The age-herald., 1901-06-10
LOVE WILL UNITY
 ALL THE NATIONS Sermon by Rev. J. E. Hudson
 Yesterday Morning FORCE WAS iNEFFeCTUAl This Was ."e Ancient ldea--The Com Ing of Christ Brought New Ideas
 Into the Worid-The
 Human Family.
FORCE WAS iNEFfeCIUAl

At the Cumberland Presbyterian Church yesterday morning the pulpit was oecu- pied by Rev. T. F.. Hudson of Pulaski, Tenn, who preached an eloquent sermon on brotherly and neighborly love. MT. Hudson's text was from Psalm l33 'Be- hold how good and how pleasant 1t is for brethren to dwell together in unity"
 "one of the saddest consequences of the introduction of sin Into our world.' said Mir Hudson, was that 1t destroyed unity of the human family. Ever since the ex- pulsion from Eden our race has tended to disunlon and disintegratlon. Humanity breaks In pieces. falls apart. divides. We perhaps unconsclously teach this to our children In the primary schools of life.
 Different kingdoms and different peoples. are on opposite sides of the sea, the des- erts, mountains, rivers, towns and streets. We draw the dead line and dare not pass over. We find men socially from highest wealth to the lowest poverty; intellec- tually from the proud philosopher to the ignorant savage; morally. from purest saint to viest sinner; religiously with ever passion, prejudice and power. until every virtue and vice and conception of the human heart has been worshipped un- der the name of some Deity. 4a
 This Is no new story. We find the Jews would have no dealings with the Samaritan, Pharasee would not sit at meat with a Publican.
 The priest and the Levite left the bleed Ing traveller to perish by the wayside The beggar perished at the rich mans ! gate. There is a great gulf between the rich man and tho poor man." Here the speaker gave many beautiful and touch ing examples Illustrating these truths that had come under his observation
 How can these divisions be remoyed?" he continued. The ancients thought 1t could be brought about by conquest, the more powerful nations to subdue the weaker. and this absorption was to go on until one universal empire would em- brace all, but this could never be ac- compllshed. Cyrus, A1exander.s Caesar and many others testify that force and . oppression has never made nation one or advanced one unifying principle.
 At the Cross. .s''
 "At the foot of the cross we. all meet on common level The moralist lays aside his self righteousness. the savage his ferocity, the rich become poor, old things pass away-all things become new, one in Christ Jesus our Lord. The family is unlike any other organization God created 1t and it will remain until the end All down the ages we hear the name of father, mother, brother, sister and home, and we believe In all the ages yet to come we shall hear the sweet, name mother. But human organizations are constantly changing"
 MT Hudson here referred stoe his be- coming a member of the Good Tenn plars and afterwards the Y. M. c. A., which organizations are fast giving away to other societies. as.fs
 How good and how pleasant 1t Is to feel that we are members of the household of faith, children of king We must not forget that we are children. We are to become like little children. The father gives the child the penny, the nickel the dime, and not the great estate that awaits It's maturity So our Father in Heaven gives but a foretaste of the joys he has prepared for the faithful Ear hath not heard, eye hath not seen. neither has 1t entered into the imagination the things God has prepared for those who love him. I love the Idea of the family, different figures, compilations and temperament. One boy goes into the army, and perhaps falls with the name of his country quiv- ering on his lips. the other Is as gentle as a girl administering to his mothers ne cessities. One Is as brave as the other. One Is rich, one Is poor-one graduates. the other leans a trade, one Is sick, the other robust Yet all are one family. We can never divide the family. Let tfem fo East. or West North or South. we think of them, pray for them. and love them So 1t is in the household of faith Though I forget Him and wonder away, still he doth love me wherever I stray. And even death does not separate us; one has taken the morning train, the other will take the evening train. Part of the host have crossed the flood and part are crossing now" ..