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Show Preaching and Practice One paper in tho state, commenting on tho shooting of Roosevelt said that if tho assaain had selected Jack Johnson ho mfght havo been excused on tho grounds of having donelthe country a service. I Sitting in his jail cell, feasting on the best foodstuffs tho most fashionable restaurants restaur-ants provide, Johnson declares himself a persecuted individual and likens himself to Napoleon, Jacob. Esau and David. Tho officials aro determined to convicc him if possible and tho prospects aro that Jack will spend several years where ho can not interfere with tho rights of othors. Wo often hear it said that "a man should practice what ho preaches." Without doubt such a policy would redound to much greater good to tho world, if every ono should follow it, and much of tho hypocracy that now exists would be eliminated. This piece of advice was no doubt intended to apply only as stated, and not to mean that one "should preach what tho practices for would bo fai better if somo of tho practices 'of some persons sjould bo known to as few others as possible. However, thero aro individuals whoso preaching and practice should neither bo' seen nor heard, and on this point wo quoto the following from tho Kano County News, as it ha3 a very pointd application: ap-plication: "A fellow who goes to meetmg once in a great while said tho other day that ho liked to see a man practice what he preached. Undoubtedly that would bo very creditable. I "But tho same fellow went out of meeting and practiced to tho young men and bos who stopped to listen on tho street corner. Ho reached what ho practiced both in language ai d jesture. It would havo boon much better iaaiis caBe if he hndfprcnchcd something moro 'creating than ho practiced. "It is bad enough for a man to Ifc dishonorable, vulgar and licentious; but it is ten times worse when that man tries to justify with argument his foul practices. Society would je much better off if ho would keep his miserable doctrines to himsolf. Wo would bo grateful if he would NOT preach .what ho practices. Tho man who preaches better than ho practices prac-tices is not a hypocrite, but deserves the highest praiso for advocating better habits than his own." Perhabs tho most abhorcnt spectacle is that of tho man who on Sunday prays Jong prayers and on Monday and tho following days of tho week conducts himself in a way that would make tho most hardened atheist turn from him in disgust. "Let us bo what wo aro, And think what we speak, And in all things be fair With our fellows." |