The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-13
Other Peoples View
 POint"-Dr. billiard

The importance of seeing things from other peoples viewpoint was stressed by Dr. J. F. billiard of the southside Baptist church in his sermon yesterday morning before large congregation. The text was T Sat Where They Sat- and Dr. billiard said in part;
 Tn the account of the call of the Prophet Ezekiel we find several in teresting items. First there was the wondrous vision of God and the Cheru- him, then comes the call and the mes sage. then the prophet is given book which he eats and finds it sweet to the taste. He is then sent on his mis- sion, but before he begins his prophecy, he takes his place among the people to whom he is to preach. He says that for seven days q sat where they sat.
 Imaginative sympathy is funda- mental to all succe Ssful service. The scholar must sit where the writer sits. see what the writer sees and feel what the writer feels before he can justly appreciate a book or poem. The lack of this imaginative sympathy has caused many erroneous interpretations of scripture.
 'In some regards the greatest poem in the English language is Browning s The Ring and the Book In this great poem in the same story is told nine times over A murder has been committed: a man has killed his wife
 One-half of Rome tells its story, the other half of Rome give it from their viewpoint, while a third class presents yet a different view. Then the hus- band relates the story from his stand point and the Cannon from his view point and the dieing wife tells how it happened. This is followed by the great speech of the husbands counsel and the rejoiner by the prosecutor, and finally the Pope reviews the whole from yet another viewpoint. There is nothing more important than to see things from other peoples viewpoint. For successful business career, 1t | is necessary for the merchant to put himself in the place of his customer ! to successfully teach, the teacher must i in imagination, sit with the children. 1 The solution of the servant question has been found when mistress and ser want can each put themselves in the 1 others persons place. Social and in ! dustrial unrest is largely occasioned
 by lack of sympathetic imagination l 1 feel sorry for the children in many homes for the parents have forgotten their childhood and fail to enter into sympathertic understanding of their | children.
 1 "The preacher of all men must see | things from Gods standpoint and must also sit where his people sit, else his message will either lack the note or l authority or the element of persuasion. If we are to succeed in the 75 million campaign. we must see the various groups that are to be affected, the for- eigners. the orphans. the old ministers the sick, etc, and then we must place ourselves successively with each group "A1l Christian work demands that we sympathize with the other person | Jesus expressed this when he said, Al things whatsoever we would than mer should do unto you. do you even SC unto them, for this is the law and the
 prophets Here is the glory of th' gospel. Jesus put himself in our place He sat where we sit. Now we must pu'
 ourselves in His place and see things from His viewpoint. It may be tha
 some day we shall sit where He sits.