Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-23
TSlDE I ONT OF VIEW.

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writssn for tho Times-Republtcan.
Once In while II seems as tho the
gods come to the rescue of poor NOR
tai sentenced to furnish copy at reg
ular intervals. Readers of this daily
will remember sometime ago Of reading
an account from an adjoining town OF
where two prominent citizens settled a
personal matter by q strict observance
Iof the marquis OF Queensbury rules.
And the good people Of the town who
attended church the following Sunday
seemed to hear a reference to 1T in the
sermon which was delivered in One of
the churches. The writer is able to
here Offer the substance of the dis:
course, supposedly referring to it. It's
worth reading. The theory is beautiful.
Some Of the facts are indisputable The
question whether the practice of the
world agrees with the theory and facts
can be left as an open question for the
present. Here Is the extract from the
Isermon:
1t Is startling thought, the amount
lof world -wide energy that is spent in
tsettling quarrels, or rather carrying on
quarrels. the greatest epic of ancient
Itimesif not OF all time-has as a sub
Iject the Wrath Of Achilles. From
Homer down literature Is full of 1t.
Man struggles for food, clothing, shell
ter, and, in later development, wisdom,
but also against offenses or to commit
loffenses. The first impulse, in receiv-
ing a blow, is to strike back, and to
strike a little harder than the offender.
When society is organized we recog nize
that an offsnse against one is an Of
Tense against all. And so courts,
Judges. juries and armies are provided
Ito restrain and punish offenders
There is another alternative, and that
lis forgiveness. which is enjoined by
|Christ as duty 1t Is not always
|practiced, for there are some men toe
4 mean to receive an apology in the
5lproper spirit
There is, however, something more
4 than a forgiving spirit required by
A Christ's law. In the eighteenth chapter
lof Matthew Christ tells US how careful
we should be in dealing With one tina,
has injured us, in trying every means
to make friends with him; and the rea-
Ison why we should do this is found ii
Z the fifteenth verse, If he shall hear
thee thou hast gained thy brother
A More Important than Justice. more
profitable than punishment. is the gain.
ling Of brother. for the brother i.
worth more than any other riches.
II This duty Goes not do away with pun
lishment. If the one who has don.
wrong. resists all attempts of ours t,
lgsin him, he becomes like a neathen h,
Experiences the debasing power of hi
4 IownS sin. But it puts punishment wher,
lit belongs, in a secondary position.
we only punish the offender wlthou
gaining him, we have made a failure
3 1t may not be our fault that we hav,
failed; but we ought to feel genuin,
Z grief that the best has not been accom-
|plished.
IF thine enemy hungers, feed him
Yes. but better to win him SO that h,
4 will cease to be an enemy Bless then
| THAT curse YOU Yes, but it is bette
!. to teach them not to curse. Love you
y enemies Is not that the highest Law
!, ever given to man? Can any other worl
come nearer the divine? There is
work that comes nearer to God thai
], flowing your enemies: 1t Is to teach you
s. enemies to love you. For that is tn
work God has been doing for man in al
,5lages. Jesus Christ came into the worl
lInot to punish men for sin, but to saw