Show 5 I I 0 J INTROSPECTION IS ADVISED Excellent Advice is Given in ill Sermon by Dr Paden CONSIDERATION IS TOPIC Three Very Clear Points for Thought Presented in the x Add Address ress Dr William 31 Pa Paden en pastur l o of time the First Presbyterian church spoke last night on Think Thin Ie Cons Consider Iller from rom rein the time text Israel docs does not know knott m my may p people peo peo- o- o pie pip do not consider Isaiah 13 He lIe le raid among other timings things Consideration is I like Ice a burning glass which collects time the rays ray of the thc sun and so 50 gen generates n heat It I gives gl cs us the facts tact facts kindle emotion und and lead le to action ru l rightly used Consideration Con Con- also does hoes service as a searchlight search search- light Ight it I searches out our dangers makes our out duties dutes clear r c and throws light on our paths path Much of or our moral and religious Indifference and man many of or our moral and religious breakdowns are duo due to our readiness to l Ignore facts and our to consider con con- sequences e es First Consider Consider thyself One has lu suggested that In detective stories thc the Interest lies leK In the time hunt which one man Is making for tor another The Tho first Interest in time the human document or human human human hu hu- hu- hu man Interest reet story etory Isaiah block blocks out Is in the lie hunt of or a man after ater himself no easy contract I assure you Some of or us have hae more aliases alases than oven we wo ourselves know Such self arraignment set may not be bc pleasant Make ake this arral self arraignment what It ought to be be e a n reasoning to together together to- to gether with thc tlc Eternal a thinking over of or ones one's self golf In the presence of oC Go God and it becomes more serious This Is what tho the prophet demands Consideration Consideration Consid Consid- is to him him but the tho reading over and anti hearts hearte repenting of or Gods God's reasons to t our Good for loT I It We e have hae tho the best authority for tor such self Do you OU see others going Into temptation have you OU a suspicion sus sue that your fellow Christian Christan isn't living a 0 Christian life Jfe Put yourself In his place put pUl yourself In the sweat sweat- box Your comrades comrade's knees are arc weakening weak weak- ening How low about your own Do you OU feel eel called caled to consider the thc inconsistencies inconsistencies codes of ot your r neighbor It I ma may be he your duty But ut first cast time the beam out of ot own eye ce and then shall thou see clearl clearly to cast the thc mote moto out of thy brothers brother's eye It I Is so 30 easy to accuse ones ono's neighbor neigh neigh- i bor so hor-so so ea easy to excuse ones one's self so easy to magnify time the faults aults of or others and so natural to minify ones one's own The They sa say that love lo e Is blind but tho the lIln blindness of or self love set Io Is at once more moree e o ident and amid less les tolerable Few Fats of ot us can be he trusted to give judgment on ourselves Wrongdoers ron doers rue are not always on bad terms with their moral s sense We e often otel do 10 a Im had bad act and mako make a worse excuse e. e It I Is iR well wel If it over ever o er a a spark of the divine 1 Is In us to kindle compunction or 01 mako make us conscious of ot our wrongdoing MuM ot lInd at mit Jo Home Second Second While con consideration Wee like I clarH charity begins begin at home It Is also like Jko charity in iii that it I must roust not end there Wo We e are commanded to Consider one otic another by the same authority who s Consider thyself thyself Fidelity In our dealings with others c especially those who are arc near to us us us-is let quite as IS Imperative an oH Odel fidelity in dealing with wih ourselves ourselves' Parental tal correction has hIts made moro more S good od character than pa parental parental PI rental co coddling moreover ar thc time correction tion ton los Is 18 much much- more moore conducive to filial affection Wo are are- areto to consider ono one an nn- 0 other Much of mIs- mIs ary ry tl vY n r i x nc oration On the le other hand mu much h of ot the love lovo and jO joy wo make In the world Is born horn of or consideration however of consideration without charity Do not 1 lie awake at nt nl night ht hating people or considering how you can get even OI C with wih them Do not con consider lder merely to criticise do not consider to tu covet coot to envy or to feed teed your our sol sol-ri self solf Is there not enough of bitterness an and pain in tho tue world Let us consider one ono another to provoke pro unto love 10 0 and good works Let us consider how tiow we can call can forth the tho good there Is In and around us Just In proportion as Wp become loving and lovable do we we- call forth love in others Nothing unless It be he sin Is so contagious as such good will wil to men to Third Peon There IK is if a third person to con eon sider eider As the thc Gospels ls have taught us to sa say consider Christ Christ Consider how v Ho lie deals with the unprofitable servants ants with those who discouraged the tho faith end and love of or the mothers or put obstacles In the tho WR way of or tho tIme children II Consider Him aa as as lI l He condemns tho the I Pharisee and know now that lovo love h In is ono one tiling unprincipled good nature quito another And yet ct this same Ame R was longsuffering longsuffering long long- I suffering and anti full lul of Are Aro you 0 discouraged by tho opposition find md obduracy of or evil n men Inen 1 Consider IBm Him that endured nuch contradiction of or I i Inner a. a w most lout 10 yn yr f be I minds t Arc TO ro you tempted tempt l to the verge vene of despair Consider the apostle and high priest of or your our confession cv even n c n Jesus Jestis who ho was C faithful t to l huts Him that appointed I Him Ilium 1 and amid SCIe be lie yo ye c faithful Jf lla llaO oven even O unto death i Think consider thyself th thy nol neighbor neigh bor th thy God Gol especially consider tho the I h-I authority and und character of the time and Holy One who Inhabits eternity i I and yet et Hol who who with wih the tho humble I ami aI contrite of heart It I matters maters much I what you OU think of Him Ilm and the thc confederation COl con con- give to His love lovo and amid federation you vou law But nut the vital quest n Is what t I does He lie think of you you Your Judgment I matters maters little I dare not trust m my own i lI He that Judgment concerning myself I I juc ith me mo Is the tho Lord Blessed Is the thc man who can enn say now how precious are thy thoughts unto me 0 O God When I am run poor and needy then ten the tho Lord on me I. I Iet t the words of my rn mouth an and the meditation medi medi- tation of or my heart be acceptable In thy thys s sight I gh 1 |