Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1939-05-06
Walter Henry Thomas-Phil. ri
ATTITUDE - LATITUDE
GRATITUDE

Only tWo-thlrdS OF my SUBJECT made
the grade in last weeks announce
ments-one of the cogs in B. P.'s
wheels slipped and Gratitude" was
lost.
Also, after my subject was chosen,
another "tude" came to me-here it is,
"Platitude" That makes a fore-plex,
and the added pick seems quite fitting
to my column, for you know a plati-l
tude is an ordinary statement that most
folks know by heart. Yes, my material
is very ordinary-you might say, extra
ordinary.
Human attitude relationships are
very largely determined by Our mental
attitude toward one another-for ex-
ample, look at Europe.
| Right reliatios are dependent upon
right attitudes. If the members of
household are kindly disposed toward
one another-if an atmosphere of low
ing fellowship pervades home, then
is domestic life sweet and lovely-then,
indeed, is the family living in a corner
of Heaven
On the other hand, if there is wrang-
! ling and jangling, if there is envy,
hatred and malice, if love is trampled
under the foot of hate, then no other
word will describe such a place but
that ugly, hateful word, hell.
The first point of my prelude to-
night is the promotion of mutual love,
harmony and cooperation in the home,
and to deal death blow to hate, hos
tile rivalry and discord Who wants
to live in a home where the delicate
louise of love is killed by hate-where
the root of bitterness bears the fruit
age of noxious weeds-where bicker-
ing and Raging and fault-finding is
the daily program from morning till
night?
Doubtless most of you know me we'll
enough by this time to admit that my
preludes are written in a spirit of OPP
timism and cheer and good humor, but
my pen is sometimes dipped in carbolic
acid, and my blows are as hard as Joe
Lewis when denouncing the abomin-
able sins of petty Raging and fault
finding in the place where men and
women should be at their best, in the
home.
Now you know, right living is the
product of right thinking, and both
proceed from right conception OF
life, or as my prelude suggests, a right
attitude.
Our attitude toward folks must not
be one of prejudice, of bias, or of I'M
fairness. These are by-products of a
selfish, self-centered, intolerant spirit
that wrecks many home and breaks
many friendships.
To avoid or correct all this we must
change our premise, we must get the
: right view point, the right attitude.
One great trouble with most of us
is this, i.e., we get the idea that we are
the center of gravity, that we are the
solar plexus of creation Well, we're
not
i, Some of you may recall the words O
DR.. George Washington Carver abou
getting outside our little orbit anc
walking with God. No better advic,
; was ever given, and we might add :
companion word to go with DIR. Car
ver's, ie, talking with God.
| This thought brings me to my Sc
cond step toward right relations, Lati
Itude.
Why not begin the month of May il
I a higher latitude of thought? VIII
not see things from Gods point O
view? Walk with God, talk with Goo
plan with God, enter into partnershi
with God
We should never forget the words G
ST. Augustine, Thou hast made us 70
h Thyself and our hears can find n
rest until it rest in Thee"
In closing, let me suggest the quail
II ity of Gratitude as a corrective of nine
y tenths of all our grumbling and faul
/ finding with out environment.
FL Shakespear made ten strike whe
said, How sharper than ser