The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-11-10
ReNscAONs COANMN.
Mans RELATIONS.


determinate relations to every thing
that exists from the mollusk 70 me
archangel-from an atom % 600
/. ne Is related 10 the earth.-
Out of the earth was be taken, and
by lis productions viii his animal liie
Be sustained until dissolution carries
the clements Of bis body back TO the
Inorganic state. II we consider mo-
thing but the world side OF bis NE u
presents trivial aspect. Consider
man in his relation TO this earth ex-
elusively, and you will reach the con-
clusion that he is s"altegether vanity
Look how he grovels here, collecting
bis food, md then consuming u with
the eager appetite Of q boor, OF lns
gratiaed gusto Of the gourmand' ana
then bis dispeptical stomach pays
Tue penalty of gluttony.
lie goes TO his business IN the
morning and wrangles all day ABOUT
prices and per cents. He returns
home at night successful and sa'ls-
fed or chagrined and gloomy. IN
early life he is buoyant but your. u
soon gone, and in pitiable sensiulilsy
be sinks into the dust.
Man, viewed from this standpoint,
a disgusting pieture-apup-
pet show ofbe4yaining, and digging,
and scramblihg, and eating, and
dressing and dyingl
There are those among US
who repndiate all higher claims, who
suppress every ennobling thought
that may chance to arise in their
minds, and recognize no relations
save those that bind them to the
dust Their philosophy is that life
Is in the stomach, and the highest
good OF man is realized in the keen-
est appetite and the best digestion.
They hold that man is descended
rom the tadpold, and lives ito eat,
md drink, and play" From the
iepth of our heart we pity the man
who thus closes his eyes to his own
Lightly. We are related to the earth,
)ut these relations do not make the
Ium of life, neither does consist in
the abundance of the things which
man possesseth."
= Ne are related 10 each other.
= -lau are not an isolated being
Ritucg any responsible relations to
your Blows, for the laws Of life
itretclfpver the world, and binds sll
nen IN tpe vast Brotherhood. You
IRE linkSn that chain of human be-
ngs whiehAbeginning at Adam and
sweeping aroaad the vast circle of
lumsn life, wAl be fastened to the
neck OF eternity The wires connect
The telegraph oitces-so there is an
Identity of feelinA between us, along
whose wires mes sagssgof sympathy
Ilow
Ii you study the spsycL8Iogy Of
man you viii find tlsat there are un-
ierearents unilidg the race. and
slat the undertone 81 humanity is the
ssme the world over Though in
visible to us, there are forces which
lold this world TO its orbit and relate
{ to every sapphire which gems the
azure canopy Of heaven, 80 these arc
unseen, but puissant forces which
bind man to man.
We are not speaking Of those rela.
lions generated betweeuparties By a
ofinterest or congen-
ality of spirit. but OF those deeper
normal TO Tie raee and
binding humanity il "a allpefyading
unity.
These fundamental facts Of our be-
ing may have IN abnormal develop
ment, as in the case Of the misan-
.hrope, but this does not argue against
their universal implantation in the
human heart.
They overlap all barriers, trans
eend all geographical limits, overpass
all oceans. They ask no questions,
and await not to learn names, but
wherever human being is found,
regardless of his past experience,
present status, or future prospects,
they bind him to the race with Gga-
ments stronger than the cords which
held Samson, and more lasting than
the evanescent honoFs of empire.
These originate duties between man
and man. Because oftheir existence
the good Samaritan helped the man
who fell among thieves. However
degraded a man may be, be is q clal-
mant upon the generosity of those
who are members of Inc family. The
mendicant in his rags and the unfed
pauper on your streets are branches
Of the same stock with yourself
Why should you hate your brother
because he is poorg It may be that
your wealth is the illgottcn gain Of
your ancestors, into whose cars the
cry Of the poor entered in vain, and
from whose palatial doors the beggar
vent weeping II you see your bro-
thvr in need and spurn him then you
have not The love OF God in you.
God never implanted In you those
feelings Of hatred. They are the off
spring of depraved heart, and the
adversary of men is responsible for
theii paternity. The cultivation Of
q spirit of love for our race is one
great branch Of Christian duty.
III. HDa is related 10 God.-He
owes God all those duties that spring
from the manifold relations which
have been established between the
two parties. Pear God and keep
His Commandments"
The most notorious outlaw known
in the criminal annals OF the Wests
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