The Washington herald., 1915-09-12
LOVES WAY.
By ORISON SWEET MARDEN

A New York man who recently saw
a little girl carrying a crippled boy
across a street offered to assist her
telling her that the boy was too heavy
for her to carry. "Oh. no." said tss
child quickly. hes not too heavy; he's
my brother"
Oh. marvellous power OF love that
llightens all heavy burdens and smooths
all rough roads! What would become
of humanity were it not for love
which sweetens the hardest labor and
makes self-sacrifice a joy? 1t is the
| greatest force in the universe. But
| for unselfsh love, man could never
have reached his present stage. With
| out its Transforming power we should
still be primitive barbarians. BY its
aid alone can we attain greater
heights.
In spite of the loud cries of pessi-
mists and skeptics to the contrary, IT'S
light is still leading us upward. AL
though the dream of the worlds peace
makers has come to naught and Eu-
| rope Is plunged in a merciless war.
! yet there are multitudes of signs Of
\ the reign of love. Its merciful heal
| ing power is at work even on the cruel
battlefields We see It animating the
great army of Red Cross surgeons and
| nurses. who, regardless of creed. .or
tOuntTN. or Social ulltTenCeS, are
treating all the wounded soldiers as
| brothers. binding up their wounds and
nursing them back to health and life.
| Love is healing the hurts made by
hate and discord.
! We see it's influence in the miracle
which the leaven of the Golden Rule
is performing in business circles. IN
the passion for social service, in the
gradual Obliteration of class distinc-
tions. in the growing efforts of anchor
ate the conditions of the poor. in the
great wave of reform that is heating
against the walls of the institutions
Of the world. our jails. our poorhouses.
our refOrmat tories. our insane asylums.
The abuses with which thesr places
were filled are gradually being clear
ed up by love. In fact, never before in
human history have We seen many
signs as at present portending the
prophesied second coming of Christ,
the fulfillment of the ideal of human
brotherhood. of the universal reign of
love.
Love is the great mind opener. the
great heart opener. the great develop
er. 1t is what holds society together
and II children were trained to love
humanity. to love all countries and
their inhabitants as they are taught to
love their country and Countryme.l
there would be no wars. War proceeds
largely from what is called patriot
ism. And patriotism is it's narrower
sense. which seeks only its own good.
its own ACKNOWLEDGMENT. at the expense
OF other countries and peoples. has
ever been the curse of the race When
our love is big enough to say the
world is my country wars will cease.
a few days ago | was attracted by
an advertisement in morning pa
per which said: When every other
physician has given you up. when you
have failed to find relief from all other
sources, then come TO me. You are the
sort of person l cure" The man might
be quack, but the advertisement,
would make its appeal. perhaps. to the
desperate. the discouraged. who had
been given up as incurable by the reg
ular profession. and il set me think
ing: why. this is the language of
Divine Loves advertisement. Come
unto me all We that labor and are
heavy laden and will give you rest"
When everything else has failed. when
you have not found rest. comfort,
satisfaction or joy in anything else,
when your friends have deserted you.
when you have failed in business.
when you have made fatal mistakes
and society has closed its doors on you,
when everybody else rejects you when
everybody else denounces. then come
to me and you shall find peace and
rest
Love is the sovereign remedy. 1t Is
the last resort of those driven to des-
pcration. When everything else has
failed. when life is full OF bitterness
and anguish. the thief the murderer.
the failure. the outCast turns to love
and finds a refuge. for love never
faileth."
(corNright, 1851