The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-11-01

|! is a priest or8minisfer bit because it is.
assumed that none except holy man
that it, a man whose life is humanity free
from sin and wronE-would he iccepta ole.
as mnistrant in sacred Offices.
1t is the original and t:lls sons of
holiness and holy tIlt We ani in cur
text and in the Hebrew WORT kodosh.
'nile one being only to whom tie word
Holiness can be truly apnlied Is Cod. He
alone is holy. Men can only 2,acoine holy.
ian strive after holiness. because holt
ness rightly means the Summation of all.
things noble, wise nnel morally excellent
T.. means the totally of all meal excel
,nncss. he perfection Of complete. CON
-l!1lnate wholeness. wait &c all yoII
attention to the IDENTITY in meaning. rs
Vel as in sound. of the word; Hf7oie-
l.ess'' and holiness. The cnmpiete
Wilderness of.morality is holiness the per-
feet. total, aconsummate& fuiness of right.
7ni;sness. This can be true alone of God.
lte alone is the perfect being.
OBLIGATION Upon MAN
Tut upon man is laid the obligation to.
Lccome as holy as lies in his nature. 10
APPROACH as near as is55niinlnly poSsi-5
lie to tie divine perfection, to the ahso-
lute#righteousness of God. The first care
OF man should be to develop his moral
life. tremendously and completely. in all
directions. The ideal of righteousness is
ciselS as the IDEAL of physical perfection
is complete all-around development No
one would consider for, a moment tina Ian
athlete was we'll bull whose arms per
HAIRS. might. indeed. show the&bulgins BIZ
Gers Of knotted, hardcae1 and carefully
cultivated muscles. but whose legs We're
thin fiabbr sticks of faced and ener-a
vatedsnesh The physical development re-
c,nires the cultivation of all the resources
OF the body. making. a unity, wherein
e.ace symmetry ease of motion and
effortl4ss action hetoken the harmony Of
can1r,ete full-sided development So. too
does the development of the moral life
REQUIRE the totally Of moral IDEAS. thu,
STRIVING after that fullness Of righteous
ness which is at once the glory OF God
aud the inspration Of man
This harmony of moral DEVELOPMENT
is threatened and often destroyed by
what have termed one-sided right
eousness. that is. the dominance of one
moral idea over all others. This one
s,dedness not only disturhs the moral
equsl .brium. but often goes TO sucn
lengths. as to neEate all other moral ir-
ttuences and Ideas except the one cher
lshed We know that mental equilibrium
which We cali sanity Is overthrown by
extravagant devotion 70 any one thought
or ltncH of thought Monomanta is prac-
really the father of all insanity. and
we put the mnnomanlcs into the asyiums
for the insane. There is an ethical mon
omanic. and more often a monomanic8
that is SIMPLY ssctaran@ and not ethical.
which is as fully destructive OF ethical
SANITY a man may be all enthusiast in
anv one direction and he very useful
member of sociaty#as long as. he is mas
ter over his cnthu.ias But when his
enthusiasm for the one 'dea blinds him
to@the value OF other moral ideas, he be-
comes an agent for harm rather than
for good. 5 He may. be a righteous man
in intent but his righteousness is ore
sided and its jagged edges are hurtful.
LACK or, BALANCE
An eminent authority professor
Lazarus. of Berlin has Well said that
.-rnere IS good reason and historical
lust:ticat1on for the assertion that the
lowness OF etaical progress is due. less
to the lack OF moral euergrsin success
sive ganeratinn than to the lack of
balance in our moral ideas The his
tory Of oppression and persecution Of
draconic leg station and fanatic insur-
rectloll rs hut the history Of the domi-
nance Of one-sided Righteousness. The
mostaupright leaders themselves misled
hy :, perlicous moral monoInanc. have
misled masses INTO the most frIghttul
aud SANCTUARY OF ethical horrors They
nave been the bind leaders of the blind.
The records Of religious prosecutions.
IMPRESSIONS and martyrdoms are the
records of this same one-sfdedness.
One-sided righteousness is permlcious
! because it is characterized by a selfish
vanity The Individual is not satisfied
with merely his own adherence to his
dominant t doctrine. He seeks to impose
it on others by persuasion. where PER
suaslon avails. by force and violence
where persuasion fails. His zeal OUT
runs his sense of justice, and, lnsistent
upon his own doctrine. he denies the.
right OF another to his doctrine Thank
heaven the DAYS have practically passed
when violent and fo-cible compulsIon lay
unrestr. cted in the hands of a few one
sided enthusiasts IS But though violence
and force are denied them, there are
some to-day yet who seek by means of
legislation to impose their ideas or their
idea. upon others Well-tntentloned. up
*r1gnt and rlsht-nleaning as these may be,
/ their course cannot but De harmful be-
cause their righteousness IS one-s1ded,
incomplete and imperfect
1t is one-sided righteousness when men
will put forth one scheme OF salvation,
declare it to be the only one and ut
tar,y DENY any value or worth to any
otner honest thought or honest endeavor
and try to compel others by law.
ar to cheat them by trickery, into ac-
knowed,ng and submitting to that pa r
t!cular scneme. 1t is one-sided rlghte-z
| BUSINESS that insists upon abstinence IN
one direction and encourages the WIDEST
license in another 1t is one-slded right
eousness whenever any man. or set OF
men. believe that they have SO attained
the summit Of perfection that they need