Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-02
SERMONS PREACHED
IN LOCAL PULPITS,
Discourse of Rev. J. Morgan
Wells 10 the Baptlsts.
THE BETHEL MISSION PEOPLE
In Their New House Listen to
Judge |. N. Cooper.
THE BETHEL MISSION PEOPLE
An Able Sermon by Rev.J. v. French
ut tho broadway Presbyterian
church-Good Congregations Pres
ent at All tho Churches OF the city.

The following Is the sermon by Rev.
j. Morgan Wells, at the First Baptist
church, yesterday morning.
Text: Judge not that ye DO not
judged Whatsoever 80 would
that men should do 10 you. do 80 even
80 to them. Matthew vii, H.
My subject today Is, Our judgment
and treatment OF others. Much of your
time Is consumed in your judgement and
treatment Of other people This arises
from the relative position which we MI
occupy; for no man liyeth unto himself.
We cannot live slngly We must live as
members of the community, attached to
every other member Of the community
by either a slender cord or strong cable
This is so ordered for the welfare. not
only OF the individual. but of tho general
community In which he lives: for the
protection not ouly of community intcr-
csts but The protection ALSO OF his indi-
yldual interests.
Much OF this time that you spend In
your Judgment aud treatment OF others,
may be weA spent. Much OF 1t might be
bcttor spent
Some have thought that the bible IN.
culcatcs that wn shall not Judge at all.
bnt the bible does not 40 toach. II IS
absolutely impossible for Il innn 10 live
IN TINS world, aud to ccme Ia contact
with men ans, women without forming
some conclusion MS TO thCr character
nnd their actions. Your Judgement and
treatment Of others NOT only Affects
others, but has a reflex influence, an
III L. Nlaa
you than upon the person you Judge.
OF the ponon against whom you act.
Tor instance; unjust judgment on
your part must come from an ignorant
or an unjust heart. II froiV nm unjust
heart, the impression ~ going 10 Last
longer with You thnn II Is with The peo-
~ against whom you have been unjust
Nihd Judgment and fair treatment OF
plhef IMnhe on your part, VIII also I've
longer IA yonr heart than II will live In
It's effect upon the hearts Of others.
because these are things which shane a
man, and mould his character, and form
ulatu ms plnns during all Ills walk In
ilio, You show me a man who h kind
M his outward treatment Of others. and
the natural judgement ! come TO n that
he has kind heart Show me man
that speaks gently aud fairly Of Other
people, and | will show you a man uDpn
whose heart Is impressed fairness and
canndidness, and vice versa.
Bfetliern yon cannot afford 10 20
through this world having stamped upon
your hearts. Unjust" Herein are In.
yolved some Of the most delicate ana
Vita duties OF Christian life. They ARD
manifestations Of tho rehteousness that
+ divine, or OF the nnrghteousncss that
y dlabollcA, All good, and everything
perfect comes from God, An evil comes
from the opposite sourcc. Tho righteous
ness which man practices comes from
the fountain source of an good. and the
unrlghte9llsness. In his life has for It's
source the dcyil.
The disposition to look nnfayornbly
on the character and actions Of others. |
Is condemned not only In the word Of God |
but by al fair minded men. All good |
men wiil be universal In their verdict |
condemning that spirit. even ms Christ |
says; Judge not, that We may be not |
jndged. He docs no. prohibit all jndg- |
mcnt, but prohibits a spirit Of censor |
lonsness which Is always looking ont for |
lhe iauiis Of others ana not regarding |
the faults of self. An ancient writer
enysi we carry che faults OF life In |
Two wallets. one before ~. and one he. |
hind rs bound around our necks. In
the wallet before rs we cnrry the faults |
Of others, that we may always see them,
and In the wallet behind US we carry
our own faults, that we may never see
thcm.' II Is this censorlons Judgment
that comes under the prohibition Of |
Christ; Judge not, that ye be not
JnlItu.
And this spirit Of Judgment inflicta
self-p1nishmcnt For insiancc:--A pru.
cent and cautious man understands YOU
are a man Of this spirit OF Judgment
For self-protcction he lesitntes 10 seek
your c0niphniorship. and IN all right.
quiet aud gentle ways he seeks to nvOid
ynu nnd thus you are marked out In
the community aa man whose CONF |
partnership Is undesirable He who pos
sesges THIS censOrious spirit will be- avoid
ed by every nan land Justly col who |
i prudent and cautious IN his Affairs,
for self protection.
Judgment Itself IS not condemned. be
w AL is bearings. for thereby you NAV
classify mems words and actions, aud
form just estimates Of character. You
sec a man going down the street, You
say; There, goes q good man." You
have labeled him. Every man Of pour
aeauaiinlnnce Is labeled IN your. mind.
This H. q inst mani that, kind hearted
man Why have you TINS labeled hinf
You have judged him by his actions.
There goes q woman down the street
You say, There goes q noble hearted
woman. there Il one whose purpose Is
good who Y spending her life in, The
without any one prompting you. II Is
voluntary. II follows from your nssocia,
ton with such people
How shall We Judge Alright. and how
shall Ne treat other people rigbtlyI n
we can judge rightly aud n we can
treat all rightly. nothing ought 10 be
spared which will enable Us 10 do 80
Our happiness In life Is determined, not
By the way that we are treated, not
by that way we treat ourselves. but by
the way that we judge and treat other
people, Hence. ng aids to the accomplish
.nichf Of this end we learn NJ intuition