The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1906-01-10

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 q
prerequisite of love. The tragic stimu-
lates it. Accordingly, in the Christian
| religion tho death of Jesus Is most
prominent. His betrayal, triple denial
by Peter, stripped Of His robe, Knocked.
scourged, carrying the cross. bound to
it. nailed; His agonizing cries, death.
| burial-the whole is detailed with
brance of q young man radiant with
| hopes that are stifled; the long-for
! Messiah, Son Of God, founder Of a
| religion. whose life was oil for human
| veal. crucified in the populous capital
! Of His nation as n malefnctor, and the
| tragedy Of Calvary becomes pathetic
| in the extreme. If the Oberammcrgau
! play is SO heartrending. the loved dis
! ciples Of Jesus must have had an eX-
| perience in pathos rarely felt by NOR
| tai. 1t is 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 10 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
paty 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 pitying
perishing man brought redemption.
Jesus magnitied sympathy. 1t melts
pathy. a sect, the Jainists. so pity ven
omous insects rs not to kill them. The
Doukhobors absurdly pity tho putting
engine. SentimentaliStS 50 pity the
perpetrators OF horrible murder as to
l0il justice; parents their disobcdient
child as to spare the rod and spoil.
False phi!anthropists feed the lazy
and pauperize those who ought not to
eat because they do not work. We
must sympathiZe Alright.
The woman who cares for the Or
phan; the nurse who ceases not her
viGils in the epidemic; the neghbor
who grants Il loan to q deserving man
in hard place; the friend with his
fifty spoken word to tighten the
weighted heart and gladden. the record
ing angel-theSc are all Illustrations OF
SynpathiZing Alright. The highest form
Is the poor sympa thizing with the rich
Ill their loneliness, and the rich with
tie poor in their needs When tie
highest AMI lowest feel as one. sy.n-
Dathy has its perfect work The heart
thus sympathetic will go down in pity,
out IN love TO enemies and up in love
TO God. and throughout Cnvieth not.
| Thus this most blessed faculty Of the
Eeart is pure. We preach Love one
another with pure heart, fcrvently.'
Love, the most prominent thread warp,
is more than "mere morality.' Knowl-
edge OF the good does not overcome
the inertia TO its doing. The impera-
tlVes OF duty must be divinciy spoken
and warmed. It's not the ACT, but the
motive that gives quality. The love
OF God 10 us in Christ Jesus drawing
us into fellowship with the Infinite
heart ilnparts the highest quality to our
deeds.
Hate is another thread in the warp.
we have earned advanced university
degrees in this accomplishment. In
stance civil wars and religious inQuiSi-
tiOns. There is al Orientalism in
ThuGiSrl. whose votarieS worship the
sword us the Greek his Icon. killing
is worship wherein they do the will
Of their goddess. Asceticisn could
nave patent office all its own for in
SIruments OF ilagelation devised to
scourge monks into hatred Of this
beautiful world. Count the number OF
those you hate. We naturally love
friends and hate enemies. From
Christ we learn to hate Alright.
Tie phariScc'S law was: "Be holy,
as the Lord your God is holy Jesus
sat ut meat in pharisee's house.
,Ehcre were good Pharsecs. There
were others whom the Master branded
rs regeneration Of vipers, StraininS az
gnat and swallowing \ camel: with
our whited srpu,chres. and full OF
Gead mems bones Within" Not the
phariSees, but their sins, Jesus hated.
The cross shows Gods immcaSurable
hatred OF sin. Paul delivered the most
drastic philippics against sin. the de-
StrOyrr OF soul. 10 describe sin rs
the glory OF the imperfect is worse
than criminal. We ought TO hate sin
with all passion.
Work is prominent thread IN the
warp. Love. hate, fear are emotional.
John Wesley, in his experience OF
saving faith. says the heart was
strangely warmed. The Sermon Oh Tic
Mount is q mcs sage 10 the heart. The
feelings have reared the great faiths.
"Out Of the abundance OF the heart
the mouth spoakcth." Tonursa our feel
ings for themselves is irrcigtous.
They must issue i'll acts. IunGer leads
MS to eat. not for the Utilization OF the
palate but to restore lost tissue and
complete the body. The blessing OF
hungcrne and thirsting after right
couSnoss is in leading TO the activity
that fills us with the fullncss Of God.
True character is within. But no
man liycth TO himself" "1ct your
light shine is the command to of-
iCctifY that charNctCr TO be seen. it