The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-12

you II was new idea. No one had
ever trusted Mike Dunno. That his Maker
would give him a hand: that the Al
mighty wouldn't go back on a thief II he
only wanted TO live honest. was an in
spiration to the wretched man. He laid
hold on the arm OF strength that seemed
TO reach down from heaven. He rose and
burst the bond OF shame and like the
great Captain OF Salvation led many like
himself into the new world OF liberty"
NOT TO BE COMMANDED.
This faith in men. this trust in those
who seem unworthy Of trust can no more
be commanded than love can. II Is an
effect Of our effort to help men who need
1t. L., too. Is the fruit OF the meroiful
spirit. Said man TO a woman engaged
In mission work In one OF our great cities.
Il should think that you would lose your
faith in humanity struggling with these
people. How degraded they are, how low
In sin and shame"
ION the contrary" said the woman. IT
have found my faith in humanity labor
ing here and II grows in strength with the
years II Is you who have no faith. once
believed as you did. Now / know them
and there is much here TO love and trust.
The men who have believed most in men
have been such as Jerry McAuley, Mike
Dunno and Samuel Hadley. Not those
who have stood aloof but those who have
gone in and. latored. These have little
time to tell OF mons sins, for
they are laboring to lift them.
nothings. who talk and criticise and tell
us how mean and low human nature Is
and being small OF heart themselves they
believe what they say. Give a man a
chance Have faith in him. You expect
as much OF God and how can you be-
seech the throne Of grace for that which
you are not willing 10 give.
LOVE AND TRUST.
Love and trust. Ask not first what
the effect OF mercy ls upon the
lives OF others, ask first can you af-
ford 10 do without its fruit in your own
life. III you can you can afford to do
without Christ. the Christ OF mercy. who
loved men with a warmer love and trust
ed them with a deeper faith than any
other man not because he did not know
them, but because ever endeavoring to
help them he knew them better than any
other man.
We begin now 10 see why ne sought
mercy from the Pharisees He sought IL
for their own sakes. He sought IL that
all the coldness and formality OF a
bloodless religion might be swallowed up
In a warm love and firm faith I'm the
Nut HHAutIs ms WIS 10 De the erect on
their lives. What was 20 be the effect
on the life OF the sinner? l came not to
call the righteous but sinners. To call
them 10 what7 To repentance. Repent
ye, for the kingdom OF heaven ls at
hand"
When man writes n book along reli-
gious lines and Gays something sane and
human, we owe Il as a duty 10 him 10 ex-
press our gratitude. At least one such
book has been written during the past
year and our Interest I'm ~ here centers
In brief statement on repentance.
ON REPENTENCE.
Prof Coe In a book entitled Religion
or mature mind" says: I'm the New
Testament there are two Different con-
ceptions OF repentance. One Is an attI-
tude or mind involving a decision. the
other r. an ometion The repantence OF
the Galilean preaching IL something that
we do; the other kind is something that
We feel We might freely paraphrase
Jesus command 10 repent as follows:
Your attitude toward life. your point OF
view, your standard OF value II defec.