San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-19

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| ly discounted, because he does not fl
so well into the constructions OF
! things, ideas or substances, as tn,
the round man you must look for thai
broad view that is called othersided
ness.
No man or woman rightly lives
who lives without pretty good idea
of the othersidedness OF life Envy
would be almost a thing of the past
| if there was a general view of life'S
Othersidedness. There would have
been no strike among the miners, nc
| mourning in a score Of workmen's
homes over fathers and sons shot
ruthlessly down, If this othersidedness
Of life, OF condition, Of interests had
been considered. Blessed is that mar
that woman, that child, who cult
Yates this habit of looking on tbs
other side. The human being in any
condition or eIigency OF life that does
not see the other side sees very
small half of what is to be seen. II
he only sees the one side of himself
he is blind to his real self.
The first benefit of this habit OF
looking for the Othersidedness of
things, political, social, commercial,
Industrial, or religious, is that it
strengthens the belief in the existence
OF another side. There is in some
mems minds profound conviction
that there is no other side. This was
the conviction of the XIV Louis of
France when he said, "L'Etat c'est
Moi" l am the state. To this auto
crat there was no other side. There
was not even a state. much less a
people. His successor found out that
there was another side, and it spoke a
language of blood in the terrOrs OF
the French revolution. Germany has
such a ruler now.
No man has as many sides to touch
truth with as truth has sides to be
touched. No matter, then, how many
sided you are, there will be some
side that will not touch truth. NThe
square man has six sides, for square
is only the plane surface of the cube,
and that is five more sides than the
bulk of men have. The rounded man,
the all round man, the man who re,
wolves on his axis, presenting all
sides TO everything at some point of
his orbit has more points of Obser-
walton than can possibly be taken by
the square man. To become round
ed in thought, feeling, mind and man
ners is to accomplish the highest pos
sible excellence TO which the human
mind can aspire. There is nothing
beyond this.
AS a means of its attainment there
is nothing so conducive as to cultivate
habit of looking on the Othersided-
ness of things. To do this there must
first be a confession, a conviction,
that there is another side. Mans in
fallability does not go down any
longer. That day is gone by never
to return. Everything in morals, in
government, in society, in science, in
letters. in art is questioned. The gen
uineneSs of money, of friendship, OF
even the outer projections of the
human form, all is questioned. The
pulpit is questioned and it finds in the
spirit of inquest into its utterances
that there is another side. Those
laymen in the Methodist church are
teaching the clergy that there is an
other side, and have entered a protest
is no uncertain way against the re,
presentation that is on one side.
The Light pulpit is not preaching
perfection. 1t rather believes in fall.
ing from grace. 1t accepts the i'm
| projections of humanity. 1t is moi
looking for fully rounded lives, but il
| does look for an acceptance of the
Othersidedness of thoughts and things
1t does believe in preaching that there
| is progress, growth, development, a
cure for selfishness and narrUwneSs
and bigotry, long stride forward in
human blessedness, in looking on the
othersidedness of life and it's condi
tons, characters and their develop
| ment. Nothing on earth takes the con
other boy, whom he has tackled
| knock the stutfin' out of him" 1t Is
a means of grace to the bully. He
finds the Othersidedness.
| Beloved, if you would learn in the
school of experience, cultivate the
habit of looking on the OthersidednesS
of your life, your thought, of YOU
own prejudices and crankiness. II
you would be manly, remember you
are one man among many, and thai
there is no Onesidedness in a many
sided community. Othersidedness is
a respector of the rights of others
| the views of others. the pleasure OF
others, the peace of others, the gOot
| Of others, the weakness of others
and takes all these into account il
making up its judgments. Teacl
your children, your selves, your asso
l II, -
gospel of Othersidedness. Teach it b,
looking on both sides of the shielC
before you set your lance in rest.