The Progress., 1893-09-02

ments, Lore to God and Love to Man,
VIII Solve All Financial and Al Social
Problems.
CAFE CHARLES. Va, Aug. 27.-Rev.
Thomas Dixon, Jr., preached today the
last of the summer series of sermons on
the problems of Money" He will re-
turn 80 New York next SUNDAY aud
take mp the work again in Association
hall. The text today was, John xiii. 81.
"A new commandment ! give unto Won
that yo love one another. even as have
loved you"
There is one sense in which we are too
familiar with the Bible. We are hard
cned To IT. In mysCollege days We
were forced TO attend preaching hsviccs
OH Sunday. and consequently upon my
mind preaching made not the slightest
impression. The sound was too familiar
-unpleasantly familiar. | knew the
theme in one sense too well-in a real
sense, not at all.
TIE BIBLE TOO FAMILIAR
a Boston woman ay dying in hos
pital, and the nurse was reading TO her
from the New Testament She read the
sermon on the mount. To her surprise
the woman looked up aud asked her
who wrote that book. That is
wonderful booki II will make its
author famous" We need to hear the
word of God. it seems to me. some
times as this poor woman heard it for
the first time. We need to take it lit
orally, to hear it thus and TO believe that
its message is n real one to MS.
The two great commandments tnat
sum up the duties of life, love to God
and love to man-love to God through
love to man-how familiar we are with
them. and yet how little we really know
of them. And yet it is in the fulfillment
of this simple law of Christianity that
we shall fird the solution to the great
financial and social problem that presses
now upon us for solution.
The literal fulfillment of this. the great
est commandment, is the pressing duty
of today. Obedience to it means the
solution Of the problem of the ages, of
the salvation of the race, because:
First-Love is the fulfllment of the
law. 1t fulfills the negations of the law.
Love worketh no i'll to its neighbOr;
therefore no man who loves his fellow |
mau can enter upon any business that /.
can result to the injury of his neighbor
JUSTICE Is LOVE.
AT the touch of the fulfillment of this |
law every gambling business. every sa-
loon and dive and brothel and question
able resort must perish.
Love cannot be unjust.
The master who loves his servant gets
from him the very highest service. The
general who commands the love of his
soldiers gets the very highest order of
soldier The master who wins the love
Of his servant is just to him. The gen
eral who wins the love of his soldier is
just general.
Love seeks not simply its own, but the
good Of another.
He who seeks the good of another can
not destroy another in the process of at
tanning his own good. Love cannot take
advantage OF misfortune. AT the breath
Df love in the business world che bar
gain counter must disappear, and our
taking advantage of our neighbor's neces-
'ities TO drive n hard bargain must be
relegated TO the age of barbaric compe-
iition. Every bargain counter is proc
aInation that somebody has failed; that
'ome factory is closed; that somebody
who dreamed fair dreams of prosperity
md of success had broken heart and
broken life.
Love is the fulfillment of the positive
commands as wHll AS the negative ele-
nents of law. IL makes us to study
md TO know each other. Ignorance and
Indifference are impossible if our hearts
're engaged. We do not know each
'ther If we really loved our fellow
nan, we would make it our business to
Snow him. It is difficult for us to sac
ifice for those we do not know.
LOVE AND TREASURE.
\ preacher struggled to raise collec-
ion for the heather during the war in
iis church. There was little or no re-
ponse. While in the pulpit he received
telegram from the seat of war an
,ouncing terrible battle. giving fear
ul list of the dead and wounded, call
ng iffmediately for supplies, for nurses.
or Int, for food. for bandages and ply
icians and for money to supply all
hese needs. They passed around the
box, and it came back load
d--piled with money and with jewels.
hey took their rings from their fingers.
Women took their earrings from their
ars. They piled them i'm the basket,
nd many of them were wet with tears.
Love fulflls the positive commands of
be law. II we love. we will sacrifice.
.ove will sepd us out after the people !
rho need rs. 1t will make principle, ,
ot policy, the handspring of life. Love
D the heart Of man for his fellow must q
ring obedient action in thousand hu-
ian relations where now there is eter- e
al conflict and friction. II we love, we $
re at one in wills. Christ said, "If We c
I'VE me, keep my commandments" $