Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-26


urated from morning until night and from
night until morning." Do you suppose any
man Would become drunkard IN bhat way
on, no! Temptation comes and says: Take
these btters, take TINS nervng, tHke TINS ald
To digestion, take this nIght-cap." Inc vast
majority Of men and women who are de-
stroyed by opium and by rum first take them
as medicines. In making up your dlsh OF
criticism in regard to them, take fr m the
castor the cruet Of sweet oil and not the cruel
OF cayenne pepper. Be easy on them 10
you know how that physician, that lawyer
that journalist became the victim or dlsslpd-
tion Why, the physician was kept up rlght
hy'night on professional duty. Life and death
lowered in the balance. His nervous system
was exhausted There came a tIine
we're Frustrated and his nervous strength
was gone. He was all worn out IN the SER
wee OF the public. Now he must brace MIN
self mp. Now he stimulates. The life OF TINS
mother. the life Of this child, the life of this
father, the life OF this whole family must be
saved,and of all these families must be saved,
and he stimulates, and he does it again ana
again. You may criticize his judgment, Dut
remember the process. 1t was not selfish
process by which he went down. 1t was mag
nllCent generosity through which he fell.
That attorney at the bar for weeks has been
standing in poorly ventilated court room,
listening 10 the testimony and cOntestlng IN
the dry technicaities of the law, and now the
time has come for him to wind mp, ana he
must plead for the life Of his client, and his
nervous system is all gone. If no
fails in that speech his client
pershes. If he have eloquence IN that hour
his client is saved. He stimulates. He must
keep up. lie says: ~ must keep up" lIav-
ing large practice you see how he IL en-
thralled. You may criticize his judgment,
but remember the process. DO not be hard.
That journalist has had exhausting midnight
work. He has had to report speeches ana
oratlons that keep HIM up till very late
hour. lie has gone with much exposure
working up some case of crime in company
with detective. He sits down at midnight
to write out his notes from memorandum
scrawled on a pad under unfavorabe circum-
stances. His strength ia gone. Fidelity to
the public intelligence, fidelity to his own
livelihood demand that he keep uD.
lie must keep up. lie stlmu-
lates. Again and again he does that,
and he goes down. IOu may criticize his
judgment in the matter, but have mercy. Re
member the process. DO not be hard
My friends, this text will come to fuldlment
IN some cases in tins world. The huntsman in
tarmsteen was shOt by some unknown person.
Twenty Years after the son of the huntsman
WAS in the same forest, and he accidentally
shot Il man, and the man in dying SAID: God
Is just; | shot your father just here twenty
years ago" \ Bishop SAID to Louis Xl. of
France: I'M axe an iron cage for all those who
do not think as we do-a IRON cage IN which
the captive can neither lie down nor stand
straight up" 1t was fashioned-Ihe awful
instrument of punishment After awhile the
Bishop offended Louis NJ, and for fourteen
years he was IN that same cage, and could
neither lie down nor stand up. 1t is poor
rule that will not work both ways. with
what measure ye mete, 1t shall be measured
to you again.
Oh, 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 influ-
ences il the dove, not the porcupine. We may
SO unskllllully manage the lIfebOat that we
shall run down those whom we want to res
cue. The first preparation for Christian use
fulness is warm hearted common sense, prac
teal sympathy for those whom we want to
save. What Roadway will we make in the
judgment il 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 perish?
The Bible says: "They shall have judgment
without mercy that showed no mercy" |
see the scrlbes of Heaven looking up into the
face OF such men, saying: What! you plead
for mercy, you, whom i'll all your life
Don't you remember how hard you were in
Don't you remember when you ought TO have
given helping hand you employed hard
heel? Mercy! You must mis- speak yourself
when you plead for mercy here. Mercy for
others, but no mercy for you" Loo, say
the scribes of heaven, 'lOOk at that inscrIp-
ton over the throne of judgment, the throne
OF Gods judgment" see 1t coming out letter
by letter, word by word. sentence ay sentence,
until your startled vision reads it and your
remOrselul spirit appropriatesI 1t. with what
measure We mete, II shall be measured to yc
again. Depart, ye cursed"