The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-09-04
Tan influence is brother

"motherhood." To be brother to
man is to be akin to him; to ieel
a solemn obligation resting upon
YOU to care for his highest welfare,
The sublime spirit of brotherhood
was born in every breast and needs
only the awakening touch to set 1t
throbbing, the touch of Christ that
melts every heart, hard though 1T may
be.
History records great victories that
have been wrung from battles OF
blood but | believe the victories OF the
future will be won by the power OF
Christian brotherhood. Tyranny will
be overcome aud errors righted not
by the heat of conflict, the smoke OF
battle. and the blood of warriors, but
by the self-sacrifice of an eternal
brotherhood. The lines are already
forming. and side by side, shoulder
to shoulder they are stepping into
the ranks of Christ's army.
The brotherhood of man and the
Fatherhood of God brought the
lowly Nazarene on his earthly mis-
sion. For thousands of years the
world had been living for self alone.
He came to teach the primary duty OF
man to man. Self was to be surren-
dered in life for others. And that
great life of his was sealed with a
martyrs death. In life and in death
he was brother
Col. Gardiner in his New York
mansion, sat with elbows on table,
spread with all the extravagant vi
ands, and looking down at his dog Oh
the rug, said: "How / would like to
change places with him; Il be the
dog and he Col. Gardiner" A pict-
ure of animal selfishness. Then look
at the two Moravian missionaries
starting into the lazzaretto to attend
the sick, and a Waterman says: IF you
go 10 there you will never come out.
We never allow anyone to come out
bringing contagion." Then the mis-
sionaries make their wills and go in,
first to help the sick who can never
be cured, then to die. A picture of
Christian brotherhood. Which do
you think the happier, Col. Gardiner
with all his wealth of ease, or the
Moravian missionaries dying for a
brother?
The gift of Christian brotherhood
is like mercy:
ss'Tis twice blessed,
1t blesseth him that gives and him that
takes;
IT'S mightiest in the Mightiest: 1t
Becomes the throned monarch better
Than his crown
Haughtiness and tyranny before its
consuming fire melt like winters
SHOWS on spring morning. As the
tyrant king surrendered to the devo-
ton of Damon and p ythias, and assault
surrendered to the voice of conscience
telling him he was prosecuting his
brother, SO should we who have &C
cepted the name of Christian, Danish
all prejudice, put away all petty
chickering's, and in the full sympathy
of Christian brethren push on to eter-
nal life. Within the sacred ties of
Christian brotherhood there should
be no petty strife. Extend the hand
Of charity to an erring brother what
ever the wrong he may have done us.
Every city reflects the character of
it's first settlers and founders. For
instance, Boston takes many of the
characteristics of the early Puritan
fathers. New York city gives many
evidences of her Dutch ancestry and
Philadelphia, founded by the Qua
kers will neverbe known as other than
the city of brotherly love. She man
ifests genuine brotherhood in her
wide streets and broad acre lots
for each spacious dwelling. The
poor are diligently cared for and
few tramps go begging before her
doors. Philadelphia, the city of
brotherly love. Let us then as active
Unioners leave our impression on
those that follow US that it may be
said ours is a union of brotherly
love.
But there is theoretical brother
hood and there is practical brother
hood. There is that so called broth
erhood that like Shakespeare's Shy
lock, will eat with you, drink with
you, buy with you, sell with you,
and even sleep with you, but will not
worship with you, He would be
brother when handshaking time
comes but never at prayer time. He
would be brother if you belong to
the same church but not unless you
did. God grant that through the
influence of the young peoples
societies, the world may soon realize
that all men were created equal and
m 49,.