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GOLDEN RULE AND OTHERS.
cHRIsTs AND CoNFUCIus' TEACH
INGs CANNOT BE COMPOUNDED.

Much More Talk IL Heard Than
There D. Practice seen OF the
Golden Ruie, Declared ar. John
%. Jordan nj the First baptist Last
Night - Contention That Golden
Rule Mns Derived From Confuctus
Is without Reason. the Pastor
said. for That LRw-Givers In
Junction Was Negative an Its Char
Rctcr-Such, Too. Was True Of Soc
rates RuIes-No other Rule OF
Human Action Can Compare with
That of Christ.
The Golden Rule was preached upon
last night az the First Baptist Church
BY Rec Or. John d. Jordan, his treat
ment Of his subject being such as 10 show
that q Is drawn from the teachings Of
Christ and that 8, Is 20 Confucian doc
trine The text was drawn from Aiat-
thew. 7.i2. IAN things Whatsoever ye
would that men should do 10 you. do We
even so 10 them"
The text. the pastor said. "a commonly
known as the Golden Rule about which
: great deal Of talk IL heard. but q
which very little practice is seen. Just
as there 81 much talk and little study OF
the old authors. so there is much talk
and lltle practice OF the Golden Rule
Though It's application is universal and Il
Is intended as a guide for all men. yet
few follow g..
Frequently" said DR.. Jordan. I'VE
hear discussions o. the origin OF the
Golden Rule, and che public prints con-
Tain learned arguments upon the subject
Time ana time again the question has
been raised with great noise and loud
lamentations upon the alleged mistake
that IL made in according is origin 10
the teachings Of Christ.
some OF these wise writers declare
that Confucius gave forth the Golden
Rule centuries before Christ but In thas
they are mistakea. for by no possible
conception can the rule expounded by
Confucius BE- COMPOUNDED with The Golden
Rule OF Christ Do not unto others that
which you would not they do unto you
was the rule as II was given out hy Con-
ruclus and Il has about the same rela-
Ton 90 the Golden Rule that agnosticism
bears 10 religion.
That the world h becoming Confueian
because Il Is becoming agnostic IS a claim
thar Is set UP by some learned gentleman.
hut no such negation as agnostcism can
shape the belief OF the world Show me
a men who claims 90 be an agnos,ic and
I rrin show sou a man who arrogates to
himself an intellectually that Is superior
70 that OF al. others. While admitting
fhat no knows nothing. he yet presumss
10 ait Ia judgment upon the ministers Of
the Lord and upon the entire community
that engages IN His Worship. Agnosticism
is purely negative. but Jesus Christ came
into the world 90 establish a positive re-
ngion."
socrates DIT Jordan said had much
the same idea % a rule 10 govern men
in their relations to one another as Con-
fucius his injunction being That a.
which you are angry when inflicted upon
sou do not do TO others" This hiss the
same negative ring as the Confucian rule.
socrates further said that men should
behave toward their friends as they would
like 70 have their friends behave toward
them. but the universally OF the Golden
Rule is not approached by this advice,
as che relations among friends are all
tlat are touched upon. Nowhere was
there found the fun sweep 81 the Golden
Nuie untu CHRIST clme To- give a..
The pastor drew several lessons from
the Golden Rule First was that OF sub
stituuon. the faculty Of putting ones
self IN the place OF another and knowing
Just what conditions might govern and
what reasons might actuate that other.
Then. too there Is the lesson NJ mercy,
the quality that prompts dealing as fair
ly with a fellow man as one would have
his fellow man deal with him Justice.
TOO. Is taught and men should be prompt
81 TO deal as rigidly with themselves as
with their fellows. not treating theu-
selves with that charity they are likely
20 show toward themselves and 70 with
hold from others.
culture OF the conscience Is also an
idea that Is advanced hy the Golden Rule.
and the cultivation Of conscience Is nee
essary and cannot. without great danger.
De- neglected The idea Of a common
fstherhood is also suggested for the Gold
en- Rule Is from Christ. who came from
God. and no teachings from other re-
ligions can show anything 20 compare
with that which should guide men In
their actions toward one another