The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1907-11-08

M the wall OF anguish. mere is no
hand so weak but IL grasps the hAnh
Of some other human being I'D illenu
ship There is no human heart so dead
but in II somewhere can be FOUND az
fectlon pulsatlng with life Yes. the
lowest form Of human being Is Infinite
~ above the highest form Of the brute
creature. for I'm every human heart II
the trembling needle Of the moral
compass pleading with man TO be d
better man than he II and showing
him hts duty to his fellow men.
But there is another reason why we
should heed the Injunction Of my text
We should honor all men because OF
the bitter struggles through which
most Of them have gone before they
have yielded to the calls Of sin and
cut themselves adrift from their own
higher ideals and from the love ana
respect OF their fellow men. 1t Is easy
10 sit supercillously upon the self
righteous thrones Of our own gilded
cgotIsm and look down upon the fall
en- and the low and say. 1--WE would
not have done as they did If we had
been 10 their place"
The older l grow the less harshly
Judge the moral weaknesses and short
comlngs Of those who fall into sin In
nearly every case ] have investigated
have found that these so called social
outcasts had certain trials and temp
tations, injustices practiced against
Them which would have flung me If IN
my own strength l had been com
pelled TO contend against them. Then
might have turned out as badly as
they did. This fact is not only true
about the men and women whom !
meet IN daily life but also of those
whose crimes have become the hor-
ror and the loathing Of two hemis'
pberes. II you Will investigate the
causes Of crime with an impartial
mind you will be compelled to become
more and more lenient in your criti-
clsms. as all men should.
Men do not start out intending TO
he bad. They do not want to be enc
mics Of society, but the temptations or
lie sometimes fame up in the blood
an account OF the sins Of their ances-
TORS or on account Of their own evil
surroundings. or injustices are prac-
nced upon them, or wrongs have been
lone them. They are battered and
beaten and trodden In the dust until
LAT last they arise, desperate. Then
their evil passions are let loose ana
ltheir hate of the world breaks like a
DESTROYING confagration. So, my
friends. before you judge men harshly
think Of the temptations which they
have had to meet. Think how made
lnuate Is their human strength to over
come those temptations. Think OF
what YOU would have done had you
heen placed in their surroundings with
heir tainted ancestral blood II You
10 all this. Will you not have better
idea OF sinful mankind than you ever
had in the pastf "Honor all men,
II YOU will only surrender your heart
10 Christ. God can see you growing
more and more each day Ike himself
Then God sees you learning to love
men and women and children, no mat
Ter how sinful they may be. Then
God sees you bringing the humbles'
md the weakest Of his children to bis
mercy seat. Then God sees you
ascending into glory to SIT by his side
Oh. my friend. will you not let this
Irvine idea come truei II can and u
will II you will only yield your sinfu
heart TO Jesus Christ You canno
honor men unless you allow yourself
TO be honored by the cleansing and
purifying blood Of Jesus Christ &c
light with God. friend. Get right Will
God now.