The Washington herald., 1909-06-20
CONSCIENCE IS THE SAFEGUARD OF CHARACTER


/ faithful TO Gcd- NARY l. HECK.
3 Porter street northeast,
1 good conscience is 10 the soul what
health is TO the body. Il preserves a con-
stant ease and serenity within US and
more than countervails all the calamities
and Affections which can possibly befaIl
US. | know nothing so hard for a gen.
/ eTous mind 20 set over as calumny and
reproach. and cannot find any method OF
quieting the soul under them besides this
single one Of our being conscious TO our
selves that we do not deserve them.-Ad-
olson. ARTHUR GEORGE JoYsoN
Station B. East Capitol street.
Conscience is first occupied I'm ascer.
taining our duty before we proceed TO
action. then in judging our actions when
performed The conscience manifests
itself In the feeling OF obligation we ex-
perience which precedes. follows. and at
tends our actions JOSEPH ". HALL.
Gordousvilic. Va.
There is a spectacle grander than ths
ocean, and that is conscience. There is
a spectacle grander than the sky. and Il
Is the interior OF the soul To write the
poem OF the human conscience were the
subject only one man. and he the lowest
of men, would be reducing all epic poems
70 one supreme and final epic. II is no
more possible 10 prevent thought from
reverting 10 an ideal than the sea from
returning 10 the shore With the sailor
this is called the tide: with the culprit il
Il called remorse. God heaves the soul
Ike the ocean. The unknown IS an ocean.
What Is conscience? The compass OF. the
unknown.-Joseph Cook.
l2l2 Twelfth street northwest.
Faithful monitor of my soul.
Seeking heavenly light
Haunting my sinful path
Adown sorrows flight.-Mona
m ELLMoNA ANDERSON.
s2 French street northwest
Every man. however good be may be.
has q yet better man dwelling In him.
which is properly himself but 10 whom
nevertheless he Is often unfaithfuI. II
IS 70 this interior and less mutable being
that We should attach ourselves, not 20
the changesble, everyday man.-Hum-
bsldt. J. H. GARNER-
En Twelfth street northwest
In the widest anarchy Of mans in
surgent appetites and sins there is stiU
H.
In practice disregarded. Il is impossible
not 10 own; and TO which. al the very
moment We refuse our obedience. we ind
that we cannot refuse the homage OF
what ourselves do feel and acknowledge
to be the best, the highest principles OF
our nature" A GRACE.
"a street northeast.
He that wrongs his friend wrongs him
self more, and ever bears about, a silent
court OF justice in his breast Himself
the judge and jury. and himself the pris-
oner at the bar-ever condemned. for
conscience IS the court OF appeals OF
the Soul and that which sits right
rom error. NJ T. HANLON.
is EleTenth street northeast
The moral nature Of man Is summed
up in the word conscience. Moral nature
and conscience are two names OF ths
same thing.
The primary activity Of conscience is
not directly from the Will. or what the
will makes 1t to be. It is not. therefore.
OF the nature OF virtue or vice. but from
the constitution as made by God. The
taet' therefore, that man possesses a con-
science has nothing TO DO with his char
acter as gocd or bad That he should
nave conscience as a part Of his moral
nature Is simply a condition OF moral
character Of any kind. Il does not neces-
sariiy follow that the possessor. OF con-
science IS a proof OF moral goodness.
E. C. DOWDEN.
. X street northeast
Conscience responds TO the moral law
and IS satisfied when that is fulfilled. but
the law respects only the choice Of ends.
Love, says the Scripture, "worketh no
III 20 his neighbor. therefore love fs tbe
fulnllment Of the law" In the exercise
or supreme love 10 God and impartial
love TO man, the law is fulfilled. and the
conscience IS satisfied
r. E. ALEXANDER.
= Massachusetts, avenue northwest
4 friend in need, IS a friend indeed. and
mans best friend Is his conscience. /
Silent except when needed the 'stiu
small voice" is always on duty and
sounds a warning note when other
friends are helpless. The first auv IN /
ne battle for manhood and the very last
10 give up the fight. This friend entails 4
possibilities. and priv /
leges yet 10 be fully eomprehended and 4
appreciated. R luDKTFF
S2S Fagler piacr
Conscience is the pulse OF the world. 4
oeating loudly when the lower instincts