San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-02-16

oii Tvs yue6 hOhoos ~ 40 WIZ INV
and the plummet of Jewish pro.
phecy, to which righteousness was
to be laid. 1t Is the, judge not
according to the appearance, but
judge righteous judgment, of the
Christ. 1t is the, little children
love one another, of the "beloved
disciple" 1t is the, all things
that We would that men should
do unto you do We even so to them,
OF the sermon on the mount. 1t
is one of the two pegs on which
all the law and the prophets hang.
The wonder is that the pulpits do
not dwell more largely upon it.
Perhaps they would not find it so
much to their interest to open
heaven here as to open it on the
other side OF Jordan, lest their
congregations should loiter in the
way to heaven.
All the same, the LIGHT preach
er glories in teaching it. There
is no sensationalism in it to feed
the craving after emotion. No
verging on the naughty in it, to
attract the prurient. 1t sounds
no trumpet before it that its work
may be noted. 1t does not say
long prayers that it may gain
credit for supersanctity. 1t does
not draw aside its skirts for fear
of contamination with the I'M.
fortunate. 1t does not say to
humility, stand thou there, for Il
am holier than thou. 1t is only
thing. 1t only is because the
divineness of all justice Is in it !;
the grandeur of all equity Of
thought and action. 1t is like the
coming Of spring, and the blessed
benediction Of the flowers. 1t is
a cool hand laid on the fevered
head and heart of humanity to
allay its burning and give blessed,
restful sleep.
1t is not to ascend into heaven
to bring God down. 1t does not
descend into hell to bring the
devil out of his dungeon in which
the superstitious ages have
chained him. 1t is not to put
your hand in your pocket and
bring out a kings ransom for
the deliverance OF the poor and
the destitute. 1t asks no sacri-
fee, it is itself sacrifice. But to
those who understand its restor-
ing power, its blessed secret OF
increase to those who really pos
sess this transposition faculty,
1t is mine of riches, a fountain
Of fullness, a chaplet Of rarest
flowers, interviewer with the
priceless gems OF the east. 1t is
a home mission, not a foreign
one, on which it sends you. 1t
is not to the heather abroad, but
to your own heatheniSh heart
aud mind that this mission ad-
dresses itself.
This is why it is so hard, 1t
asks not gold or silver or scrip;
it lays no flattering JUNCTION to
the soul of self righteouness; it
promises no heaven as a reward
it reclaims from no hell as a
motive to action. 1t offers moth
ing, promises nothing, only as it
is its own reward. There is no
spiritual pie in it. 1t sets its prac-
TIGERS no whit higher than they
were, but it raises the whole hui
manity, and in this way it raises
the simple ones who are its ex-
emplars. The church puts no pre-
MUM upon its observance. He'll
laughs to scOrn the man and the
woman who make this law Of
trsnsposition their rule Of conduct.
No one practices this virtue for the
credit that there is in it, for the
chances are that all who do will
be counted tools for their pains.
None the less, those who prac-
tice this transposition are among
the kings and priests of that d.
viner temple in which the great
services OF humanity are con-
Quoted. To do this and do it
naturally and habitually is to
show a power transceding that
OF the thrones, powers, dominions,
and scepters OF Millions angelic