Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-04-07
NOBLE LIVING.
The Value of Good Life-Right Think.
Ing Leads to Right Doing
Faith and Works.

re shall know them by their fruits. De
men gather grapes OF thorns, or figs OF
thistles Matt, SIG.
This is not the only utterance in
which Christ emphasized the value of
good life. 1t is as easy to see that He
regarded honor, integrity, charity and
courage to be the chief characteristics
OF the ideal man as to see which way
the current flows when you stand on
the rivers bank. His revelations were
made for the purpose of teaching us
how to produce the best practical re-
suits, just as the farmer would tell his
son that he must clear the ground of
stones, must pillow, harrow, SOW seed
and watch the growth of weeds if he ex-
poets to reap harvest for his granary
and barns.
suspect am something of a fanatic
on this subject, for think the man who
puts himself to some trouble to give
cup of cold water to a thirsty child, and
does 1T because ne and that child arc
the offspring of the same Father, is
better off morally and spiritually than
the man who accepts the whole Nicene
Greed but drinks the water himself.
In other words, the liberty of belief is
very large and wide, but the necessity
of right action is to the last degree i'm
perative. If your belief helps YOU to be
gracious and kindly and gentle, then
your belief is to be cherished as q moth.
er cherishes her little one: but II Won
think to use this world for your own
benefit only and expect your creed to
carry you through the gate of Heaven
and into the approval of the Almighty,
you viii find ont your mistake by and
by. When 1 reach the other world and
am examined as to my past 1 would
rather take the land of some poor
creature whom, with great pains, I
saved from starvation or drink or some
crime and say: 81 could not do much.
dear Lord, for the time was short and
the work was hard, but this brother OF
mine was going the wrong way and 1
persuaded him to turn his face to
Thee" than to offer any other conceiv-
able reason why i should be accepted
with favor in that upper home.
When we think of Christ in a large
way, what fact impresses us, subdues
us, forces us TO fall at His feet and touch
the hem of His garment? Is il not that
He lived as He taught us to live? In
the single sentence: my Father work
eth hitherto, and work." His whole
career is summed up. He did what God
wanted Him to do. The Fathers pur-
pose was His purpose, and He knew no
other purpose. In order TO accomplish
1T He was carried over the hills of Judea
in the garb and the poverty of peas
ant, under the hospitable roof OF Beth.
any, into the shadow of Gethsemane
and along the rugged slope of Calvary,
but in every experience He kept the one
end in view. At what cost the world
Will never know, but there was a
straight path from bethlehem TO Heav.
en-, and He walked in it with unfalter.
ing step. His doctrine was comprised
In love toward and confidence in God at
all times and under all circumstances,
and His one demand of ms is that we
shall "go and do likewise"
If a man does the works of Christ he
will be with Him in the hereafter.
There will be no other place than
Heaven in which to assign him a resi-
dence. II He told us to Judge our fell
lows by their fruits, then IL is logical
to suppose that BE will judge us by
the same standard.-N. Y. Herald.
Men Who Pay Their Bills.
The credit man of one of the large
department stores in New York was
asked what class of customers was
most trustworthy. ARMY and navy
people can have all the credit they
wish, and no questions asked" was
his reply. THE standard of business
morality In the army and navy is pos
tive assurance that we will get our
money."-,N. Y. Journal.
Time.