The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-10-31
Thro' all the dust and heat.
Turns back with bleeding feet,
BY the weary road it came.
Unto the simple thought.
BY the great Master taught.


And that remaineth still;
Not he that repeateth the name.
But he that doeth the willl''
3. Another point IN the teaching of
Jesus concerning man is the suprema-
dcy of brotherly lore. Who does
not recognize the word "brother" as
having equal prominence with the
word father" in the vocabulary of
Jesus? We are not to be angry with
our brother, are not to revile him or
Judge him, not to blame him for
trifes when we are guilty of enormi-
ties, not to forget in our relations to
him the weightier matters of the law,
such as justice, mercy and truth; not
even to approach the altar of God
when we are unreconciled to our bro
ther; to forgive him unto seventy times
seven. The sum of the law and
prophets is to do unto others all
things whatsoever we would that
they should do unto US. We are to
forgive our brethren their trespasses,
as we hope to be forgiven.
l. Love of man is the best wor-
ship of God. On one of the Islands
of the Pacific coast we're two mission
aries. One had started in at one end
of the island, the other at the other
end, to convert the cannibals. They
lived in perfect peace with each
other. The families were friendly.
They all worked in harmony. But
one day while these missionaries
were translating the Bible, they fell
into a dispute over the word God.
They could not agree as to what
word would best express the idea in
the language of the savages. The
quarrel was kept up for days and f.
nally ended in blows and utter aliena-
ton. They forgot that God is love,
and that he that dwelleth in love,
dwelleth in God and God in him.
They forgot that eff man say, love
God, and hateth his brother, he is a
| liar and the truth is not in him." Ii
they could not agree upon the tech
nical term, if they knew not the
arbitrary signs or characters in
which to write it out,-they could
have written Gods best name of Love
in an object lesson that would have
been more impressive to those heath
ems than a thousand translations of
the Bible! What avails the correct
ness of title of God, if it be striven
for in the spirit of the devil
'Thou we'll canst spare love of thee
That ends 10 hate to man."
2. Love of man will inaugurate the
kingdom of God on earth. Whatever
may have been meant by that ex-
preston, kingdom of heaven, SO
often used in New Testament times,
it is evident that whenever Jesus
used it, he meant a reign of God in
the heart, a love of man conferred
there, that would at last transform
the outward world and change the
spirit of society. Acting upon the
principle of brotherhood would re,
move oppression and injustice from
among men and make the wilderness
rejoice and blossom as the rose.
Prof. Swing, of fragrant memory,
left upon his writing table the un-
finished manuscript of sermon, the
one he was preparing for Sunday.
A sweet spirit of humanity breathed
through it all. He was looking over
the vast field of strife between differ
ent interests and classes, as some of
the sentences will show: SIN this
the widening of human ideals, large
part of the community has outgrown
the law of supply and demand. The
Rossis and Ricardos who stated that
law so clearly hundred years ago,
were not thinking of the welfare of
the workingman, but only of the
causes of price. 10 our age, there
is vast multitude of employers who
pay something to a man because he
is human being. An element un-
dreamed OF in the last century enters
into the wages of to lay. Mr.. Childs
did not regard the law of supply and
demand. His heart made some new
laws, and he paid as much to the hui
man being as he did to the trade of
the man."
In this strain he continued until
his right hand lost its cunning, and
the pen fell from his nervous grasp.
When he was gone, they examined
his table, and found the unfinished
pages ending with these words:
1--WE must all hope much from the
gradual progress of brotherly love-"
They were the last words he ever
wrote; and the gradual progress of
brotherly love is the worlds last,
best hope today. Where love reigns
supreme, justice will be done, and