The Golden Rule rests upon a deep principle in life: “Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them.” What we do to others they will do to us. That is the principle. If we want mercy, we must be merciful; if we expect sympathy and help, we must give both sympathy and help. We have only to change places with people, and then ask them how we would want them to do to us. As a rule, people do not give warmth for coldness, courtesy for rudeness, kindness for unkindness. The principle applies even to the divine treatment of us. In God’s judgment we receive according to our deeds. He who obtains forgiveness is he who forgives others. He who finds mercy is he who shows mercy to others. He whom Christ will confess before His Father is he who here before men confess Christ. So for eternity we shall reap what we have sowed, and gather what we have scattered.