The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-06-28
GODS GREATEST COMMAND, OR
WHO is MY NEIGHBoR.

nldHuiuclLS IOI MUSES. anu TIE people,
he laid special stress on the greatest
law of all laws as being the greatest
commandment in the Bible, and that
was, ITO love the Lord thy God with
all thy soul, mind and strength and
thy neighbor as thyself. What a
wonderful commando What great
love! Are we doing this? No; far
from it. If we loved God as He
wants us to we could love our neigh
Dor as ourself. Why don't we love
God as we should? Because we love
the world more? If it wasn't for His
great love we would be snatched from
this earth. Where do we get all we
have in life? Our health and every
thing comes from Him.
There is SO much sin in the land
today-everybody busy, with heart
and mind all fixed on money, pleas
ure and business until we have lost
sight of Him who hung on the cruel
cross while His preciou slife ebbed
away for you and l.
Love thy neighbor as myself"
Who is my neighbor? Not the one
who lives next door to you; not the
one who helps you and visits you, but
the one that you can help; the one
that needs you the one God spoke of
that helped the one that was beaten
and robbed on the way to Jericho.
That one that stopped and admins
tered when the priest and church
member he'd passed by; the one that
had time to stop and lend helping
hand. Are you lending helping
hand to someone along the rugged
way today? Your brother who needs
a kind word or life, he is your
neighbor. No wonder God thought
of this command: He had love and
sympathy and wants you and to
have the same. The biggest and
greatest thing on Gods earth is love.
God says so, and we ought to exer-
else it. We may possess every thing
else and if we have not charity, we
are as sounding brass and tinkling
cymbal. The only organization or
people on earth that are proving their
brotherly love Alright is the Salvation
Army. For many years they have
been knocked, rejected and abused !;
have been denied help and places to
stand on the streets and preach in or
der that they might be able to help
some poor, fallen person who would
not enter the church. Many have
been saved by the army, thousands
have been fed and clothed, and each
Christmas usually sees many lifted
and saved which the churches could
never have reached, had it not been
for them.
Many things could be said of them
in cities where they have been re-
jected. Today the police and best
people everywhere are welcoming
them. What did it? They are full
filling Gods greatest command
Love thy neighbor as myself" and
they are doing it. God is prospecting
them and will continue to do so.
Does the church do this? Far from
it. What's the matter? They have
erased this great command and God
will rot honor a church that will not
help its neighbor.
The world is too much for self.
Folks continue to take the advantage
II their brothers instead of helping
them. AS sure as we live, God is
going to shake up this old world with
more than war and the influenza. He
mas let us off pretty light. Still we
are unthankful and have forgotten
Him.
The war seems to have done very
title toward making people better or
.ausing the INTO think.
There is scriptural faminine in
We need to be stirred |
n some way. We expect God to
,less us in every way, and we never
hank him for anything. God help
is to have love enough to help some
'ody that's sad and cast down. Kind
words cost nothing. Church men,
'ers, you wake up, and help those
members that are respondent and
eed lift. Lift up the fallen; care
or the dying; snatch them in pity
no msin and the grave"
One of the biggest things the Sal
alton Army did was on the battle
elds of France, with their small
leans, compared with the Y. M. C.
!. and Red Gross. They did more
ian all. They stayed on the firing !
mes, in the trenches, administered
, the wants and needs of the BOYS s
i'd shell fire and every danger of
ar, helping their neighbor and full G
ling that great command. Today i
ley a"e ore of the Creates organiza-
ons on earth. God bless them and {
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