Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-02

almost, to recognize things to be sough,
70 help US along. aud things to be ayoiled
because they would Impede our progress
The examples Of good men encourage Us,
ANA ne examples Of bud mon discourage
Us, God has s.-cudowed Us thar IN Look.
ing over tho world Of society we can
separate the sheep q example from tho
goats Of example. choosing these 10 fol.
low and those TO avoid.
The best judge d men. / have rad
after Is the man Of Galliiec, Jesus OF Mas.
areth. II Is said OF him Ia the Word
Of God TINT he needed no man to tel
HIN nhat was Ia man. He knew how
10 judge, because he could look into the
hearts Of men. His power Of penetration
was great. Not because he was Deity,
hue because he exercised that human
reasoning powpr by which he could 20.
with certainty aud unerring skill, Into
the very center Of the heart aud there
see the motive; aud one important thing
Ia Christ that enabled him 10 judge
rightly was tint he did not expect too
much from men. The trouble with VA N
that we expect too much. Another thing
" that he lid MOI expect too little. Ho
put up u stardarl for man. remembering
bis weakness, and man must reach IT,
While on one hand Christ did not expeca
too much, on the other hand he did nue
expect Too, little, or require too LITTLE.
N his judgment Of human character
uhh huuoli. NVh9h. lhhe Inr INSTANCE.
the case OF the rich young man who
game and asked What shall | do to
inherit eternal lilcf' Thou knowest tho
commandments" The voting man said.
Il have kent them from my youth up"
And Christ looked On him and loved him:
man sought 70 hide from hln, hc said;
Yer ono thing thou ael,est. Sell all
thou hast md rlve to the poor. That
Is the thing that y sianding between
you and succcss aud usefulness IN life.
II II tho one thing that L. standing be-
soul II slghing," lie knew exactly how
TO judge The Young man. Another caina
aud was touched by the power of Chrlst's
praachiug, aud declared his willingness Ia
follow J iin, even unto death, and In
illnt hour he would have Dose It, but
afterwards he would not He said:
Minister ! viii follow thee whithersooyer
thou gncat.N Chmat Eiid "Tho foxes
have holes, the birds Of the air hayO
nests, but thp Son of Man hat not
10 70 wiii nesr We do not hear nny
more Of thar inAn. Christ knew exactly
how 10 Judge him. He knew his weak
point mud that was the point ut which
he mist he tested. IN order that he
should be prepared TO enter upon the di.
ties ~ life. Another came To Christ and
said; MASTER speak to my brother that
DC divide tho Inheritance with me. Christ
did not want TO widen the breach be-
tween the brothers lie did not want 10
take position In which he would be need
lessly criticised lie wanted 70 act just
" aud rightly, and he said; who mndd
me II judge of this question that you
ought 10 settle among yoursevesY There
ought moi TO he trouble between brother
and brother Setlc those things between
yourselves" And those things that men
could settle themselves, and had wisdom
enough TO comprehend, Christ relegn,ed
TO them, und he left this man 10 settle
his trouble with his brother, that each
might tnke his part according 70 tho
law. Aud 40 ali through the life Of
Christ you will lind tlnt his judgment
was wise and right. Peter came TO him
on one occasion and said, Master,
though all mon should fofsake thee, |
will not" Christ looked Into Peters
heurt and knew eSncily what stuli Peter
was mndo Of. lie know tho metal of his
soul He saw that Peter was too self
confident He dsi,w right conclusion
frou the 0rtions and from the speech
uf Peter. and knew how to judge liin.
and his Judgment was preparatory to his
Usefulness; because Christ knew that
Peter wis coming TO temptation that
he was not strong enough TO resist
Before the cock crow thou shalt deny
me thrice"
Now another thing in regard to Christ.
His aim wns 10 dignity and magnlfy
truth. IN other words, Christ had 70
paint picture In life, and he painted i
according to the rule Of truth He had
the sunshine hero and the shadow there's
the bright foreground and the dark back
ground and thus all colors harnonlscdj
tho sorrow and the Joy, the shadow aud
the sunshine. The light and the dirk.
50 ia Judging men be judged them reln-
lively. fIo Judged them by their faultsi
he judged them by their virtues, and
from the two he drew his conclusions aa