The Greeley tribune., 1907-11-21

c,ted man, there Is neltner ula',
noman nor child. there is no such
thinp AS Il dissatisfaction, paseu
mon ability or wealth CT family or
nositIon, but all are one In Chrlsu
Ie,us because all are equally the
children Of one Father and equally
,ap,bls of being formed Into the
likeness of Jesus Christ.
You are as good as | am. Mahy
of us believe this great truth with
our minds, abstractedly, academl'
rally, but when we meet a Chinaman
or a colorsd man, a tramp. drunRard
in the gutter, a poor outcast from
society, do we live as in the presence
Of the truth and of him who so per-
fectly exemplilied 1t In his own
life?)
Another great social principle OF
Christianity is the familiar one
which we call the golden rule AS
We would that men should do TO you,
do We also to them likewise. Here
is another call of the gospel to till
all the relationships of life with the
spirit of good will. This concise
rule of living has been accepted as a
principle of personal relations, but
it has not come to be recognized as a
social principle. 1t belongs to the
domain of private morality, no right
minded person doubts that, but we
have vet to comprehend that 1t be-
longs to the domain of public NOR.
ality as we'll. 1t was one of the
maxims of the cd political economy
that such a law has no place in the
world of economic relations. Still
more insistently do some men say
that the golden rule has no place In
politics or in the larger relations of
the nations. We are told that the
hope that the golden rule will be ap-
piled to public relations Is an irri-
descent dream, fantasy OF the eX-
cited Imagination of the Sunday
school politician. But fortunately
for the world noble civic dreams not
seldom come true In spite OF the pre-
dictions Of self appointed prophets.
If such hopes are mere fantasies, II
Christ rule of the human spirit is
not inclusive enough to embrace
business and politics and every rela.
tionship of individual men and of
Individual groups of men within a
single nation and Of the broad -ela-
tionships of the nations of the earth
with each other he is not the Master
| want. No, no, IL his rule In
cludes anything it includes every
thing. There is not single utter
est Of human life that can be kept
outside the sphere Of his influence
and control. The golden rule ap-
plies to every human relationship,
When the truth Is realized and lived
up to we shall no longer have the
spectacle which has been presented
so often OF late to our amazed and
saddened vision OF men high in the
councils OF the churches, who pass
the contribution box on Sundays and
direct the official life of the
churches, stealing the money of the
public In great insurance corpora.
tions, or wrecking railroads, OF
banks, for their personal gain, OF
swindling the poor to add to theil
own hoard. or debauching legislatures
to establish themselves in their un.
holy work. Thank God these men
are not many. Thank God there are
thousands to whom God has given
the ability to get wealth who have
gotten it honestly and In his fear
and are dispensing it as His stewards
are. But would this state of things
which / have been describing have
been possible If the church had pro.
claimed with no uncertain sound
the great truth of the kindgom oil
God. the great fact that Christ is
master of the market place and OF
the senate house as we'll as of the
school and the church, II the pull
pit had called men as earnestly tc
repent Of their civic and their bust.
ness sins as 1T has pied with them tc
accept Christ. What does the &C.
ceptance of Christ mean? 1t Is ut.
terly meaningless unless 1T has in II
the determination to regulate the
life within and without according tc
the principles of His own life. Ifa
man has not given the whole OF his
life to Jesus Christ he has given
nothing OF 1t to him. No man can
serve God In one part of his life and
the devil In another. l fear that
when many a man in the last day
pleads before his judge. "nave not
attended church regularly, and taken
the communion, and taught q Sun.