The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1859-03-26

! will go still further Ia these matters Of fact
and declare that it may be recorded aa a rule
/ prstty universally reliable ihst a man oT wo
man who is particularly severe upon the mi
nor sins 81 mAnkind-who lacks compassion
Tor the fallen aud consideration for the weak
and tempted carries nine times in ten, q
/ large sin with d little name la the sleeve
! Those who see mush 70 find fault will h
others, and who are prone 10 magnify and
/ dWell upon the shortcomings Of their reigh
bors arc those vino have an interest IN depre'
eating the life aud character around them
/ Men do not work Tor nothing, They work
| Tor pnj and when see one who seems par
tioulnrly deslrous Of depreealing others,
know IL Ia only for the purpose Of bringing
/ them down % the mean standard which he il
conscious measures his own lie.
/ Il this uneharltahleP ! think not. Ia II
not always the purest womga who 10 the lasl
20 suspect impurlty Ia other women. the
most unwilling 10 believe ~ Of her neighbcT
! the first ehAHtably 10 phlliate the Gheneus Of
those Who fall aud the frat 10 give them the
hand Of sympathy il not the Christ With
in them always sa,ing-fneither do con
denim thee, 90 thou aud sin no more |" IL II
not always the noblest man who deals the
easiest with the foibles Of his neighborg II
il not always the beet man who isstitsissl
with looking after his owHhns, and who has
neither time nor disposition to discover and
dcnounee those of othersp l. Il not always
the most Christlike Christian who esteems
Others better than himself and who modesily
regards his own heart as altogether untruN-
worthy think 40.
"Who ART thou that judgest another mans
servant 7n Who gaso you authority 20
measure other peoples corn by your parIicu-
lar bushclP who gave you liberty to thrust
forward your faliabls Judgment, your warped
and weak reason, ysur little notions, your
unchuulhble hea u, your long aud lnhy
creed aud your rule Of life taken at second
hand and badly damaged nt that--as the
s,,ndard Of the great worlds lfeP why
will ,,aa be always salking out TO break
l,neca with o,Acr people's Wind.miila' when
your own IL not capsblc Of grinding corn Tor
the hor,e you hde7 Doabtles' the ~oHu
Il wicked enough, but il will not be imp''''
ed by the extension Of spirit which self
rightcou,ly sees more 10 reform outside OF
il.clf than In itself Doubtless there are
great sins, praetecd 10y muluIudes Of men,
but they viii hardly be diminished by those
who bring into the enterprise Of eStermino-
ton greater amount Of baggage than they
can defend
!, 40 happens, in the great economy OF life
that there Is but one thing hy which men
may lcgilimately be judged, aud that is the
heart 1t 40 happens, also, that only the Be
ing who made il is capable Of Judging II. II
We are determined to measure every thing de-
velopcd by the life around Us 10y our own
bushcl, let US FIRST Of oil go TO the divine
standard, aud get our bushels sealed" Let
US cndeayor 10 apprchcud something OF the
n6nite love which flows out unmcasured
/ from the Fathers heart 10 every creature
proceeding from the Father's hand. Let Us
recognize that essential fact in the human
purrtittrtisif, .,.ieA TeideIa unifnrniiIX Of be.
/ lief and faith With relation to all truth, aud
identity Of action from identity Of motive, i'm
possible.