The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-09-07
THE PULPIT.
A SCHOLARLY SUNDAY SERMON eY
THE REV. ALBERT JONES LORD.
subject Sacrament of Service.

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Jones ord. pastor of the First Consre-
gaticpal Church. Meriden. Conn.
preached in Plymouth Church Sunday
morning in exchange with the assistant
pastor. the Rev. Willard P. Harmon.
Nj Lord had :: good audience. ana
preached an excellent sermon. HIS
subject was "fha Sacrament of Ser
vice" The text was from Isaiah. 2li:6:
"They helped every one his neighhor.
ard every one said to his brother. be
Of good courage" Mr.. Lord said:
We have been passing rapidly i'll the
last half century from an individual
iSt:c to 4 social type of civilization.
Pa;rS words were never more true
than to-day. when he said. None of us
liveth to himself. and no man dieth to
himself" All the forces and factors
pertaining TO human life-mechanlcal.
sacia! and reiiciouS-have been moving
70 such 4 degree toward each other
HAT the twentieth century can say that
!he one word which will serve her hest
for watchword is 'Together; togeth-
er.''
IN the industrial! world the corcen-
trai!on oe forces is most manifest. DR..
Josiah Strong calls TO mind how that
fifty Years ago ii was the age of home
-spun. Families could meet all the
needs of their households. spinning.
weaving ard the making of garments.
The fields about the home supplied the
inmates with the necessities of life.
Then it was that the main force was
tie brawny arm. But to-day manu1ac-
trre has fo:saken the home for the
mill and the factory. and steam ana
electricity are the re@nant forces. d.
vision Of labor has taken the place OF
the single hand. Then one man made
nsany things: now m$ny men make one
thing.
But as industriaII!. so socially are
we becoming more intimately related.
A half century ago there were COM
murit:es. many but small in numhe:
and limited in advantages, yet complete
in themselves. Citizens seldom went
beycnd the borders of their respective
towns. But gradually those communl-
ties have been grouped into towns. and
tie towns developed into cities and the
cities into greater cities. Whereas our
fathers were independent of all the
world, we are more or less dependent
on the whole world. This made Robert
Louis Stevenson excIailn, ut is really
Gisheartening how we depend on other
people in this life
This complex life has given rise to a
great many social and fraternal or
ganizations. Men have banded them
selves together for mutual helpfuiness:
Fathers. working by the week ana
for small wages, having little cnes de-
pending upon them. have serious
thoughts when they realize chat SICK
ness may be lying in wait for them
and short hours may be their .ot.
When the head of the family is SICK
and unable to work, the income ceases,
but expenses increase. TO meet all
these possibilities the various benevc-
lent societies and fraternal orgaElza-
tions have come into existence.
1t is every mans duty to consider not
only the present demands of the fam
ily, but it's future welfare. 1t is a.
crime for father to spend his money
freehanded at tic bar, or in hospitality
at the club, or squander it in sports,
when he has not, either in the savings
bank or in insurance, made secure the
future welfare of his family. 1t is
every mans duty to endow the future
with as good livelihood for his fam
ily as lies IN his power. :
We heartily sympathiZe with frater-
mites and societies in their sick bene-
fits and care of widows and fatherless
children. They have mission in socl-
ETY.. But, however commendable they
may be. they must not take the place
of the two divine institutions-the
home and the church. There is but one
place where God has set up the altar
OF domestic affection, where conjugal
relations are sanctified by the presence
OF children, and that is the home; and
there is but one institution which the
Son of God ordained while upon earth,
and that is the Christian church. Fra
te-nal organizations should be supple
ments, but never attempt to be substl-
tutes for the home or the church.
But we cannot say that because life
is becoming more highly organized it
can be lived more easily. On the other
hand. we are inclined to say that the
closer mems relations are tho greater
the friction and the more difficult to
have every event work good to every
person. This kind of life, repeat. is
far better but more difIicalt to live III
all it's relations. The tone of three
Or five bank organ is much better,
richer. more sympathetic and harmcni-
ouS than the tone of 4 cabinet organ.
In the one there are few combinations,
while in the other there are hundreds.
An amateur can play the one, but onl!
the master organist can play the Other
satisfactorily. So in these times of
highly developed social and religious
life it is difficult 70 live 4 full, rounded
Christian life. 4 company of people
spread over large area can get along
comfortably we'll. but crowded into
small inclosure they will suffer ein-
barrassment. They all have elbows,
and where it is ideal to march through
life. touching elbow to elbow, it is not
so comfortable when mcn are cramDsd
and their elbows touch one another
under the arms. OuT whole social life
is. therefore. question of elbows.
This leads us naturally to the ques-
ton, How can life be lived so IS to fui-
fiji all these manifold relations The