New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-13

DR.. Potters subject was "Thc Willing Shoulder
his t-xt being: "For then will turn to the people
a pure langus e that they may all call upon the name
Of the Lord, to serve Him with one shoulder 'IePh
aniah iii, 81. Tho Bishop said in substance:
take here the marginal reading gather than that to
be found in the body OF the text not merely because IL
more picturesque. but because wh.ch Is most inpo"
for our purpose this mornng) 1t Is more true IAero d.
however the first view obscuriy in the hgure "n
the prophet which demands a word, II no more Vi
explanation. He IS predicting time when the oosF
naaanism Of his own day would yield at length TO Me
light and tho truth Then he says, These heatheh VIII
call upon the of the Lord that they may serve MN
with one shoulder" why with one shoulder ana not
with twoi The image suggests at hrst dl'loed anu
haheartad service as when describes another as
"leanded friend" and the shoulders are so usually inc
emblem of burden squarely and heartily assumed by
both that service which includes only one shoulder huS
needs, 1t would seem. be partial and eVasiVe.
We turn however, from the enigma in the written
mage to other engmss (as some have long accouo
ihem) which may found to-day in recently dsn'erea
Egyptian sculpture and the Two at once translate anu
tntrruret each other Any one Of who have the
ulutudnous copies and drawings Of these Scriptures WIZ
remember among them pictures OF long Iows oil ieh "shne
In locked step, and each with one hama feacphg
and resting upon the shoulder of the other IL Ra W
the most careless observation that the men thus pictured
were sming at uniformity Of movement and the reason
for this may usually be III some heavy ourdeh-ooeh
some huge stone-eftener sen what seems Ike ue nfo
mast Of ship the trunk Of great tree resting upon
and reaching from shoulder to shoulder, wMeh mus hs
whole company was bearing together.
UNITED HFBORp CoN9uERS ALL THINGS.
Now in such enterprise the lOOkstep is Of service
the uniformity Of purpose and EFFORT is Of still greater sey
vioe. but the one shoulder is indispensable II tne ouaeh
il to DO all. it will be when each man takes his
place. orders his pace and puts his shoulder where the
weight and the strain are to fall And thus we see what
great ideas these men Of the older time got out Of the III
dusres and enterprise Of the in which they lived
The prophet sitting may be- like many ANOTHER her
NIT the mouth his Cave the bank Of some mighty
Euphraes Nile, the slaves Of some wealthy pro-
prietor building his palace far below. AS he follows
their movements beholds how seemingly impossible
tasks yield effort The heaviest burden is not
heavy to be lifted upborDo only men will bend
10 it In the rhythm OF che purpose aud With oe sAouoer
And Of that honely fact he sees the shining OF a
universal law. Thus palaces TO be buldedl Yes
pyramids 10 De rearedl Yes, but better than all
society was be redeemed. Given force strong
enough consran tho vagiant vlto master the selfish
appetite to energze the torpid conscience ana OUT Of
Lls rhythmc service line, keeping step
and each and all lifting with shoulder, there rose the
vision Of niilennia glory
what IL that makes the disorder and misery, the
waste and buren that characterize the world to-day
They from tie disregard of this primal truth over
every life that lives God has stretched the burden OF His
moral law. Upon the bearing Of the burden, the
doing Of His will in other words, lie has conditioned the
welfare OF the family the prosperity Of the state and tins
peace Of society. Fall into line, time your movements
with those who your fellows place your shoulder
cheerfuy and patiently under the burden and
10. 1t TO be burden. But refuse your place
evsde your obligations slip shoulder from under the
load. and leave 1t for others to now and what fol-
lows1 What but misery and suffering for all the rest
II you will 90 over with to Backwelps Island,
little further to Sing Sing you Will what follows
1t worth while for 70 remember that almost Oil the
worlds huge and most costly machinery Of charitable
Lief that all vast and expensive system Of correction
and punishment that our system OF police that large
share that the enhanced price Of what
we eat and OF every book that read
and every privilege Others may be traced
to the violation Of this law
AN IDEAL COMMUNITY DESCRIBED.
Given Q system in which part Of the community
ceases way another to eyade its Just obligations
whether 10 COD man; word, accepts its burden
instead of Sinking IT, and stIaehtway have revolution
lied society. But. as it is-Ay many OF us may to
separate himself from for his felows-their
trcachery duty returns and Furnishes him. There is
definite weight Of obligation oveIhsDsng every life, and
somehow 1t must be borne II one says, ito me this
strain Is rksome this labor monotonous this lawobeyng
distsstef and falls OF the ranks tie burden is
much heavier for those who remain. Thero many
million mouths In this land to-day 10 be fed II each
will cannot feed himself then 1t Is
for else 70 toll the harder ana live the
fugally In order to do IL for him. Look for moment
merely az the enormous punave machinery Of civilization
and what appalling witness it rs 10 the disorder
OF the society In which 1t exists. Who Migrants
and cfiminslsl The strikers and DRAWERS ana non.po
ducers They simply the people who from hereditary
inrmty native peIVersenesS, have fallen out OF the
line and who have left their more faithful fellows to
Indeed 10 necessary that we should go abroad out Of
cur own homes to find the dismal illustration of the
converse Of this law or the law itself homes
at once beautiful and Inspiring Nust atiOns.
Read the lives Of tho fathers OF TIE Republic and
see how what mean out in page OF them.
DO you remember the story Of Ezekiel Webster ard Of
the other greater Webster's preparation fog colegai
What peaury thee in OF those earlier homes Of
the Repubcyes, but what patience and pernacity aud
unanimty OF accomplishing service. How much one
brought his shoulder hers under the burden Just wtere
places and need waiting them and step
following the long, steady swinging stride td how
the seemingly impossible conquered and peace and
plenty TO Uctofs.
And II there other homes-couded and barren
warning and unlovey IL Is simply there the law
Of oneshoultered service has been left out Some
two struggling with the burdens Of oil. There
lax and lswess who will acknowledge authority
and discharge duty and IL does require great
Of these 70 make wrctehcdness and for all the
1est Eyes. for all the rest" IL may be said but what
can you expect violator law is so free and
happy himself! You so back and choose an image
OF that old paganism in which kings shackeled ti.T
slaves together and bid serve with one shoulder
under the terrors of the LASH and present
this America Of to-day, foisooth. the type widely
organized society home. You forget that the
sacred thing OF all is liberty. and that
Of rigid rank and order gains freedom
and privilege in his own person."
Freedom and privilege to do what, my brotherf Do
you TO do good In his own without
reference rights and webeing Of other people
There a more dismal fasehood dreamed since
lswessness entered the world Undoubtedly IL IS pos.
able for shrk his burden and " evade his place In