The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-08-18

tue oscgoiungs ana censouous criti
cism ever heard theirs We're tho
worst" Oh friend Is such a state
ment right Because Judas betrayed
Christ is that any reason you should
refuse tO De % disciple OF Christi BE
cause last year one OF our missionary
leaders OF one of the trustees Of an
orphans home proved q rascal and was
found 70 be- a defaultcr Is that any
reason we should refuse our aid 10
ward those bonefcent institutional In
your hatred FOR man you are binding
your eyes 70 the good you can DO 20
movements. You are acting a. foolish
Is as the astronomer who would refuse
10 climb the stellar ladder Of the night
and walk with God amid the inhnities
Of space merely because fy speck
gets upon the lens Of his telescope
O man. grow bigger. Widen your
horizon. DO not peevishly stop your
tramp up the heights Of Mount Wash
ington. where YOU can see all New Eng
land under your feet. merely because
a snsTlihg puppy comes out Of a barn
yard and bsrks at you as you walk
along the country highway. DO not
sap your life's usefulness By your
grudges against few men. Live for
principles Live for movements Live
for institutions II some people who
are working by vour side for those
causes are not what they ought 10 be
then 10 not as a coward desert your
post on the picket lines Of the worlds
great armies IN the time OF mortal
combat
But there Is yet another reason why
you should drop all your hatreds and
anlmoslties as kindlings into the great
conhagrations OF the setting sun. You
may be PORTED By the divine Ares Of
trouble. But no man WAS ever able 10
make a brother better and trueT and
purer by hatred and malice and wrath
and contempt You have tried 1t IN
the past You have piled mp your eS
corlatng remarks in great heaps You
have rolled down great avalauchss Of
denunciation You have exhausted your
whole vocabulary and roamed through
hundreds OF dictionary pages 70 ind yer.
biage sulphurous enough 10 depict your
whitening contempt But aid II DO any
goOdf Have you made your brother love
you any better1 Have you made him
truer OF better manf Have you help
cd your relationship with him In the
,easti Tor fifteen years you have
walked down the street and met him
on an average AZ least once a weeh
You stare az him What good are you
accomplishing by such bitter sctlons1
Absolutely none Absolutely no good
results for yourself Absolutely no
good results FOR him.
We should renOunce all our hatreds
and bitteTnesses and 8nlmOsities 10
ward our brothers because these ha
treds are curslng our spiritual lives AZ
well as theirs You can denounce your
neighbor FOR doing wrong You can
hate him OF despise him Oh yes But
when you do. be well aware that your
own spiritual life Is gradually ebbinR
away Week by week. month by
month. year by year, on account Of that
bitterness you have been lifting higher
and higher and higher an unsurmount
able wall between you aud Cod
Brother. sister, II Is high time you tore
down that obstructlnG wall. IL is
high time you consumed that hatred in
the conh0gration Of the setting Gun II
Is destroying your spiritual hopes.
There Is no doubt about it-you cannot
love yom God With all your soul and
mind and strength and hats your
neighbor az the same time