The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-16

according 10 the ordinary rate %
speech sermon on the Mount of
Olives. the preacher. sitting while be
spoke according 10 the ancient mode
% ontory. the people were given 10
understand that the same yard-siick
that they employed upon others would
be- employed upon themselves Meas
IRE others by q harsh rule and YOU
will be- measured by o harsh rule
Measure others by a charitable rule
and you Will be measured by char.
liable rule. Give no mercy TO Others.
and no mercy viii be given 10 you.
with what measure ye mete u shall
be measured 10 you again.
There Il a great deal Of unfairiess
In critlclam In human conduct. II was
10 smile that unfairness that Christ
uttered the words Of the text. and my
sermon will be a re-echo Of the divine
sentiment In estimating the misbe-
haviOr 81 others. we must take into
consideration the pressure Of clrcum-
stances II Is never right 10 Z" wrong.
but there are degrees Of culpability.
When men misbehave or commit some
atroclous wlckedness We are disposed
unfortunately to tumble Them al
over the bank Of condemnation. suf-
fer they ought and suffer they must.
but In a difference of degree
In the first place. In estimating the
NsInIgfraF Of 81 ffnf a. he Lea 80
calculation the hereditary tendency.
There Is such n thing a. good blood,
and there Is such a thing ne bad blood.
There are families that have had a
moral twist IN them for hundred
years back. They have not been care
fui to keep the family record In that
regard. There have been oscapades.
and maraudlngs and scoundrellsms and
moral deficits an the way back. wheth-
er you call Il klept0manla. or pyrOma-
MIA or dlpsomanla. or whether II be In
a mllder form. and amount to no mania
al all. The strong probability Ia that
the present criminal started life with
nerve. muscle and bone contaminated.
As some start life with a natural ten
denoy 10 nobility and generosity and
Kindness and truthtulncss. there are
others who start life with Just the op-
posite tendency aud they are born liars,
or born malcontents. or born OUTLAWS.
or born sElndlers.
There Is In England q school that ID
called the Princess Mary school. All
the children IN that school are the chill.
dren OF convicts. The school Is undel
high patronage. had the pleasure Of
being present at one Of their anniyor.
saries. presided over by the Earl Of
KintOre by wise law ia England
after parents have committed Ger.
lain number OF crimes. and thereby
shown themselves incompetent right,
20 bring up their children. the It'll,
ones are taken from under pernici0u.
Influences and put IN refOrmatoy
schools. where all gracious aud kindly
Influence shall be- brought upon them
OF course the experiment Is young. an,
II has got to be- demonstrated how
large n percentage Of the children 81
cOnyicts may be brought mp 90 r.
spec,abllity and usefulness. But W,
all know that II Is more difficult foI
children Of bad parentagc 10 do rlgh
than for children Of good parentnge
In this country We are taught by 10,
Declaration Of American independents,
that all people are born equal. Thor
never was greater misrepresentation
put In one sentence than IN that sen
tence which implies that We are ~
born equal You may o. well say tha
flowers are born equal. or trees ar,
born equal or animals are born equal
Why does one horse cost 800 and an
other horse cost 5000? Why doe
one sheep cost $40 and another sheel
cost $500? Difference In blood. w
are wise enough 10 recognize ID II
horses, in cattle, In sheep. but We ar
not wise enough 10 make allowance f0
the difference In the human blood Nov
| demand by the law of eternal fair
ness that you be more leniont In you
criticism Of those who we're borl
wrong. In whose ancestral limo Their
was a hangman's knot. or who cam
from a tree the fruit Of which Tor cen
turtles has been gnarlcd and worm
eaten.
II Ia a very different thing 60 swim
with the current. from what Il Is I,
swim against the current. AZ some O
you have no doubt found In yonr sum
mer recreation. n a man find hlmsel
In an ancestral current where there b
good blood flowing smoothly from gen
Grafton TO generation Il is not a yer,
great credit TO him II he turn out good
and honest, and pure. and noble. IA
could hardly help H. But suppose he q
born Ia an ancestral line in an hcred
iiay line, where the influences hay
been bad and there has been comm
down over "a moral dccllylty IN IA
man surrender 10 The influences he VII
go down under the oyormastcrin
grayitntion unless some mpernaturs
aid Doe giiordrd him Now. such "a pel
son deserves not your tAcorlatlon. bl
your pity DO not sit with the llp eur
ed in scorn. aud with an assumed a
Of angelic Innocence looking down ul
on such moral precipitation You ha
better get down ON your knees an
first pray Almighty God Tor thelr re-
cue. and next thans lho Lord that yo
have no, been thrown under the vince
OF that iurgernaut
Again have TO remark chat n ol
estimation the misdolng OF people wl
have fallen from high reapectubI
and usefulness. we must fake into ,ol
sderatlon the conjunction VI clrcun
stances. IN nine eases out at ten
man who goes asiray docs not inter
any positive wrong. lie has uu
funds. lie risks part of these fun
IN Investment lie says. NO. u
should lose that Investment ] have
my own property i've times ua muc
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