Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 242, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 October 1916 — Man Who Triumphs Over Inclination to Be Bad Deserves the Greatest Credit [ARTICLE]

Man Who Triumphs Over Inclination to Be Bad Deserves the Greatest Credit

By REV. MADISON C PETERS

of New York City

A man is to be judged not merely by the evil he refrains from doing but by the amount of temptation that he overcomes. He is to be judged not by his victories alope but also by his defeats. Many a man passes through life without a spot on hi A character, who, notwithstanding, never struggled so bravely as lie who fell. No one deserves credit for goodness unless he has the inclination to be bad. A vice omitted counts as zero, but the virtue that crowds a vice out and puts itself into the soul as a vital force counts at least one. Sunday you must mind the 'Bible, but tomorrow you may sell goods thai wash out, pile inferior fruits upon false bottoms, or help knaves out of jail by law quibbles. A great merchant was converted. A woman in His store asked him, “Is this real English lace?” “It was before the revival, but it isn't now; it’s simply imitation," was the reply.