The Washington times., 1924-07-07
One 81 our readers some tme 20 Wrots 8 fcIloWs:
Let Us Try to Want That which Is wise.

WHAT WE WANT TO Do We MUST want 70 do the
thing in order 70 do II for our win CONTROLS we can
only do that which we win to do,
t is not however, fact that cannot HELP wanting
one thing than another Il NOT fact that the man
who gets drunk because he WANTS no MORE and no
LESS paiseworhy than the that denies himself for his
family Of children because he WANTS to.
Each wants do that which he does and at the MOMENT
pehaps neither could help acting he does But the man
who WANTS that which is RIGHT Is very much better
than he who wants that which is WRONG. And it is
not afact that is UNABLE 20 control his wants II
not fact that he must act like MACHINE obeying blndy
in6linatiOns beyond his control
The task that every man shoud put before himself is 70
DIRECT his NOMINATIONS in the BEST possible channel
Iyery and woman, apd every child out Of babyhood
should STRUGGLE to develop within the mind the HIGHEST
POSSIBLE MORAL TENDENCES EVERY ONE Of Us can
make himself better he win STUDY his incinations and
try to ROOT OUT those that lead to evil.
IS true that the mother who RlSKs go LIE for her
child the soldier who SACRIFICES HIS LIFE for his
Il IS not true that the mother or the man of BRAVE CON
vICTIoNs only the equal Of the individual controlled by
motherly love has become UNIVERSAL il Is because
mothers for hundreds Of centuries have KEPT their
THOUGHTS upon the welfare Of their children, have
children and BY PERsIsTENTLY turning their win in the
direction Of this duty have made the mothers SELF
EICE almost matter Of course
There is NO PROBLEM important as the control Of your
individual temperament Even man Of very moderate
ability MIGHT ACHIEVE great he could control
the weak or VICIOUS IMPULSES within him, and through
concentration Of will power CONCENTRATE such force as
he has on ONE SINGLE PURPOSE or set Of purposes
Mans intellect il must be remembered the FACULTY
that he has MOST recently acquired. Long BEFORE the
intellect developed and there still great deal Of de-
veOpmont ahead Of it human beings CONTROLLED by
Those old and long established DEMONSTRATIONS Of the
WILL still STRUGGLE for control and they control most
the fooshly those whose minds are NOT STRONG
enough to bend their WILL in GOOD direction, and to
overcome settled ANIMAL HABITS.
there IS NOT ONE but could FORCE himself tn want
to do that which he OUGHT to do he would keep his mind
constantly upon it This fact has been DEMONSTRATED
arveously by the many religions especially in their early
stages is demonstrated to very interesting by the
CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS today.
If every one Of us from now on would fix his mind with
contempt upon his SHORTCOMINGS realizing and de-
spsng them and concentrating his thoughts and his win
upon those things which he knows to be worth while
of the next generation still GREATER and the
Of which talk and which shall day see would
hasten its advent greatly.
Fortunately we are ali working along these lines Of self
Improvement or less UNC0NSCI0USLY Is there any
one that has not made over and GOOD
by the thousands The idea that these resolutions have no
value because they BROKEN absolutely false No good
resolution was WASTED it only lasted minute For
No mans case IS ever HOPELESS as long as he gets up in
bOthers him. No woman is BEYOND the chance Of
CORRECTION and final SUCCESS, long IS he or she
repeatedly and strongly feels the desire to turn the will in
smother and BETTER direction.
with amazement how much this CONSTANT STRUGGLING
Of the will has done for Not long ago. ALL MEN were
brutal and not long before that MAJORITY Of them were
cannbalistic savages
classic days. which regard with reverence in Greece
and Rome the MORALITY rather the lack Of it, was
fathers power Of life and death his children the
HABTUAL and legal exposure Of infants wild beasts pun
sment TOR the SLIGHTEST OFFENSES with torture and
death combined with sensuaity nempeance and de-
bauchery, were FEATURES Of life which CONSIDERED
itself civilized.
The fact that We have oUTGRowN such cOndtons L.
largely due to the hundreds Of millions Of individual GOOD
RESOLUTIONS
The law may PERMIT infanicde but the heart and the
conscience do not permit it. The every country at
one time PERMITTED slavery But the individual con-
science here and there and finally everywhere ROSE UP
against II and that spot has left the human race
On that FAMOUS first Of january we all make good reso
utions, as take mince pie in HONOR Of the season.
DON'T LAUGH good resolutions Of Others or at your
own And DON'T BE ASHAMED Of them even You are
unable to keep them The fact that make the good
luons proves at least that you trying 70 make yourself
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