The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-11-26
Anniversary Sermon


city on the occasion of the Ami
versary of the organization of the
Order by Bro. w. j. Bolin, who is a
member of the Order. The Lodge
attended In body. Bro. Belin
said:
lit is my purpose in this service
to say four things to you. One is
Natures Law of Being, another is
Humanity's Inability to Combat
the Law, and another is Heavens
Solution of the Problem and the
fourth is the Practice of Philan-
thropy.
read two passages of Scripture,
Rom. 15:1--" We then that are
strong ought to bear the infirmities
of the weak, and not to please our
selves" and Math. 10:42---" And
whosoever shall give to drink unto
one of these little ones cup of
cold water only in the name of a
disciple, verify ! say unto you, he
shall in no wise lose his reward
Ist, Natures Law Of Being
This law has been called by the
Scientists ''the survival of the fit
test" 1t is seen in the physical
world. You plant rose tree in
the shadow of an oleander, the rose
tree dies, the oleander thrives.
One would suppose that humanity
was controlled by a higher law, hut
entering the realm of human af-
fairs we observe that the same law
obtains. 1t is true among nations;
the powerful nations usual, alb
sbrbing the weak In Europe they
have what is called "Concert Of
iPowers," and the Triple Alli-
ance, - TO check the ambitions of
stronger nations. The late Boer
war furnishes a shining example of
this law. A mem ber of Parliament
in the midst of the Struggle arose
to enquire the cause of the war. as
if war needed auy cause other tlIan
that one nation is stronger than
the other. Shakespeare makes his
Romeo say to Juliet, Thou will
-quarrel with "A man for cracking
nuts for no other reason than that
thou hast hazel eyes War needs
no stronger cause. The operation
of this law is seen 10 politics.
Witness the campaign about to
close, in which nothing was to vile
for the one party to charge against
the other, and next Tuesday after
the "bartle of ballots is over the
stronger party will be the survivor.
In industrial life the survival of
the fittest is seen in the combina
tions and trusts that are being
formed in every line. ] notice a
leading promoter recently inter
viewed, when asked. do you re-
ceive into your combination every
|, establishment of the same sort2"
so, no, only those that are profta-
ble." "What then becomes of the
othersY' 20 they must die,' he
said. Shakespeare makes one o.
his simpletons ask, "How do the
fishes live in the sea?" "Oh much
as men do on land, !" is the reply,
."the larger ones eating the smaller
ones.' The same law is exempi-
fed in Labor Unicns. tits perfectly
natural for the laboring man TO
combine against capitalists and
against such combinations we have
!. no word to say, but when any Labor
Union seeks to prevent any non
union man earning an honest living
then it is to be opposed. Recall
the story of Polly McGrail, of Pat
terson, n. J, Twice stoned by the
mob and at last carried home TO
die, for no other reason than that
she persisted in work during
strike that she might feed her hun
CRY children.
2nd. That humanity is at the
mercy of this law may be seen from
Society's condition. Society as at
present constituted, is made up of
three classes-the Upper Ten, in
which class are many choice spirits
but for the most part is composed