El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-18

mainly, and still to stand before the
son OF Man-wOrth while.
The Elemental Thought.
ms Is the elemental thought not
SO mueh the evil Of self-exaltation o.
ne virtue or self abasement but wor-
thlness, lest one more honOra bIe"
more worthy. take our place
1t IS a proper self appreciation the
aEer9se man needs; the knowledge of
when We may arrive at by a reason
aDle and Just comparison Of our inner
selves. motives. ambitions and Iabors
with the best We may be privileged 10
see in others.
No man. however. can come 70 a
Just appreciation Of self who estimates
ms worth by the weaknesses or the
SHORTCOMINGS Of others, lest in reality
ne has found that man. as the old
philosophers Of the east found. after
seven years Of association. even worse
than himself: for. the virtues worth
WhlIe' Ike the sires We cherish. are
soul or class of humans. but rather
are quite common to all of US.
We Miss Much Worth the While.
It is pity in this life We miss so
much worth while.
Judging by just such standards it Is
the truth. however trite. that one half
OF the world neither knows nor under
stands the other half in its reason
lngs, Its feelings, its emotions. and thus
unknowing, content. drifts along ignor-
competition for existence has wrought
in those ia Whom we find so much that
is wanting.
Measuring by Our own Standard.
It's a pity that in our little. mar
rowed, four walled life we come to
think OF all men as measuring to a
standard quite our own in making. and
so, placing ourselves in the Judgment
seat Of God, lose sight Of the sacrifice.
degradation and infamy of CalVary's
cross as it exalts humanity to the
throne OF divinity and brings in its
humility. divinity to the service and
minlstratlon Of sin loving humanity
ExternaIs Merge Into Infinite.
II Is here the eNternals of life merge
INTO the infinite and clothes. be they
threadoare and faded. cover hearts
whose whose. service is as acceptable and
worthy as that Of men and women ,
OF fine linen. Here intellect or wealth
If It be great. demands a larger
service. and poverty and ignorance.
no more than they are able Here we
meet as God has made us and as that
Infinite Father alone can know US;
ana not, as Others-Or even we deep
in heart think ourselves to be.
Wealth, fame, power, education. re-
finement, luxury all may have. each /
in their turn. passed before the Wis
ion of our souls as lffes exalted /
spheres, and yet as the wears have
rolled on and time has made manifest the !
fleeing character of externals such /
as these; IS We have seen the greatest /
sacrifice OF motherhood and woman {
hood, come forth from brothels, and !
truth. charity and gentleness :
spring from the stagnant pools along +
lite's wayside, We know that here at .
the feet Of that Christ. whom none of g
US welcome in all His completeness.
we snail finally arrive at the full es- I
{ innate of our ultimate worth which ,
snail place US in the littl- niche we i
snail mold after the six feet of old /
mother earth has welcomed us to her
eternal embrace. We come to know
that here. the jauntiness Of our self
grandizement Or self righteousness
is shorn from us; and that here our
measure has been taken. whatever the
FOOLS paradise We have sought to make
No it cannot be that men may come
To- a just self appreciation Or estimate. !
through knowledge Of the faults or
he shortcomings of others nor through ,
be- standards man made. changing with
The vagaries of the time of dress. of
tccumulative opposition
Must Fight Life'S Battles.
It is for a man to stand neither in J
n eXaltation which in its self pride
SKIS the world to behold a better ana
roller man. nor in an abasement with
IN eye style slanting to the world for
IS approval, but 1t is for a man. in his
nner self, his conscience. to stand,
worthy, mentally, physically. morally;