Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-03-19

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who steals: perhaps he was com
PEELED to the act by poverty perhaps
for long time through no fault Of his
own he has been a member Of that
great army Of the unemployed. While
the felony remains an offense that
must be punished, have sympathy
for him; sympathy too for the drunk
ard perhaps he drank q few years
ago with you, at your solicitation, not
knowing to what extent moderate.
drinking might carry him; perhaps he
inherited a vicious and deprayed APP
petite. AT all events he awakens
compassion within me-
But bribery is the unforgivable sin.
1t is greed Of gold carried to the.
limit. It is the prostitution of ones
sacred right.
Religion lifts men to the highest
moral plane and he who walks not
there is not religious.
I But religion is not merely justice,
honorable dealing, 1t is mercy too.
There is a man in congress today
who has thrilled the senate more than
once by his oratory; a man sincere,
honorable, tremendously in earnest, a
man who is opposed to every kind Of
tyranny--and yet he is not merciful
man. He has no compassion for an
neglected and unfortunate race. /
know a man who is so scrupulous in
the payment Of his debts that he
would not owe postage stamp, but he
is not; kind man to his family.
Mercy becomes US all. Not day
passes that we do not sim Very
humbly do we need to pray at night
for forgiveness. And when life is
over and we stand before our God,
how anxiously we shall scan his face
to see if mercy is written there! Then
our righteous dealings our benevo,
lence will seem as they appeared to
the prophet but filthy rags We
shall need, we shall ask for mercy in
that crisis; Therefore mercy becomes
us all If neither will your heavenly
father forgive yours
You remember Portals words:
The quality Of mercy is not strained
It droppeth as the gentle dew from
heaven
Upon the place beneath. It is thrice
blest;
It blesseth him that gives and hin
that takes,
tbs mightiest in the mighty: It be
comes
A throned monarch better than hi
crown, sS
It isHan attribute of God himself
And earthly power doth then shey
/ likest Gods
When mercy seasons Justice. There
1 fore, few
Through justice be thy plea, conside
this
That in the course of justice none
4 of us
IShould see salvation We do pray
for mercy
And that same prayer doth teach Us
all to render deeds of mercy.
We are not so far even in this quie
little city of ours from sights an6
sounds of human misery that we neei
take no thought.
There are young girls upon oul
streets at late hours of the night with
no parents to dissuade. If their ruiz
is not accomplished it will, be 3
marvel. It has been in some in
stances to my knowledge. There are
brilliantly lighted places of sin to de
coy the steps of thoughtless youths
but no !. M. G. A. with its comfort
able rooms, and its enobling com
Partnerships. There are houses, whose
nature ! may not describe, pitfalls tc
nell, whose victims pass to name
less grave.
One more unfortunate
4 Weary OF breath
4 Rashly importunate
Gone to her death .
sights Ike these should wiring pity
from every heart, the pity that lends q
helping hand.
| God asks for mercy, Fundamental,
IN our religious life, justice and mercy
and one requirement now, Fellowship
with him. Some men stop with the
first and second The third is toe
hard. They are honorable In all thei1
dealings. they are benevolent in theiI
living, irreproachable moral men, bu,
Ifhey do not enter the kingdom oj
heaven. Religion goes farther thar
morality It demands friendship with
God, and IT is Just here that these