The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1867-04-27
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CHARITY.

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CHARITY.
q" let us look into our bosoms
For the key to other lives,
And with love toward crriug nature.
Cherish good that still survive
~ that when our disrobcd spirit
Soar ~ realms oi light again.
We can say, Dear Father, Judge 90
4 We Judged our iollow-mcn %"
Who, after calm, honest earnest soar,h:ur
o. his own heart, after noting rs wcaknts
waywardness, and sin, i;s hGrdcnF ici ,niaiiof.-
and sorrows, pausng for momcn, 20 tlnuk
that every other heart is burdencd tenn 'el, att
wounded, too and merits the sane ronsid,ratiuu
10 bis judgment that be holds duo - himself
VIII not see the great necessity VI cuinma'. %
written in that Book y hich should be lh, ruia.
Of every life" Follow aiIcf charity And
WHO after such scli-cXamination. vii. not 20,
rcady 20 confess that il Is easier 10 -, 'hr M.
IN bis brother elc. than the team in his u,.r
eye
These a,s certain hind, OF arflrajurs .
sermons, not made - the preachers. 20 whiri ,t
= o'icn amusing to listen They are .ota,th''
like these II wonder what NJ = Thought
iha, Mr. u looked as ihoggh ,h, coat ii',,
him That hit Mr c prci'y ciose .i
does seem as though that serg.on was p-ta.Ite
on purpose for Mf. u. aud so on Mr. auu
aud g aud II anu all the rest exeep, Nr
have their allotment. Mr. Is ueVcf h.
hut there u sermon, containing uni, % t.a
words, too plain 20 he misunderstood whI,i
'-is meant for every human heart. because prom,
10 Sin, falling from the LIPS 81 Him w!o-s mans,
aud liie were love, ia behalf - iouf criminal
trembling with her guilt .lrtugnd,.! b., bog
isrsccn'oFs i,nds a. a bidding word 'l TAB, i,i
i;-"llc HAT IS without sln auong you l.t
am first cast stone AZ her =, Ever, ha,t
was arrested, every heart .eli-conIcmne4. amt ii..
went out one d! one, I'LL the woman wa. -.'
alone with irsUs The command was no, T.
him that Is without the sHl, sia. els, T.u
brutal law might have been fulfilled bui o $50.
clear, positive, searching, Let bin. tia,
without 90 among you.
Could human heart be IeEleCi,r jY,. %
would not even then have the rigi ,u condemn
another human heart, unless witt D.. furi', %
had tie Ail-seeing eve TO know eicrt ol,umsi4i.,
.! life, every motive aud lassio'.. 'tttt ''mIis-
tiou and trial, every sorrow hnl .'-.i..r az .r
the Adjust. the Ali-mercful the Ali.fi,i.L! can
see into the depths of tried suffering. .unirr
soul. lie alone knows What ihofns ~. utv.
feet have had TO press. what pangs BE a,hif.s
heart has had 10 lea. u, alone gar see ..
grape n the iiuWci can hear ;hr ii;c-hlo,.
dripping IN the mvrtirsi maddes, hout Tie.
~ not heart beating tonight ;a!s side a. ...t-
hood, lu has experienced pangs OF august. at.l
disappointment, biigh,ing % hore ald Sting.
oi despair not hear, bs; ha. had tr f'oiiv,.
and aspirations unknown 10 Auy r,i .. lin
who knoweih al things sni gn..,s 'ars, .ar. i,.
weighed in the balance. ihei. cal 3. uu jas,
Judgment ~ actions
e II we knew the cares and crosse
CrnwdiIg round our ueighh..'- wnN
!. We knew the littlc losses
S"f"iy gricv"us day by day,
Wouli wc then a" often chidc haiu
For his lack "t thrift and gain,
Leaving IN his heart shadow
Leaving on our live. q st'iu
Charity never iaileih aud The .nas wi.
fll loves his brother. thus proving love :,s
his Gol, will never strive Il raise himself hi
running him. lie who ,empis another down.
