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THE BREVARD NEWS, HRF.VARf), NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER IS, 1922 THE POCKET JUDGEMENT SEAT Seventh In the Series On the Ser mon on the Mount By CHAS. C. SMITH At onco soarchinK and condemna tory arc the words of Jesus recorded in the tirst and second verses of Matthew 7: “Judjre not, that ye bo not judf^ed. For with what judge- nu'nt ye judge, ye shall be judged: a”d with what measure ye mete, it .s!iall be measured upon you.” In the^'C words Jesus is tejling w'hat should bi' the conduct of one Chris tian toward another. He had pre viously tofd what the conduct of the Chr slinn should be toward others. The nassaui' that is the basis for thi“ ;-ermon this week is the first twelve veres of 3Iat. 7 and these vers es shouUl be read before reading iv.oir of this sermon. The reader should have discovered by this time that these sermons are not based on just one viTse, but on several verses th;'t form the context. Hence, the pass-iges indicated should always be rent] before the sermon is. •' iudge not” is not in conflict with, ‘B> tlieir fruits ye shall know them.” We cannot helji judging to that ex- ioiif. Jesus hero condemns fault-find iiig. ci-nsoriousiiess, and a'.tributing ' vii motives to a good action. Judg- tmi't of motives is the particular thir:e that Jesus here warns against. Yet. that veiy thing is indeed pre valent. So many people carry about wit!; ihi’Hi pocket juilgement-seats, and when they hear any one say a ihir.u', or do an act, they take out ihe:r little private judgement-seat, mount it, and proceed to pass unfa- V('i;(Me. critical and condemnatory ju:igi nu‘!it. Many are guilty of this, ♦‘S[iccially toward their leaders, reli gious. as well as other kinds. As soon IS one conies into placi' of leadership tlifv l)egin to be susi>icious of his itiotives, thinking that he is trying to put something over on them, or is oii'Jcavoring to get some unfair ad vantage for himself. Let us think: FIKST, OF THE EVILS OF THIS SPIRIT. 1. It brings similar judge merit on those who thus judge. It is Weil to remember taht “whatsoever a mail soweth that shall he also reap.” Harsh judgements will come home to roost in the lives of those who pass them. Many have learned by sad ex perience an,j much heart-ache that the working of this law is not slow, and have come to know that, like Hitman, they hung themselves on the g:iIlows they built for others. 2. Harsh judgements passed on also blind him to his own faults. These reveal one to others but they •-Iso blind him to his own fault.s ‘Thou that judgest dost practice the .-■ajne things.” He who persists in pointing out the mittle mote that is in the eye of his brother is utterly blind to the great beam that is in hi.s own eye. One who runs a board ing house passed unkind judgement <%n a brother who delivere<l milk on Sundays; and the milk man failed to see how his brother could so violate the Lord’s Pay by cooking for people for pay! ’ X Passing harsh judgemnts brings A:lisji‘^i"mony and friction. Where peo pleware associated together there can be no harmony where there are un kind remarks made of one of the others. Hence there can be no co operation in pushing to success the work in which they are mutually en gaged. .4 Harsh judgments embitter one’s own life. Ho is dispiritualized —lacking in that tine element which we call spirituality. It is a sad and miserable condition of mind to have no eyes for anything but for wounds and bruises and putrefying sores, and to take the trouble to find these be neath the surface w’hen they are not visibl to the eyes of others. SECOND, WHAT IS THE ^lEME- DY FOR THIS SPIRIT? .1. Self- judgment. “If we w'ould judge our selves, we would *iot be judged.” To pass over the faults of others with light eye, and bitterly and harshly judge our own faults, would save us from this evil against which Jesus warns us. 2. Persi.st in seeing the best in oth- :;rs. “Love covereth all thing.s,” means that we will pay no attention to the faults of others, but will look below the surface and find the good loints which are surely there, and call attention to them. If we do not xnow how, then we will 3. Earnestly seek Cod’s help. We will ask Him who giveth wisdom; we will seek this spirit diligently until we find it; and we will knock at tht door of tender love until its spirit shall be opened up to us. 4. Faithful practice of the golden rule. The things concerning which others pass judgments on you are what they know little about, and which they do not take time fully to investigate. You would like for oth ers to do this before they pa.ss judg ment on you. Then you should do the same thing. Janies has a fine word here: “Be swift to hear, slow to speak.” All of this means that in our conduct toward our fellow-Chris- tians the outcome of asking, seeking knocking—this fine intercourse with God—will be to deal with them in love. He who is born again is born of God; and God is love; and being born of God we, like God, will love; and “love worketh no ill tow'ard his neighbor.” In love the tongue of harsh judgment "ill be silenced, an^ the word of praise and appreciation of the other will be speedily forth coming. THE PRAYE CORNER “GOD IN NATUKi:” We need to consecrate the scene:; amidst which we nu>ve, the hill lop, the thoroughfare. is not conlin ed to temples made with iiaixls, nor the sacraments of His gnice. There is holiness in the common Ihituvs of life. Thert* is a sacredness in flu* secular. The heavens decl::re llie glory of (Jo,! and the the earth is full of His goodness. Gods voic«* speaks to us through the heart of *»ur broiher man. Go<l sentls His messages by hunuin souls. Our whole life will be a sacrament when (Jod nu'ets us in the com|)an.v, and the hill. (Jod is everywher«‘ we may find Him. A PRAYER: “Spirit of Christ consecrate the scenes amidst which we move; con secrate the lonely hill top where our soul commenses with Nature; conse- iTate the roadways where we meet the company of our fellow men. “Thou, O Go'.', art not confined to temples made with hands nor art Thou limited to the sacrament of bread and wine. Reveal to Us the holiness of common things. Teach us the sacredness of what we call se cular. Show us the sacramental glor.v of the lily of the field. Open our eyes to the divine wonder of the Universe whose miracles we have for gotten. Tell us again that the hea vens declare Thy (Jlory, that the earth is full of Thy goodness, that the storm itself is the echo of Thy voice. Tell us, above all that Thy voice speaks to us through the heart of our brother man, that Thou sendest now Thy messages, not by angels, but by ^ human souls. Our whole life shall ] be a sacrament, where Thou shalt i meet us alike in the company and on i the hill. In Jesus name, we ask it { Amen. C. D. C. “In the Land of Waterfalls’ THE BREVARD NEWS WILL PULL FOR YOU FOR A Daily Paper see us We deliver the Greenville News or the Asheville Citizen to jour door in a few minutes after the noon train runs, at 20c a Week 7 Big Daily Papers Each- at 20c a week. DeL'Ong^’s Variety Store Near Post Ofike 6fMITH*S PLACE where you will receive courteous treatment, and where every one who is employed is a Tonsorial Artist We have just installed SHOWER BATHS We will be pleased to serve you SEE SINIARD Transfer Co. when you want your Baggage Transferred Heavy hauling a specialty. Phone \ 18 Bread 9c Loaf We have cut fhe cost of living and are selling our BREAD at 9cts a loaf. 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