, 1877-07-30
TIE CHURCHES.
DIR, PATTON,
1yECs i n Z VIM
SOLIDARITY or HUMAN INTERESTS,

DIR. PATTON,
SOLIDARITY or HUMAN INTERESTS.
The nev. Dr.. ". y. Patton, President OF
Howard University, preached at tie First Cor.
grcrational Church yesterday morning. Ills
subject WAS "Tho Solidarity Of Human Inter
csss." lie spoko as follaws:
For tho body IA not ono member bnt many.
II the loot shall say, iecahre All nut the iIand
of thu body is It therefore mol 1T tho boiy'
And II thu ear shall say, Decausc an nut Tho eJc,
body' il tls vhoc noly wero an eye. where wess
the hcariner,, II thc whole wero hearing. where
were the an,ellinx' I'nt new hath God ct iho
hath pleased Him And u they were all one mem.
ter, wncso wcfs The body1. Hut now. nrc they
cannot tay untn tho hand. | hare no need pt thee
nor again lha head TO The foot, have no need Of
you.-I. Cor. r9i.. ft-"l.
Tie conlmon-sonsc argument whicl, raul
b.inga aEainst divisions and factions within
church, in tho form Ut telling illustration,
drawn from supposed quarrel between tho
mcmbcrs Of tho human body, applies equally 10
all cases in which al. attempt Is made to array
agulust each other the parts Of society, which
make an organic unity. A large part Of tho
trouble In tue world. In Ill agcs, has como from
an oversight of the fact Of thIs unity, and dis
regard af tho dutns which 1t entails, A family
is such unity; tho father, mother, aud chfI-
hrcu having common interest which lalls for
union Of spirit and effort. Alienation OF hus-
baud from wife, or Of parents from children, IA
the ruin Of tho household. a church, as Taul
says, Is a similar organism, the members and
officers being essential to each Other, and bur
mnntous action being required to insurc the
spiritual sesu1ts At which they attn. Civil gov
etnment proceeds upon tho aame idea. Ttcro
arc not III realIty two interests, ono OF tho rlcrs
and anutlcr Of tho citizens; but tho 8tutc pro-
tects tho general welfare, and thus most prop-
crly bcnra the nan1o OF the Commonwealth.
Disobcdlcnco Of law and sca!tlon are therefore
crimes against tho whole community. Every
nun II wrongcll thereby, and tho pcrpctfasor cf
his own happiness. Il was with refcrence to
tho suicidal folly Of snc,. assaults upon organic
life, That Jcsus sail; Evury Kingdom divided
against Itself lsbrought to icsolation; and every
city Or house divided against itself sha1l not
stanl."
This fact Is clear enough to mons vision, when
they exercise thor calm scasoM; but shey easily
whan onec THAR scllish hopes or tcars ara
aroused md they come under the influence Ut
excited puss!on. Whom the members of tho
cornthtah Church ha.l quurroicd over fayortte
of ceremonies, and grown bitter In their eo,:
troyers!cs, tilcy failed to see that, Instead OF
promoting Tho truth or beuodtlnV any insilvld-
uat or ctaas, tlcy wcTe rulntug thrWhvIc Church.
In thcr contention for leadership, they forget
that priTate nlctnbcrs wore "a essentilf % miu-
!sters unl dearons, aud that neither rautd do
I without the other my more thah IN the human
body the carscunld dispense with tic eye. or tho
l!anl with thu foot. or the trunk With thu Limbs.