ward IN the dark. TOT the pgrposc o. crushiuc
him more eii,ciually IN the daylight. 50 that oi.
hss ruins he can exalt himself has but liiiir uf
the charity that never iscih sud stands not
upon a sure foundation With what measure
wc ineic, il shall be measured ua;o Us again
Charity sufercih long aud s kind %
brother irespass against her, she goes ami tell.
him Of his guilt between him aud her alone
and does not proclaim !; from the house-iols
II II man he ovcriaken in a fault she Fcsiorcs
such one ia the spirit OF mcckuess considering
herself lest she also he tempted. She asks IL,
wandercr, not whether be bias name but
Nuttiitf hc uar "a suffuN, not NnfftNf lr has
riches, but whether he has a burdcued heart
no, whether he has n homc but whether hr is
weary not whether he has friends, but whether
he Is hungty and thirsty not whether be- ha.
smRtd. but whether he has a ycatning 10 hi.
soul for something better and boiler ,hna ne hns
ever known.
Every society has its galley slaycs. bu; few
have their bishops Misfortune and poverty al,
the yellow passports that have sent many a.
worse than the galleys and no good bishop IA
al! the dfeary way TO say my brother oF nv
sister
There arr too many Devoted followers OF thc
scli-rghtcous Mistress GlenaTc the chief object
OF Whose lie 70 is " 10 expose IA poor sinners
the faults and bad traits which she fears that The
Lord may not happen TO see. She Passc.
coldly by the fallen Que with holy fear, lest Ly
a touch OF the hand, a word. or a look she may
polluie herself, or show tina, she cogsisnGHc,s ah
when II may be that the look Of sympathy, H.,
word OF love are the very things Tor which III.
hungry soul is reaching out and crying 20 say,
il from deeper ruin
She fears 10 give word " honest. well.cntne.
praise to the heart, worn, weary, and discouraged
IN us work, lcsi she may possibly make som
one think that he is little smarter than b.
really Is, when perhaps this encouraging WORT
l. the only thing that can save the despondcni
heart from utter despair II she ventures .
word with the sinner at all, IL is not 10 point o.,
hufleuel heart ~ Him who carc,h fof IL but
is, 10 her own words, 20 give him 'sound
talking io 80 after which she thinks his iuly
done, and washes hci hands forever 90 80
obligation
Charity locs not strive To make wrong appear
right, does not excuse sin, nor lessen justice
hut with gentle hand she ioss pour balm into Tie
wounded hcnf', lifts up the fallen. strengthens
the tempted and the weak gives joy 20 The
sorrowing holc 10 the despairing, courage 10
the faint, thus removing the ciHs, Of much sin,
are too often gully
The tnan or woman who holds young soul
"a the iron grasp Of tyranny, depfiving il Of the
light aud warmth and lore and sympathy which
must he lie food and drink and very life, ill.,
goaded 10 madness with lie fetters, Il bursts them
and plunges out into the darkness alone only a.
be bewilderrd, only 10 faint and 20 fall, such %
uian or woman, though never stained by touch
VI The hand OF even "a brush Of the garment
viii some time bc rOussd Ia the tncnory Of
very snd mistake. " not 10 that Of a bitter crime
The man who turns away from the pleadinrs
Ut a Young heart, for someihing that the slender
hands can do 20 earn the daily bread, who
aiiefward refuses from his abundance crust ui
bread 10 the same little pender because be doe
not likc " hatoor bcggaIs, aud who, little
later ~ an officer OF justice tabHsef woidl sends
the boy 10 prison for stealing bearsa far greater
stain Of guilt upon bis soul than the little criminal
whom he condemns and yet il NAV be that God.
who knows all the circumstances which surround
each human heart Is looking with pity and
COMPASSION upon even this cold hardened one.
closest communion with the Great Spirit, while
our feet are walking most humbly andobcdicntly
IN the path Of duty, we have even then reason 10
cfy God be mercful 10 us, sinners" Then igt