Evening star., 1921-05-15
Sunday School Lesson

time. Unity of spirit comes first by
| recognition of our relationship to
| Christ and through Him to every
other member of His body. 1t is
| possible to have cooperation of
teamwork only when all are dom
| mated by the same spirit and con-
| trolled by the Lord Jesus. Seltshness
! is destructive to unity. while love
of Christ helps produce unity of
! action.
! Kipling has said that the strength
! of the pack is the wolf and the
| strength of the wolf is the pack. The
| diversity. dependence and Difference
| of the various members of the body
Illustrated the solidarity of the
! church that fulti1lS the instinct of the
race and the social principle of Jesus
I that fellowship is sacred. The value
/ of tn" body and the wealth of the
| church are contained in the diversity
of its members. In the simplest
! forms of life there is not much di-
| vision. The higher life is diversified.
| The work of the body calls for all
its various members to share in its
activity. 50 in the church any ad
vanCcncnt is dependent upon the CO.
operation of all the members. All
r"j0iC" together or suffer together.
This law of the body emphasizes the
community of interest. which pro-
dUCcS because of the communion of
Spirit cooperation in effort in the
great work of the church to help in
the establishment of the kingdom of
God among men.
The selection from Johns gospel
furnishes an excellent illustration OF
cooperation. There we see how the
lad willingly giving his scant supply
to the Master. co-operated and
worked with the oLrd Jesus and the
disciples in furnishing the multitude
food. In making his small contribu-
ton the hoy helped the Lord to feed
the multitude who had followed Him
INTO the desert without providing for
their evening meal. He fulfilled the
Glogan of Faher. the secretary of the
Society of Jesus. ito do anything
which will help Jesus Christ: that is
our business" This is the heart of
Christian cooperation. If we all did
our part. as did the lad. we would
then see a miracle performed in the
social life of men.
Success today in every field of en-
Geavor comes largely through coop
Grafton. II takes time to learn how
10 work together. to develop unity
out Of units. so the army has its
training camps. as we'll as its training
school No team would think of play
ing foot ball or base ball without
iracticing. 1t is the secret of the
progress of any organization or eff
fort. when all work together for
common cause it is soon put over
1T is in performing by each one Of
has come increase of production. The
adoption of the principles of Christ,
as illustrated by Paul. will help pro-
mote social and industrial progress.
Cooperation has succeeded in more
than one great business field. In in
surance we cooperate and share the
risks of mortality in accordance not
only with the mortuary tables. but
also with the command of Paul to
hear one another's burdens. "and so
fulfill the law of Christ
cooperative societies, which have
made such a tremendous success in
England have succeeded only in com
munities where the neighborhood or
common idealistic conviction had pre-
viously established a consciousness of
social unity. Most of the efforts to
establish them here have failed. The
principles of Jesus offer the only
hope of success to the one who de-
sires to perform the greatest social
service. by furthcring cooperation
for the common good. If preached
and practiced by the followers of
Christ il will help the next advance
in social. national and international
commercial and political life by
bringing every creature into fellow
ship with Christ so that we can say
TO all mankind. we are the body of
Christ arr. Severally members there
of"