The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-11-16

happiness and all the blessings and
on the one hand, and all the miery
and suffering on the other, Of hui
man life.
The speaker said that he desired
to touch only on one side Of modern
life today, and that was the side that
the fraternal organization comes IN
to direct contact with, or can, by car
rying out its principles, and that was
the outward dominant spirit Of man
today Of abounding egotism, insidious
selfshiness and the spirit Of conflict,
which is. war. The speaker said that
he was no pessimist, but was simply
stating conditions as he saw them,
There were forces in the world today
making for peace, and among them
he mentioned the Mohonk conference,
the International Peace association,
the Hague conference, and men and
women in the smaller activities Of
life and through the magazines and
newspapers working in the interest Of
world peace. But those who read the
newspapers could see that the people
Of the world largely had no faith in
these activities. The, speaker said
that he believed these services work
ed for good, but the point Of contact,
the point Of beginning, for world
peace, must be sought, first in the in
dividual human heart, and in smaller
sections and communities than the
| worldwide.
Beginning with the individual first,
what was the attitude Of the indiVi--
dual towards his fellow? John and
Bill would grow up in the same COM
munity. One would play havoc with
his life and the other would rise to
power and command over his fellows.
When one heard Of John s success the
first thought was one Of sort Of
envy why couldn't I do it, toof"
The speaker said that he was speak
ms from his own personal experience,
because he had felt this spirit, but
| he was thankful that he had been able
| to choke it. It had been there, new
ertheless, he said. Many, people had
been able to overcome it, but it was
implanted in our hearts and lives, aud
we showed it in our attitude towards
our brothers. .......
Take the community life, said the
speaker. He cited instances show
ing that the dominant business of
the world today-that which occupied
our minds, which we carried to bed
with US, which we got up with, which
| we went to our meals with-was
money making, getting on in the
world. What is the spirit that domi-
mates that dominant activity Of the
world today9 he asked, and his ans.
wer was, War, srife.
There was now talk Of tariff war.
between the United States and Can
ada, said the speaker, the boundary
line between which countries was the
only boundary line not paced hourly
by armed sentinels on either side OF
the line. There was talk of a tariff
war between the United States and
France and other countries. The
mayor of Newberry had his time tax
en- up with thinking how to Arrest cit
liens, with his police pacing the
streets in the uniform Of citizens.
| Everything was dominated by the
spirit Of conflict. Call that brother
hood? he asked. .......
The spirit of conflict, he said, came
: into the very sacred domicile OF the
home. One of the saddest things IN
common experience was to see no"
brothers and sisters, nursed at the
same breast, sleeping side by side IN
the same little trundle bed, perhaps,
and certainly sleeping in the same
cradle, listening day by day to the
same lullabies from the same mother,
! would 60 out into the great world and
beGttle one another and speak harsh
| ly of one another, and, worse, than
j that, for the sake Of a pitiful little
sum, brother had been seen in court
fighting against brother. The speak
er said that it was probably true that
in fifty per cent. of our homes, If a
will dispute should come, there would
be an array Of brother against broth
er, or Of brother against. sister, and
sometimes brother and sister against
mother. ...-
The church itself was not exempt
from this spirit of conflict. Some men
and women had converted the very
church into an element and means OF
conflict. The speaker said that he