HUMAN VS. RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT.
By G.
The fact that a man is not in prison is not of itself evidence that he is honest, or that he is any better than some who are shut up. Two men indulge in unlawful acts; one is apprehended and convicted, while the other, by eluding arrest, or by the influence of friends, escapes punishment. The one is branded as a criminal, while the other may fill a post of honor. Such is the fallible judgment of the world. But some of the men who have been so unfortunate as to be detected in their unlawful deeds, perhaps of comparatively small magnitude, are able to see the inequality of human justice. In a Western penitentiary the prisoners publish a very creditable journal, in which some of the great financiers of the country are severely criticized for their dishonest methods of doing business. And in the light of current developments, immoral social conduct could be added to the charge in many cases as well. Who will say that the lawbreakers behind the bars have not the same right to criticize those outside that the outside Pharisees have to score the convicted class? In the final judgment, those who remain impenitent will all be in the same class—on the left hand. This judgment will not only be final, but it will be infallible; and the universe will proclaim it righteous. What a pity that all men do not now acknowledge what they will then realize and regret, that they may all be washed and made clean in the blood of the Lamb of God, whose life was4sacrificed for the sins of the world. Let the lawless ones pause and consider this: “Tho your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; tho they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” “The wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ, our Lord.” And let the great financiers consider for a moment this proposition: “What shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and loose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?” G.