The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-06-21
Rev. j. j. Dalton, D. D., Pas
tor of the First Presbyter-
ian Church, to the Brother
hood of Engineers.
MEN WHO ARE BRAv-
EST OF A

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j. J. Dalton, ID. D., at the First Presby.
terrain church to the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers and the Ladies'
Auxiliary on last Sunday morning. The
choir rendered good music, and a special
feature of the musical program was a
chorus by a number of little girls, all
being daughters Of engineers. DIR. Dial.
ton ooh for his text | Peter 2;l5, /
Glove the Brotherhood" He said:
al am talking to a class Of men who
are the bravest Of the brave-men who
are our true heroes and worthy of our
highest appreciation and most sincere
homage. l am not addressing a class of
men who are neatly uniformed by our
proud nation q wealth, and who are
thoroughly disciplined in military tao.
ties and march in perfect and orderly
line to the inspiring strains Of our n a
tional airs; but to a class of men who,
with steady nerve and unfaltering step,
climb TO the throttle Of the mighty
mogul aud move the of the
nation from place to place, bringing TO
us both the necessities and Injuries of
life; and this too in the face Of a most
uncertain future. One of these noble
men has said truly: Zone moment the
brave engineer is laughing and the next
moment he is dying
son a brigh June morning in a quiet
little town Of Tennessee a fond husband
and father kissed his wife and children
goodbye, little dreaming that this was
to be the final farewell, and took his
accustomed place on his dangerous
steed. The happy little wife and moth,
err, an uncrowned queen she was, went
about her domestic duties with a glad
heart and a merry song on her lips, but
alas, those glad strains had not ceased
ere the news flashed to her that her
husband-the JOY Of her heart and the
strong arm of her support and protee.
tion-had been mangled beyond recog.
milton by the cruel wheels Of that
mighty engine. That happy heart was
changed In n moment Of time TO that
Of an unending sadness, and ne strains
of that glad song was changed to that
Of q minor key, and the glory Of that
bright happy morning was changed 10
the somber shades Of an evening twi.
light. This, my friends, is a true pie.
ture, and one that is being repeated
over all this broad land Of ours.
The text which l nave chosen today,
Love the Brotherhood, +" at once sug.
gests one of the sweetest sentiments of
the human heart--a sentiment that in.
spired the life with hope and faith, and
every necessary grace to produce the
best that Ia in us. Nothing more strong.
ly appeals TO one than the warm grasp
of u brothers. hand; and nothing is
more comforting to the troubled soul
that the confding twinkle Of a brothers.
eye. / cannot conceive Of a sadder con.
uitioD than that of q mar who is fore.
ed to stand alone in the world--a man
who In without a friendly grasp Of a
brothers hand, without the faintest
ray of hope or the feeblest word Of en-.
enlargement. Such n man is one who
co~mradeship. Such Is the man who Is to
he found in our courts, our jails and
our penitentiaries. Men are social be.
ings and seek the fellowship of each
other. They need the inspiration and
help that come from brotherhood. In
one of our large cities l saw two wret-
ched men sitting on a eurbstone seem.
ingly happy in each others fellowship.
They were tramps without a home, with.
out loved ones to cheer them-alone
and lonely-but they we're little
brotherhood to themselves and found
consolation in their kindred spirits.
Special reasons may be assigned why
brotherhoods are essential 10 the best
interest of man ana why they should be
promoted and encouraged. The first |
mention is, that they stand for union
OF purpose. Every organization wor'
thy of recognition has for its achieve
ment some definite object which Is cen.
sidered essential to the best interest
and highest happiness of it members.
The church itself, a great brotherhood,
Is no exception to this statement for
its specific purpose Is 20 a v men,
and propagate certain principles of
Christ, which are essential to man . hap.