Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-07-23

lowing sermon recently on Chris
tian Candor,"
dealing truly in love" Eph'
AIS, r. M.
If we stop to inquire into the
characters of the great souls Of
the past we see that one thing that
made them great was their regard
for truth. Truth is absolute,
Truth is eternal. And our reac-
lions to truth reveal the real meas
ure of our being. Our hearts warm
to the statesman who says Il had
rather be right than president"
Even a recanting Calico mutter-
ing Nevertheless it moves" calls
out our respect. The faithful sci
enlist who takes for his task the
discovery of truth and will be sat-
isfied with no half-baked hypoth-
sesis, and the faithful religionist
who looks into his own heart and
therein finds a living response to
the gospel of Jesus Christ, these
alike vitalize and exalt truth,
This is a timely subject, for
truth lovers are sick of our re-
cent world exhibition of lying,
Through deceptive propaganda
Germany reached an eminence in
the opinions Of the world that
came near to being our undoing.
BY the destinations of secret di-
plomacy the politicians lost the
peace for which the soldiers
fought. Europe is today an armed
camp because nobody will trust
anybody else. And American bus
mess is paralyzed by strikes and
Z each side accuses the other of de-
ceit. Surely it must make a righ-
teous God turn away in disgust.
For one of Gods last words tc man
is that in the New Jerusalem there
shall be no man who loveth or
maketh a lie"
In private life 1t is even as bad.
We are painfully conscious OK the
so-called white lies" of the social
world. They make us sick. We
: frequently meet the merciful friend
who falsifies to save our feelings.
We suffer from the deceits OF nd
vertising, for THE Worlds Great
est" appears so often we are dis
gusted. We know the shyster law
yer hides the truth to save his
criminal client And the vocifer =
Gus assertions of the partisan pol
itician make us wonder where are
the men of integrity. So it goes;
pretense and show and sham!
Falseness is a deadly enemy OF
truth living whereas loyalty to the
truth is the very pillar of charac-
ter. So the Apostle Paul in writ
ing to the Ephesians makes deal
ing truly" essential to the per.
feet man"
The Christian must deal truly. "
He must be candid. Now, candor
is said TO be "the perfect outshin-
ing of truth through human lips
IT is truth of tongue that comes
from truth in thinking and in liv.
ing No man can speak truly who
does not live truly. How often
in the course of our questioning
do we meet the reply: ITO be per.
fectly frank with you-?" Frank
ness is what any true soul wants
But the reply indicates that very
frequently 1t isn't what we get
For fear of consequences we exer-
else our self delegated privilese
of concealing and even distorting
the truth. Shame on us. The
truth is Gods. We are its custo-
dams. God does not distort OF
conceal the truth and what God
cannot do He cannot authorize US
TO do. He demands that we be
candid.
Consider, IL you will, the can1oi
OF Christ. He lived in a time OF
deceit and double dealing and by.
pocrisy. And into this time ne
came and spoke with authority 10,
He was candid. He was candle
about Himself. He made no pa
rade of His deity, but on occasion
such as at Jacobs well, He told
them who He was. When making
the last journey to Jerusalem with
His disciples He told them of Hi.
" coming death and resurrection. III
told them of the hardships they
must endure as His men. The re
ligious leaders of the time refused
to acknowledge Him but the rca
sons were to be found in their owl
hearts, not in any failure OF
Christ's part to inform them whit
He was. His works, His words
His very bearing must have bornt
\ witness. Christ was candid abou
Himself.
He was candid likewise with Hi
friends. In the home at Bethan,
He told Martha that Mary hac
chosen the better part. Wbe,
Peter rebuked Him for saving H.
must suffer, He in turn rebuke,
Peter in no uncertain terms. Dur
Ing the last hours together H
warned Peter of his coming denia'
Christ had most salutary way O
putting His finger on the sore spo
in each life He met. 1t was
bit painful, but very wholesome
There was no chance to pose O
pretend With Christ. So toda;
while sometimes we try to pos
even before God, 1t cannot be done
He has way of entering the hol
of holes Of the life even as II
entered the upper room, when tn
door was shut. We may try t
y keep Him out and we may refus
to have fellowship with Him, br
He enters just the same.
Christ was also candid with H
enemies. He met subtlety wit
canQOT. lrlCkeFy WITH sincerity.
was bit disconcerting to thei
and often broke down their line {
attack upon Him. 1t is disturbin
to any of us to have our evil me
tives and secret desires brougi
to light. The intents OF the heal
will not always bear the light {
day. But even so it is good IL
us to have our Utmost thought r.
yealed. Evil revealed is evil checl
mated.
So Christ's candor broke dow
all ordinary barriers and bounda
B ries. Glass hatreds and prejudice
religious hypocrisy and Journalism
racial distinctions and the liz
could not stand before the fine fiji
Ut His truth speaking and trut
dealing. No more could they t.
day. Were we to speak the trut
and act the truth and live II
truth the difference of class, rae