The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-11-05

time may be? Shall We not honor the
life which shall lnat throughout ctcr-
nityI
But there Is another fnct for which
we should honor The human race. God
has placed within every human heart
conscience hy which man 10 a great
or or less extent, l. able Ia distinguish
right from wrong, This conscience ia
10 man what the mariners compass Is
to the sailor Mt sea, 1t tells him what
he should do and what he ought not
to do. where ho should go and where
he ought not to go. what he should
say and what he ought not 10 say.
And The more the man truly follows
his conscience the more 1t will point
out the true ways of life to protect him
from the shadows and the destroying
rocks Of error and sin
Mans Conscience.
Have you ever watched tho wheel
man In the pilothouse steering The
ship? IN all probability he will not
see you or heed your presence while
you are watching him. His whole
mind and thought will he concentrated
upon the quivering needle in the square
box Just ahead of him. Every wave.
every current. every gust of wind That
throws the prov of that boat even n
few feet off its course. that trembling
needle ut once shows the change. At
once his strong hands grasp the han
dies of his wheel and the boat is pull
ed back upon its right course. These
currents and winds and waves are
boat to head wrong. Thus the quar-
terthastef hHs te he always needing
the warning of his compass. So with
the human heart. God has placed
within every human breast moral
compass called conscience. That con
science Is increasingly ut work, II is
perpetuallv showing man the error OF
his way and pointing to the right
course. Conscience Is continually say
| Ing: you ought TO do this because il
| Is right You ought not to do that he
| cause 1t is wrong" And no man.
| care not how low he may he in the
scale Of humanity is without this
| flaming torch of conscience showing
him the path of purity and truth. Is
there any other animal OH earth that
has moral compass quiyering and
trembling in his heart besides the I'M
man animal?
If you are n careful student of zool
ogy. YOU know that without cXcep
ton the maternal instinct of all nni
| mails but the human being ceases when
! the young arc weaned and able to care
| for themselves Among the birds. aft
| or the ficdglings have been taught it
| fly, the parents have absolutely no use
! or love for their young. Among the
fishes. which are II lower form of life
we do not find the parents caring NJ
all for their young. The salmon swim
up the rivers ut spawning time. They
deposit their eggs in the shallow wa
| ters Then the mother fish ut once he
comes cannbal aud will eat hel
young if she has the chance. But II
the human family everything is chang
cd. There love has its throne. There
human heart clings to human heart
There the old love the young. aud the
young love the old. There the strong
help the weak aud the weak help tn.
strong Though in some human hearts
YOU find the love power stnnted in its
growth, yet everywhere in man yo'
can find the moral compass telling hin
what is his duty To his fellow men
There is no eye so dull but il can spar
kle at the thought Of some sacrifice
There is no ear SO deaf but 1t quivcrs
| at the wall of anguish. There Is II,
hand so weak but it grasps the han6
of some other human being in friend
ship There Is no human heart so dea,
! but in 1t somewhere can he found ut
lection pulsating with life. Yes. tn,
lowest form of human being is infinite
~ above the highest form of the brute
creature, for in every human heart !;
the trembling needle of the mora
compass pleading with man to he
better man than he Is and showing
him his duty to his fellow men. Hon
or all men" On account Of their pow
| GfS OF 0tTeCttOn however iieHSet the.
may be, honor all men.
Judge Not Harsh|y.
But there is another reason why w
should heed the injunction of my text
We should honor all men because o
the bitter struggles through Whici
most of them have gone before the,
have yielded TO the calls of sin ant
cut themselves ndrift from their owl
higher ideals and from the love an(
respect of their fellow men. 1t Is eas,
to sit superciiously upon the sci
righteous thrones of our own glldet
egotism aud look down upon tho fall
en- and the low and say, "We woult
not have done as they did if we hat
been in their place. 1t is far diff
ferent matter to have had the same
| environment as they and to have
turned out differently.
The older / grow the less harshly
Judge the moral weaknesses and short