Telegram-herald., 1890-11-17
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Rev. A. II. Mcintyre of the Smith
Memorial Churoh took Tor las text
yesterday morning the opening verses
of the seventh chapter of ST. Mathews
gospel, Judge not that ye he not
Judged for with what Judgment ye
Judge We shall also be Judged"
s''Why noteth thou the mote IN tiny
brother's eye and obseFyeth. not TIE
beam that Is IN thine own eyeY
said be, "my subject thls morning
VIII be Mans need Of controlling his
own thoughts and Judgments -
The tenor of his discourse was As
follows:
''lt is held by most people that Ne
have no control over our thoughts any
more than We have over the birds that
fy over onr heads aud 10 4 certain
extent TINS Is true. Yet II Is
also true that our thoughts are
our inner selves and as man
thinketh 80 is he, and as our thoughts
are good or evil so are our actions. II
q mans thoughts are pare and noble
ms conduct will be right aud proper be-
fore the world. Unless we control our
own thoughts We are Ike an undefeuded
city. II man wishes 20 cultivate lofty
thoughts ne must commune with high
minded men, lofty spirits. the great
men of the present and the past. IN
this day of cheap books We are enabled
10 do tins. Thank God for the great
and good men who lived IL the past.
those who have cOmmuned with God
and whose words and example have
come down 70 Us as our guides into tue
best and noblest of thoughts and the
noblest of lives.
A great man is pillar Of fire 70 lead
and guide US. Books are the leaders OF
the world today. They do today what
the pulpit and the rostrum di0 IN days
gone by, and the chief educators and
elevators OF men today are books.
How easily can We control our
thoughts. and turn them 20 mirth and
laughter by reading the writings OF
Mark Twain, Artemus Ward, or Bill
Nye, SO we see that by following out
this tram of reasoning, our thoughts
can be controlled. We can see the I'M
portance of a careful selection Of our
companions in books.
Where is there a clear-sighted, pure
minded man or woman VINO sees all
things arlghg Are they not few and
far between? AS we read history we
see that history even, is more or less IN
correct, but that nearly al history has
been influenced or biased because men
did not see things n their true light.
Ia L tr. 1rse a IA sN
present day. What kind of an idea
OF Democracy does one get from read
ing the TELEGRAM-HERALD or what ides
of RepublicanIsm does one get from
reading the Democrat. They each see
the mote in their brothers. eye, but can
not observe the beam that is 10 their
own eyes. 50 In the past, great mems
lives have not been understood. The
great Cromwell and hls ironsldes were
stern Godfeanng patriots but they have
been reviled and despised and mis-
understood because the people Of the
eighteenth century were not qualified
10 sit IN judgment upon them. The
mind of the masses determines the
characterof our rulers and We shall send
better men to represent Us IN Congress
only when the minds Of the
I
We should be cautious how We nudge
OF public men, for We often misIldge
/ the tr6ly great because We do not IN
I derstand their motives OF the inhu-
/ ences that surround them. God only
( can do that. and he WI Judge them
( angbt. We must study the lives OF the
F great men who have gone before us, II
We would quality ourselves TO Judge
/ those OF today. Be sure that wli b what
T judgment we judge we snail also be
+ Judged. The men who sat IN judg-
meut upon Christ were also sitting in
/ judgment upon Themselves. Ponuus
/ Plate, the coward y and unjust Judge.
was An instance OF thIs. ss bis after de-
I position from power in disgrace, and
/ ms banIshment and suicidal death seem
10 show.
Cultivate the society of the noblest
/ and the wlsest Of men bv reading good
books. be as careful Of your soclety in
/ literature as YOU are with toe people of
/ tie world and then YOU Will b. able g.
/ guide your thoughts AID judgments
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