Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-08-05

The life Of this mother, the life Of this child,
the life OF this father, the NE OF this whole
family family must, must be saved, and Of al FL
stimulates and he does it again and again.
You may crticise his Judgment but remcm-
Der the process IL was not selfish process
by which he went down. 1t was magnificent
generosity through which he fell That at
Ing In poorly ventilated. court room, listen
ing to the testimony and contesing In the
dry technicalities OF the law and now the
time has come for him to wind up, and he
must plead for the life Of his client, and his
nervous system is all gone. II he fables in that
speech his client perishes. II he have elo
quence enough In that hour his client is saved.
He stimulates. He must keep up. He says:
II must keep up.' Having a large practice
you see how be Is enthrallcd. You may crit:-
else his judgment, but remember the process.
Do not be hard.
PITY FOR THE ovERwoRKED.
The journalist has had cxhausting midnight
work. lie has had to report speeches and
orations that keep him up to very late hour
lie has gone with much exposure, working up
some case OF crime In company with detec-
tive. lie sits down at midnight to write out
his notes from memorandum scrawed on
pad under unfavorable circumstances. His
strength is gone Fidelity to the public in-
telligence, fidelity to his own livelihood de.
mand that he keep Up. He mist keep up.
that, and he goes down. You may criticise
his judgment In the matter, but have mercy.
Remember the process. Do not be hard
My friends, this text will come to fulilment
in some cases in this world. The huntsman in
Farmsteen was shot by some unknown per-
SON. Twenty years after the son of the hunts
man was in the same forest. and he accident
ally shot man, and the man In dying said:
God Is just; shot your father just here TWEEN
ty years ago" bishop said to Louis XI. of
France: Make an iron cage for all those
who do not think as we do-an iron cage in
which the captive can neither lie down nor
stand straight up" 1t was fashioncd-the
awful instrument of punishment. After n
while the bishop offended Louis XI., and for
fourteen years he was in that same cage, and
could neither lie down nor stand up. 1t is a
poor rule that will not work both ways. "With
what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to
you again"
MERCY SHOWN THE MrRcIFrL.
o. my friends, let us be resolved to scold
less and pray more That which in the Bible
is used as the symbol of all gracious in1u
cnces Is the dove, not the porcupine. We
mayso unskillfully manage the lifeboat that
we shall run down those whom we want to
rescue. The first preparation for Christian
usefulness is warm-hearted, commOn-scnse,
practical sympathy for those whom we want
to save. What Roadway will We make in the
Judgment if in this world we have been hard
ON those who have gone astray! What head
way will you and | make in the last great
Judgment, when We must have mercy or per-
ish! The Bible saws: 'Thcy shall have judg-
nent without mercy that showed no mercy"
| see the scribes Of heaven looking
up into the face of such man, saying:
What You plead for mercy, you, whom
in all your life never had any mercy on
your fellows? Don't you remember how hard
you were in your opinions of those who were
astray! Don't you remember when you ought
n hnv haIN hn,,
hard heell Mercy! You must mis- speak your
self when you plead for mercy here. Mercy for
others but no mercy for you. Look" say the
scribes of heaven, 'look at that inscription
over the throne of judgment-the throne OF
Gods judgment" See it coming out letter
by letter, word by word, sentence by sentence,
until your startled vision reads it and your re-
spirit appropriates it: with what
measure We mete, it shall be measured to you
Ggain. Depart We cursedn'