The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-05

brothers IL We have father, and that 7
fatherhood TO man means tho father |
hood TO woman, the fatherhood OF |
God Now two boys in the same fam
ilv haven't just the same father they |
think they have, he goes by the same
name. but he is not quite tho same
man TO each of the two sons. No mat
ter how large the family, no two OF
the family have precisely the same
vision OF their Own father We cannot
see all the sides Of human life, and
we certainly cannot see all sides OF
Gods life, but with men finding them
selves drawn together towards God
hood. We have not been always so
drawn together. not always. but we
must be II we keep up this Idea OF
brotherhood. for after all family re-
lation between humanity and God is
what we must expect and when THIS
is In fact We have the real ideal eH-
preston OF religion. Have you ever
asked yourself where men get their
religion? II is interesting. Men re-
ceive their first notions OF rellglon
from their mothers. No one can say
more for the religion OF woman than
would be true and beautiful. ana inc
religion of woman is nearer the truth
than the religion OF man, because the
religion of woman comes TO her 10y In
tuition and that of men by reason ol
our reasoning power, which does not
always work correctly and woman s
intuition leads her TO the truth ana
mans reasoning leads him over mucn
dlycrtent ground before he discovers
the truth, but no matter how beauu-
ful her religion may be, II is true
| man hasn't intuition. When the noun
! er tells her little boy her notions OF
religion. the mother doesn't explain
| it. she knows them and feels them.
they are equally true. but she doesn't
! explain them. The boy takes his moth
| er's religion In his heart In a way, IN
| his mind in way, and goes out INTO
| life, and then he Is asked TO explain IL
and he can't, and no man holds any
| thing permanently that he cannot eX-
| plain TO some degree, If II is explain
able and every man must have rea-
son for something, and the first thing
| the man knows he is out among men
with something that he cannot giyo
any reason for, or any explanation OF,
| that he has never put any intellectual
analysis into, and when be finds that
certain other analyses and certain
other explanations seem to contravert
the intuition of his mother, he cannot
defend himself, he is lost, and while
he is being lost he loses his precep'
ton Of religion. He goes on being
religious without knowing it, he is In
the background of his life and con-
ception of God and human brother
hood Without realizing 1t, but to open
ly realize that he Is religious. that he
has a God whom he personally serves
he has lost that 1t will be a great
day when the men Of the world dc
not leave the thought of religion In
the hearts of their children just tC
to their mothers. 1t will be
a great day when the men Of ouI
brotherhood. each in his own way
tells to his own boy and to those
whom he knows his notion and his ex
planation. and why he believes In tho
brotherhood OF man and the father
hood of God; il may not be my no
ton, that Is not Of such great con
cerD. it may not be yours. that Is not
of such great concern only that II
shall be some explanation OF his own
vision that shall make real to him his
own perception,
And feel sure that such gather
ing as this, brought about because oil
our interest in the work of such a
body or organization as this, in mem
ory Of those who have been of theIT
number and who have passed beyond
their vision, but whose memories re
main. whose faults having been writ
ten upon the sands, where we hopC
ours may also be written, are forgot
ten. whose virtues have been inscrib
ed upon the living tablets of tn,
hearts OF their friends, where we hop,
ours may be Inscribed, am very sur
that such a spirit as Is in this organi
cation and which is in the hearts an,
the minds of their guests and frend
this day, cannot but help us to be
lieye that this Is q wonderful worlC
In which we live, that every man a
our elbow is our brother because on,
God is our father, that our happines,
in life Is to honor the father and tc
love our brother and to live as
great human family In peace and goot
Will, for that is what the Elder Broth
er's message was TO us In those earl,
days, on earth peace, good VIII 10
wards men May we do our man.
part in the brotherhood of humanit,
towards making life sweeter and bet
ter for us all"