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same time being n servant II Is being n
servant and living the life OF king.
INFLUENCEIs is NECESSARY.

nunciatfons, but by a life or simple pu-
made 10 seem small and mean In the
growing consciousness OF the sacrifice or
the mother.
our influence If we once have II. The
trouble IN TO get g. To secure the right
kind means prayer and fasting and sur
render 10 God. We haven't IL because
we are not willing TO pay. the price.
This influence that II so necessary IL
we are 10 play our part In the world as
our own faults before we turn our at
tention To those OF our neighbors. why
beholdest thou the mote that rs In thy
brothers eye, but consdcreth not the
beam that is in thine own eyer"
Jesus was not speaking here 20 any one
particular man, nor did he have reference
TO any particular case. IL Is a general
He has told as that the man who judges
reveals his own shortcomings To the
world But more tnan nan that; hi,n;ah tae 10 man h,s
own faults.
suppose there are fewer hypoertes in
this world than one suDposes. When we
stop 10 think OF the meaning OF hypocrisy
we are prone TO agree with Prof. Palm
err when he says that lylng me dne IRE ot
hypocrisy Is an extremely dihicuit ana
II there is one thing we crave IL Is TO be
known as we are. we are grleveu When
man criucises us. not so much because
OF his criticism for Il may not be worth
considering. but because we are misun-
derstood He has msnterpreted us;
The hypocrite is the man who deiie-
He reveals life 10 the world that Is not a
true life. II II wretched business.
Yet how frequently we hear people con-
selves possess Certainly they are hypo-S
critics. Most certainly mr. tt Lg
Ii may be that just because they do con-
they arc blind to their own faults. They
see the mOte In their brothers eye, ana,
having their mind so concentrated on
that, they do not see the beam In their
PEOPLE NEARsIGHTED.
Occasionally we search for some object
about the room and fail TO find IL. But
here Il Is just where we started on our
that we couldn't see 1t. It's just as true
OF our faults. our neighbOrs know them
better than we. We do not see them be-
There has been great deal Of discus
sion in theology as TO the meaning OF
the objectionable sin. One theologian has
said IL was this and another that. What
Jesus meant by II we do not know.
We might be safe, however, in assum-
ing that " was putting oneself outside an
environment where growth was possible
and desiring TO remain there. III this be
true the Judging man Is on a dangerous
road.
We grow I'm many ways. Two important
ones a. learning from the lives or others,
and crticising unsparingy ones own. The
man who continually condemns puts him
self outside OF both of these environ
ments For the man who judges otner
men not only fails TO learn from their
opinions, but he ceases 10 remove the eNii
from his own life.
There is one lesson that we need 10
learx and that Is the lesson OF charity.
We need TO learn IL not only because IL
Is Gods command, but because without
A there is no hope OF salvation. If one
asks 10 whom shall charity be shown we
may answer to everybody In this world
To evervbodvg Yes. To the man who
tions On questions that pertain TO the
most sacred relationships of life. 10
the home. 20 the state, TO the church.
Because he differs from you on vital
questions and with the rest OF humanity
does not necessarily mean that ne is
wrong and everybody else right; his
statement may he the truth and II is
the truth. not dogmatic opinion, that we
need to uphold
The trouble has been and is that we
are all more interested In our own dog.
matte positions than we are in the TRUTH
/ verify believe that there are some peo-
pie in the church today who would rather
hear man who clings unfiinchingly TO
the old theological statements OF the
church than 10 hear man assert fear
lessly what he himself believes.
This too whHn they themselves are
conscious that no man of intelligence can
maintain the positions OF ffty years ago
and be an honest man. \ man who rs
not honest intellectually is not honest In
any way.
CHARITY TO ALL MEN.
Charitable to every man Whatsoever his
life may be. Judgment IT, is mine, ne vsa,,ih salih
not do this or that which our neighbor
does. If we would do just exactly what
he does we would be our nelgnoor anu
then we would necessarily do just what
IL was to the men lost In sin, STEPPED
I'm iniquity that Jesus came lie placed
them In his judgment nearer the KING
dom of God than the Judging, condemn,
ing, righteous, orthodox Pharisees and
hypocrites. The lowest elements OF So
ciety will go in before you, he says
To the woman taken in her sin he says:
Neither do condemn them: go and SIN
no more" But upon the Pharisees ana
hypocrites he hurls forth the most purn-
ing criticism, exclaiming. How shall you
escape the punishment of hellY
re charitable TO all men but one. or
one man be unspairing. That man is
yourself Critcise your own opinions.
your own deeds. your own motives. last
out the beam from your own eve. 1h%en %
YOU shall be able not 10 condemn the
mote i'm your brothers eye. but to help
him rid himself OF IL
The great lesson lis charity. But shall
we fail to draw picture OF me n,a 1uss
they appeal 10 others as wen as our
selves.
mlserably To advance the cause of right
aotsnegs and God. But may they not
be rrieved az heart as much as WEI May
they not he laboring under burdens al
most too heavy to be borne?
Burdens about which we are ignorant?
our criticism Is ofttimes the last straw.
IL is ofttimes the sharp knife that cuts
the last hone that binds them 10 all that
Is good In the world.
HELP ONE ANOTHER.
Here are men and women toiling on.
doing the best they know. We criticise
their efforts. little needing their natural
limitations What they need is encour-
agement and cheer and we sow discour-
agement and fear. Let us be careful
what we say.
let us not forget that we are all broth
ers and that God calls upon us to help
and not hinder. He knows better than
we Judgment " his.
our little part is 20 learn and help. so
That we shall enable men TO escape the
Judgment of God. and by so doing save
ourselves from passing under his con-
demnation
BIG WARSHIP,