The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1904-05-12
Gods Revelation of Good.

He hath showed thee, O man, what Is
good.-Micah VI, g.
Then goodness does not come lrom
the human workshop, nor is 1t discoV'
cred by man, but Is revealed by goa
himself, for"He hath showed thee, y
man, what is good" 1t has Its issue
in man, and the process is threeiold.
"And what doth the Lord require OF
thee but to do justly, love mercy and
to walk humbly before thy God"
Do Justly. One would think this
very easy in this land where courts
ara established everywhere and are in
constant session, where every store
has its scales and where the yardstlck
is on every counter where the zen
Commandments are written on every
memory. But here we are to be re-
minded that for every act Of justice
or Injustice on earth there Is a court
in session up above before which 1t
must come for final judgment; that
every article weighed by human hand
must 20 upon the divine scale, which
never errs, and that for every inter-
pretation Of the Ten Commandments
there is an eternal and Interchangeable
standard in the hand Of God.
Love mercy. 1t Is said that there
are violins in which the harmony OF
parts, the construction, the Migratory
power are SO perfect that 1t is the
very nature of the instrument to give
out harmony. This Is an Illustration
of what God wishes us all to be IN re-
lation to himself. To love mercy is TO
| live it until the whole nature is an ex'
preston of this beautiful attribute OF
God. Mercy must enter into life and
fill every part of ones nature. No one
can appreciate life fully until he has
learned this. No one can appreciate
the blessings and the power Of man
hood until he has learned what untold
sacrifices his parents have made fol
him. No one will realize how good
God is until he has learned through
this divine attribute how patient anc
how long suffering the Almighty has
been with us through the infinite sac
rifice of his Son. This Is the power o.
the enduring life, to love that whicf
beauties character and conduct unit
by the very force Of this divine attrl
butte you are more than hero, or SAINT
or worldly conqueror. HE natl
showed thee, O man, what is good
to love mercy.
Walk humbly with thy God. Wht
can walk otherwise with the Almigh
ty, the One who is infinite, eterna
and Interchangeable, the creator of al
things?
, We walked one day in the Alps
Thousands of feet high did thos
giants of the world lift themselves tc
ward the sky as though to scorn tn
, little things Of creation. The trees O
mammoth size far up the mountain
, side looked like tufts of grass, and tn
. streams of water flung themselve
{ forth in silver ribbons, changing t
a spray in their rapid descent as the
!. hurried toward the valley. In tn
{ presence of these great hoary evel
n lasting hills we were silent. We fel
our littleness and walked very humbl
. lest the mountains should learn tina
0. we were so small Can any one wal
by the bold, jagged cliffs of Sina
where the law was given and wher
the thunder and the lightning of Go
q appeared, and feel proud? All. no.
4 Then shall we not walk humbl
with the God who made the moul
n tains, the law and all things, and VIII
h holds all in the hollow of his hand
Il Shall we not realize the untold priv
. lege Of walking humbly with One VIII
# Is so wise, SO great and so good
,. Beautiful command, this, walk hun
q bly, with thy God" He leads us b
:. the hand and we journey on with hi
a as the little child walks with his fat
n er, until we are able to say with or
=. of the worlds greatest, Frances WI
d lard, when dying, How beautiful 1t
to be with God."-John Lloyd LIE
DID.