Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-08-31

VlOur and teacher ana exempiaf. III
was the great burden bearer. His disci
pies told him their sorrows. Their bur
dens were his burdens. His work wa:
the ministry Of burden bearing, of heal
ing, of helping the sick, the lame, the
blind, the leper, the dead. His teachings
bore the same relation to society as his
life. "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as
myself A new commandment give
unto you. that We love one another. =
mo man hveth to himself or dieth to
himself" "All We are brethren" "God
hath made Of one blQQ1 81 the nations. >
FLOWER NOT DIRT.
Second-N Nature proclaims it. The fin
ger of nature points forward, not back
ward. 1t is from the brute upward that
we move. Nature may begin with us in
war. but nature is not satisfied with
war. The whole creation groaneth and
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. Natures
watchword is ever onward and upward
1t is the language of creation.
Man may have risen the first steps of
the ladder by competition. but it does
not argue that he can never cooperate.
A flower grows out of the soil, but
flower is not dirt.
Man doubtless developed from the
brute world through the process of a 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
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 barbarie
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
and fight for one another.
Their success was phenomenal. This is
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.
woRKISGMEN's SUCCESS.
Cooperation. when used by working |
men. has resulted in advancing their con-
lition in life. The history Of the coop
srative societies of England and Scotland 4
S a most marvellous chapter in the de
7elopment Of the laboring men of the
world. They have millions of dollars in
,apital invested now and ships that pillow
between the great ports of the world and
iupply them by simple, fraternal coop
ration. Simple workingmen, number
ny hundreds of thousands, have secured
or themselves immunity from poverty
some of them-in fact, all Of them-may
,e considered rich as compared with
hose who are outside their ranks. with
he same advantages Of education and
PERSONAL environment.
Wherever cooperation in communities
las been substituted for competition il
as proven when thoroughly tested the
igher principle.
In Glasgow the transit facilities of the
ity are managed by the people, and
hey have ! cent car fares. The gas is
lso owned and managed by the people
nd costs them 60 cents where it costs
5 Sl.25
THE DIVINE IN MEN.
This process must continue until evo.
ition has reached point of develop
lent that revolt is no longer necessary.
We are reaching that condition gradual
7 now. Our legislation is more and
lore in the direction of cooperation on
re part of the community than it has
cen in the past. Our laws touch more
lily the whole range of life, and the
aople are beginning more and more to
e that they are competent 10 take care
theirown affairs if they only make up
leir mind to do it.
Third-Every instinct of the prophetic
nj Of man leaps to the thought Of this
ream of the race.
The highest instincts of humanity
rob in harmony with their divine laws
he divine in man goes out to the suffer
e. We must cooperate with one an
her. We cannot endure the sight of {
ie suffering and pain of the world !
niger. We have societies for the pre-
,ntion of cruelty TO animals. A man
nnot beat his own horse numerically |
the streets without being arrested
DO divine ia man more and more goes (
IT to suffering wherever seen. And =
hen the world knows really as it is the
ffering of man, because of his war
it'll man in this world of trade, of COM I