Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-18
ROTARY TOLD Of
GOLDEN RULE
Club Attends Impressive Ser
vice at Presbyterian Church
Hear Rev. Mr.. N%iedermeyer

The members OF the Perth Amboy
Rotary Club were specially invited
guests of the First Presbyterian
church of this city at the regular
evening service last night. when the
pastor, Rev. Frederick D. Nieder-
meyer preached on the Golden Rule,
which is a typical Rotarian doctrine.
There was special organ music
by Mr.. George Vause and vocal music
by a male quartet consisting of
Messrs. Philip Bogart, Fred BRIGGS.
Burton Gehret and William T. ellis.
The entire congregation joined in
the singing of a number of Christ
mas carols.
DR.. Niedermeyer's text was the
Golden Rule as recorded in Matthew
1912, "All things whatsoever ye
would that men should do to you, do
ye even SO to them; for this is the
law Of the prophets" He showed
the relation Of that rule of action to
present day conditions and life.
"The golden rule requires" he de-
clared, "the doing of specific acts
to and for others. If I would like
always to have my share Of the
road, I must always give the other
fellow his rightful share. But the
rule demands more than the ioing
of specific acts. It requires the ac-
ceptance of the great principle of
life that 1 must put myself into an
others place, and then act sympa-
thetically and wisely. Our desires
for ourselves prescribe our actions
toward others. Our obligations to
them are of equal with our
claims from them"
AS possible reasons why men do
not obey the golden rule. he sug-
gested that some may be self-cen-
tired, and others deliberately willing
to take advantage OF their fellow
men. Some of u.s." he continued,
may be afraid that no one will fol-
low u example, and that by obey
ing that rule we shall sustain loss.
monetary and otherwise. On the
other hand. some of us may not
trust the divine wisdom that gave
us this rule, being more inclined to
follow our test books on psychology
and philosophy than Holy writ"
Rev. Mr.. Niedermeyer, then pro-
ceeded to show by the use of IL
Illustrations that the golden rule was
not only workable, but hat 1t was
working successfully today. though
he admitted that misconceptions of
the rule were failures. David
Harum's precept, do unto others
SIS they would do unto you-and do
ii first" was the perversion of the
rule that would never bring benefi-
cient results, any more than would
the rule of Toledo's former mayor,
Rule Jones, Let others do as
they please. because that is what
you would like to do If you were in
their place."
The pastor told of q business man
in New York who, through obedi-
to the golden rule, always
out handicapped persons for
his stenographers, usually cripples.
and has at present a secretary with
but one arm. He declared that the
rule works in the home with highly
beneficial results, and IS practiced in
the church more fully, perhaps.
anywhere else. except the
home.
Then Rev. Mr.. Niedermeyer gave
illustrations of factories where the
rule was operative. One was a print |
shop. which under that rule, in
creased its business from one thous-
and dollars a month to a thousand |
a week. Its owner, after |
giving thirty per cent of his net
profits to his workmen, still had
left for himself a larger profit than
other printers in that city, their
net peinS o.S per cent, Wnlle MS
was POL per cent.
He also told something of the
working of the golden rule in the
factory of the A. Nash Company,
Inc. of Cincinnati, whose record
reads like a business romance.
They paid higher wages than their
competitors, sold at lower prices,
made larger profits and had not a
solitary strike during the who'e
postwar period CT turmoil and up
neavai in the clothing industry.
THE golden rule works." DIR.
asserted. st works
every time it is honestly tried. To
practice it we need but step out
on the promises and wisdom of
God, trusting more fully in the
good there is in mankind. 1t is not
too idealistic. 1t is not impracti-
cable Divine wisdom declares it,
and man may have help to obey
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