Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1910-02-17

Love Mercy ana 70 walk Humbly
With Thy God?'' micah vi, 81
Norfolk, Va, Feb. 13.-Are the
words OF our text true? Is it posi-
BILE that the true religion Of the Bible
demands nothing more of US than is
expressed in this text? What about
the Jewish Law? What about its
sin-offering, its burnt-offering, its
thank-offerings? What about the
ten commandments? What about
the digest of those commandments
approved by our Lord Jesus, Thou
shalt love the Lord thy God with all
thy heart, with all thy mind, with all
thy being, with all thy strength; and
thou shalt love thy neighbor as thy
self?i" What about church attend
ance? What about are responsible
tiles to our families? To the Church
Of the Bible to know God will?
What about our responsibility for the
heather? What about baptism and
the Lords supper?
Indirectly dear brethren, all the
matters included in our questions and
many more are included incidentally
in the provision of our text. Some
times whole sermon is preached in
few words. No one will dispute the
reasonableness of the Divine require
ment as stated in our text. Our Gre
ator could not justify or with self
| respect ask less than this of his Great
ures who would enjoy his favor. The
interests of all demand that these
principles should be required of every
creature permitted the enjoyment of
Divine favor to the extent of eternal
i life, Whoever fails. to come up to
these conditions would thus evidence
his unworthiness of life eternal; his
II prolonged existence would merely be
a prospecting of sin and menace to
the happiness and Righteousness of
I others.
But now let us see the scope Of this
Divine requirement, whose justice we
have already acknowledged. We note
the natural division Of our text into
three parts: ~
"a Doing Justly;
(2).. Loving mercy;
Il -l3) Walking humbly.
The requirement of justice in all
our dealings with our fellows, COM
mends itself to every rational mind.
It includes the whole Law of God.
A brief statement of that Law which
had our Lords approval reads, Thou
shalt love the Lord thy God with all
thy heart and all thy mind all thy
being and all thy. strength; and thou
shalt love thy neighbor as myself.
On these two propositions hang all
the Law and the Prophets. 1t Is but
just that we, should recognize our
Creator as first; that we should glori-
~ the One who, gave us our being
and all the blessings that come there
With; that we, should be obedient to
his. righteous requirements that make
for our own happiness and that OF
others. 1t is also but right that we
should recognize the rights OF others,
as we would have them recognize ouI
rights. The Golden Rule is the bar
est of justice. Not hairs breadth
less would come with the require
ments of our, text, Do Justly. Come,
then, let us reason together. How
many of us do Justly in all Of life's
affairs-in our relationship to ou1
God and to our neighbor?
Begin at home, Let each one crit
icise his words and his deeds toward
his parents; toward his children; to-
ward his brothers, toward his sisters
toward husband, toward wife. Dc
we in ali our relationships of life
treat those who are so near and SC
dear to us according to the standards
Of Justice, according to the Golden
Rule? Do we do toward them as we
would have them do toward us? II
not, after making a beginning with
the Lord, striving to render to him
our homage and obedience, let us
closely scrutinize every word, every
act Of the home life and see to what
extent these can be improved upon
and made more nearly just. The ma
jority of people, we feel sure, will
be surprised to know how unjust
they have been toward those who are
of the very nearest and dearest of
fieshly relationships.
Follow the matter. UP and con-
slider the justice or injustice of your
words and deeds in daily life with
your neighbors and daily associates.
Do you invariably speak to them
in the same words and with the
same tone and gesture that you
would approve if they we're In your
II pIdC0 anu you III LASAI5s Ii AAoIICt Q
of business do you drive a closer
bargain with them than you would
think just for them to make with
you? Or, ON the other hand, do
H 20 uask of them higher prices for
the services or materials you furnish
them than you would consider just
and right If you were the purchaser
and they the vender? ], Do you watch
your chickens that they do not COM
NIT depredations upon your neigh
boris garden, If you had one? Do
you blow no more tobacco smoke in
the face of your neighbor than you
H would like to have him blow in
your face? Are you as careful about
wiping your feet when entering his
house as you would like him to be
when entering your house? Do you