The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-04-11

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ALI mensproclaimeda as brethren Thus
the doctrine OF brotherhood or fra
Eternity Is based upon fatherhnpd or
1.-The divine paternity of God, the:
Fatherhood of God and the broth.
erhood of man. S55s ss 58 III
Easter. iss n
1t was surely q great day IN the
Lannalss of this Did WORLD /. hen a,
/, In the beaut v. of the lilies gE
ChristsWas born across the sea.
With al glory In his person ssgs
Which transit CURES you and me- ~
but to my mind it was a far more
glorious day when, after his humili-
alton and death he stepped forth. the.
| Almighty conquerer: Of death and the
grave. tits fitting that on this East
Ct day that associat es It'll itself not
only 1.-the hopes w hich center5in and
cluster around the hallOwed mem
ory OF our Christ and His great orlS.4
| but also associates with Itself all the
hopes of spring with7its SWELL ngSseed
and bursting bud. a revived physical
world with it's prospect of harvest.
(which things have come to MS In this.
| day from our4ren ote ancestors.
And you. on this day. with beau
| tlful and Impressive ceremony and
/ symbolism. remember the ones Of
your fraternity who have passed.
on.'' These beautifu fragrant lii
! lies, without protest, yield up their
i ial purpose You upon the IN, living
and erect, and they remind you Of.
| the delightful friendship Of your
| broth ers and the blessed influences
upon you when hey lived Their
foibles you have covered. as You
should. with the covering OF forget
| fitness. GU look upon the lilies.
| broke n.1and $tt reminds you that they
were broken by the rude hand or:
death and; have gone on' and that
they await your coming for we are
l all moving on to join them. And in
I5all this peculiar emphasis is laid up
on our text for it persistently APP
pears that mo man liveth unto him
self.
Further Implication.
Because God is Father Of all, all
men are brethren and no man can
suffer or be deprived of any good
thing without all 7 in some sense, be-
ing effected. AS in family omen
her can suffer humiliation, or injus-
tice or be degraded without each
member OF the family being hurt So
when en- are unjustly treated rex
plotted or degraded, in greater or.
less measure, visibly or invisi bly,, ali
men must in some way suffer for
God is our Father and all we are
brethren IA
Human history Is the story Of I'M
ceasing strife between ideals. Down
the ages they come IN pairs. a posi-
tive and a negative, true and false
a good and a better. fighting their
way through the years. the soul Of
mankind the prize But few Of the
ideals are more central than is the
deposition between might and meek
,l'esS as for. the mighty man, he
had the earth .s but the meek shall
Inherit the earth. Might has al
ways held sway. is worshipped to-
day. The mighty have always been
stridins through the wcrld leaving
tsthe5weak to suffer in their wake. The
world has hated and :1auded and wor-a
shipped the great destroyers. The
world builds monuments to generals
bloody heroes and military leaders.
oday a premium is being put upon
suffering. blood letting and lust and
nights being gloriffed. One would
almost be persuaded that Nietzsche's
y
all the history OF men could: see
I4clearly that no mi ght. but ii fht and
truth should rule the world Though
l5tt was said Of him that he should Be
the mighty hero whose clothes should
be dyed in his own blood who Is
this from Bozrah coming with his
clothes all dyed in blood 81 We soften
| IT downi4in the III ht 9of his real life.
| put 1t was the mighty one who was
looked for. But he refused the role
appointed for Him and founded HIS
III 1lngdtom OF love. On every hand. 1
= esns saw az evidence that the might
man s III the expectations OF the
people. But til ere was; a spirit IN our
Lord that came not from 55en !, = ~
fment but directly from God IesIss
knowing Himself to be chosen 9of
i God said his not that is the n oh
5ler.ss and SO III chose meekness3 and
sacrifice. He lays as the slbstan-
t1ali foundation Of His kin plnm----s
love to- God and love to man. When
| all IS, lost and all things fail. love
persists, the greatest virtue In the
world. Love. the holy power. which
covers mperfections with forgiven
:esss8 and 1sc /. casts q golden sheet over
| weary iit Love, which knows no
| nard too hard to be born for.
, .iie ,.s eu love. eternal, and
Hbo pun de lows, straig ht from the
J OF q Cod GOD! through Jesus Christ,
who will yet cong mems lust for
power and m1gh and bring in Fl J
| kingdom Of God; when right. not
might [g shall All 4. rule the world In the.
lgood time coming.
Can an Not sHleal: lvnrs j ray.e,r,s
So. gentlemen. you are ii asteninr
the day of this grand achieyelnenf.
as you emphasize fraternalism.S and
as you carry With you the i'd als OF
iyour splendid order. IN closinesmay
1 I lay. stress upon the Thought hat Il.