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15 Our Lord tells us of two men who went up unto the temple to pray - the one a Pharisee and the other a publican.- one a proud zealot - and the other of little account n his own eyes. The one muttered to God such expresses as these. "I thank thee that I am not as other men are." While the publicans prayed- "God be merciful to me a sinner" and smote on his breast. "I tell you says X this man went down to his home justified rather than the other and this is the principle illustrated by the parable "for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted." X Spares neither individuals nor Communities, what is the duty of one is the duty of the other as lo the exercise of that grace. and what is the woe of one is the woe of the other if it is discarded. That was a fearful doom to which he subjected that proud City of Lake Gallilee. "And thou Capernaum which art exalted to heaven shall be brought down to hell.