Norwich bulletin., 1913-04-28

I ways in which love works to bind men 1 into brotherhood. This order has 1 for it's basic principles Friendship, i Love and Truth. There can be no ] friendship worthy the name unless it 1 IS the outcome of love. You cannot be 9 true friend to the man you hate. You cannot do good when you are seeking to do evil. If you have kind
 ly feeeIng in your heart, then you, can
 befriead another. Love also leads to
 truth, for if you have high regard for another you will not falsify to him. Love Chief of the Graces.
 Love, then. is the chief of the graces- It thinks evil. wishes no harm, does no wrong. is not given io faisehoGd, fault finding or suspicion. It is the keystone of the arch of all the Christian graces which gives beauty and symmetry and permanency to the others. Witness the acts of brother
 hood of the rich and poor in Omaha when the recent tornado entailed the loss Of many millions of dollars.
 Love- as another says, "is the parent of many v1rtues.' Love begets justice and then adGs the quality of mercy" It is the parent of patience. forbear- ance, humility and meekness.
 The great value and charm of life as shown in our actions is through love as the controlling principle.
 The Christian church has for 19 cen turies been advocating this love, which was so dear to the heart of Christ. Peace and comfort, health and strength have been given to inumerable souls since because they have experienced this Divine love. This church and your order, with it's million or more members, living in all parts of the world, is teaching the universal father hood of God and universal brotherhood. for the members in darkest Africa, or in wintry Alaska,or att he South Pole are united in the bonds of love as are the members in our city; the same pose and living. the samf- pledge of justice and mercy, the same obligation to do good rests upon all alike.
 The story Of the Good Samaritan IS as familiar in one part of the world a3 another. and calls for eXeTnplificaL LioE ih Gaiiy life wherever needed
 Brotherhood of the Church.
 In our enthusiasm for this or that order let not forget the church, Tor tt is the same force that binds both to- ðer in power. "The church is the original fountain of which all modern rhilanthropies are the streams and every real fraternal organization in the world has sprung from Christ's teach iligs of botherhood."
 Dr. Shutter reminds that the thropy are all parts of a tree. He says: The root is Christianity, the trunk is the church, and philanthropy and brotherhood are the branches
 We must not therefore allow the roots to be neglected or shriveI up, for if they do the trunk dies. and the branches of charity and fraternity wither. Let us water the roots, care for the life of the tree so that the branch es will flourish and bear fruit
 The religious side of ones life ought not to be neglected, the religious n3- ture ought to be ministered unto. ThI5 order says: The Bible is the store 1 house from which we draw instruc i tions, and our guide to morality From 1 the fountain flows forth a healing i stream, in whose waters are soothod 1 and mitigated every affiction and eV- cry cause of sorrow. It is "a lamp | to our feet and a light to our faith. | and unerringly points the way to reach ] the promised land the haven of rest 1
 Let all bring our Friendships to i the highest efficiency and make them i instruments of righteousness. Let truth control every action and word. l Let love rule supreme in life. for it Is the bond of brotherhood.