Wakefield High School - Oracle Yearbook (Wakefield, MA)

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Qi }t M. % B. S bato PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF THE WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL : : Vo!. 1 WAKEFIELD, MASS.. JUNE, 1914 No. 2 Judgment ||NC P2 dear readers, in the days of long ago, there was a kiny. This kiiiff was a hisroted, selfish sort of a itersDii, who had a very haid time trying; to rule Iiis suhjects accordinu- to his ideas. This kiuy could say such foolish things in such a wise and solemn manner, that a witty Frenchman was heard to remark that the king was ' the wisest fool in Christen- dom, thousjh a sterner, and perhaps far wiser man had called him God ' s silly vassal. However that may be, this wise fool caused a yreat thing to be done before he died, which is what T am tryiny to get at, and the reason I am repeating all this history. The vassal of (iod, silly or otherwise, wish- ing to astound the world with his learning, caused to be written, and translated a certain liook, composed of the sayings of a certain (ireat Man, His history, and the history of His nation. The king wrought even better than he knew ; for the Book lived after him, and was carried into every land, and is still read, revered, and loved the world over, which shows that the old king couldn ' t have been such a bad sort of person after all. This Holy Man, about whom the Book was written, uttered many wise and very beautiful sayings to guiile those who should come after him. These sayings so astonished the people who heard them, that certain historians preserved them, and wrote them down in a book. Among the historians was one named Matthew, who heanl a great sermon delivered by this Man, whom men called Jesus, which contained such great truths and was so full of love and kindly advice, that Matthew, recognizing its greatness, wrote it wonl for word in the Iiook, which was translated for the wise, but foolish king. Of all that great sermon, there is one saying which lingers in my mind. It is, Judge not that ye l)e not jinlged; for with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged. Look at it, dear reader. Perhaps you have read it before, if so bear with me a while. T.ook at it again! What a wonderful thing it is, — a command, a warning, and kindly advice all in one little sentence. Judge not. You have a command, i)ure and 8inii)le, given to the people by their leader. H He had cared less. He would have stopped right there, and gone on His way; but being full of love for His people. He continued with words of advice and warning; — for if ye judge, ye shall be judged in return and the return judgment will be just as kindly, or just as severe, as your own, and it will descend on your head with the exact measure and force with wliich you judged. For so said the great Teacher who knew human nature beyond all other men. Can you think of all the people whom you have judged, and who are judging you in return? You and I judge somebody every flay. I say, I don ' t like that fellow, he is a fool. In the meantime what does that fellow think of me? I should hesitate to be told. Per- haps you say, What a mean disposition that person has! He won ' t (b) a thing I request of him. We probably have greatly misunderstood those we have judged, but that isn ' t going to heli» in the least in their judgment of us. The day may come when people will no longer dis- regard the teaching set forth in the good Book, but will live in perfect peace with one another in accordance with its teaching. Dear reader, let us helj) that day to arrive by being careful what our judgments are. If we must judge our neighbors, let us do it in a kindly spirit to help them, and to be helpe 1 by them. Perhaps the time may come when the judgments against us will grow lighter until we walk a free people. Then will it come to pass that — No war or battles ' sound Is heard the world around. ami a reign of peace upon the earth has begun. Williams.