The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-09-03
TWO TYPES OF MANKIND
AS ASREPRESENTED BY THE PHARI-
 SEE AND THE PUBLICAN.
Features of n Discourse Preached by
 Rev. MT. Nariett nt the Church of the
 Ascension Yesterday.

Ascension Yesterday.
 At the Church of the Ascension yes
 terday Rev. Dr. Mariett preached on
 two types of mankind, as shown in the
 Pharisee and Publican. A summary Of
 his sermon is given below:
 Luke IS, 9-13: And He spake this
 parable unto certain which trusted in
 themselves that they were righteous
 and despised others!"
 Two men went up into the temple to
 pray; the one a Pharsee and the other
 a Publican. The Pharisee stood and
 prayed thus with himself; God, l
 thank Thee, that I am not as other
 men are, extortioners, unjust, adulter- CTS, or even as this Publican. l fast
 twice a week. I give tithes Of all possess" And the Publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven but smote upon his breast, saying: "God be merclIui unto me, sinner"
 I0eSe TWO, the fIdItSeS dlio tiic Il Gp- lican, are two represent tatives of life; one held up for contempt; the other for pity and sympathy. They did not die long ago, but live to-day; in different forms and bodies 1t is true. but never theless the same in spirit and thoughts. The Pharisee has always been consld- cred hypocrite by Christians, but there were some good points in his character He was religious, honest, in the law of the times, dressed well, gave liberally to religion and charity He was respectable in living and religious. He was respected by the people but not loved by anyone. His opinion was ask ed in matters of state and church. He lives to-day, the pillar of church and society. The Publican was just an or dinary man, and is the type of ordi- nary men of the present time. Both are we'll known.
 The Pharisee in his own ideas, did right, but he was self-righteous. and self-satisfed, cared nothing for others and believed himself holier than anyone else. He did not believe in the saliva tion of others. The name Pharisee means separatist and he was the fore runner of the Puritans. The Pharisees and Puritans had almost the same be- liefs.
 What Is there in the character of the Pharisee which should cause the Lord to say such bitter things about him? Self Righteousness and self-sa tisfaction produce spiritual decay. The Pharisee had both of these characteristics and also lacked humility.
 On the other hand, the Publican or taxpayer, was obnoxious, took all the demanded by the Roman ena- peror and as much more as he could get for his own advancement. He was not respectable, not righteous. But he made no claims and asked no favors when he came to pray.
 Behold these two types of mankind; the one, an example of self-satisfaction and self-righteousness the other. of piety. One went to brag; the other to pray The one lacked humility: the other was most humble. Humility is the first step toward righteousness. Confession of ones sins to God is nec- assary to religion. Men go to their friends, in this day. to confess their but very few do so, in order to gain help to bear them; many to ind some one to whom to shift the re sponsibility. It is good for us to bear he penalty of our sins; to avoid the 1 penalty is to commit the sin of the | oharisee.
 It is necessary to learn that the true | way of life is to endure The Lord did | lot shun the cross and promises to help | IS bear our burdens.
 Do we go to church as the Pharisee IT as the Publican humbly, and to con ess our sins. Our prayer should be the oublican's God be merciful unto me, he sinner"