Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-06-17

Him who came to bring universal
peace, and whose reign viii at last
beat spears into pruning hooks and
swords into plowshares. ..tt
"Tliese principles lying within the
realm Of that kingdom founded upon
Truth they carry with them perpetu-
ity and Immortality, for these princi-
pies are born of Cod, and that which
gets its life from Him partakes of
His Immortality. The organization
that gives these principles a visible
existence may some day accomplish
its purpose and cease to be, but the
principles of friendship, benevolence
and charity will live on into eternity.
This being true, it is the principle
and not the organization that is per-
petual, and deserves our worthy at
tention and encouragement. Exter
nal organization is worth nothing in
itself unless 1t be to us the visible
expression Of those higher and invis-
ble truths that lie within the realm
of Gods truth and Gods life. Thus
you truthfully declare that anything
that has for its object the advance
ment of human happiness or human
intellect. Anything that tends to mel
iorate the condition of mankind, or
lessen the ills and miseries incident
to human life, anything that draws
closer the ties of human friendship,
and strengthens the bonds of broth
erhood between man and man, is not
only worthy of appreciation, but the
warmest support and admiration.
"The friendship that stands as
pillar in your organization is the
truest in the world There is friend
ship that does not amount to much
II is founded on false conditions.
There is one kind that is sealed with
companionship in sin. That kind
is worth nothing. It deserves not to
be known by that noble name. Men
that are bound together by these foul
things will soon be torn asunder, and
they will become the fuel to flame
of mutual hate as soon as the first
spark of disagreement falls for it is
the nature of sin to deceive.
'Then there is another friendship
that is conditioned on our prosper
ity AS long as we are prosperous
we have aplenty of these kind of
| friends. But let adversely come and
this kind of friendship will Immediate
| ly forsake us. Like the bees that
flock to the blooming trees in swarms,
and go humming through the
branches, gathering honey from the
| blossoms. So long as the blossoms
last and there is honey in the bios
SONS there is no scarcity of bees
But as soon as the blossom is over
and the honey gone the bees likewise
disappear. Temporal gain is the
worlds honey and the alurement
with which you may entice it width
ersoever you will. Where the tenn
poral gain stops, likewise does the
friendships of the world cease
But the principles of your order
hind men together by those ties of
true friendship that holds heart to
heart and life to life in the hour of
University as we'll as the hour of pros
perity This kind of friendship is
one of the greatest boons the human
race has ever had. 1t is a union of
our finest feelings, an interested bind
ing of hearts, sympathy between
souls, an indefinable trust we repose
in one another, constant communica-
ton between two minds, and an I'M
RENTING anxiety for each others
welfare. At the root of this friend
ship there will always be found SYM
rathy. Sympathy conceives friend
ship and friendship begets love. In
adversely there is always the assur-
ance that succor still will be found.
Loyalty to your principles will take
you into wide fields of usefulness.
Never before have such demands been
made on charity and benevolence as
are being made today. The voice of
want cries aloud. and must pierce ev-
etry ear and every heart that has not
become calloused through selfishness!
Your principles lived up to will de-
stroy all sclfshness, and this will rid
the world Of agreat evil. There is
nothing more lovely among men than
opcn-hearted charity that is thought
fully bestowed. She is an angel that
carries light into darkened homes.
Drives the snarling wolf of poverty
from the door, lifts awful loads of
anxiety off of crushed mothers and
widows hearts, dries up children's
tears, makes glowing hearth stones.
1 She is Gods messenger answering