The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-09-07

the aspiration of his soul declared hin
to be capable Of Not for what he had
attained, but for what he might attain
| Not for his actual character, but for the
image of God, in whose form he was
fashioned.
So we are commanded to love the weak.
and the criminal, and the helpless, and
the improvident, and the despairing; &C
| we are to bear their burdens in q bound,
less love that shall include the race; sc
We should love with another's undying
hope. And, if humanity can not reach
this ideal, human life must become a
starless, orphaned one. The capacity
of the heart is the measure of the depth
of human need. The object may be all
unworthy, but love loves on. so Jesus
loved the unworthy. So he ministered
| unto them. So he lived for them and
died for them.
| THE POOR ALWAYS WITH Us.
It is this principle that must solve the
problem of the poor, who will always be
with Us. 1t is this divine aspect of love
that makes life as worthy as We find it
to-day even in the midst of sin and OF
shame and OF sorrow. Bill Sykes could
slay the woman who had given every
thing for him, and yet while be Stays her,
while he brutally beats her from day to
day, she crawIs back to his den, faithful
to that higher, to that holier instinct,
which calls in love for sacrifce-sacrifice
at all hazards. Love suffereth long and
| is kind because of the greatness of the
| heart
| 1f :rf,
| thought into the heart of the race, the
problem is solved. A mother recently
petitiOned the governor of q state for
the pardon of boy. The boy was guilty
| of the crime for which he was serving
the sentence. 1t was case of most ag-
| gravating circumstances. But the mother
| was 80 persistent in her appeals, SO elO-
quent in her expressions of love, that
her Undesirable devotion so moved the
heart of the governor that he wrote out
the pardon for the boy. And when the
| boy came into his presence he said to
him: Young man, you do not deserve
| the pardon. Your crime is without ex-
cuse. But for the sake of this mother
| and for the matches love she bears for
you, and the possibility of that love
working your salvation, l give to you
this pardon"
A DRUNKEN MOTHER.
both for the Individual and for society
A mother was arraigned in police court
| charged with drunkenness. She was
| guilty. The Judge fined her IS, in default
of which she was to go to the island. 4
little ragged urchin stood by and heard
the sentence. He cried to the Judge
"Wait a minute, Judge, I'll get the
money" He rushed out to all the places
| of business where he was known. He Sc
cured from all his friends all the money
possible. He told them of his mothers
difficulty; that she was to go to the
island. He secured 1896. He came
back and poured the money out on the
judges desk and then said bravely tt
him, It's all could get now, Judge, br
if you will send me to the island for bel
Pm not so large, but I'll stay longer and
work out the balance"
| The poor woman, overwhelmed by
this evidence of her child's devotion, ROSE
and snatched him to her heart, while
she cried between her sobs and tears tt a;
she would be better woman from that
day for the boys sake. The Judge re
mitted the fine, and from that hour she
was changed waman.
A child's passionate love for a mother
had lifted her from the ditch.
Love is the fulfillment of the law. II
is the power that fulflls it's negations
its positive commands. 1t is the power
that opens the new heaven to humanity
with it's divine possibilities. So we must
love as Christ loved. And if we are tt
solve the great and solemn problems
that confront humanity to-day we ar
to solve them in learning the lessons o
Jesus. Only those who strive to fulfil
his command are Christ's children. Tha1
nation is only a real Christian nation
that aspires to fulfill it and that viii
never rest content until the struggle fo
fulfillment has taken shape in incarnatet
life.
Until the church shall learn this dee,
lesson of fraternity-of love for the rae
there must grow up outside the WALL
OF the church a larger church. Such {
church is growing to-day, and it's basil
is the love of man and the service of man
They do not call themselves members
of the church, but from many of them
fear we must learn some of the deepes
lessons of true Christianity. As the cit.
must increase it's corporate limits to tax
in the city that is outside, and as tn
city grows by this incorporation, so tn
church enthusiastically will grow in tn
future, by the process OF charging it
borders and OF learning the lesson of ,
larger life, with it's larger possibilities
even from those whom they have despise'
in the past as teachers.
"a new commandment l give unit
you, that We love one another, even a
1 have loved you"