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PROVOST AND JUDGE. 75
S.'. W.\ See that ye judge not falsely, nor slay the
innocent and the righteous ;
and take no gift, for a
gift blindeth the wise and perverteth the words of
the righteous. Blessed are the peace-makers, for
they shall see the Lord.
J:. W.\ You shall have one manner of law, as well
for the stranger as for one of your own country.
One ordinance shall be for you and the stranger that
sojourneth with you :
be adjudged for all.
one law and one custom shall
T.'. I.\ Love justice, you that are the judges of
the earth. Justice is perpetual and immortal. Op-
press not the poor just man, but spare the widow,
and honor the ancient gray hairs of the aged. Let
not your strength be the law of justice, nor hold that
which is feeble to be nothing worth.
Let justice be ever meted out by you ; yet let it
be tempered with mercy, for as ye judge, so shall ye
be judged.
My brother, it is your desire to become a Provost
and Judge. Are you aware that he, who would assume
that character and would judge and decide be-
tween his brethren, must himself be a just and up-
right man—impartial, cautious, merciful—of pure
morals and blameless life and conversation—and
that he must, first of all, give judgment against his
own faults?
He who would assume the character of Judge is