The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-07-09
Judge Not.

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til we know all of the circumstances that
influence their conduct. Inmany eases
we might act like those we condemn, un.
der Ike circumstances.
A young man employed in printing
Office in one of our large cities, incurred
the ridieule of the other eompOSitOrs, on
account of his poor clothes and unsoeiaI
behavior. On several occasions. sub
seription papers were presented to him
for various objects, but he refused to give
his money.
One day a eompositor asked him to
contribute for picnic party, but was
politely refused. ''You are the most
niggardly man ever employed in this Of
flee, Hsaid the eompositor, ,angrily. stop"
said the young man, choking with feel
ing, 'you have insulted me-" The 9TH
er compositors gathered around the ex-
cited man. The young man looked at
them for few moments with furnished
look, and a strange fire in his eyes. ''You
little know" he said, chow uniustIy you
have been treating me. For more than
year L have been starving myself to
send my poor blind 4tertOParis, France,
to be treated by physician who has
treated many cases of blindness similarto
hers with success. / have always done
my duty here in this office, and have
minded my own business. am saeri-
heing everything in life for another.
Would either of you do as much? Can
any one do moreg1
He had been judged without knowl-
edge of circumstances. BE slow to CEN
sure and condemn. We cannot read the
heart of Others, and, in many cases, to
know all is to judge all Judge not, that
ye may not be judged.
MANY are lonely because they are des-
titute of anything within themselves to
keep them company. God regards our
wishes if we regard His He listens to
our petitions if ss- Ii.ss-----s-'- EEA-s--.ua.
mands. lie is poor who must leave all
he has when he dies. 1t is much easier
to think right without doing right, than
to do right without thinking right. Just
thoughts may, and often do, fail of pro
ducing Just deeds; but just deeds are sure
to beget Just thoughts. Nothing smore
dangerous than friend without disere-
ton or honesty. A man who will defend
us when in the right A good conscience
is better than two witnesses; it will con-
sumo your grief as the sun dissOlves lee.
1t is n spring when you are thirsty, a staff
when you are weary, n screen when the
sun burns, pillow in death. Let our
principles of action be fixed in truth and
righteousness. All else is sitting sand;
this is the enduring rock. Minds are
weakened by too mueh solitude, and
dissipated by too much company. A
strong, selfeentered soul finds comfort
in solitary fellowship with God, and gains
strength i'll the closet for active, useful
fellowship with men in the outside world.
If you put a hot coal in your pocket, it
will find its way out; and sin is harder
to hide than fire. The only way to seem
right is to be right God does not tell
us to seem holy, but rather to be holy,
harmless and undefiIed. a bitter reproof
may be worse than the sin which pro-
vOkes it. We cannot avoid some mems
hatred, but we should see to it that they
have no good cause for it. Men judge
us by the success of our efforts. God
looks at the efforts themselves. The days
that are past are gone forever, those that
are to come, may not come to US; the
present time only is ours: let US there
fore improve it as much as possible.
WHAT Is IT TO BE A CHRIsTIAN!-It
will be a great help il at starting yOu
have a rig IT idea of what it really is to.
be a Christian. Do not look at it first
as something that is going to make you
happy. Think, rather, that you are
aiming to be the best and noblest kind
of a man and woman. You are going to
he faithful, and brave, and unseIiish and
Iovable. You are going to think more
of other peoples happiness than OF your
own. Youare to live like a child Of God,
taking him for your father, trusting him
for everything, seeking through h's help
to be like him. In IA word you are to
try 10 live like Jesus Christ lived. Never
forget that to be a Christian is TO DE ike
Christ.
Perhaps to some OF yOu the words ''to
be like Christ, " have kind of beautiful
sound, but not a very clear meaning.
Let us start at the beginning, then, with
something so simple that all can under
stand it. The first thing is to be like
Christ, and the great thing is to be faith
ful to everything that We know is right.
That means a great deal. 1t means
something different at every hour. In
school time it means studying ones les
sons faithfully; at playtime, it means
being generous and gentle and fair; when
we are Mt home, it is to be watehfdl for
the comfort and happiness Of every one
in the house; when we are tempted TO
any kind OF evil, by other people, or by
our own thoughts, it is saying no, and
sticking to it. IL is a thousand sneh
things "a these that make upa Christian
ife
WAITISG FOR HOME.-I do not know
a more beautiful sight on earth than a
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