Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-01-18

the ledSC TO the A1nS OF IefrOrS is
abolished. All power is for our good
and we can no longer fear. Fear gives
place to love and sinks to the neither
side Of the warp in remembrance Of
the judgments Of the lawgiver. The
terrors of the law are replaced by the
grace Of the gospel. Fear is the be-
ginning Of wisdom, its end is love.
In our necessitated helplessness in in
fancy and youth we depended upon
our fathers. That dependence met
feeling, love. All men have this tu-
telage, and to them Jesus reveals God
as the Father who excels the most de-
voted father in giving good things.
The .devotee Of many gods may be
sober until he is intoxicated at the
feast of Dionysius and be righteous
throughout all. To the same devotee
wisdom is virtue if he is a states
man and courage if he is a soldier.
There are different virtues for different
times and different people. Jesus re-
vealed Diety as one God and Father,
therefore virtue is one and love is
the fulfilling of all virtue To offend
in one point of love is to be guilty of
all, because righteousness is unit.
The acknowledged master In my
craft addresses my ambition with,
'You can be an artisan equal to me
and will aid you" He has my hearts
best love. The absolutely perfect God
addresses my loftiest ambition with,
"Be ye perfect as am perfect and My
proffered grace all-sufficient, is yours
for the asking" 1t follows my hearts
supreme love wells up to God. The
most prominent thread in the warp is,
Love God with all your heart, mind,
soul and strength
God the Father Of all-then geog-
raphy, national boundaries, is matter
of thL head and not Of the heart and
merchandise a commodity in things
and not in men. Accordingly, in the
beginning of this era it was predes-
tined a William Lloyd Garrison should
toll the death knen Of slavery. Bud
dhistic love is individualistic and does
no mighty deeds; Christian love is So
cial and does. 1t inculcates love to the
neighbor and unites to the true relig-
ion the loftiest morals and inspires
the mightiest deeds Of man for man.
Thomas Hobbies set the English
thinking world agog with, "Self-love
is the only love; we tolerate, but can
not love another" This cynic would
, wounded man not to mitigate his suf-
F! ferings, but himself to exhilarate in
power possessed. Adam Smith has
shown with his pen what SO many
have with their lives that sympathy
is an integral part of our nature.
! Sympathy, to feel with another. is
prerequisite Of love. The tragic stimu-
lates it. Accordingly, in the Christian
religion the death of Jesus is most
prominent. His betrayal triple denial
by Peter, stripped of His robe Knocked,
J scOurged, carrying the cross, bound to
| it, nailed; His agonizing cries, death.
| burial-the whole is detailed with
| minutiae. Add to this the remem-
: Drance of young man radiant with
| hopes that are stifled; the lohg-for
| Messiah, Son of God, founder of a
{ religion. whose life was all for human
veal. crucifed in the populous capital
| of His nation as malefactor, and the
| tragedy of Calvary becomes pathetic
! in the extreme. If the Oberammergau
! play is so heartrending, the loved dis
! ciples Of Jesus must have had an ex-
| perience in pathos rarely felt by NOR
| tai. It is a wonder some of them did
! not die from sheer pity!
| To-day we observe Passion Week
| and the forty days OF Lent. Art, lit
erature and sermons picture the pa
thetic profile of Jesus and melt our
hearts. The courageous man Of Cal
vary is less Viewed, and wisely SO.
We need to be infused with the pas
| sion of Jesus to give us the heart to
feel. The melted heart first.
Darwin ruled sympathy out of order
In this world Of struggle. A recent
reputable sociologist shows how sym
pathy evidenced in mutual aid has
made possible the life of the animate
world and the progress Of man. In
the highest form Of life the Offspring
! is fewest and weakest. Pity absent
and such would perish. God pityine
perishing man brought redemption.
Jesus magnif1ed sympathy. It Eaelts
the heart to love. There is false sym
pathy. A sect, the Jainists, SO pity ven
omous insects as not to kill them. The
Doukhobors absurdly pity the putting
engine. Sentimentalists SO pity the
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