The Alaska daily empire., 1921-07-05
GOLDEN RULE AS FUNDAMENTAL OF
 NATION, SUBJECT
Rev. Creening Delivers Time ly Sermon Sunday in
 Keeping with Fourth.


 Fundamental was the basis of the sermon delivered by Rev. H. k. Greening, at the Grace Methodist Church Sunday morning, in keeping with the spirit of the celebration of the nations birthday anniversary. Rev Greening took as his text the 18th verse of the seventh chapter of Matthew: All things whatsoever ye would that man do unto you, do ye even so to them; for this is the law and the prophets"
 In brief introduction, the speaker showed how the Master put into eff feet in His own life this teaching. Rev Greening then developed his theme along three lines. First. the Golden Rule in the life of the in lividual; second, in the world of business: third, in the life of na- tiOns.
 In Individual Life
 Many people, he said, while mak- ing no pretensions of being Chris tians, do claim to make the Golden Rule their religion. q am frank to Say, HS QtCkdItu, tndt II d1f tic people who claim to be living the Golden Rule were actually living it, society at large would be infinitely more happy than it is.'
 He described how Arthur Nash, d Cincinnati manufacturing tailor, had put the Golden Rule into effect in .unning his establishment. He quot l cho hnA prn nyrth in the business and declared: When given a chance the doctrine of my text works out beautifully in busi- ness"
 A National Fundamental Taking up the final development of his theme, the Golden Rule as d National Fundamental, Rev. Green ing said
 Rome failed because she did not follow this rule. Her spirit con tained political jealousies within to- gether with q grasping, greedy con- quest of smaller and helpless na- tions. But this sort of thing could not continue; for where jealousies continue in the home, that home is tlOt SdlS. .NCTtHCi 10 q hoiiotf ooAN' for in order to gain it's point jealousy will reveal the weak points even in national life. And oft-times because of this the enemy gains his point.
 We have in our own country things not commendable," he stated which must be crushed out, or sooner or later they will prove dis ctr fn nc nS for instance, just one little fragment of our great nation is so corrupted by little petty jealousies, and politi- cal bickerings, that she flinders the very thing she wants" Political conditions, he said, are largely at the bottom of the lack of progress by the Territory and not the Federal government. Many are still blaming President Harding for not appointing an Alaskan as Governor. But why blame him? How could he believe one faction representing Alaska in Washington above another? The most natural thing in the world was ,or Mir. Harding to select an out slider free from factionalism and jealousies, and he did. Until the Golden Rule is practiced fin Alaska. her progress must be up and down with more down than up"
 Marks of the Golden Rule
 Our nation is doing some things that are commendable, indeed, as she has in the past" said Rev. Greening ''The immortal Lincoln said iR his time that our nation could not sur vive half slave and half free, and in the spirit of my text set about to- free the negro. e~ "The principle still obtains in our government When the Hun was about to put all Europe in bondage, America carried out the principle of the Golden Rule and sent reinforce ments and supplied the food and raj ment to help the men to carry on. | until the Hun was crushed, and the world once more made safe for Democracy
 The putting into effect of nation al prohibition was claimed by the speaker as a further evidence of the Golden Rule in government.
 Nation korninaiIy Christian In conclusion, Rev. Greening de- clared that the nation ''can be truly said to be nominally Christian. bu; We are far from our Ideal which is the Golden Rule. When this spirit is. predominate in our nation. we shall be rid of political jealousies and some men will no longer delight to drag skeletons from each others closets just for political gain. Then also, we shall not seek to be great because of another nations downfall. No nation can hope to live and grow in favor with other na- tions that does not have as it's great est fundamental, the spirit of my text: Therefore. all things whatsO- ever ye would that man should do