Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1860-09-14
dNiGttlla nenus.
"As we forgive our Debtors.

When a=msra lal 8a= were steu5h Nth
tha re,nark Of m eminent plH >ieEta, aul
have thou dit Fat hundreds oft sine.
Ills collector. in m5kius returns, reported
as .aluirss aItactaaut against 4 gentleman
Who had recently itile,l n business.
The bil j. good for nothing, said the
collector. Ni-has sunk everything.
aud is now with his family on the world
pcnuilcss.
Tho phy-ieian took thehill, quietly tore
it into pieces and thea turning to the un-
fortunate drbtor', account wrote acr5a.
--,' settled"
=. Rather loosipg business that" re-
mark the collector.
:. hope to be able to say the Lords
PRAYER a. lons a. ike was the phy>i-
ciau $ calm rcpiy, - Forgive Us our debts
as We forgive our debtors . When w
say that prayer, my friend, it behooyes u
to lock into our hearts, and ask ourselves
how we forgive our debtors. With
what measure ye mete it shall be returned
unto yoa.
Yes. hundreds Of times since then, in
our world experience AMI contact with
men have we Thought Of that physicians
remark. But very few have VIZ met, who,
ike him, could say the Lords Prayer
without asking for n curse instead Of 4
blessing; for If the Lord torsAyo their
debts a. they forgive their debtors, their
chances for eternal salvation would not be
worth the fraction Of a mite.
This iciect of forgiveness is not conhn-
cd to tho n5u-proie>~or-to him whose
lips repeat not daily the holy words Of
that hoIy petition. 80 tar as our expert
enee and observation ~, those who pro-
tc,s to have hal much forgiven because
they had ,inncd much, are as rigid IN
their cxacti1n Of the uttermost tarthlns,
as The men who assume no Sanetity Of life
and conversation. We speak here in gem
cral terms. There are noble exceptions
in both CHASER; but not, we are inclined
To believe, ia one more than the other
With an individual of the tormcr class we
have now TO deal. We do not intend to
be hard with him-wc shall not exaggcrate
his defects; for his purposes are good,ani
when he sees what is evil, he honestly
strives to overcome it. But S4lf-love and
self interest blind US all. They blinded
Mr.. Harvey Green, Notwithstanding hn
had passed from death to lite,' and had
the evidence in the fact that he loved
the brethren.
Harvey Green was shrewed man oibu-
sincss-honest in all his dealings, yet ev-
er eyacting his own. He took no adyan-
taees of others, and was careful not to let
Others take advantage of him. While act
in, on the preeept, Owe no man any
thing." he never lost sight ola debtor,
nor rested while the obligation remalned
in force \ natural result was that Eiar-
yey Green prosperea in the things of this
world-not that he became very rich, but
80 well off as to leave no reasonable want
unsupplicd.
1t So happened. few years ago, thata
man namel Wilkius, after an u1eueeess-
ful struggle with fortune, continued
through six or seven years and then iaIl-
ed in business. Few men had toiled har-
der or suffered more and when at last
he yielded to the pressure of iron elreum-
stances, he sunk down for season pros
trate in mind and body Everything that
he had was given up to the crelitors-the
property paid bat Il small percentage on
their claims--and then he went forth INTO
the world, al his business relations bro
ken up, and, under the heavy d!sadvanta-
eer Of his situation, brayely soug ght to gam
for his large dependant family things need