The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-15
sermon
FOR TRAVELLERS
DR.. A. F. Watkins, BY Request De-
Iivered Memorial Sermon
Yesterday.

BY request of the local chapter of {
United Commercial Travellers, DR.. A.
f. Watkins preached for that body a /
memorial sermon at Main Street Meth
odst church Sunday morning. A large
congregation heard the sermon, in
GLIDING practically all the members
of the L. C. T., who We're in the city
for the day. They arranged them
selves in Q body in the front center
pews, and their presence in such a
solid body acted as quite an inspira-
ton to the preacher, who spoke with
great earnestness on the text found in
Genesis 9th chapter, 4th verse: And
Jehovah said unto Cain, where is Able
thy brother? And he said know not,
am my brothers keeper" This is
the first recorded lie. When Adam |
was asked question by the Most |
High Gcd he would not lie deliberate
ly. He hedged little and side
stepped by referring the matter to
Eve. What a blessing to human
hopes and human destiny, had this
been not only the first but the last lie
David with seeming disappointment,
in human nature, said he had said in
his haste, "all men are liars" Even
in cur day it is sad to relate that lying
IS almost a universal sin
God said to Cain that "thy brothers
blood crieth unto me from the ground"
The earth shall not yield her increase
and thou shalt be a wanderer in the
world. The fundamental principle
!, underlying modern organization is the
fatherhood of God and the brotherhood
of man.
1t is not without significance that
the religion of Jesus is the basis of
nearly all social orders. 1t is the fruit
full mother of all cooperative effort
among men. ] do not say that all or
CARNATIONS are strictly altruistic-not
all of them by their forms promote
the highest morality-but the principle
|
: all of them. The doctrine taught by
' the Savior's picture of the good Sa
" marian is the basis of nearly every
: order in christendom. They all teacl
the brotherhood of man. One tha
did not meet this condition could no
y live in christian society. When Gail
" 7 I,
e showed a spirit, low, mean, selfish ant
unworthy Out of our sense of re
sponsibility for our brother grows al
the orders known to humanity.
While blood is thicker than water
and it is a, common and natural al
tribute to love our own, the broade
conception of the fatherhood of Goo
causes us instinctively to accept tn
=. relationship Of brother to man. | d
:; not disparage any well organized o
worthy order, and in fact l am in
large sense "jiner," but | do say tina
r every order is short ON some line
:. The limitation of your recognition c
brother" within the mystic shrin
=, or by the mystic grip falls short {
the highest ideals. These orders a
-. teach individual responsibility. 1t
= the glory of man that he can sa
=, that | ought. Whenever you realiz
that any man anywhere needs yol
there is your responsibility.
-, The fact that in the Church of Chris
all of the best principles of all tn
- orders is indoctrinated and often i
:. carnated, offers great reason for thos
- loving the principles of the orders
love the church also.
:. In closing, an appeal was made
- the older Knights of the Grip, to s
live that the younger men who al
drawn to them by their personal ma
netism, be helped rather than hindert
in the formation of upright man
christian character.
At the close of the service the drul
IN mers all went forward to shake ham
III with the preacher and to express the
mo appreciation of his earnest words.