The Consequences of Belief
By Editor
Fallacies are very long-lived. We overheard a conversation the other day in which the old delusion came out, as fresh as ever: "After all, it don't matter what a man believes if he only does right." We passed on our way, wondering if the speaker would be willing to apply his principle to anything except religion. Does it make no difference in a man's business operations whether he believes in honesty or knavery? Does a man worthy of the suffrage believe one way and vote another? And shall it be said that it makes no difference in a man's character and destiny whether he believes in virtue, goodness, and righteousness? Does it have no bearing on a man's daily life to believe he shall reap what he sows? Is there no inspiration to right doing in a firm belief in a holy, just, and merciful God? It is time that the old fallacy which denies this should be rooted out. Thinking, feeling, and acting are connected links in our being. "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he."