The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-08-17
A NEW DAY TO DAWN.
COOPERATION ~ BUSINESS TO TAKE
T-E PLACE or COMPETITION
Rev. ir. Dtxsa says IL IL the fa~arnafi1n
Of the nr~4na Of the Old I-roph~t-fi lie
Christianity Mr.. B~lIamy-. Iro-sk Praised
An rlega~nt @~Tmon-

Thomas Dixon. Jr.. delivered today q
. seventh sermon 81 the series on "Aor:'
aud the Money Problem" The IL.
chosen was Galatians II, ,. Bear ye OF
anoshcr's burdens. and 81 fulfill the Ia
; Of Christ
. We have seen in our studies on Z
subject Of money that the resu.; Of con
p.tition and war with one another - Il
negatlon OF competition III commerce.
crisis and rruu. Black Friday Is a nece7
sary accompaniment 20 such a conditio
OF affairs. Competition may have had
work TO do in the development Of th
history of humanity. War has doubtle>
had work to accomplish in the destin
Of the race. War i perhaps moral
and commercially necessary evil inc
dent To our history. None the less ar
the horrors IF war real horrors. Non
the less should we hate war in itself an
seek the day of peace as "A dream tina
can I've realized and never rest until il j
realized None tie less should we real
! ize the awful vast" Of war: that il i lie
/ struction of that which man loves an,
/ needs most: that its good Is remote, ano
| that the good comes only in the overrul
| ing Of Providence. 1t is the duty of III,
Christian to mitigate all horrors thai
haunt the earth, to stop the waste. Il
make the desert blossom, to bring about
a new heaven and new earth
THINGS TO FIGHT.
We may well ask ourselves the ques-
ton: Is it not time to cease fighting
against each other and begin to fight for
one another? Is it not time that France
and Germany and Austria and Italy and
Russia and England should cease their
terrific preparations to kill one another
and join hands against their common en-
erly-famine, hunger, cold. poverty and
wletchedness? What a grand alliance
1t would be for nation thus to Join with
nation: for the sorrow of Russia to be
the sorrow of the world: for the despair
OF Ireland to be the despair of the race.
If the energies of the nations of Europe.
that are now developed in the process of
preparing to kill one another and in
killing one another, were turned to the
industries of peace and to the fraternal
work OF helping one another produce the
largest harvests and exchange them
with greatest freedom and profit to one
another, what different world it would
be to live in.
FAILURES.
So the industrial problem presses its
mighty burden now upon us. So it has
been pressing through the past. Our
great minds have pondered it deeply, and
pioneer spirits have gone forth into the
wilderness and attempted experiments
lpon a new basis of society. Most of
.hese experiments have been failures.
The Brooke Farm experiment was one
hat attracted the most brilliant minds
If the age. and it failed But all the
of pioneer minds that are
allures are so many index fingers that
lolnt to the success that is yet to come.
they have simply exploded one hypothe-
Is. But as Keppler worked nine years
to lind nine suppositions failures-to
md the law of the planets, but in the |
entn year. on his tenth supposition,
ound the truth in the orbit of the 81.
pse. so after our nine failures the
7nth may lead US to the truth that shall
ave society.
THE PRESS.
The signs Of the times indicate a nro-
ound awakening upon this question.
he press Is pouring forth from day to
ay stream Of brilliant literature upon
Ills problem of social amelioration. and
upon the fact that man can
ease now to fight his brother man and
egln to cooperate with him both ma
onally and commercially. Some of the
reatest successes in the realm of litera-
Ire In the past decade have been the
ooks that have dealt with this theme.
wo years ago Mr.. Bellamy's remark
Die book, Looking Backward, )" reached
10000 copies and is still marching on ,
way of triumph. The theme of this ,
'ok is the dream of cooperation in ,
cad OF competition In society. 1t Is a ,
cam, yes, but 1t is an evangel and a
ophecy. 1t is the vision of a prophet !,
nose soul climbed the sleeps and cried :
the sleeping world, THE day dawns" :
The feeling of every man who has a :
III who reads such a book is, "Mav :
ID speed the day of such social order" =
may disagree as to details. Wemay ;
sagree as to some of the fundamental :
But the idea, the fundamental -
"a, or cooperation is one that thrills
heart OF the Christian with inexpress- .
% Joy and hope. The trend Of all :,
Is literature is Christward. Some of :.
Is written by men who do not profess =
Instantly. but it is the literal trans
Ion INTO current literature of the reli- ="
IN or Jesus Christ. The message of y "
rlstlanlty to the world is alphabetically :, =.
lternal Il
cooperation must gradually but sure "
and completely take the place of com "
.ition and war. OF
BROTHERHOOD OF MAN. III
'lrst-God reveals it. tn
lie has taught US in Christ the s,b,i,,o
tn OF fatherhood. Christ taught his
clples to pray, Our Father" He
Ight the universal fatherhood Of God pc
the universal brotherhood of man. W
this truth takes possession Of human n
II becomes more and more impossible er
US TO light one another. When the In
comes that we are Christians. war w
st cease-martial war and commercial tn
r. 1t Is impossible for two brothers wi
JOIN as brothers into gouging each tn
er's eyes and destroying each others OF
Is. Inc moment they engage in that bu
tiihe the word brotherhood becomas ar
egatlon They are no longer breth. his
When the brotherhood Of man he sci
les living reality. and it is pecom. sec
so every day, we must, from tn, CIR
necessities of the case. cease to fight OF!
h other
+'7 reveals it to Us in Christ. our s.. the
II and teacher and exemplar. He
the great burden bearer. His disci. rs
told him their sorrows. Their bnr- ou
We're his burdens. His work was n
of burden bearing. of heal -. ~
OF helping the sick, the lame. the LIE
q, the leper, the dead. His teachings ~
the same relation to society as his W
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as are
elf. "A new commandment give I are
you, that We love one anotber oke
man f1ypth ta Tile