The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-23
MAN NEEDS FRIENDS
TO HELP IN HIS WORK
Declares Rev. Duncan Salmond in Ad-
dressing Knights of Pythias on
Occasion of Their Annual
Memorial.

Inc memorial service OF Nlncltli
Lodge, No. TO- Knights Of Pythias, al
annual occurrence, was observed at tn,
Presbyterian church yesterday morning
About fifty knights marched to tn,
church in body where the pastor, Rev
Duncan Samond, delivered an appropr
ate sermon. He took for his text tht
10th verse OF Ecclesiastes A; "Woe tC
him that is alone when he falleth; fol
, he hath not another TO help him up
For his subject the pastor chose, "Ihe
Solitary Man"
Mr.. Salmond's address in part was as
follows; Members of Vincitia Lodge
Knights of Pythias, we welcome you
here this morning to worship in the
house OF God, on this the occasion OF
your memorial service. for this like
every church is place of worship for
lal men. We welcome you in the name
of departed brothers and for the Wild
ows and orphans whom you are help.
ing.
The fraternal orders of to-day have
I lifted a heavy strain from the churches.
Not many years ago all the churches
had a poor department but day there
is no longer any use for the poor box
| in the vestibule of the church. So it is,
man cannot stand alone in the world to-
day without friend or companion. The
man who is independent and who has
no friends is pessimst; he is dis
couraged, disappointed and very, unhap-
pay. Even the rich man with all his
luxuries cannot stand alone without son
or brother. 1t makes no difference how
much of these earthly goods a man has
in store. he must stand with God if
be would be happy and contented.
This man that stands alone; his
life il vain and worthless. Ii is bet
ter to have two brothers than one for
If one falls the other viii help him
up and it is better not only to have
two brothers, but to have several for
the three fold cords are not easily sew
cred. and one will help his fallen broth
or. Woe unto the man who passes
without help or friendship. Life il a
struggle from the cradle to the grave,
regardless OF wealth or social standing.
Even Christ's life, the greatest Of all,
was struggle
Life is struggle against disease.
The air is fun Of millions OF microbes
which cause disease. A man must fight
Off disease If he il to be we'll, and he
must have help Of another to do this.
Life is also struggle against ones |
own self Many OF mans enemies |
win be found within himself and not !
in the outside world as he supposes. |
This was true in the case Of Paul. The |
good things he would do he couldn't |
and the evil things he wouldn't do he
could So it il with human beings.
Again life is a struggle against ad-
verse circums tances. man must fight,
must struggle; therefore it is vain TO
face this world alone- Thisefs plain in
Gods teaching and this is why there
are so many benevolent societies in the
world to-day, all for the good OF a
brother Some men struggle. against
Cod. They believe they can live hap
PLY without his help but they are sad
y mistaken Even Jesus needed friends
n the time OF his crueifixion, for he
,urned aud called for three of his dis
,iples, Peter. James and John that they
night be with him in those sad mo-
nents.. Ii the Son Of God needs COM
how then can We live with
,ut such? Amid sorrows and glories
Iesns craved human companionship. The
moment the disciples fled was more ago
lizlng to him than the mailing of his
lands and feet He seemed forsaken.
Voc unto the man who stands alone.
t is blessing to have friends and
riders.
I'm these verses there are three kinds
{ men told about. The first is the
nan with no one by his side. He is
ich but he has no son or brother. Over :
is life is written Vanity" The sec.
nd man has companion by his side n
Tho viii help him when he falls. The !
bird one has not only one companion
ut many. Men as brothers stand
boulder to shoulder and lift each other
D. Thus it is a blessing and inspira !,
ION 10 have many friends. Three are
etter than two, and two are better
nan one I
A man enjoys, Graves and delights in =
be companionship of good men. An
Vii man corrupts his fellow. Men should 6
Itivate eompanionship OF good men 4
nd they should cultivate the compan-
,nship OF God. We sometimes envy =
,e great men OF the bible They 7,
alked with God and He loved them.
g loves Us as well as he did them but r
be Gods friend we must follow his r
.achinVs. We should cultivate the "
OF God. +
ralph Connor recently wrote the fol- !,
wing: "If | were only twenty one %
,ain. / would frame the picture of my
aster with a gold frame and hang it r.
NV room where | could see it at all %
mes. / would have souvenirs in mem n
V of past incidents. II | could only -.
twenty-one again ~
"Woe unto the man then. who tries "
face this world without friends and RI
mpanions would say to those that -
Q unhappy to cultivate the compan- g
nship OF good men and cultivate the !,
of God. You viii be
the happier for thiSs