The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-05-12

MINISTER URGES
APPLICATION Of.
GOLDEN RULE
Or. Strider Tells Ktwanians That fofces
For Good Must Organize to Com oa1
The Forces For EVIL.


Cooperation and Application OF IN" ;
i;mla,,I Rulc IuuEh, 10y mother III
home is tho basic Foundation Of conf .
n,rnitv welfare and Of the welfare ~
states and nations and of the Leh6u" OF
Nations Dr. r. l.. l.. Stridcr told mem {
bcrs of tho kiwHnis club who atlenoeu
his "Mothcr's Day" service at ST. MIDI
chcw'S l.. l.. church last night
".,ndividuuls can accomplish but little
Id Or. Stridcr cooperation of Soc!-
lies and man helping man can only IT.
romplish results The world war was
won through cooperation. The five LID
crty loans were made successful oE CO.
operation Of all good American cl1'Ic"o'
"Our allies learned the lesson OIL CO.
upcration early They Thought tneS
could win alone. but they soon discover
! ed tina, they were losing ground ana got
together and named n gcncralsslmo anu
won the victory.
Church unity is another lesson oi
| cooperation we have learned. In mas!
communities churches find themselves
overlapping. More churches exist tha"
! the community can afford and so IncS
arc getting together.
| "Tbc remarkable idea of a League
of Nations is another lesson Oh co"pci-
alton. II represents the conception VI
the great and small linked together LOT
! the benefits Of the great majority.
| Man is ever cropping after cooper
alton. If man or woman IS 10 90 hIS
or her part in this complex modern lltc
there must be- ingrained this principle,
for seif-protection. Our lives arc lh'cr
! woven with the lives and fortunes Oh
our fellowmcn.. We must work togcther
for common good.
| Cooperation is duty We owe to So
ciety. We ought to DO busy developing
! the community life, VIC owe so much
) TO what other people have done. Dc
| Ijcyc the Kiwanis club helps to develop
this community spirit and that us every
weekly meeting results in community
! bettermcnt-
The justification Of the church is COM
munity service. The church fails unless
| il contributes something TO the commun-
ty spirit. We are here to give, not 80
much to gain, developing higher.
, nobler life Of our community.
1T is US TO tho powers Of good and
righteousness to get together and CO.
operate. Evil forces organize to nght
! the GOOD so those Of US who stand for
! the right must organize 10 fight the evil
! forces that would trample US. We must
I not take too much for granted.
Paying tribute to mother. DR..
Strider said that the homes ls inc
greatest Of all cooperative agencies.
that in the homo the spirit OF cooper
alton was instituted. "Coopcraton Is
| the rudiment of family life" he SAID.
; Before animals got together IN
tribes, before birds got together In
| hocks this idea Of the League or Ma
| lions was conceived in the homo and Is
only further development Of the idea
so sweet to us. taught us as We gather
cd about the family tircside. There VIC
learned the secret OF cooperation. All
Of these things VIC first learned IN Inc
home. There we first learned that. NC
| are social beings. members OF society.
I'VE all need 10 go hack To our
: mothers knee and learn anew the Cold
en- Rule. if VIC would serve our purpose
: in this world. Mother Is the center or
all Of these fundamental principles.
Children learn obedience from mothcr
| and If they do not learn that lesson IN
/ the home they will never learn the la"
: of obedience or that they arc social he
! ings. Let the mothers OF today i've
moro for tho good of tho home, rather
than for the whims Of the child and IN
the end. through mutual hcl1tulness. in
! culcatcd in the child We will have
better and noblcd place in which TO
: live"