Show OUR JUDGMENT OF OTHEllS It is a sad indication of the natural selfishness of our own hearts that we are naturally so ready to ascribe bad motives to others Unless we check ourselves in this and train ourselves to do otherwise we all are apt to imagine the worst possible rather than the best possible motive If our neighbor differs from us on some pracitlcal question if for example he holds the opposite view on some matter of political economy econo-my how quick we are to accuse him of dishonesty of want of patriotism of being influenced by some grossly selfish motive We are going beyond what is permitted if we assume to judge and condemn our brothers interior motive We may judge his acts tve may judge the principles he advocates but his inmost In-most motives are known to the Lord alone But in forming such opinion as we may of our neighbors character we are fr too ready to suspect him of selfishness sel-fishness Beware lest this readiness betrays be-trays the presence of selfishness in our selvesRev Wm L Worcester In J The Helper iT |