St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-24
STRENGTH TO WEAKNESS.
A Sermon on Ones Debt to the
Other by Rev. Shutter.

A Sermon on Ones Debt to the
Other by Rev. Shutter.
Rev. Marion d. Shutter spoke yester-
day morning at the Church of the Re-
deemer. He said: "Obligation and
power 60 together, Whenever God has
clothed man with power to benefit his
race he has placed that man under obli-
cation to use his power for those who
lack the endowment. 1t is the business
of the oak to shade and shelter, with it's
branches, the flower that nestles at its
roots. 1t is the business of the stream
to nourish with its moisture the grass
that springs up along It's banks. The
oak must do for the flower and the
stream for the grass, what these cannot
do for themselves. None of US may
stand up and say: 81 exist for myself
alone" We sing, 81 live for those who
love me-" but we ought also to say, Il
live for those who need me-" whether
they love me or not The rich belong
to the poor, not by any social scheme,
not by an governmental machinery, not
by any division of funds, but simply
and solely by the great law of love. By
the same law the educated belong to
the ignorant, the wise to the simple, the
good to the bad. A man is not to be
measured entirely by what he attains
attain. He is not to be adjudged great
est who goes tarthest alone; but he
who, however short the distance he
may 90, takes his fellows with him.
Just now the whole problem of
the colored race is attracting attention.
1t is proposed to solve the problem by
misunderstanding them Off to Africa
or elsewhere by themselves. Anything
to get rid of the whole business! A
man is puzzled how to take care OF his
family, so he sends them off to look out
for themselves. He has discharged his
duty! We, as nation, have the in
firmities Of the weak to bear, and not 70
please ourselves. We cannot discharge
our obligation to the cOlored race by
sending them to some solitary shore to
shift for themselves. We owe them
education. We owe them justice. And
our responsibilities for them will not be
ended until their minds are enlightened
and their rights placed beyond the pos
sibility of peril ! In adjusting our conduct
to the necessities or infirmities OF others
there is spiritual and moral discipline
The strong as well as the weak are
blessed. He who comes into frequent
contact with want and suffering, who
learns to render needed help. becomes
more tender and charitable in DISPOSE
ton. 1t is we'll for the strong, the reck-
less. the misery, to be brought face to
face with human needs or misery in
some of it's multiform phases. 1t is good
for the foaming river that it has banks
upon either side to keep it within
bounds and give 1t definite shape and
direction. The most beautiful lives that
we see are often those who take their
rot down deep In earth's common soil,
drawing their vitality and inspiration
from their work for the lowly and dis
tressed-from their bearing the infirnl-
tiles of the weak! In all this there is
training for the intellect as we'll as for
the heart. To do that work wisely, TO
know when to help and how to help,
requires penetration and judgment.
Head and heart must work together
What matters it if the harvest shall be
reserved for others? The good done
will stand! The influences set in mo-
ton will triumph The world has not
lost them! The work is immortal!