Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-04
A SERMON FOR EVERY MAN.

Under the title cam My Brothers Keeper" the
Manufacturers Record publishes of the greatest
sermons that has been preaced in this country many
days. 1t is a sermon for you and for me-and for ev-
cry Read it; it will do you good. If it awakens
you it will do the world good. Here it is:
Above all else this country needs a naton-widl
revival of old-fashoned prayer meeting religion
@--- religion that makes realize that every act
is Heaven, there must also of necessity be He'll
religion that makes realize that every act
recorded his conscience, and that though that
may sumber, it can never die
religion that makes an employer understand that
if he is unfair his employees and pays them less than
fair wages, measured by ability and their efficiency
and zeal, he is a robber-
A religion that makes employee know that if he
does not give full and efficient service he too is rob
Der
A religion that makes a farmer, who packs bad
fruit the bottom and deceves the buyer by the gooc
fruit on the top realize that he is thief just much
as the one who robs hen roost at night
religion that makes who robs a railroad
Of its fare, it freight BILL know that he robs himse
OF all right to feel that he is honest
religion that makes man realize that by driv
ing too hard bargain with his Servant, his employee
his merchant he be just much profteer a
the seller producer who swndles by false weight
false packing or false charges
A religion that will teach church members who fai
to contribute to the extent of their ability the sup
port of religion, and that compels them to recognz
e
salary they robbng God and alike
religion that will make the laboring man. who b
threats of actual violence against the non-unon mar
strives to keep him out of employment realize that
is at heart murderer and is numbering the indviC
ualty and the liberty of his feow-man, and is dspa!
ing hatred, which if it has the opportunity will
NIT physical murder
religion that will make the politician who yelC
principle for the sake of party who who worshps at tt
feet of any class and sells his soul for political pr
ferment know that he is not only a coward and pc
troon, and unworthy of the respect of any decent
hut which will also make him that he is helpir
to murder human liberty, as great crime murde
ing the individual
In short, need revival of that religion whic
will make every and strive in every a.
of life to do that which, the great Judgment Da
they will wish they had done, with soul uncovere
they stand before the Judgment Seat of the Eternal
Until the people of this nation accept and liy
this religion there will be strife where there shou
be peace, there will be strikes and lockouts and
der where there should be cooperation and harmon!
there wil De hatred there should be friendsh
and love-
In the Golden F2.lc followed in the fullness
the prit of this of religion, there would be four
solution for business trouble; there would
created friendship between employer and employ,
capital and labor would work in harmony and wit
efficiency, efficiency for capital and efficiency for tt
labor with profit to both.
Religion of this kind is not measured by the hor
Of Heaven hereafter, but by the full fruition no
Of peace earth to and good will"
1t is not merely the chanting of hymns here or
the world to come but it is in the recognition an
full application by rich and poor by learned and vi
learned, that each one is indeed his brothers keepe
that we bring this country and the world back
sase;v.
A nationwide acceptance of this, the only true r
Hgon in action, would bring business peace and wor
peace where there is turmoil, and men would the
rease to see, to gain their aims by awyyess acts
immortality; but would in spirit and in deeq follow Il
Divine command "AH things whatsoever re would tn.
men do to YOU do We to them'