The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-21

that yoa preach doctrines and We preach
duties -.
No. was the answer. we preach
duties, too, but We LAX them with doc
trinos--'
This is certainly the IDEAL method. 4
g-eat preacher or teacher must be
great Iog.ciar and know how 70 apply
lo-ic 10 practice, ana thus reach the viii
through the Intellect aid the heart
Notice how Important ali OF Paui-s
"fois' ard "thcrcfores" are n his ex-
Eerta,ion5
Loves Duty.
Look al the Csc In hard. In Paurs
epist,e to the Echesians the great ques-
ton Of respect, reverence, and obedi-
ence 10 lawfully constituted rulers ire
member that Nero was Emperor). md
the question Of tax-paying and financial
debt laying comes up. Paul commands
these duties and Immediately announces
the principle upCn which they all rest.
II IS IT, aii-emDraeias principle. on the
human side C lie. Of 1--we 10 one'a
EeIshDcr. All human beings ara
obligated y the great law cf love No
man can lie q true man. or a holy man Of
q ChrIst-l;ke ElaE, aud Tenounce the law
cf love. Everyone who violates the Law
CT love in his associations and dealings
with his fellGw-alen, commits crime
Paufs application OF this law Is. Rem
der then to everybody their dues Owe
70 mGn anything, save to love him IL
Re tEat lSveth his nefgh5or hath full
filed tie law Love is the great de
tatoT II the realm OF duty. II you
want 70 know your duty to your fellow
EaE. consult the law OF love
Christian AItruism.
Paul was a great believer in Christian
altruis-a- Altruism means the other
fellows. Christianity puts the egg,
and the alter" On equally the same
footing. No enc can be a true Christian
who is not as true ard helpful 20 Others.
whatsoever their circumstances. condi-
ton, as TO himself, under Ike conditions.
No ran is righteous who is not right to-
ward others No one has done his duty
In life who can simply say, 81 have
harmed nobody" The question is also:
What have I done good TO anyone %
i neighbor IS anyone who can be helped
or harmed by another. Every man who
needs me is my 1eignbor To commit
adultery, to lie. to steal. TO coyet IS 20
break the law of love. which includes the
principle Of justice. but IS stiIl higher
than the law of justice II. tice has
limit, but love is iRexhaustibie Love is
almost to be pitied, because it can never
get through paying its debts Every
man has a right to our love. It IS his
due and our debt. Paul says, Pay all
Of your debts. not onfy your just debts
and your money debts, but your debts OF
love. which linciude kindness and courte-
sy to alII" Love Uorketh no H." be-
cause II would not be love If it did.
Love strives TO perform all duty what
ever happens to self" Love Is truly
heroic
MoTal-DrowsineSs-
Paul gives another motive for duty
1oing. and that is the swift onconing Of
personal salvation through faith in the
.ruciied Son of God. and the swift es-
"a Adjustment of His eternal kingdom in
he world The man who is indifferent
o the fact OF his own salvation and who
S so debauched that he does not realize
hat the world is being made better, is
described as being spiritually asleep.
Awake! Awake, 10 the great realities
If the coming kingdom, is the apostles
:ry- \ Christian may be morally asleep.
But let him rouse himself and dress
himself with the armor OF light Let
he World lie him cast away al
FORKS OF darkness.
Drunkenness, Licentiousness, Strife.
IN Pauline language these are indie
ent-" They. belong TO the sensual man,
nd not 20 the spiritual man They are
ebauching to SELF" and damning to
'thers. Drunken, Hcentious and guar
cling men are as a moral pestiIence to
ociety- The saloon cuItivates ali these
Ices. Let II 60 It is the greatest ma
erial foe mankind has ut present