The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-30

that, it is my duty to remind you OF
the fact that no penalty which this
{ honorable court could impose would
+, be at all commensurate with the
| crime of which you stand convicted
| that of stealing and appropriating to
| your own use the property of another
! BY your conduct you have proven that
you are not only unfit to associate
! with honest and respectable birds. but
! that you deserve to die. But, as 4
am a merciful. as we'll as a just Judge
! shall not impose the death penalty;
! the judgment of this court is that you
| be taken out and whipped until you
are willing to swear that you VIII
! never steal another chicken. me
| sheriff will see that the order of this
| honorable court is we'll and duly exc
| cuted, and return the prisoner before.
me-
When, after receiving his f1ogging,
| the crest-fellen hawk came again into
| court, the judge dismissed him as fol-
lows:
..Go now and let this be warning
| 10 YOU. never to steal again. Society
must take care of itself, and the
| rights of others must be maintained.
And don't you forget, when you go,
that rogue is the meanest of all
creatures
Pretty soon the court adjourned and
Judge Crow, the prosecuting attorney,
the jury and all the crows went THEN
ways. But it was not long before
gun fired off and Judge Crow receiv-
ed a mortal wound from a shot, while
he was in the act of breaking up
setting hen, by stealing and eating the
eggs About the ame time, the other
crows were asse m bling in the farmers
fairgrounds to pull up his young corn.
Instead of pulling up the corn, how
ever, they fell to Eating corn, they
found scattered on the ground which
the farmer had soaked in brandy,
and very soon they were all drunk
too drunk to fly-s so after shooting
and killing Judge Crow, for stealing
eggs from under his setting hen, the
farmer came down into the low
ground field, and with a stick, killed
all the crows that went there to steai
his corn-the very crows that helped
, to punish the hawk Tor Steallng
chicken.
Phariseeism-self RIGHTEOUSNESS
no sign that one is honest. Nor can
it be truthfuIly said that the judge
, and jury would. under similar circum-
stances, do better than the poor fell
low who gets caught. | often Won
der. when | hear one of the self
righteous beating a poor devil, now
much better he would do if he had
the poor devils opportunity. Find
ing fault, abusing, accusing or play
ing the Pharisee is one thing; but do
ing unto others as you would nave
them do unto you is the thing.
1 hear David praying the Lord to
curse his enemies. But, after awhile
/ hear him saying, Il thought on my
ways and then he got to be bet
ter man. David was Pharisee Whlie
he was watching and condemning 9TH
arc h11f ha q DIlhilCans
he remembered his own great sin.
| knew two very good men VINO,
good as supposed them to be. were
little inclined to Pharisecism,, although
they were both Methodist preach
ers. One of them, who was sick, llVed
very near to a church at which |
preached: so near that, lying on his
bed at home, he could hear my voice
as we'll as the singing. One Monday,
after / had preached on Sunday, l
went to see him, finding him in a
cheerful, happy mood. He SAID ne
heard the preaching and singing, sum
day morning, and it called up many
recollections, of his young and more
active ministry MY mind went back,
he said "to a special occasion, when,
one beautiful May morning | preached
to a great crowd in a grove and the
Holy Spirit came upon the people In
wonderful power; and, as l lad mere
and thought it all over l could not
help rejoicing"
A few days after that I met the
other preacher and, in the course OF
conversations he asked about the SICK
brother. | told him l thought he was
improving and also alluded to the
Monday mornings conversation, as an
/ evidence of the fact that, in the midst
of his sufferings, he was joyfully trust
ing in Christ
The brother thought for few mo-
ment, but at length replied as fol-
lows:
I'm glad to hear the brother is
better and that he enjoyed himself
so we'll last Sunday. But, my brother,
as much as / hate to say it, | think
that he sometimes, brags too much or
| his piety.'' few days after, / sawst the
sick man, and in the course of our
conversation | referred to the TACT
that I'd seen the other preacher.
Hes a mighty good man. the
| sick man remarked, but do you know.
| brother Whitaker, that | think he
boasts too much of his humility.
| There it was. One thought the 9TH
or Dragged too much on his piety;
the other thought he boosted too
much of his humility
| The PhariSee is a one-Sided being.
/ The Saviour intimated that he. paid
| too much attention to the outside and
: let the inside become full of rotten
! ness and dead mems bones. That he
looked too much after other peoples