The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-01

uaI as Well as In the Temporal World
-ALesson which Has Been the study
of the World.
1.-THE Christian Commonwealth; Its
Service" was the subject of a strong
sermon by the Rev. w. j, Mulch atsthe
Howard avenue Congregational church
yesterday morning. He selected as his
text, ''All things therefore whatsoever
We would that men should do to you,
even so do we also unto them" Mat
thew. vii, IL: He spoke in part as fol-
lows:
The object of a commonwealth and
the idea which gives it the name, is
commonweal or common welfare. The
association together in government, in
business and in all those things which
are of common interest is not for the
benefit of king or commissioner but for
the common veal, People in true
commonwealth do not stand by each
other merely for the benefit of boss,
but for their own benefit and that of
the other people who deserve to live,
but would go to the wall if there were
not some strong unity which they could
become part Of The principle that in
union there is strength holds good
wherever it can be applied 1t is one
of those natural laws which also hold
good in the spiritual world.
The spiritual commonwealth Is such
a union of spiritual things-citzens
into whom Gods righteousness has
been born from above and in whom it
lives and rules Families of men, wo-
men and children who have risen to
that spiritual attainment find them
selves not only drawn toward God, but
drawn together by the common Father
hood of God above them, the common
law of the spirit of Christ within them
and the common hope of eternal life
before them. They are drawn togeth-
er by all those spiritual interests into
the great spiritual society of the Chris
tian commonwealth.
Knowing this as we do it would be
strange if we were not impressed with
the idea of union, with its use and with
its power. We cannot help seeing how
the obstacles that hinder and defeat
one when he works alone must disap-
pear when he is associated with many
others who are moving toward the same
result. A locust is a small thing which
chicken may catch and eat, but when
unnumbered millions of them together
settle upon a whole region of country.
their power is beyond calculation. With.
out intelligence, or even instinct they
are able to overcome every adversary.
Add intelligence to numbers, give wise
and uniform direction to their power,
whether 1T be in man or beast, and
what can it not accomplish? This is
the lesson in state craft which the
world has been studying in all the fed
erations and empires of history. This
is the lesson in education which is dem
onstrated in the organization of our
American common school and in the
great universities. This is the lesson in
manufacture of the modern factory
with Its motive powers, it's thousands of
hands, its products far superior to
hand made articles in many cases,
the prices often only a tenth or
hundredth part Of what they once were.
In another way the same lesson has
been studied by all who have promot-
ed guilds and labor unions by all who
have formed trusts and large combna-
tions Of capital, by all who have or
ganized cooperation in any line of eff
fort. These are hard lessons to learn.
and when we think we have learned
them, and are ready to try our wisdom
we find sooner or later that it fails lis.
because there are great factors in it
that we have overlooked entirely, and
so we must go back to our expert
ments and our study.
The creator ordained the laws by
which the planets and systems of stars
agree In each others society. The same
creator ordained the laws Of human So
c1ety. Out of primeval chaos those
divine laws have evolved the beautiful
and orderly society of the stars: and
out of social chaos and barbarism Gods
laws are also bringing forth orderly So
ciety, which when it Is accomplished
will be the spiritual commonwealth
Just as fear and danger was ever pres
ent with the explorer and discoverer
so fear and danger is with us in orr
new experiments in society. Peop1e
reared the Idea of democracy. lest in
some speedy explosion it would leave
life and property unprotected. But
now the principle has been in some |
measure captured and subdued from |
the wilderness. 1t has been put into |
the service of man. 1t has been train |
ed INTO the social system and is grad |
ually taking the place of Other and
poorer agencies
SO people fear the idea of combination
IN labor and in commercial interests
and in capital. And their fear is nor
without cause for in these gigantic ex-
periments there will be many failures
and in these failures many will suffer
great hardship. But in time the exner-
1ments will bring better ways to light.
Dangers will be discovered and provid-
ed for, SO that the new principle can be
used not only with safety, but with
great advantage to all.
1t is the advantage of all that stands
ever before use as the thing to be ac-
complished. The reason why we are
patient with dangerous experiments is
that out of them may come, not a for
tune to the discoverer-that is, the least
likely result; death and disaster is the
more usual fate Of the experimenter-
but that out Of them may come some
thing which will be of service to ALL
When the experiments are finished then
the world will use the results of them.
Each one Of these discoveries achieved
and put in the worlds possession is an