Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-24

for things -they-are has arisen partly
because of the greater part which the
science of psychology, If one dares call
it such, is playing in the everyday life
of the country. Psychology Is one
knowledge which the average layman
may dabble in with some satisfaction.
Most men and women get real kick"
as the vernacular has it, out of speaking
up with the smart wisdom of psyche
logical patter. They can floor almost
any of us, and reduce us to silence. But
silence, in such fundamental matters,
does not always give consent, by any
means.
1t would seem, indeed, that "there is
a lack of stability, lack of appreciation
of right values" among far too many
people. The "Wisecracker' today has
a far greater vogue than he deserves,
because, after all, cleverness is merely
q twist of the lip or brain, and seldom
has anything to do with kindness, de-
cency or honor of heart or mind.
"A somewhat nervous, somewhat hyS-
terical viewpoint of things" Who
would deny it? The beauties of life and
the world are being taken as matter of
fact, instead of with fresh realiZa-
ton of their glory every morning.
Our correspondent speaks of "a GER
tain kind of hopelessneSs or lack OF
faith in the future lack of deter
mination and proper self-control." Moth
ing less can be expected from those who
are never inhibited wisely as they are
growing up. 1t would seem that too
many people have gone off half-cocked
with their little SmatteringS of pSychol-
ogy-they have grasped nightly at a
phrase such as repression" or in
hibition,' and have come to the instant
inYl Iot Fof
and inhibition is bad for child or
adult. This, of course, amounts to the
Zine of least resistance" of which our
correspondent speaks. It is far easier
to read one skinny magazine article,
and then declare that the slightest
restraint is bad for little Johnny, than
to read the works of the real scientific
psychologists and see that they meant
no such thing.
"In any sane conception of life the
affairs of the immediate present must
be inextricably woven or linked up with
some part of the future. Only in that
way can there be real constructive ef-
fort, in the interest of an individual
or of a nation"
One has but to consider the histories
of any of the great national or local
industries to see the truth of this state
ment. One has but to read any one
of the monumental biographies of great
men pouring from the presses of Amer
lea to realize that the affairs of the
present must be linked with some part
of the future in any sane conception of
life.
Religion has carried this divine
weaving farther than business, or in
dustry, or nations. She has attempted
to build out of the hard facts of life
sweet superstructure of hope upon
which the invincible, sterling qualities
of mankind may soar.
How well she has succeeded is evil
denced in all the better qualities of hu-
manity, with all the great works of
kindness and mercy which they have
brought to blossom amid wars, pesti-
lence and foolish faulty.
Hope is life"
Religion carries triumphantly on her
broad shoulders the best in the hearts
and minds of men, She knows that
love comes not from the brain, but
from the heart, and that he who loves
the least of Gods creatures has loved
as He intended.
Beside the grave of loved one the
human mind is hopeless, lost, bowed
beneath sorrow, but the human heart
longing to link the present with the
future, achieves miracle of love. Faced
with the facts of life and death, the
mind Shudders; the heart hopes with
Jesus Christ. There is no hope except
in Him.