El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-25
Baptist Church.

Rev. w. 0. Millican preached to a
full house at both services yesterday.
The morning subject was ''Fraternal
Responsibility" Text "Am 1 my
brothers keeper? ~ The voice of thy
brothers. blood crieth unto me". Gen.
the sermon:
One hundred and twenty five years
has passed since the fall of man. In the
outskirts of Eden, two men, sons of the
same parents, have jus. presented their
offerings to God. Yonder the smoke
of the offering rising in beautiful ring
lets, pierces the deep blue sky, over
there in the shadow of the hedge is the
body OLA murdered man, bruised and
bleeding, with face turned toward the
earth, and here is the murderer with
his foul deed haunting his soul. When
loi he hears q voice. Where is Abel
thy brother?" Oh, what shall the
answer be? Can, murderer tell the
truth? With hot blush that burns
his very soul Cain answers the Lord, 81
know mott. And then he makes bold
to ask God the question of the text
"Am 1 my brothers. keeper" This
expression of irony was q gratuitous
| but emphatic denial of any RESPONSE
| bility for brothers. conduct or destiny
| in life.
The world is full of Gains today:
| men who deny this fraternal RESPONSE
| bility. The world outside of God is
| distinctively selfish. Men say, 1 have
all that l can do to look after myself
and mine, forgetting that my brother
| is mine. The doctrine of the world is
the survival of the fittest. It throws q
man into the whirlpool of this worlds
rapids and cries to him ''sink or SWIM
Should he swim out the world may help
him. II unfortunately he begins to
| sink it is sure to drown him What
care l whether he lives or dies? | take
no interest in such stock" were the
words of an infidel physician, on being
country village. Thus goes the answer
of Cain on it's rounds today. What
interest have L? Am l his keeper? But
now listen to the voice of God as he
answers Cain. what hast thou done?
The voice of thy brothers blood crieth
unto me.'' Thus God fixes the re-
sponsibility of fraternal interest and
care upon every brother.
No one denies the brotherhood of
man. There is no one but who has op-
portunity and power in some vay or
other to help or hinder some of his
brethren, mo man liveth or dieth
unto himself" Now to whatsoever ex-
tent a man has this power, to that ex-
tent is he his brothers keeper. This
responsibility ls met with In every de-
partment of life. 1t is the duty of
every man in the business world to
help his brother rise if posi-
BILE. Yet it is too often the case
that individuals and institutions
make the mistake the Standard Oil
company has made in trying to crush
Tout every man and institution tina,
dares to become a competitor. Many
and Infamous the schemes of smaller
institutions that try to keep a brother
from succeeding or drag the successful
man to ruin. But worse than that is
the system of combines, pools and
trusts, that for years has tried to fasten
itself upon the business men of our ma
ton. True life loving people have
lifted up their voice against such muir
der of the brethren, until our govern
meut has been compelled to interfere,
but for all that many are the victims OF
this terrible assassin and as sure as
God is good the blood of the slain will
cry out to him against the slayer.
Are you associated with the arena Of
political life? You will need this same
responsibility here. You will likewise
find many Gains here. Politics ha:
come to be kind of business. Many
unworthy ones seek to enter. True
vigorous effort should be put forth tC
keep bad men out. But men go tt