of life we are
capable of enjoying. The soul determines prosperity. It is the
energizing spirit of man, stirring him out of the ignoble dust,
creating the desire for more of the things of life and then for more of
life itself. It determines values. It has a way of reversing things
so that one man gets more out of a dollar book than another gets out of
a million dollar bond. It alone gives appetite and appreciation, and,
without these, though there may be many possessions, there is no
prosperity.

What is true of prosperity is true also of health. Happily the days
are gone when sickness passed for saintliness. No longer is red blood
counted a foe of righteousness. We are getting back to the simpler,
earlier thinking. It is not only right to seek health; it is wrong not
to. The haggard face no longer indicates the holy heart; it is likely
to evidence the opposite. We are getting over the notion that God is
glorified by ruining the fair temple He has given us. Men no longer
count on being beautiful angels in the skies because they have looked
like walking sepulchres on our streets. It is an imperfect holiness
that does not have health. Health, that is physical prosperity, is a
duty.

And here, also, the soul is central. The clean heart, pure thoughts,
controlled appetites, aspiring hopes, these make health. Evil temper,
lust, worry, care, envy, these are the soul processes that disturb the
life and destroy health. Happiness is health, and happiness is wholly
of the heart. The soul is but the sum of all the things within, the
force that moves all things in life; if within the man looks up, then
he lives up; if the soul droops, he decays. What you are within
determines what you are without; he who is poor in heart, in this inner
life, will be poor in prosperity and weak in health, no matter how much
he possesses. But he who with his soul takes in the world of beauty,
of love, of joy, who reaches out to heaven and God, all these things
are his and he is rich and strong indeed.

XII

Divine Service

_The Ideal Service_
_The Orthodox Service_
_The Heavenly Service_

_Kindness is the evidence of kingliness._

_The surest way to impoverish your heart is to hoard up your love._

_A really smart man will refrain from saying things that smart._

_Many a prayer for vision ought to be changed to a petition for
vertebra._

_The damning doubts are those that deter us from good deeds._