The Washington herald., 1915-09-16


rose thanks to God in thought and word and
deed And each day they would gaze at the great
arch they had built, heralding the Masters words
Love one another"
After long time new ideas spread through
the community. The people grew restless. Som.
of them considered themselves more important
than the others and entitled to greater rewards
including special consideration. 1t whispered
that the message of the Master ought not to be
accepted too literally. Times were changing. The
community ready for new message 1t soon
came in the preaching of man that called himself
a prophet.
Alter a few years the community divided
Those who had once regarded themselves as
brothers members of hostile camps.
Meanwhile the prosperity went on. From the
two camps thanks to Cod with requests for
more, each camp praying for itself alone. Instead
of one arch, there were two arches proclaiming,
Love another"
AS new generations developed other prophets
came. The community was like battlefield, brok-
en- into many camps Each called itself the de-
fender and the representative OF the only true
God Instead of one God the community wor-
SHIPPED many Gods. The members of one camp
would express suspicion and and hatred for
the members of the other camps. But in each
camp there stood the great arch bearing these
words of the Master: Love one another"
There were SO many arches now that wherever
one turned the words met the eye.
Now and then some one would marvel that in
a community where there was so wide display
of that motto there should be so much enmity.
But the leaders in each camp had an explanation
ready. Each explanation was different from the
others They all agreed however, that the mes
sage OF the Master should not be taken too liter
ally When it was given the community a
very different place. He would give different
message now.
The prosperity went And from each camp
continued the requests for more, each appeal be-
ing for itself. By this time, however, prosperity
had become unequally distributed that for the
most part, it went TO small minority The great
majority, doing the hardest work. received barely
enough to live on. And, among them, many per-
ished, from insufficient nourishment and from the
ills due to overcrowdng, and from the sins and the
diseases and the disasters resulting from lack of
opportunity and incentive.
Ht idSt, NOM liC Soiliilulllty, VOICES rose III
denunciation and warning. But in the hum of
industry and of competition, they were scarcely
heard. 1t said that they had been inspired by
discomfort and jealousy At the same time, from
a multitude of camps, worshiping a multitude of
Gods, famed the words, Love another"
As camp would come into being
up those words would CO. Love one another"
No one laughed. No paid attention. The
words had ceased to have meaning
Unexpectedly came, a stranger, humble of
mien and OF dress. He pointed to the notices,
Love one another He asked the people to stop
and to look up and to reflect. They were in too
great hurry to notice.
From camp to camp the stranger passed, re-
peating his words. From each camp he was angrily
elected Not only was his intrusion considered an
impertinence, but his appearance made him Of
fensive and dangerous.
In the more fashionable camps where those
assembled who costly clothes at his ap-
proach people drew away if his presence might
be communicating. When he found that none of
the camps would receive him he stood in the
and, in loud voice, he proclaimed
the message of the Master, calling on all men to
follow him in the way of truth.
him a 1nadman.
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