n which no argument will now
convince them they deserve. But yet another day is coming, when they
will themselves right sorrowfully pour out disapprobation upon their own
deeds; for they are not stones but men, and must repent. Let them, in
the interests of humanity, give their own entrails to the knife, their
own silver cord to be laid bare, their own golden bowl to be watched
throbbing, and I will worship at their feet. But shall I admire their
discoveries at the expense of the stranger--nay, no stranger--the poor
brother within their gates?

Your conscience does not trouble you? Take heed that the light that is
in you be not darkness. Whatever judgment mean, will it suffice you in
that hour to say, 'My burning desire to know how life wrought in him,
drove me through the gates and bars of his living house'? I doubt if you
will add, in your heart any more than with your tongue, 'and I did
well.'

To those who expect a world to come, I say then, Let us take heed how
we carry ourselves to the creation which is to occupy with us the world
to come.

To those whose hearts are sore for that creation, I say, The Lord is
mindful of his own, and will save both man and beast.

THE END.

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