The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-08-20
SIDE LIGHTS on NEXT SUNDAYS
Lesson for Teachers and Pupils
Edited hy CHARLES K. MEYERS

lit does not move to helpfulness to
others? He thus puts it, IF brother
or sister be naked and in lack Of
daily food, and one of you say unto
them go in peace, be We warmed and
filled, and yet we give them not the
things needful to the body; what does
lit proft?" :. The great Paul in Ga
lations: has q chapter on brotherly
helps, and says Bear We one anoth.
er's burdens and so fulfill the law of
Christ" and ''Let us work that which
is good toward all men, saGS g.
These extracts from the bible
leave no doubt as to the stand Of the
christian religion on brotherly love
and ones duty toward all the races
of men. Further, the trend of chris
Itianity based on the truths OF the
bible, show that the ideals called for
are held in view. Far, far have the
so-called christian nations been true,
but there has grown out of the bible
commands, a. trend of opinion, a
standard of = excellence which has
done wonders, In an otherwise selfish
world. The output of the religions
of the Turk, the Chinaman, the men
from India has no brotherly love, no
extending of the helping hand, no
breaking down caste, no leveling up
between rich and poor, no hospitals
for the sick and unfortunate, no COL
leges and universities for those ut
ter strangers in language and habits
Of living. The world around; the re-
ligion of Jesus stands in the lone
lead, as believing in the brotherhood
of man and THE fatherhood Of God.
There is IA Il Denis0n5 pastor who
quite often has call to speak of what
he has done.I always however in a
proper spirit, and to the point in il
Illustrating what he is driving home
to his hearers He generallys says,
Pardon word personally" With
this premise will say, that when
considering the brotherhood of man
and advocacy of the adoption Of such
means as will ,prac tically bring about
it's acknowledgment in 4 the world.
my mind comes to spot in the
cemetery at Denison. Not far from
the northwest> entrance there stands
the modest headstone of the father,
of the. Meyers boys and their sister.
The inscription tells of German boy
born in Bavaria back in the thirties,
and who died at Denison in 1898, and
there is added For the brotherhood
of man and the Fatherhood of God,
ne stood as "a rock" Those who
knew of his career and the stand.
he ever took on behalf of the DOWN
trodden of earth will appreciate that
this summing up of his life work is
true. The, bonded black man. the
downtrodden of every nation, the
workers at home, ever had in him a
champion who spoke and wrote with
no. uncertain voice. and with con.
vincing power 49,. n
"A cannot here enter into an argu.
ment at length on the need of apply
ing Of the principle OF human broth
erhood to the difficult problems which
now confront 3 the world. 4 1t is, only,
however, by. starting as a basis with
the demands nj the bible, that head
way can he, made. 1t is hard OF course
to feel that the fighting, contentious.
hating, revengeful, designing peoples
of some parts of the earth are indeed
brothers, and treat. them in every way
with love. This the more when they
do not appreciate what is done for
them and take advantage of kindness
to stab and overcome with selfishness
kindly aid, Abroad, progress is being
made. Reports, show that the Chinese
appreciate what the missionaries have
done for them, they are grateful for
the stand of America in refunding the
Boxer indemnity, and in upholding