The Progress., 1893-08-19

the ministry Of burden bearing, of heal
ing, of helping the sick. the lame, th'
blind, the leper, the dead. His teaching
bore the same relation to society rs hi
life. Thou shalt love thy neighbor &,
thyself." "A new commandment give
unto you, that we love one another
NO man hveth to himself or dieth t,
himself" "All We are brethren" Goo
hath made of one blood all the nations.
FLOWER NOT DIRT.
/ Second-Eature proclaims it. The fin
ger of nature points forward, not back
ward. ltt from the brute upward thai
we move. Nature may begin with us il
war, but nature is not satisfied with
war. The whole creation groaneth ant
travaileth in pain together until now
for divine purpose. War and barbar
ism are to be eliminated. Peace and fra
| ternity are the ends aimed at. Nature,
| watchword is ever onward and upward
| Ii is the language OF creation.
| Man may have risen the first steps OF
the ladder 10y competition, but it does
not argue that he can never cooperate.
A flower grows out of the soil, but Il
flower is not dirt.
Man doubtless developed from the
brute world through the process of di-
vine evolution. The preponderance of
evidence seems to confirm the theory of
an evolutionary process of creation, but
man is not brute because he grew out
of this underworld any more than a
flower is dirt because it grew out of the
soil.
Nature points onward and upward
War may be a step in the process of the
development of humanity, but war is
not humanity. War is hell, war is bar
barism. and it is all the more barbaric
when it is transferred to the realm of
commerce.
The natural course of progress today
shows that cooperation is higher prin-
ciple than competition. We observe this
fact in the development of the most sue
cessful corporations. They are made by
combined effort. The combination of
small firms make these great ones. They
once fought one another. They make a
combination and fight for one another.
Their success was phenomenal. This il
the basis of every successful trust and
great corporation in our nation today
We antagonize them because we recog-
nize them as the evidences of social dis
order. They are the evidences of social
disorder, but they are the index fingers
that point us to the way of success. Their
abuse does not argue against their value
woRKINGMEN's SUCCESS.
Cooperation. when used by working
men. has resulted in advancing their con-
dition in life. The history of the coop
erative societies of England and Scotland
is IL most marvellous chapter in the de-
velopment of the laboring men of the
world. They have millions of dollars in
capital invested now and ships that plow
between the great ports of the world and
supply them by simple, fraterEal coop
GRAFTON. Simple workingmen, number
ing hundreds of thousands, have secured
for themselves immunity from poverty.
Some of them-in fact, all of them-may
be considered rich as compared with
those who are outside their ranks, with
personal environment.
Wherever cooperation in communities
has been substituted for competition it
has proven when thoroughly tested the
higher principle.
In Glasgow the transit facilities of the
city are managed by the people, and
they have / cent car fares. The gas is
also owned and managed by the people /.
and costs them 60 cents where it costs |.
us $l.25.
THE DIVINE IN MEN.
This process must continue until evo-
luton has reached a pointabf develop /
ment that revolt is no longer necessary. /
We are reaching that cordition gradual |
ly now. Our legislation is more and /
more in the direction of cooperation on |
the part of the community than it has |
been in the past. Our laws touch more |
fully the whole range of life, and the .
people are beginning more and more to .
see that they are competent to take care
Of their own affairs if they only make up
their mind to do it.
Third-Every instinct of the prophetic |
soul of man leaps to the thought of this
lream of the race.
The highest instincts of humanity
throb in harmony with their divine laws.
The divine in man goes out to the suffer
ing. We must cooperate with one an
other. We cannot endure the sight of
the suffering and pain of the world
longer We have societies for the pre-
yention of cruelty to animals. A man
cannot beat his own horse numerically
N the streets without being arrested.
The divine in man more and more goes
put to suffering wherever seen. And
when the world knows really as it is the
of man, because of his war
with man in this world of trade, of COM
nerce, of labor, the heart of humanity
,annot endure the knowledge. The re-
of society upon a cooper
alive basis is a foregone conclusion
when the heart of society recognizes
,hings as they really are today.
THE RACES ENEMIES.