The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-01-22
THE Dual sTANDAR
Uncle Dave" Doesn't
Believe In IL.

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For whosoeyer shall keep the whole
law and yet offend in one point. he
Is guilty OF all.-James II. 10. ~
Lest the title mislead, let me saw
that the references is neither to DO
utics nor finance, but to religfon.-
things which unfortunately seem to
have little in common. Yet the DO.
liticians and financiers may read this
with profit.
"A short time since a young man
said to me, well, you know there
are two standards of conduct, the
ideal and the real; the one we think
by, the other we live by. That is |
doubtless a prevalent opinion which
Is certain to lead into trouble. The
young man in question had got into
difficulties, because in q certain in-
stance he had conformed to the low
rather than the high standard. When
actions are to be appraised at tl.sir
true value the world has an un-f
pleasant way OF measuring the in
diyidual by the ideal.
However it may be with the pres-
cious metals, there is but one STAN,
dard of character. character being the.
resultant OF action, action the express
sion Of thought. The impression of.
the moral conscience is one function
of religion. Add to this the enforce.
ment of conformity to the standard
and you approach the complete de-
finition--to believe In God, TO strive
to be like Him through Christ.
Many men are loyal and pleasant
in their homes and in society outside
their docs. Many men are unrigh;
and honest In society and crooked
and deceitful In business. Many
men are conscientious and honorable
in business ard hopelessly venai
and corrupt in politlcs.
This is the result OF tse double
standard, II woald be brutal and
! unnanly to be cruel to wife or child
but any treatment OF en-. employee, an
inferior or Q competitor Is warranted.
1t would legitimate in business, COM
mercialI;Aonor is thes s5asig oaseredit
without credit business issfhbbssfbie,
but any'Boft 6fi b deal soes In poll
tics. To die grsndIy for i s. s1ppTrincipal 5
10 an ailuring pTDposition; 10 live
to do petty duty il. a,bore.s
The mefe statement Of these things
is CONVINCING. s&o fursAer 4sEgument
is needed f6f single moral stan
dard. A Vthing Is neither right or.
wrong. Your information hay sbe In
adequate. your Judgment inaccurate,
wiien oRe i5 not certain he. he daoss his
'ssesSi sseSi ssoraa..as :. ht=as..sss..e s.ss...e ssa e
SO. judged, but the fault is not in
the standard. A thing wniea . is
wrong In one case is wrong in. am
other. It 1t is right to be gentle at
nome. it is right to be gentle in the
world. It Is is right TO be truthful In
society, it is right to be truthful in
business. It 1t Is right to be. upright
In business 1t is right to be upright
in politics. "Whetsoeyer thou hast
to do, do 1t with thy might" says the
Wise man.
There ere degrees In sins OF small
degree. The payment Of. thetitleofl
mint. anis and cummin is. altogether
admirable when the welghtier mat
.ters have been attended 70. The laws
Of Goa cannot be divided and applied
at random They are To- be kept as. al
whole s. .sssis.s .s. 49,
Jesus Christ, the exemplif ification Of
Gods laws as we'll es ofafIis love. did
not shrink from ethe imperative,
mood. He was as peremptory as
Moses He is the standard There can
he NO other since God Is one. Nor
is He impossible for man. God is
Just; He does NOT require from ia
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