Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1921-02-03 | Page 5 | The Creation of a Self

THE CREATION OF A SELF By DR. M n i i M l BARTO 4 The iirst duties is thi creatroh of n "!f ti. ... i- i . and thi im tllfl Si Kk,' a sBI i ' snHBrnk im iaf " mm. fi bHe. 4L. jo mmShtJXmT Ma ' Mk SDbw sdESB skiJvBE' qRS9 BARTON i i i world It Is a gr.i.t for him whin he l(.,-r.s that the II 1 tie pink 'hand waving hef .-e hlv face Is under It control, con-trol, and another great dav when h- dis. . r I tint tlo- llrtle Ink toe w hi. 'i h has succeeded In getting In Id his mr-uiii responds to hi auvances witn . sensation different from that which In feels when he chews a corner of his ids:i-ket. ids:i-ket. He ha begtin to dlscSkver hlmssll Tlli wonderful thmg which we uli a self ik not wholly a mattor of heredity, nor dofa envlfOnmenl ndi the onl) nec aary oomponenl There is in evr man a something which makes him r.ot ini. lik j-vevy other man. but si.m ithing whhb makes him Individually i:u!ike other men. He w!t. se-ekM t.. Sgncre element of likeness will rind himself an ishmaei -v. iih his iard agalns! Hie hand of every oilier man: bul he ii" Seekl to ignore that lu himself which mal him .i s.:i' ins committed the iinp.udo.i-able iinp.udo.i-able sin. For him mere Is no hope; h has become a suicide of his own personality. person-ality. The Ute Oe-man kaiser could not hire or bribe t compel anj other man to sit in a dentist r ' hair while an American dentist filled the kaiser's teeth by proxy. I3very man inns: suffer ihe tilling or ctraction or aching of his ow n teeth N man. can be born for another man: and no man can live forever by getting other men to die for him Rac!i man must make love for Jblm-Self. Jblm-Self. The m..st intimate and saorcde.-pcrlenves saorcde.-pcrlenves of life are personal. Kacb man must decide for himself who! hoi he will I ' .' wise cr foolish man. a good nrin or .' had man. Ood n.e.r putde another man or woman wo-man precisely like you The slight margin mar-gin of difference tetween yon nnd fell other human beings Is one of the experiments experi-ments of Ood. endeavoring to dis. over whether in you may be accomplish d .som- fine thing which n- previous man or generation has I ten able to produce, ii would bi ri tic cand pities For you. and an Irretrievable loss lo the moral universe, it you failed to realize the glo1 of your selfhood. Some list of precious and permanent qualities Is entered op-Poslte op-Poslte your name in God's great book oi life. lve your own life. heedCul ever of the lives of other men. and sa with proud heart. "By the grace "f :."l I am What l am. '