Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-31
The Times-Dispatch Sunday
Sermon
THE THOUGHT OF THE HEART.
Nv j. A. Eub2nk,

ny }. A. Eubank.
For rs no thInketh In his heart. so is hc."
Proverbs kill. z
Webster tells US that the heart Is tho seat
or the affections scnsibilties, collectively
or separately. rs love. hate. Joy, grief. cour-
aEe. and the like: rarely. tho seat OF the
understanding or will: thn spring OF all our
actions and purposes; the seat OF moral life
and character
Conversely. the mind is defined as the In
tellectual or rational faculty in man: the un-
derstanding: the intellect: the power that
eonccivcs. judges reasons.
In tho use of the text above. the npplica-
ton is TO II man with an evil eye and the
warming OF the supposedly inspired writer
is to avoid the company OF such. The term
:thinkcth In his heart here used. means
the unrcstraincd desire that springs out of
J the heart.
AS the heart is the one great pump that
forces the blood through the circulatory sys-
tenn, thereby perpetuating life In the body
So also, II in tho source whence all OF our
desires spring. Unfortunately the heart Is
said 10 be prone to evil and ia desperately
wicked; so in His wisdom the Creator has
provided n dsill master. to speak, 10 take
charge Of the desires emanatng thcrerrom
and train them for the service OF the whole
being. This drllmaster we call tho Mind
and tn. poet has we'll said that 1t is the
soul Of man"
Here. under this disciplinary training the
fe"' WORK OF character building begins. Here
we nave the beginning of the limo of de-
narration between what We call III, good
ana the Dad man. The heart that is rrspon-
sivc to this training soon learns how IN rur,
us desires. and the man grows in those traits
OF character which mako toward His own
perfection and happiness and OF tho hnppi-
ness and Improvement OF those around him
Inc unrcsponsirc heart makes no effort TO
curb its desires. and the man develons only
"uch Fait3 OF character dwarf his own
oeinE and to the extent OF that infuenc. i'm
psae the progress of humanity toward better
things.
Thus wo have laugh, US the crea, I.ss,,
that unless We allow reason, guided nv min
''p'eS OF Justice. to control our actions we
''e APT 70 stray or into the brpnd field OF nm :
FrSr"he' desire. where. spurreJ on by pas
r'0h ana prejudice. We sure To brine .vU
CON upon ourselves and our feliuw-men Each
or us is unit in the great brotherhood Of
man and We cannot bring harm UNION our
h'!r"s without inhic;!nG a wound upon TIM,
brotherhood 800
We desire wha: We imagine Is rooa
Us try this desire before the cour, y, -o,.on
ana ohedicntly fellow The Judgment ,b.r.
rendered. '"'''
Mas. how slow hna been hu,nani,y's p,,r
FeSS because the Thoughts" OF the he,r,
nave controlled men! Spurrcd on nv a.sir,
mon nave been prone 20 ignore the dictates
81 reason III the mad race for some i,n,yir,d
200" "htii nj d!He.en; periods in the world.s
h'S'"rE the very word justice became a r,ocL :
cry. " '"|"
houh; IL? After eighteen centuries ., ,r,t
."'' Christianity so called. fanatic zeal had
eso''e ""'h curse 10 the universe tina. tho
'""n'era OF tho American rcpublI, /, fr,,,
'"b t"o written Constitution. not only forever
rroh'h''td the making OF any law r.s,.c,,,,
me establishment Of religion mr. ,-on,,i..
ne Tree exercise thereof but in oras- :"
-"' ."e' safeguard liberty. il was deemed ms
VI wisdom to omit tho very name or
be!'P from that sacred irs.rurn.r,
tex u.s. Then. ever lie ca-c:.,, .h,.. -, .
th'nHht rs" Of our heart, that reason ,,,a,. @
stand Hsnst' when II comes to weigh ma,