The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-10-11
HIS BROTHERS KEEPER.
(By John LeiSk Tait).

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| Am | my brothers keeper?"
Cain, crouching in the shadows ot
self justification, originated it. Every
son of Adam, from Cain to you, has
echoed it.
But are you your brothers keeper
Just take a square, John
look at the facts in the case before
| YOU try to dismiss responsibility
What are the facts?
The world despises a busybody-
and properly. 1t is very right
sentiment which holds the average
man within the bounds of his own
business and prevents nosing among
his neighbor's private affairs. To
that extent, at least, no one will con-
tend that one is responsible for what
happens to another. But then
There are other things than purely
private affairs, world of matters in
which your brothers interests are
ineXtricably bound up with your
own and with those of other man.
woman and child on earth; and in
these matters, whether you will or
not. YOU are your brothers keeper
and if you are awake to your own
interests you are going to see to it
that your stewardship is an active
one.
Twentieth century civilization is
al extremely complex tissue Of inter
locking interests among all the peo-
pie of communities, cities. states,
countries and continents. No indi-
vidual is SO great, in his personal in
iiuence, his belongings or his powers.
as to be independent of the rest
none so insignificant that he can be
safely disregarded If there is any
sociological truth which stands out
today above all others, it is the tre-
mendous fact Of the universal COM
munlty of interest among mankind
all the world over If there is any
lesson which he who runs may read
from the story of the World War, it
is this lesson. This is the fundamen-
tai truth of Democracy-the stone
upon which the plans and schemes of
Germany are going rapidly to wreck.
Therefore
When you are asked to affiX your
signature to subscription for Fourth
Liberty Loan bonds, do not try to
shelter behind the question of Cain.
You are your brothers keeper
First. 1t is your duty to keep him
fortified upon the field of battle with
everything that your money can buy
for him. He is shedding his blood.
sacrificing his time, risking his life
because he is answering les" to this
question. Is your blood so yellow
that you can, or will, try to evade
your almost infinitely smaller sacrl
fee?
Second. 1t is your duty to see to
it. by every honorable means within
your power, that your other brother.
the fellow who, like yourself, has not
been called to the front, also lives
up to- his responsibility, and con-
tributes of his means according to his
ability, in buying Fourth Liberty
Loan bonds.
No matter if. in burst of resent
ment at what he may regard as Of
ficiousness, he becomes snappy and
diScourteOus. He won't be resent
full long. There are other people
who will do their duty as you do
yours, and before he has time to
grow very indignant someone else
will hit him again in the same place.
He'll forget all about you in fuming
at the other fellow, and by the time
this has been repeated few times
he will probably wake up to the fact
that he is in a minority and begin to
question whether all these "pests"
are not right after all.
Whether you like it or not, you
are your brothers keeper.
Don't try to sidestep.
Get in the game.