The Penn's Grove record., 1914-11-27
CALL FOR SERVICE
Deep Significance in Gods Cues.
tioning of Abel, "Where Is
Thy BrOtheF?"

80" ~ 80 ASN~(O
concerning them, but in spite Of all
questions these early narratives con-
tain spiritual truths which are de-
scriptiye Of mans perpetual expert
ence. Much in the pages may perplex
us. but their pictures fade from
sight, nor lose their meaning for our
consciences.
There is the garden, and the first
mar into whom God breathed a living
soul; then the mans life richened and
deepened by the woman at his side;
then the catastrophe Of the fall, and
the expulsion from the garden, and
the angel Of God standing with a fam
ing sword at his gate. Then came
the first children, the boys, growing
up even as boys do now, with different
characters and following different oc-
equations. Then like a thunderbolt
comes hatred and murder, and there
is the dreadful forsaken plain where
n brother lies dead, and the other
wanders far with the irreyocable deed
burning on his soul, answering the
voice of God with the passionate re-
lection Of responsibility, Am l my
brothers keeper"
May Not shirk Responsibility.
The family is the divinely estab-
lished unit Of human society, and it
is our ideal of love and service,
and yet l have heard people dis
claim all responsibility for members
Of their immediate family. Parents
often shirk their responsibility for
their children on the ground that they
are powerless to control them, and
many a son has allowed aged par
ents to suffer privation, denying all
responsibility for those who cared for
his childhood. Brothers and sisters
often cast of some member of the fam
lily who has been wayward, and in the
spirit of Cain, say. Am l my broth
er's keeper" Gods answer is that
we are; that whether we accept It or
not, the responsibility still rests upon
our shoulders.
But responsibility reaches further
than that immediate family. 1t rests
upon US in some way or other with re-
gard to our friends and acquaintance;
with regard to those with whom we
have business relations; the men with
whom we work, the men with whom
we travel; our most casual acquaint7
snces Where is thy brother?%
Were SIS he morally and spiritually
so far as the influence shich YOU have
exercised over lim goes I'd nave
laushet q sac erU CIR pro-aus
o. have SPOKEN the FOOLISH @ t1s
aagry woTa-so Gag nothing 81 lar
more srie7ous Stumbling blocks than
these-nust have he'd Influence ore
olaers Cod has e7z- us usrve9
Opportunities iu life RI 15lpir5 hers
10 resist temptation and 81 Sand
firm. how n@so LsS- -lgIu14isE
been used? Have they beeen used at
all? Where is thy brother?" Tbs
question is a searching one. The BIZ
BILE has a great deal to say about in
fluence, concerning which we talk SO
much, and which we practice so little.
Some heather people seem TO have a
greater realization Of it's power. In
the Picking Gazette years ago the gov
ernor of one of the central provinces
of China reported in regard to a case
Of parricide, that he had the houses
OF all the n~eighbors pulled down
on the ground that they had failed
in their duty to exert a good moral in
fluence on the criminal.
All Evil Lives Do Harm.
Gains answer, Am l my brothers
keeper?' was insolence defying the
Almighty. In the same spirit men
often urge the innocence Of their con-
duct, that they have never done any
one any harm. 1t is the old excuse
which is used by careless and wicked
people to salve their conscience. But
can 1t be said of even the best OF US
that we have harmed anyone
by word or deed or example? Often
do we hear 1t said Of a careless and
ungodly life, He never harmed any
one but himself; he was his W
worst enemy What a fallacy that
is. No man can harm himself without
harming others; no man a lead a
dissolute life without helping to spread
the plague of evil. 1t is the old ex-
cuse Of Cain, Am l my brothers keep
err"
There is a special RESPONSE
upon the Christian. The az
Where Is thy brother? comes
who follow Christ with a spt