The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-06-30
The Universal
Greed
By DR.. Frank Crane

all good men belong, composed Of
those Of all faiths who honestly live
up to the best they know, whether
Christian or Pagan. Jew or Gentle.
Catholic or Protestant, there Ii . GER
tain fundamental creed. This, the
greatest common divisor Of all creeds.
may be thus stated:
/. The good man sees. acknowl-
edges. and believes in, nrst Of all. the
difference between right and wrong.
When the word ought disappears from
ones vocabulary he may be sure Of
moral decay. The one man abomina-
BILE to any decent society is the man
who thinks nothing matters. We can
tolerate one. even. who doubts there 10
a God; but II n believes there is no
line between right and wrong, then.
as DR.. johnson said. let us count our
spoons when he leaves"
Q. The good man believes that hap
piness will come to him. permanently
md as a law, only as he practices do
ing right. Joy. peace, and bliss are
not to be cozened nor juggled from
God or nature, but are the sure porl
ton Of them thatspersistently do what
they think right. Doing right, Of
course. does not always bring money
or fame or other external desired
things. but 1t brings peace and poise
to the soul. as surely as three times
ive makes fifteen.
3. The good mans duty Tin which he
md happiness) is first Of all to de-
velop his personality. God made him
for a purpose; his Joy will consist in
finding and fulfilling that purpose.
4. 1t is his duty to be strong. He
can be Of use to others only as he has
force in himself. He therefore shuns
all things that tend to weaken his arm.
his brain. or his heart.
s. His duty IL to be clean. This
item of the creed 10 Oldest and new
est: Oldest. in that cleansings were .
part of every early religion. the COM
mands Of Moses. for instance. abound
in; in many lustral rites; newest, in
that the n lesson of modern science
10 the power and safety Of the anti
septic life.
6. His duty is to be brave. The basic
sin of all sins L. cowardice. The high
or the realm Of life in which we move
the more dangerous is any kind Of
fear. And the most deadly of all fears
IL the fear Of the truth. or the fear for
the truth. Any man or institution that
fights to preserve himself or itself. for
the sake of "expediency," that Is to
say, for fear the truth might do harm,
any man or institution. in the words Of
zangwill. that proposes to live and die
ID IAN autocasm without facts" 10
doomed.
Z. His duty is to love. Although, &C.
cording to the foregoing points in the
creed, he IL to develop self and be
clean. brave, and strong. yet he is to
find his motive for all this and the
end for which he does all this. outside
and not inside Of himself.
8. From this love arise all graces
and virtues as naturally as peaches
grow from peach trees. Loving all he
cannot soil a soul, nor wrong a fellow
being, nor hurt wantonly. nor usurp.
nor push for precedence, nor be un.
kind, nor in any way drift into the
low, poison life Of egoism.
8. His one aim. last Of all. il ia
serve. Strong in himself. fearless and
loving. he arises at length to the plat.
form where stands he who wal called
the FIRST born among many brethren"
He il the masters companion and also
can put away all cheap success. all
luxuries of greed and dominance. and
repeat his masters words: +.
Let him who would be greatest
among you be servant Of all. !. too,
come not to be ministered unto. but to
minister"