Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1950-10-27


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tieular yoa viii yak cut But .;
the best restaurants you are offered
. wide choice. and the experienced
diner-ous siu read Tire menu care
fully before ordering
Are yen . Christian. Then
dent feed ysur mind al the men,
taI equivalent Of the Cracked
CUP Cafe. Go TO . better spot.
The beauty 81 foed for the mind
= that the best costs no more.
The best foods for the table are
rather expensive. the best
nindfeods, seul-foods, are not.
Ear Gate
rs WHAT you listen 10. good for
= your mind What's your intake.
by ear A woman who had roomed
n another wornan's hoefe for some
time was looking for new place.
Her old room was inexpensive. sun
ny. convenient. clean; there was
nothing wrong with the room. But
she had to listen TO the landlady ev-
cry day. and from her she never
heard good Of any one.
IF ! stay there any longer
I shall 90 crazy" the roome.
esnfided 10 . friend. Shell get
ne to thinking the way she does.
anl she thinks everybody's .
creek"
In Tennyson's "Idyls Of the King"
b that fine rule Of the Round Table:
ITO speak no SANDER = no. nor
listen to II +" Listening TO SLAM
der. trash. mean and malicious
goscip. day after day, Is bound TO
have q serious effect on any ones
mind.
Eye-Gate
THE STRANGE thing Is that
= Christians can be seen taking
the greatest Of pains picking out the
right food for their dogs and cats.
and yet never exercising the least
choice In what comes into their
minds by ear or eye. They win lei
the radio run on hour after hour,
they look al whatever the icleyision
puts on the screen. the dirty with
the clean. the trash with the Jewels
III any. They read the newspapers
from front 10 back. or vice versa.
they read all the comics whether
they are amusing or not Blu, when
II comes 20 picking OIL, something
good for their minds. really going
to the trouble Of selection and pay
ing out folding money for II. how
many. even Christian people. will
do it'
II would be interesting 10 com
pare what most people spend on
quite unnecessary stuff like soft
drinks and cigarettes, with what
they spend for books In a years
time. Would you like TO sit down
with . great and good man or
woman and let him talk TO YOU
by the hour. to give you the best
Of his mind and hearth II can
always be done--with a good
book. Not. usually. the best sell
ers!
An intelligent Christian woman
recently had 10 move almost a
thousand miles: when you move
that far and have to pay by the
pound for what you take. you screen
your stuff pretty carefully. Il am
throwing away all my hes, sellers"
she said. There's no, o one worth
wasting freight on" She was RICH,
about mos, best-sellers. But the old.
time, longtime. ali-timc best seller
Of them all is the Christian Bible.
II Your Mind . Vacant Lott
RI Is MORE than q question of
. what you read and see and hear.
An even more serious question IL:
What do you think sbout7 Good
reading, even the Bible. was never
meant 10 be substitute for thought.
One Of the great books Of ancient
times was Consultations Of Philoso-
ply" written by a man In jail with
out q book In his cell. But the fine
books he had read were In his head
and heart. and when be became a
political prisoner. alone and poor
and friendless. his mind was still
. garden. What is your mind--a
garden. or a desert. or only a va
cant LOT Uttered with junk7
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