The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1912-03-06

seem hardly needful to argue this
point in a Christian community
And yet the tendency to build up
castles and favored classes is very
strong in human nature. Not only
are we brethren in that we have q
common origin; we are alike in all
the essential faculties of our being.
AS physical creatures, we all stand
erect We have the same unmber of
mem bers. They have the same rela-
tion to each other and the same uses.
They afford essentially the same graft.
fication, and are subject to the same
ills and pains. Human beings every
where have intellectual powers,
which distinguish them as human
These are capable of almost boundless
cultivation. We do not possess in
equal measure the various intellectual
faculties, buT all have them in kind.
Language is common to men every
where. We do not speak the sam g
language, but all men have a langu.
age. And it is possible for the child
of one mother to learn the language Of
any other. All are endowed with
moral sense. They know the differ
ence between right and wrong. They
may not agree as to what is right or
wrong. This is largely a matter of
education. But that some things are
right and others wrong Is recognized
by human nature In every stage of its
development. And q sense of right
and duty brings peace, while the con-
seriousness of wrong doing brings un-
rest.
1t is this moral sense which espec-
tally distinguishes man as a child of
God. 1t is this which makes all men
essentially equal and annihilates all
fictitious distinctions in the world
Through 1t the ignorant and poor may
rise and stand amongst the greatest
of the race, since he is greatest who
is most truly loyal to conscience, duty,
God. Men are one in interest, il they
did but know It, We are so intimate
ly interwoven in the mysterious web
of life that no thread can be broken
without marriug the fabric. We do
not realizs how closely we are linked
with all the world Philosophers tell
Us that when you lift a hand you
shake the spheres This is verify
true, IS it relates to the. human side
of things. A wrong act, or a noble
deed, not only harms or helps our.
selves; it serves to depress or to exalt
our common race. We cannot get
along in this life without each other.
We are bound together with mutual
needs In more than twice ten Thousand
ways The capitalist cannot say to
the laborer, have no need of thee
nor the workman to the capitalist,
have no need of you. We are alike
in the marked experiences of life. We
are all born as helpless infants, and
pass through the same paths Of child
hood and youth, to manhood. What.
ever we are is the result Of growth and
comes to us little by little. We know
the same falls and bruises, the same
mistakes and failures We have
kindred disappointments and discour-
agements, hopes and fears, joys and
sorrows. We are a community in sin
and suffering.
do not mean that in every minute
detail our experiences are che same.
Oh mol In their details each life Is
different from every other life. But
in the general outline, all are the
same God puts us here in the great
studio of nature. He makes for each
an outline of life. Then he puts the
brush in our hands. We can change
that outline, with all its possibilities,
into deformity; or we can carry it
out according to the Divine original
into beauty and glory. We are sub.
ject to kindred limitations. One man
has more skill, wisdom and power
than another. But there are bounds
beyond which the wisess cannot pass,
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