1902
The only responsibility that a man cannot not evade in this life is the one he thinks of least — his personal influence. Man's conscious influence, when he is on dress parade, when he is posing to impress those around him — is woefully small. But his unconscious influence, the silent, subtle radiation of his personality, the effect of his words and acts, the trifles he never considers — is tremendous. Every moment of life he is changing to a degree the life of the whole world. Every man has an atmosphere which is affecting every other. So silently and unconsciously is this influence working that man may forget that it exists. — W. G. Jordan.
Showing posts with label witness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label witness. Show all posts
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Sunday, February 24, 2008
CONFORMING TO THE LOWER.
I asked the secretary of a well-known Christian organization why it was they were changing their button from a good sized, conspicuous to a much smaller one, and he said, "Well, you know such and such an organization uses small buttons, and the boys think people will take our button for theirs when it is smaller because, they look so much alike." That is the great trouble in the world today. Too many are compromising their Christian life and trying to bring it down on a level with worldly things instead of having the worldly things come up to a higher level with them.
Saturday, May 5, 2007
A Solomonic Judge – He Gets The Truth
1911
A Solomonic Judge
Judge William Jefferson Pollard, who has just been appointed by President Taft as one of the United States delegates to the thirteenth International Congress against Alcoholism at The Hague, Holland, which meets in September, is a temperance reformer of an original type. It was Judge Pollard who originated the Pollard "pledge plan" for reforming drunkards — releasing the accused on signing the total abstinence pledge for one year.
Judge Pollard, not long ago, had a driver brought before him, charged with cruelty to a galled mule. The defense was supported by a veterinarian witness who declared that the sore on the animal's back did not cause it any pain. Learning that the mule was on the street in front of the police court, the judge ordered court to adjourn for five minutes; took his cane and went out to investigate personally. With the end of his stick he gently touched the sore spot, at which the mule kicked every time.
"With all due respect to the expert testimony, I will fine you $50," said Judge Pollard to the accused. I asked the mule if the sore hurt him, and he said it did." — Christian Herald.
A Solomonic Judge
Judge William Jefferson Pollard, who has just been appointed by President Taft as one of the United States delegates to the thirteenth International Congress against Alcoholism at The Hague, Holland, which meets in September, is a temperance reformer of an original type. It was Judge Pollard who originated the Pollard "pledge plan" for reforming drunkards — releasing the accused on signing the total abstinence pledge for one year.
Judge Pollard, not long ago, had a driver brought before him, charged with cruelty to a galled mule. The defense was supported by a veterinarian witness who declared that the sore on the animal's back did not cause it any pain. Learning that the mule was on the street in front of the police court, the judge ordered court to adjourn for five minutes; took his cane and went out to investigate personally. With the end of his stick he gently touched the sore spot, at which the mule kicked every time.
"With all due respect to the expert testimony, I will fine you $50," said Judge Pollard to the accused. I asked the mule if the sore hurt him, and he said it did." — Christian Herald.
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