the
senses or the objective mind will inn
press the mind and result in mental
image which will become pattern for
the creative energies. These experien-
ces are largely the result of environ
ment, chance, past thinking. and other
forms Of negative thought. and must
be subjected to careful analysis Care
fully tested as to their truthfulness and
verified in every way possiblel before
being entertained and accepted as
true. A mans power of thought is
either beneficial or harmful in the de-
gree that it is correctly or wrongly
used. The use that is being made of
anything and everything determines
the quality Of The results affected On.