New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-20

less he different from the upon whom he looked
He free from the particular vices that marked their
lives Comparing himself with them the balance OF
goodness may have been his side. But the proper
standard his life but Gods law. ard his error
in this unfortunate and wicked substitution HIS
wrong comparison brought him to sense OF excellence
and superiority that would have instantly vanished had ne
turned from to God.
Moreover his Judgment was founded upon examina-
tion Of extcrnas superficial living on the Things
that oh. my brethren. when shall we lear1'
that the is the largest part OF man INA, .e
battles tina, are never hcldei the ressances that are
reported the eager longnes that are AZ 'ens.
into rules Of conduct part and parcel OF every
true mani Blest be the truth Goa loofFln AZ Wv
heart This man made allowance for what va,
within. exalted himself where Eeener VISION SVu,u
have SUGGESTED abaserent The man Countess n" , a.,
loved life q prosperity and had failed to s'aly ~ W w.
provdcntiaI relations lie regarded 1t as the u' ol W
genius the result OF his Industry, tie pronnet W is
1cql And in the failure TO that 1t Is GOD who
o,h tho novcr 70 ret wealth. he lost the interpreting
chart by which understand his life ava 80 ueoale
arrogant and soparaust lie knew a. niue OF ,,r,
AS he who studies a rock by examining the Hchehs up
it, ~, A.,o
gLi,d The effect Of such state Of mind We rave
seen that Il produces isolation and selfloIthess ha
den,vos one OF syupathy and release him from
every Of responsibility for his felio" man ~ vs.,
enough but mans life begins and ENDS WIN -
However far may himself from his fellows
he still continues an influential factor among them,
potential In his absence as IN his presence s ~ ~
Of produces unnatural via"s Of humanity ana 81 an
poray rctircmerts Buihs from which he returned 10
pour fulness Of his life into the waste1 currents VI
humsnity It + not like elderbroherisn that REFUSES
come the house because OF ianecn wrong III w,
celebration OF proigars return. which ten1er
love can easily explain but 1t Is so odi'in anu
reaching I'm its cnecs II produces and perpeuaes
the shirt OF caste I'm the world that 1t renders those
VITO cherish IT incapable OF helping forward ue e' IA
forms mat are IN prog so5 hearted and odhanded
critics world chill society like iceDeres ron ,
polar seas They hinder the e un@arhed and unsyed
because OF them be to him who says am
the rest of men,"
THE EFFICACY OF TIRE GOSPEL
rourth The cure of such a state Of mind Human
philosophy has medicine powerful enough to reacn IL.
It's pharmacy is exhausted in the attemp-or9ahfaOhS
are powerless brotherhoods fall. The great gulos
that have survived the shocks OF centuries nave nov
even succeeded within their own membership 10 sId'
ing this evil The stupendous CONNECTS ol MUM i, ,,
cietv the terrific struggle which every great CITY VIII
ness TODAY the painful shrek that staites the very
air we breathe the sob Of broken heart that s"eS W
Heaven all tell OF the failure Of efforts 10 bring into low
inc unity the separatei members OF the human FAMILY
There is but one agency equal TO the mighty necessity.
It is the gospel OF the Lord Jesus Christ III furnishes
the right education; Il supplies the right standard
suggests the comparison directs the gaze 10 inc
inner a. well the outer fe 1t foic ana cieais
all alike it bridges chasm; rather III nis eEeI!
valley and eevates lofty tabelands OF life the whole
race of man-istnctlons Of every KIND disappear Inc
views OF the Jesus in the mind OF the Pharsee th
words of the Lord his lips the love OF e oiu
Jesus in his heart the service OF the Lord Jesus MS me-
and his lonely place in the Temple ne coes W A s
beside the humble publican and with casped hands ana
streaming eyes lifted the Lord OF Glory ther Voces
oin in pententla confession in grateful alteration ana
In
heard again sweeping rythuc pillows OF song INTO our
lover air and again procaimlng Glory TO God In the
highest-Peace an earth, good will to man. st.,
NV brethren IL is only In the acceptance anu udlS
usra. on OF Gospel OF Christ that TINS picture can
become reality in our experience. we SHRINK rom oui
Lords portraure pain, but It becomes true OF US
when we regard with aversion the fallen ana foreign u
titudes that crowd shores The "orld mas oec"o
neiehborhool We follow the reporter into the WINS
q, siberia and trcmbe at fearful scenes he Witnesses
We Keep pace with Stanley the heart Of Africa we
hunger with the stricken people OF ASA Minor
fudfOn
enter into changing life OF every lana ana Il w.
new pulse this stirring age Means OF s t
communication bring face TO face the inhabitants u ~
globe. - A., .oosr dos,ra
to publish for gain what the people Will read ofihss 70
our know ledge the doings Of our ieO"-neh' We ni
them extortloners unjust adultereTs pubicahA 4hey
i've under different conditions from our own; their ways
are dstasefu their habits repusive; their teoi'e
OF life are destructive; they are hlfaNofed anu 81
and we say almost before we are aware an nU' 40
the rest OF men Poverty breeds disempers; dlslp-
nointuent long continued brings snarl INTO the IRE;
oppresson cultvates resistance TO all law puhehnehC
barjens where It does reform; prosperity maddens
the unrorunae careless and criminal agators sur t
MISSIONS Of the lawess and the weak tl cass IL arayeu
40 inst class md individual against ndVidua Inc cream
hna refuses the unclean the weltutored lip holds no
converse with purity shun1efs Al snf
lessness heather becomes barbarian ana ne a.
the early days, and thus Christ Is "ounueu III 'no ~ "
his friends. 49,, 49,, $50 >,
IT is easier to reproduce this Pharisee than we be
ljeved When we relegae the poor to mission chaleIS
ma East side halls as we gather in our luxurious
churches for worship; when We drop our money III uc
contribution plate sop 70 the hungry masses wheu
we are Glad that we do not come In contact with
the frcted crying bleeding souls OF ihe unworthy we
are not from ths man whom we desp's Inc , rYO
o sonorons call hand tOhand Work Is ringing wtnlu
,osa walls IL must re preceded bv a heart to-heart
contact Then the woman OF samaria the or1',s1 ,t
a1sra the Nardalen OF feast the Zacheus OF the CITY
viii Zach ne reached and saved while the sehuIl sc
tacle OF untei humanity shall hush Tor moment inc an
gels song. the heavens open anu 'esuS '''"'' W
claim his ransomed world.