Eaeh hut,,blcst part WIS necessary to tho vel
taFe Of oil tho Fcst, SO tl.at, "a Paul put it.,
"thsro should be ,o scAtsu, In the bsly, but
that tue members should have the sat.ic caro-
for one another; and, whether one .ncsnbcr aut.
| fer, Rll tts members autfcf with 1t; or one
nemosr. be honofed, all Tho mclubcrs rejoice
! wish it,
About $50 years bofore Paul wrote this re-
huke to cortnth, aud used thls nat.!rM and for
rtblo illustration. secao OF similar kind WIS
witncasca 1t i.aule, mud WAS euled oy tho Use
Of ~ analogous illustration 6y an orator in hfs
tails Us, In Ills second book, that al u,o ttlac
the mass Of the peoplo were 50 .ltsatfcctcd to-
warls tls mobiles aud the wealthy classcs that
they quilted tl!e city IN bsAiy and went u 4
gn . new settlement, viii! nothing 70 !eIy upon
but their naked hallds. In this fatal dlYorcp Of
labor and capital, MenenIus AgEippa went over
70 reason With tho enraged populatt, aud threw
bis aEEuiutpG intu the tp1H Of 4 fahfe. liz aai3
taat, once upon time, tho saruus pasta Of the
| body febr!leA aentnst the STOMACH. declaring
that Il lived in IDLE luxury At thoir e1pense, and
that they would no louger bu tts servants. 80
hands would not lit UP tnol, the tnoutt would
4. Thsy woul4 starve the stotnarh into
submission. the experiment went on
results hegan 10 appear. Ths stomach, Indeed.
felt Tery lAlnt, but tho whole body began to he
euaeiated. and tue separate organs found them
selyes losing strsnatl, until IL WA suparent
that, il tho rebellion continued, all would die
together, And 10 It was concluded that the
stomach VIA W necessary to tho different mcnl-
bcra oE the body VI tl,sy werH necessary " the
s1 f. .eoS.x oxas
sur 4rEuel that, IN ltks manner, tic nnblcs aud
tho p!tAlxn4, tae ffes, aud tbs pooF. xe!u ncccs-
sA1Y ~ eacll ottier and he persuaded the neople
to return to Rome md 70 theif appropriate
labo5s.
1t {. noticeable that the Bible. With sli lts re-
! Dukes Of ln4illcreurt, fraud, and oppression uu
thr part Vt rulers and Of shs kie. neYer leans to
tAs stio Of Agsarisntstn md teditton. It cou-
xltlers tot'ietJ " be all orK4utc unit, which ean-
not 10 divided tAtu wasFtRx pAtts without ruin
| u Ill couccrned. Au&schy !. mUrso cyeu thur
uespo.t.n.. An aatnrat 6 more Just snd n!orc
mcFc!ful thai. IL mob. Jesus, to use = tuotIern
phrase. sh1A IA convenient and significant.
Taught The great truth of "Tau Solidarity Of
Interests" the practical rerognttion Vi wll.h Is
fund ia bis continually esnpaaalzv'i lay VI lore.
which blndt every nlst " have fegat'l u the
COMMON interest u we'll ~ u hts oxn eijuy-
usut4. Iiense lie declined " Interfere telxeeu
tu1iytaus4s or parties WHO 1erc iu coulirt " ~
thess secular interests' TIE would nut decide =
| question nj lnheritancc between bFgther1; he
would not y"unsrl the Jews 70 refuse 10 pay
tribute "a their eonquerors; lie woal1 not H.
1ow tue multitude 10 ulaks Him King, that
lis might lead i rrbvlon " obtain dv!iYerauce
!rom utpsrst!o4. Aud yet His sympAshle& were
With the loser c1a1ses 10 uae!r poverty. He came
troa4 amoux them; Hs spens lila lIfu iu tx4eh-
inx kle1n and In relieving their wants: liz re-
bukel the sins Of tlle rich; Jis sens, In ths par
Ahie uaycs ~ he'll. aud the be0xar, Lazarus, "
Abssbam's bosou and Ha lads tle wealthy
uud currluu4 young ruler " ~hDY hts illness lor
the Kingdom u HEAVEN BY se!liux ail lhat be
lAA and giving the aYAlls " tAe pous. But
usither lie nor Iii, 4possles soviet dtaeosd te-
tween tAr up;,es aud th1 user t4ssts ur t2ught
either " do AuxhL but lore the VLheE. Tbeif