The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-12-19
Tho Grcat Law of Love.

And the leaves of the tree were for the
healing Of tie Characterization, DO
The vision of the prophets, while
often pessimistic of present condi-
tions, has always eliminated in the
hope of final realization of the best.
Men in every age have looked forward
through difficulty and discouragement
to the time when the jealousies, the
rivalries. the selfishness of individ-
uals and nations should pass away
and mankind should live in one COM
mon bond Of brotherhood and peace
together.
St. John, in the record of the be-
attic vision given him, foreshadows
the reign of final peace on earth and
an eternal conscious communion with
God in the life beyond. The fruit of
the tree of life is to be won through
labor and service. Mans effort for
self-development is to result in his
finding of the larger life. In his
finding of the larger life for himself
he is to bring it to the whole family
of mankind The leaves of the tree"
are for the healing of the nations, for
the bringing of them together
through the removal of their sin and
selfishness.
Christianity as religious force
has given the principles of reaching
outward and of seeking contact with
other men. 1t has inspired the cour-
age for discovery and exploration and
| the impetus to treat for a mutual I'M
| derstanding. None but the nations
| protesting Christianity, who have
| been the pioneers in discovery, have
| had an appreciable share in bringing
the ends of the earth together or in
| creating what is known as the fam
| lily of nations" where an internation-
| al law instead of brute force has
i found field for operation.
We are celebrating now the ami
versary of two great discoveries. On
our shores are gathered representa-
tives of every cline to do honor to
Hudson and Fulton and to cement the
friendships of an international peace
In this we are acknowledging that
there is a common bond between us
all and our meeting together now is
fact that goes to make that bond
stronger Discovery has located the
far lands, invention has brought them
closer together in time and distance;
travel and intercommunication have
made possible mutual acquaintance
ship, and the spirit of Christianity,
which has created the conditions of
life favorable for these achievements,
if we are willing to live it, will carry
us further-to the realization of that
peaceful understanding to which all
men look with eager longing.
Cooperation is the outcome of the
great law of love which Christ died
to vindicate-the cooperation which
means a consideration for the true
welfare of one another. Your life
and my life banded together in this
spirit means an uplift for the lives of
all other men. Let us foster this
spirit, under the inspiration of Jesus,
in all our personal relationships, sub
stituting kindness for strife, help
fulness for ruthless struggle, service
for selfishness. The victory of
achievement at the expense of our
fellow men means but repetition of
the old and oft repeated ruin of CIV
ilization, through misery and sin. We
rise to height only to be cast down.
But progress through the refusal to
benefit at the expense Of one another
means an achievement that holds for
the generations to come. Hankind
working as united whole, unthreat-
ened by personal dissensions, giving
itself instead of combatively trying
| to save itself, must achieve victories
| to stagger the imagination. To such
| striving the tree of life shall yield her
| leaves for the healing Of the nations
| and bring the balm of q peace, the
foretaste of the peace of the life eter-
| nal.-Andrew F. Underhill, Church
| Of the Ascension, New York, in Sun
day Herald.