Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-18

Conducted by Grace Livingston Hill-LutE.
For Sunday. August 10, 1905.
Topic: what is the Sin of Phariseeism7' Luke
Ii 424A.
a. But woe unto you, Pharisees! for We
1.-THE mint and rue and all manner Of herbs,
and pass over judgment and the love Of
God: these ought ye to have done, and not
to leave the other undone.
q. Woe unto you Phariseesl for We love
the uppermost seats In the synagogues, and
greetings In the markets.
A. Woe unto you scGibes and Pharisees,
hypocrites! for we are as graves which ap-
pear not. and the men that walk over them
are not aware Of them.
The Lesson.
There Is no use in our trying to pretend
that the Pharisees are a sect that lived
long ago and are no more. They walk
about our streets today, Haunt their good
ness upon the street corners, and take the
0ppermost seats and Offices in our Christian
Endeavor societies, Just as they did when
Jesus walked this earth.
'"rhey say they are going to try and get
mp a revival In our church" said a good
woman not long ago. but I can tell you
they won't succeed. When they get done
bad as It eyer was. They are ali hypo-
critics over there. yes, every oner' and she
shut her thin lips firmly. There's Mrs. R.
she teaches the Bible class, and a great
ing. but I'm sure my girls shall never go to
her class. l can teach them how to be bet
ter Christians here at home. She has had
her third floor waxed and put plano up
there for her girls to dance, and some Of
the boys in our Sunday school go there and
are learning to dance with the girls! And
last week her Mary told my Alice that her
mother had been down to the opera house
TO see Bernhard. Now IL you call that
woman Christian. I don't! They're all
that way over at that church. I've made
up my mind not to go to church any more
There's Mr.. L. You think he's so wonder
fully holy, but he lost his temper last week.
and was rude to one Of our boys in the
class and Johnny won't go any more. He
had no need to call attention to Johnny be-
fore others X he wasn't behaving lust
right There's Miss ]. I used to think she
company of young people at her house last
week and left my daughter out, and she
knew she always goes with that crowd
Miss j. is no better than any one else. I
haven't any use for the minister either any
more He hasn't called here In a year, and
he passed our house today without looking
up. He was walking with some folks who
live In a bigger house up on the hill. I
suppose we are too small for his notice but
that isn't my kind of religion. I'm not 90
ing 10 church any more anyway. l think I
can be better here at home, for IL 20 over
there l just sit and think how hypocriticaI
they all are and nothing does me any good
No. indeed. I'm not going near a meeting
and don't want any revival. l can get a
good enough blessing here at home to suit
mer' '
Now that may be an extreme case, but It
is nevertheless true one, and that dear
woman would be perfectly amazed II she
were told that In her Masters ewes her sin
Is just as great as that of the fellow-church
mem bers she had criticised They NAV all
nave Deen III the wrong. Doubtless they
were, for even church members are often
iauity' but she was not one whit better
with such thoughts of Gods other children
In her heart.
nnloyely. and they are sometimes very holy
people Perhaps Satan found 1t was their
only weak point and has attacked them
and they know 1t not have in mind
q whole family of dear Pharisees who
would be more nearly perfect IL 1t were
not Tor that sin of Pharlseeism. Their
nome is a perfect heaven to enter. because
OF the habit of perfect trust in Coo and
constant reference to Him and His will:
Ihey pray about everything that touches
thelr hves In the most minute particular
ana they plan to do right in every way they
know Only in this one little way do they
show their human faultiness there is the
least Dit OF m-better-than- thou-ness"
about them. Just let their minister or an
elder, or the president of the missionary
society transgress some law which they
nave lald down as necessary in order to
en-. their chins will tilt, their ewes will
look down their noses. and they will turn
away. Then bitter. indeed. are the words
they can speak upon such occasions; scath-
Ing are the sarcasms they pour out, and
cold are the looks as with lifted eyebrows
they inform the hapless one that his way
Is disapproved. Now IL may be they are
exercising this fault of theirs Justly but
Is nevertheless wrong in Gods eyes that
they should so set themselves up to be
judges of all mankind.
There are many young Pharisees coming
UP in our Christian Endeavor societies.
They love to lead a meeting because they
can make II 50 much more interesting than
others. they think. Perhaps they can. but
leading of the poor, iiliterate girl who