The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-02-22
The WAY OF the JUST.
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But the path 81 the Just
/ n the daW ming light.
That shincth Elorc and mon.
untk the Is.rlert day.

beautiful passage than this verse from
the Book OF Proverbs? Considered
only as literature. competent critics
have declared that there Is no book
in the literature Of the world and OF
the ages as great as the Bible.
The author Of this verse had stood
beneath a eloudless sky in the dawn
OF the day, and he had seen the pale
streak in the East broaden and
brighten to the great sun. And ii had
come to him that thus it was with the
path of the just.
1t shines with a real light amid the
darkness Of the world and ever in
creases in power and splendor till it
attains to the perfect and unclouded
day. But we are not to be so absorb
ed with the beauty of the expression
as to neglect or to fail to see the great
truth that lies buried in It like a pearl
in a crystal river
just man Is one who makes an
honest and constant effort to deal
faithfully with duty. Our duties are
determined by the relation we sus-
tain to others. Paul, on Mars Hill,
confirmed the statement Of the heath
en-.
For We are also his offspring"
Mans duty to God then is that Of a
child to a parent. The man who strives
to be dutiful son of his Father in
Heaven is just man. The first duty
of child to a parent is to love the
parent, and when this love is whole
hearted and unselish, all other duties
become a delight and draw forth the
energies of the soul. To the extent
that a man does not love God is he
unjust In the very highest of all re-
lations.
But since men are Gods offspring,
each man stands in the relation Of a
brother to all other men, and the man
who is Just seeks to do ali that he
ought to do for his brethren of the
human race
That a man has small powers; that
his means are insignificant, that he &C.
cupies an humble position; these
.hings do not release him II there is
anything he can do for the physical,
mental social or moral improvement
If one human being. Selfishness Of
EN- hides under a false humility, like
/ worm under cabbage leaf.
God has a purpose In the creation
If each one OF His children. He is
in unjust man who fails or refuses
o make of himself what God wants
Tim to be- We can not be Just I'M
ess we are just to ourselves It is
written:
AS bird that VANDERBILT from her
nest,
10 is the man that VANDERBILT from his
place.
Some men fail here for want of en-
rgy; others for lack of courage 9TH
rs through sinful self-indulgence. The
rmy of the unjust to themselves is
lrge Like the human race, it is ever
wing, yet never dead.
In the early dawn of his day, to the
list man, the voice of conscience
Dmetimes seems hard and unreason-
BILE. But as the day broadens and
lie light grows to fullness he finds
lie commandment is exceeding broad
nd more and more he realizes that
ny law of God is violated at the peril
the soul In the morning twilight
3 does not always delight to do Gods
i'll, but each succeeding wave of
yht shows him new beauties and glor-
S that win and charm him to loyal
'edience. 1t is the old man who is
st prepared to appreciate the counsel
the father and the law of his mother
ven him in the days OF his youth. 1t
the man who has walked long in
e way of the just who most fully
allies how fatal is injustice
He becomes more anxious to yield
perfect obedience, and to be worthy
Gods confidence.
He feels more and more his one
IS with the race. Their burdens
come his burdens his sense of re-
to them deepens. He
ives forward with purpose as
lady as the CLEAN Of fixed star.
Iether loved and honored, or hated
d rejected. in prosperity and in ad-
-sity. IF he fails at any point, as
he will. he 10 not discouraged
III thou faint in the day Of adver-
-sity thy strength Is small"
3ut to the just strength comes in
day OF adversely and In the time
trial.
n the universe there is healing pow
This is true OF the invisible and
ritual as OF the material.
Where Just God reigns, no man
d remain unjust.