Norwich bulletin., 1921-11-28
.ST. ANDREWS RECTOR BREACHES TO
 L.O.O.F., M. U. ON RRR|l1lTHERLY LOVE

and yet was a power in the little com munity in which she lived bringing sunshine into the lives of many because she was filled with the sunshine of Gods | love for her fellows. Instead of be- | moaning the fact that she had so few of the riches of life, she set to work to | make the most of then1-always giving share to those who were worse off than she. Mrs. Wiggs had little to give in material good things; but she gave hersef-her interest and her sympa- thy; and the whole community was bet- ter because she lived there,
 And do you know that often the kind est, most thoughtful, most helpful peo- ple quickest to bear the hardest incon- veniences for neighbor, readiest to lift up those who are down. are the poor. Perhaps 1t Is that they have so little to give in the way of material things that they give themselves more. How the good things of life harden us! As riches increase, we are more willing to try to satisfy the calls of the poor by throw
 ing our aims at them; we try to satisfy the demands of the church by saying
 Here is money. Take 1t and do not
 bother mel I want to be free to worship without being troubled by the church
 affairs" When this is the case, we are
 getting on dangerous ground. Money
 and our selfish desires are hardening
 our hearts. We are growing like the
 rich man in the parable. at whose gate Lazarus sat begging. Tho rich mans life was mot SO fagrantly sinful as self-indulgent careless of men, and un- lieving toward God" like so many to- day The fact that Abrahams bosom is mentioned as the place of rest and com fort indicates that 1t is not In the pos session of wea'th, but in the idolatry
 and misuse of riches that there Is dan ger of eternal loss. ''ThA careless tolera- | tien of Lazarus was only a sign of the l temper of the rich man" which was. as another has said "pure worldliness, sat | isfed to the full with the worlds gooA 1 things and resulting in an unbelief as 1 to the witness of heaven by things, in the l law and the prophets, which in himself, l even as in his brothers, even the ness
 age of one rising from the dead could not have dispeled." When man grows selfish, unbelieving In the oracles of God, and merely tolerant of his neigh l bor, even though one rose from tho dead 1 to warn him he would not charge his l course.
 It is a serious thing to let ones heart become so hardened that there Is no | love for fellow beings. We all need to
 begin now doing something for some | body else being thoroughly interested in someone beside ourselves. What is | wanted Is hand to hand. heart to heart endeavor for the good of others. Our success in everything depends on
 the amount of ourselves that we give. If we love our neighbor more than our
 selves. we give ourselves entirely. You
 remember that Elisha sent his servant
 to lay his staff on the body of the dead child of the Shunamite woman, without
 avail Elisha must himself go in order
 to raise the child to life. So it Is with
 us We must go ourselves if we would
 raise dead hopes and ambitions in the hearts of those who have been crushed
 with sorrow, poverty or misfortune. God
 calls each one to go, himself
 When the lawyer asked the Master
 who was his neighbor. He told him tfA story of the Good Samaritan. showing it was the Samaritan. the ratural enemy Of the Jew who cared for the man in . trouble when the priest and the Levite of his own nation passed him by. Christ said, Love your enemies. Yes. love them for the good th1t is In them, for the good we may do them, for the good they do us by giving us exercise in the
 virtues of patience and forbearance.
 Thank the man who calls you vile names
 that he gives yoN the opportunity to
 bear it patiently.
 Love those near us who seem prosper
 ous and happy and not to need lis in any way. Perhaps they are most in need of
 our Christian affection. Perhaps their lives are barren and unproductive. for
 want of sympathizing word or kindly act from you.
 . Men and women say they cannot do
 all this. They say they love God, they want to live a good life. they trust Jesus Christ 10 save them from sin: but they say they can not love other people as the Master commands. Do they love , God? There are two ways of showing love for God: worship and service. If , the love of God fills your heart 1t will : overflow in acts of worship and of ser vice How can you worship God truly at the same time you are hating one Of
 His chilcrep? Does not the form of 2 worship then become mockery? and will not God be grieved instead oi ; pleased? How can you serve God with : out serving His children? In Hunt! beautiful poem Abou Ben Adhem did no > know that he loved God, but his hear : welled over with love for his fellow meI
 and when he looked again, he found hi U name written among those who lov, < God.
 5 Love for God must come first and i Il most important. but 1t must find expres l. sion in the Second Commandment. With Q out the love of God, there is no powe j. to love our neighbor as Christ desires H We may De true 10 the merely legal Sol 'e den rule; but for the rue of life lai g. down by the. Master. we are not suffi e cient by ourselves. We need highe 'e power, and that power comes from oGe al Let me close with few words fror U; St. Andrews Cross: Christ came fror of heaven to unite us to the Father, and f er lift us up to Himself: and then comes i or the common brotherhood of man, On at God and Father of au.' Let us the is stretch out our hands more earnestl ze and with greater yearning for thos 1e brothers around us who at present kno' Id nothing of the love of their Father wh S. created them. of their Saviour who r a. deemed them Or of the power of the Hol m Spirit who pleads with them and strive Se to turn their feet into the heavenl he way"
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