Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-09
Just Judgment
BY Francis Murphy

tice, mercy, fair play. honest dealing
and genuine manliness, without hypoc-
risy or dissimulation.
He called a halt on the unjust iudg-
ment of the scribes and Pharisees re-
garding the common people and entered
his protest against their injustice. He
declared, with what judgment We
judge it shall be measured to you and
with what measure We mete it shall he
measured to you again. That was a
unique way of declaring "all things
whatsoever We would that men should
do to you do ye even so to them, for
such is the law and the prophets"
We should all remember this blessed
counsel. We have all proved the truth
of It, We must be more careful what
we say of other people and how we
should judge our neighbor. 1t is a
pleasant thing to think well of our
neighbor, to be kind to him, gentle and
helpful. If we will pursue kindness an1
dispense it to our neighbors and our
friends they will reciprocate by giving
down and running over" We must not
seek for the mote in our brothers eye,
but look for the beam in our own eye.
1t is a brave, true man that will in
vestigate himself, that will examine his
own heart and his own life and see if
there is in it seeds of prejudice. jeal-
ousy envy or prevarication. What we
want is the clean heart-God's love
shining into it and radiating through
all our life and pulling out every little
root of bitterness that may be in the
heart of life-by the perfect life of
Jesus Christ. This casts out every evil
fault and all fear, cleansing our vision
so that we can look our neighbor
squarely in the face with a steady eye
with an honest, true, loving friendship.
Love is the cure. The love of God
shed abroad in the heart by the Holy
Ghost is the cure for all the sorrows
that may come to us from any source
nothing else but love and patient, gentle
endurance. 1t is the new commandment
that we love one another. No danger
of us judging i'll of any person that we
love. If we truly love we will not speak
unkindly of him nor Judge him un-
kindly.
Much is said about this blessed spirit
of peace on earth and good will to all
men, but there is such small practice
of it that people declare it is num-
] &c
an error. The world never was so rich
! in good deeds as today. People never
gave so much for the comfort of the
poor and needy as they do today. In
every city are to be found beautiful
monuments to the unselishness of men
and women who have accumulated
wealth.
Our own beautiful city of Los An
geles is second to none in this broad
land in the generous provision made
for those who are in need. 1 know of
no city in my travels that has so gener-
ously provided for the poor. God bless
it and the men who have made it and
honor it and who are justly proud of it.
cipal administration is one of the
highest order. The chief magistrate is
a noble man. The police board that he
has called to his assistance for the ad-
ministraton of law are excellent men.
They have done great things for the
city's welfare. They will do greater
things. Let the friends of law and
order Stand by them, hold up their
hands and say "Well DONE" One of
them a man of mature years, might
well have claimed exemption from all
public duty, nevertheless he loves this
city so well and his influence is so great
for anything that is good that when
the mayor called upon him to assist
fully gave his consent to do what he
could. His presence has been an in
spiration and a blessing to the whole
city.
There is no doubt that there is
work to be done in our beautiful city
for the best interests of all the peo-
| pie The city is now organized to do it,
There is no narrow partisan clique in
the stable.
The rights of the whole people are
respected. Some fault has been found
regarding the perfect enforcement of
law. Now let the laws governing this
city be judiciously enforced without re-
spect 10 persons and the evils we COM
plain of will vanish like the mist be-
fore the rising sun.
We viii not judge evil of any one.
We believe in righteousness. 1t exalts
nation; it will exalt an individuals it
will exalt a city. 1t has exalted ours
and glorifed it. God bless the men who
are responsible for its peace and pros
perity.