The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-04-11
Sermon to the I United
Commerce Travellers
long Minister Central ehureh delivered

By the ey. Long Minister I
| IL l Apr
III
am conscious. gentIe nlep, of he
honor done ms In z being asked TO
preach this annual sermon TO the
United Comm ercfaI ;srrayelers and
for nYseIfF and ourScnn greEation Tex
tend you u hear otle.
Have been reading the story or
1.-THE peginnin g. and sprogresso your
Tor anfzati has t:erssting
history WI TIT rue inst ght. you have
a:built upon tie broad secture found ~
3tion Of fraterni SIN LEI highest
sense, your II tsTatura says .th be fra
titernalism pf the III: G. & means tho
#promoti on and protecti on%sof each
i!others interests. Et4..
Il DUR Eyes Opened
Our te1trecites that N o man lir
sfeth hnt oshinlsel F'' More fully do we
Erealize this truth today then ever be
fore. The fact or the common inter
Tests OF mankind. that no man liv-
eth unto himself. q is now painfully
\ evident to an. awakened world AT
this present moment fratricide is
i bIackeningian cursing this world Of
j ours, threatening the very founda-
A.
fought the banner Of fraterna1ism be
flung far QUITO the breeze that all
4 men may see IT.. Today ought it to
A;be recited as never before. far and
j near, that men are dependent upon
leach other; that they must hans to-
II gether. O that men might catch tbs
ifvision and get the enthusiasm OF the.
i Supreme Man and so foster and de-
tFelop the spirit of universal broth
erhood that the spirit OF hate and
| fratricide would be put to route and
lchased into uttertoblivion.
The world has had rude awak-
tening to the far reaching truth or
Imutualism in our modern life. We.
had not thought much about our.
isneed of the other fellow, especially
1.-THE globe from US. When the dread.
/ full war broke out, which is deYasting
Europe and gripping the world. some
/ of our people said well. let them
| fight, lit will make better times for
]. U.s. We have been disillusioned.
! and with open eyed amazement we
hsee that we did need the other fell
4 low "a hundred million worth and
more. and we know BY sad exper-
Hence that, mo man lfveth unto him
self. = II s st #
/ Underlying Causes.
What are the causes which have
| produced such state Of things?
I There are, no doubt, many causes.
| but the one fundamental cause is
/ that men are fratricidal instead OF
Ifraternal. The holesale slaughter
of men that is taking place now is
| but the effect OF causes which lay
! far back. The Master Man said 'he
l&E +,
| err The world spirit has been and
| is 1.-THE glory Of the few at the sex-
pense Of the many the spirit Of
THE Master and the fraternal spirit is
| leach for all and all for each. 8 You
Igent1emen,4 have. found the solution
to the problem when you say, fra
Isternalism means the promotion and
protection of each others interests.
IT is carrying out OF the spirit inn
piled here on an universal and inter
national scale. If these ideals are
fgood for your brotherhood and for
THE well being of your organization,
then they are good for the we'll be-
| ing Of humanity. s saf
Never has civilization faced gray
4er crisis than today. The whole
world seems to be going martial
mad The hurried tread Of nillion1
or men are heard rushing to the fray
Intent upon shedding their brothers
blood. The papers and magazines
!. and picture shows give pictures and
graphic descriptions o the awful
sights OF dead strewn battlefields.
The bad effect of these can hardly
be conceived It is stranglinE the
finer feelings, sympathy and love and
iunself1s hness, and giving impetus to:
the feeling OF hate and revenge and
selfishness. AS an example Of i "
effect upon the world mind ! ask
you II to contrast the sym pathy given
by the world to the California and
Italian earthquake sufferers of some
years ago with the recent terrible
suffering OF the Italian earthquakes.
The first elected universal sympathy
and responsivenessist the last was but
an incident in "a long train Of .hor-s
5rors and called forth but little SYM
patty.
You. gentlemen, have large oppor
ltunities for developing the fraternai5
spirit. on are travelling always
)continually on the go me ting new
folks. our circle Of acquaintances5
lis large and you number thousands
Ion your list Of friends. Splendidly
Equipped by mental alertness and aft
fable disposition to mould the public
mind And as your opportunities
are large so your RESPONSE bility is
great. 1t is your duty and privilege
gentlemen, to counteract the spirit
| OF selfishness and fear and foster the.
spirit Of fraternalism SO ably incul4
Gated in your official literature. @
Your Tencts 5 s
lien d themselves to this laudable end
Unity sym boil ICED by the true blue
II nf qfa hiIitv Ia necassarya ( q YOUR own