The herald., 1894-01-22
THE SPIRITUAL BILL OF FARE.
A Large Congregation at Christ
Church.
Rev. H. W. Crabbe at the
Y. NJ. q. A.
The Sunday Afternoon Service of the
Y. W. @. A.-Rev. II. w. Slime
breaches at tho Eng
lish Lutheran.

ton at Christ Episcopal church yester-
day morning. The choir OF this church
is one OF the best in the city and their
music is OF a high order. The rector,
the Rev. A. s. Clark, delivered one OF
his accustomed logical discourses. He
spoke from the Oath verso OF the seventh
chapter of the gospel OF st. John :;
Judge not according to the appearance,
but judge righteous Judgment
Holy scripture is never inconsistent,
notwithstanding apparent discrepsn-
cies. Judge not, condemn not, means
, not to judge hastily. or in censorious
spirit. Let not him that eateth Judge
him that eateth not means not to Judge
tho small and doubtful things. Judge
nothing before the time till the day OF
the Lord comes, means not to promul-
gate judgments reserved to God.
Opinions, estimates, judgments are
parts of a national progress, they are the
sequence OF rejecting thought, the re-
eults of reasoning powers. Such ludg-
ments have been, are and will be formed.
We will be influenced and directed by
them. They would mould personal
lives, color social observances, maintain
domestic purity, influence national
autonomy, shape the worlds progress,
advance the church's prosperity.
The Savior's declaration is a wise reg
ulation having two MISUNDERSTANDING
not according TO appearance-positiv
righteous judgment. How prejudice
can warp and deform the judgment.
Prejudice is judgment in advance OF
! evidence, the result OF passion and
hatred, OF Incidence or Ignorance. How
often preconceived opinions are changed
and we own ourselves mistaken in men
and measures. The overhauling OF esti-
mates is always disappointing and
makes us feel our fsllibiity. We do not
wish to have our idols shattered nor our
demons spoiled. History has been
rewritten in the lights OF later facts,
questions of state altered in calmer
atmosphere, and events of Importance
solved by more judicial mind. I'm
sympathetic criticism interferes with
judgment. There ia failure to occupy
the same position of advantage; disin-
clination to enter into another's circum-
stances; tendency to impute bad and
suspicious motives; disposition to
undervalue valiant efforts. Sympathy
is large element in judgment; put
yourself in his place; contrast your con-
dition with the other; make the
application personal to yourself; Judge
yourselves first in judging your neigh
bors. The sun has spots, and should. not
fill the whole scope of vision.
The faults OF the saints and not their
virtues attract attention. Heresies are
magnitied and the creed not eulogized.
Backsliders are jeered, the steadfsst ig-
nored
How shall one judge righteous judg-
ment? He that 10 spiritual iudgeth all
things. The Holy Spirit gives us a
spirit of discernment.
The judgments of man are not final
nor infallible. They are liable to appeals
and reversals. One of whom nothing
good was expected is deeply stirred
under the influence of great sight and
surprises all of his judges by an act
contrary to the past trend OF his life.
Such a one was the thief upon the
croes. Another goes through life mis-
understood, and 10, the strength Of
endurance wins judgment favorable to
his character. Such one was Paul the
apostle. Another closes the earthly lie
outcast from the people, covered with
the oboquy of the shameless. And
from his clouded life pass away the
storms of passion and hatred, and the
fruit of his sacrifice ia the redemption
of the world. Such the One was and is
the Christ of God.
here is waiting spell for the judg-
ments Of men. They will all pass nnder
review. If those we have pronounced
are declared Just, proper and right,
happy for us will it be to know that
God endorses these Judgments made in
His fear, love and wisdom-that we
have been and are in harmony with His
sense OF righteousness, holiness and
purity; that we have been honestly,
sincerely and lovingly pronounced in
favor of the true, the good and the
beautiful, for He, the Lord, the Judge,
approves, and He, the Lord, the Judge,
accepts.