The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-08-31

eitious by constant ciittcisu VI c'no'''
Human nature. ever the same In ite ten
denotes. follows similar tracks now
That man who IS ever carpinR at men
and women may be very certainly set
down as yillainous at heart, though ne
NAV lack resolution to carry out MS
evil thoughts.
DO not understand me as saying tnat
all must be accepted as true go'd,
even that which bears counterfeit upon
its face. Far from it. A virIie' Just
and hearty criticism y most vaiuaoie
for perfecting any work or Thought III
fact, the truly noble man may De recog
nized by the temper with which ne re-
cejves fair and honest CRITICISM
The habit of false criticism grows 80
ranidlv with men that criticism grows
IN he false witness or backbiting, and
the disapreeable man tlatters himself oy
termipe his words frank. THE hand
of the witnesses shall be first upon him
10 nut him to DEATH When the man
was TO be stoned the witnesses were to
hurl the first stones.
The same law stands in criticism
which is but testifying to the wrong
doing or wrong thinking of another.
In another part of the portion before
us the law is laid down that the false
witness shall suffer the same penalty AZ
his victim would have suffered. Read
the verses together and then throw
stones if you dare.
The tyro, Just from college. first tries
his hand at criticism, and what is the
result? An efrusion which shows envy
malice and ignorance. 1t IS when
man has begun to find knowledge that
he reads to appreciate and not TO carp
The parallel holds throughout the vari'
GUS walks of life. The Goths may teal
down what they could never rear. The
Turks may burn a library which they
could not compose or gather. Inc
child may destroy in an hour thl'
watch, which has required the ingenul'
ty and skill of many men to make and
put together.
So in religion the Goths and Vandal'
are Just as numerous and violent. One
sect abuses another. Two classes in the
same sect pick at each other. The
Orthodox holds up the Reformer tc
scorn; the Reformer abuses the Ortho
dox as superstitious. The religions
which teach peace and good will. which
hold up Old or New Testament as theIl
banner, and in one find Thou shall
love thy neighbor as thyself" and II
the other a golden rule are, alas toe
often prone to throwing stones.
Appreciation is what the world wants
and not criticism. Man requires it OF
mas, and religion of religion Ii W,
will take the good which we find IL
others-men or religion and appre
ciate that, we are doing our duty more
manfully. more truly than by all The
fault-fnding imaginable.
Beware the punishment OF the fals'
witness,
Appreciation must come first, friend
ly criticism may follow.
| A Messianic age has been the cry o.
religions and 1t will come but mel
are not so constituted as ever to Unite
upon a single belief. There will AWAY
be some small difference of forms anC
methods. But the true millennium VII
be that time in which men shall
have reached that moral plane upoi
| winch tntN Gan Cldcp hauus III uiu W"
federation, not of the lip, but of th'
heart-when man will appreciate man
religious men love other religious meI
for the good that is in them and over
look minor divergences.
Society may then assume its prope
form, men will come together for mu
tual improvement and interchange o
thought: personal spites will sink on
of sight; the cynic will nowhere b
found and there will no more be rusl
forward to throw the first stone. An'
may we advance steadily toward tina
goal.-New York Herald.