Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-04-09
| BROTHERHOOD OF MAN
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Can impromptu address delivered
by Rev Frank w. Otto, OF the First
Methodist Episcopal church. OF Rocky
Ford. to the factory men of the
| American Beet Sugar Company.
which was not designed for publica..
COPY of the address the Superin-
tendent had the stenographer make
an almost verbatim copy and The
Enterprise is pleased to reproduce it
for the benefit OF all our readers.)
Mr.. Chairman and Men:-I always
consider it an honor to meet men.
| can meet women in their homes and
that is high honor, but, for man
to turn the freedom of his home over
to man, as has been done for me
time and time again. that is indeed
very high honor. AS I said,
can meet women and children in their
homes and should | impose upon this
sacred honor, l ought to be put be-
hind the bars. can also meet wo-
men and children in church but
cannot always meet the men, but l
consider it still greater honor to
meet men. Blood is thicker than
water" and how can we lose interest
in each others good? 1t is always
a privilege to meet a man and to be
associated with men.
certainly hardly know where to
begin and then when 1 have started
| scarcely know when to stop. But,
as someone has said, THE longer
the spoke, the greater the tire" l
want to say to you it takes good lis
teners to make good talker and the
talk. as to its merits. depends a
whole lot on people being attentive:
have attended several colored
peoples meetings and preached for
them. and. | tell you when colored
eyes and heads up and holler out,
that a mouthiul!" Now you are say
ing something!" Surely, if there is
any preach in a fellow it will come
out On one occasion, at a colored
peoples meeting. one old fellow got
down on his knees and his prayer was
something like this: "Oh, Lord, come
down, Oh. Lord, come down just
now! Come down through the roof
l will pay for the shingles! just take
a solemn walk through here! oh.
Lord. curtail the works of the devil!
And one sister, who was very enthusi-
astic. cried out, Amen. Lord. cut it
if talk too long, Il wish he would
cut his address short"
But, after all, ! not only believe
that this is a magnificent world in
which to live. ! like the trees and
like to see them grow and hear the
wind whistle through the leaves and
branches. like to walk out when
the birds begin to build their nests
and sing their songs. when the grass
begins to turn green and the flowers
begin to pee out and show their
beauty and smile in the face of God /;
when the trees are budded and every
thing begins to be lovely in nature.
| like to Sc the sun. ] have watched
it rise in its strength and beauty,
kissing the mountain peaks until it
looked to me like the very peaks
glor~ and all studded with pearls and
diamonds. rejecting the rays like the
colors of the rainbow. changing the
vaoory masses of the atmosphere into
draperies OF silver and emerald, Of
sapphire and of gold. love to go
down to the seashore. when il is my
privilege to do so. and watch the
waves roll in and hear their music.
| like all this. love to see men
toiling in the fields here and there,
following the plows and sowing the
seed. | love to hear the rattle OF the
reaper. the whistle OF the engines and
the hum OF the machinery in the shop
and factory which means activity in
business. prosperity and wealth, |
love the earth and sky. yes. this
whole world with all its beauty. the
stars with all their brightness. the
moon. such as we saw this night as
we came up here. with silver light
shining on our pathway to guide us +:
while all these things ! love and like
to see them in their glory. yet. this
old world would not amount to a hill
OF beans ii there were not man
upon it. After all. what is this old
world without Man? Take Man away
from the face of the earth and what
OF all this glory and all this power:
II is Man that makes this world what
i: is. that gives it its true value. 1t
Is Man that makes this world what, it
Is. that gives it its true value 1t means
something to be read Mana real
genuine Man. There arc great
many fellows going around who call
themselves Men. but they arc not
Men. just a pumpkin on two sticks,
moving about, an imitation OF the real
thing.
Our object in life should be to get
the very best ont OF us that is in us
You Study the beet, the very seed
first, the very soil in which you plant
the seed and you study how to grow
the very best sort of a beet: how to
dcyelcp the JUICES of the beet. that
VIII yield the greatest percent sugar
You develop that and you study that
in order that it may be means in
your hands to make money for both
grower and manufacturer and you try
to &C, the very best out of it. Do
your best. no matter what your line
of work may be. II it is in the sugar
business learn it from the ground up.
BE above failure! II you make sugar,
Know il all frnm The time ynt, nut the