The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-03

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To the Editor:
"AS a man thinketh so is he" is
the sum and total of every human
being and all that he is or does.
1t was the way to think, that
Christ and all great teachers have
tried to teach us. Because it is what
we think that causes what we do
and what we are and builds charac-
ter and soul, the only thing that is
really worth while in life for What
does it profit man though he gain
the whole world and lose his own
soul?"
Thousands upon thousands of dol
lars are spent in preserving lives in
| institutions of various kinds which
is very commendable because in pre-
serving a mans life he is given a
chance to build character and soul.
But would it not be far commend
able In maintaining such institu-
tons to have them in charge of the
proper teachers and leaders that
would teach and show these most
helpless of all how to build charac-
ter?
What good Is ship at sea without
pilot? No more good than mans
life without proper thoughts to guide
it and the right kind of thinking can
be cultivated in any mind that the
wrong kind of thinking is cultivated
in and no one will ever do wrong
while they are thinking right, you
had just as we'll expect to grow roses
from turnip seeds.
The only way to redemption of
mankind is in teaching them the
principles and fundamentals of right
thinking. Sounds simple, but there
have been many of the greatest lives
spent in this great subject and after
millions of years how many people
think correctly? All of us do at
times and all of us do not at times.
But it is only though continued eff
forts along the right lines that we
attain perfection.
prisons, where We can teach such
unfortunates. for that is what they
are, as young Hickman, Leopold,
Loeb, Harry K. Thaw with his mil
lions, but not the proper mental
training, Remus and all of their kind
for 1t is all one kind after all, under
the care and instructions Of the
great minds or the Socrates and
Platos of today who know how to
build character and teach men to
think correctly and instead of some
Weli-meaning minister persuading
them to repent" and be saved so
the law can put them to death, teach
them how to live and think and Go
right, which is the onlv way to build
character and hence "be saved"
What kind of civilization is It
that takes man in his worst stage
and sends him on into eternity con-
demned?
Mans salvation comes only
through right living, which is done
only through right thinking. and
how many would be willing to give
all their efforts to be of the greatest
benefit to mankind. for thta is rigbt
living. It is more commemorate that
we preserve the lives. characters
and souls of men than to DESTROY
them in prisons and inefficient in
situations and through capital pun
ishment and cruelty. Kindness wins
q man and brings out his better
qualities, but cruelty destroys him.
Hlckman'S father diSowns his son
because of his errors, but how much
OF those errors is the father respon-
sible for?
Suppose God disowned and de-
stroyed us for our errors would He
be a just God2 Let him who is with
out sin cast the first stone" And
who of us is without sin?
We should extend a helping hand
and in pity and kindness dereem
ali mankind in the way that Christ
has taught us. How many real
Christians do we. have in the world
VINO are willing to give all they have
for the salvation of manknd2
Plenty are ready to condemn. but
700 lew are ready to help. They
would rather destroy man than 20
to the trouble to show him the right
way to live, for it is no easy task to
40 after one has the habit of think
ing the wrong way. But if there are
enough that will answer that call,
SIN and sorrow and crime will soon
cease and not before for there is
no law that can govern a mans
actions, except the law of thinking.
whether it be right or wrong.
MARY KELLY,
RITA School ca