The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1890-06-12
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| '.Let your light so shine before men that |
| they may see your good works and gIorify |
your Father which i in Heaven
| YOUNG MEN AND SOCIETY.
Gods Standard VS. The Worlds stan
dard for Judging Men.
NO. >.
| Two weeks since DIR. b. F. Marable
preached in the Presbyterian church
at Clinton the LIST OF a series of
sermons on the above subject from
Isaiah 30 chapter Sth verse, which
was reported in our issue OF the both.
ION last Sabbath night he continued
his sermon from the same text:
"For my thoughts are not your
thoughts neither are your ways my
ways, saith the Lord He said
that the world was often disappoint-
ed and deceived in men; at one
time Benedict Arnold, for his fine
personal appearance and military
bearing WAS intrusted with West
Point, a very important post in the
Revolutionary war. To the trust
he proved false and attempted TO
betray it into the hands of the
enemy. Had he been successful,
who can calculate the consequences?
The whole history, plan and fate of
this mighty government might have
been different. The trouble was the
American people judged him by the
wrong standard, and we came near
ipaying dearly for it. For the same
reason England was sadly deceived
in Lord Bacon, and to day there is
a great blot on the legal eScutcheon
of that great nation. On the othe.'
hand England judged Cromwell to
J be bad and wicked man, a king
) killer he was called, and never
, was he rightly judged till slice the
days of Macauly and Carlyle. All
these men were judged by the
Worlds standard, and hence the
: Judged by Gods standard, which
, is devotion to truth, righteousness,
: and Gods will, each of these and
all other men would have been
2 properly judged and served accord
, ing to their merit from the begin
o ming. Judged by the Worlds
Standard, Napoleon Caesar and Alex
ander is the immortal trio of the
4 Worlds great heroes. Where will
a they stand before the bar Of God,
: judged by his Standard? These
men, whose record consists of the
spreading Of ruin and the shedding
Of humor goes to satisfy a selfish
< ambition, the men who never
n did an iota for the betterment of
humanity or for the cause of their
creator on earth. Yes judged by
0 Gods Standard, these ephemeral
a earthly heroes will stand condemned
q while the humblest true christian
subject will stand crowned as the
hero of eternity.
e FALSE STANDARD.
How do we judge the people
n around us? Some will judge by
. success; a travelling ganester stop:
in town and puts up a temporary
q stand. He wins the money of th'
e boys-it is discovered that he die
g il by loaded dice,-a howl is raised
g against him and he is drummeC
out of the community. But we hav,
u among us a man who uses LOADED
y scales. He cheates every one W.
Ie deals with him by using falls
II weights and measures, or he shave
notes, or charges exorbitant an'
l. usurious interest and takes ad
" vantage of the poor, needy, ignoran
Or and unfortunate, in various ways
le This man prOspers, accumulate
:, this worlds goods. Behold he
:" q successful man, we show hin
In great Difference and are pleased t
| honor him AMI place him in hig
IS position, never inquire how Ii
=, was successful, honestly or di:
= honestly. Judged by Gods Stard
ID ard, he is failure and will stan
Id condemned, and when the world
ne moralized and christianiZed up t
~, Gods Standard such men will ais
= be so judged by the world.
NicOdemus was a rich man, on
Of the Worlds successful men, on
E. VIII had great influence and hel
2d the highest position among his pee
pie. But when he came to tn
Lord for advice, all this cnunte
for naugh'. Christ measured hi
rs by Gods Standard and found hi
wanting, and saw that he VI;
,v wrong from the beginning and :
= simply told him that he nu con
L. mence from the beginning and l.
of born again. And so it was certai
he ric,l man who kept the letter of til
law from his youth UP.
One of the greatest mistakes "
make in judging people, is to 3
49, ourselves up as stardard, judgir
:. all from our personal standpoin
~ Judging by ourselves. Those vi
as read what we read, dress like v
IRE dress, like those things That we lii
yas and greatest OF all dislike and ha
IL, what we hate, then these person
~ we like and hug to our bosom
u a. persons to be trusted, TO be o.
friends and boon companions. TIL
pit. is the guiding influence that dra,
on together and separates the class
Ct and clans of every community. u
- these two false standards, the
on great mistakes are responsible fol
MI great many of the social, polite
.en and financial ills that we are suffe
mo ing to day. And suffer and gro
- under such evil consequences =,
A'o must till the world recognizes a
rs. turns from its error and begins
ate approach Gods Standard by viii
he the individual is to gu ge hims
n a and place a proper estimate up
his neighbor.
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