The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-04-04
AN EASTER SERMoNErTE.

1 In our school boy days we have al
heard the question debated. (which
is the Stronger Passion, Love OIL
HateH' And that is still a mooted
question. But there is no dispute
about this; that Hate is the basest of
ali passions, and the most Improbable.
A man sometimes gains a tempo
rary advantage by lying; and he gets
something by stealing. And in the
proper exercise of virtues he is always
profted; but what pleasure or profit
did anyone ever derive from hate !
Hate, is the most prolific and-to him
the most profitable seed the Devil
ever planted in the human heart. 1t
breathes its foul breath upon the
fair flower of a woman's virtue, and
withers it. 1t spits it's poison at the
fair name of honorable men, and cor
rodes it with doubt and suspicion. 1t
takes its seat in the jury box and on
the witness stand, and SCOTS at justice
and laughs at mercy. 1t breeds dis
c,rd in families disrupts friendships;
creates strife in churches divides
communities wrecks the hopes and
lives of innocent people, and is a dead
man s weight upon the soul of the man
who carries it in his heart 1t robs
its victim of all pleasure in life and
all hope of heaven. for unless we for
give we cannot hope to be forgiven.
and he who partaketh of the Holy Com
munion with hate in his heart,
eateth and drinketh to his souls dam
nation.
When Jay Gould lay corpse in his
palatial home in New York City, the |
morbid and curious gathered at his
gate to see his casket as it passed to
the hearse On the opposite side of the
street, through the long, dreary
watches of the night, there stood a
nan, pale faced and with pinched
features, eursing the dead millionaire
with every breath. How unhappy he
must have been; how unavailing his
,aths. And that is true picture OF
Hate.
Have you ever stopped to think how
t dwarfs your power for good or for
pleasure; how it belittles you in the
We of the public and degrades you even
n the estimation of those you love?
Did you ever know "good hater''
Who was a happy man? Did you ever
now anyone to make friends or money
+ good name, by hating his fellow
IAN? You might think on these
hings with profit
Do you know that half the ills we
ave to bear grow from envy, hate and
lalice? What travesty upon religion :
nat members of the same faith decry :
ne virtues and magnify the faults of ,
ach other. What a reflection upon :
1e Bar that half the members call the n
Their half shysters and sharp practi- !
oners. What rebuke to the medical o
'aternity the lack of faith they have :
each other And among newspapers 7
hat a misfortune that in the estima- !,
on of each we are all liars. And in q
olitics do you know that in nearly
very election more men vote against
than they do for somebody; 7
lat more men vote their prejudices ;,
ian do their principles? f,
And what is most important to be n
membered-and never for one mo- v
ent to be forgotten is, that the man "
no does the hating is the man who q,
,es the hurting W
Hate is a rancorous weed, poisonous 6
the whole human system. 1t be- =,
ouds the nina, warps the judgment, !,
sfigures the face sours the temper A.
ID destroys the soul
Let this be your motto, and ours
Hate no man; hate his vices. 70
ate all sin, deceit and selfish living, !,
It, thank God, we are high above the "
" level of hating fellow man. - M