Milford chronicle., 1923-07-06
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR

Topic is: What Does Christian Bro
therhoOd Mean?
Brotherhood means a body of men
bound together with the bonds OF
pledge, of obligation. Each obligating
himself to help the other in certain
ways. Each obligating to protect the
other and his household. Each to
share the others sorrow, and joy as
the case may be. A fraternal brother
hood means to unite men for certain
purposes and ideas. No man can Obli-
gate himself in a brotherhood and
pledge himself to help his fellow man
without having some feeling of love,
and special friendship for those who
are in his brotherhood having obli-
gated themselves for the samel pur-
pose. But there is not always the DUAL
ificatiOns in a fraternaI brotherhood
as there is in Christian brotherhood.
Therefore, a Christian brotherhood
has broader meaning than a fra
ternal brotherhood. The meaning Of a
Christian brotherhood is a band of
men bound together with Christ in
them. Christ means Gods anoint@d.
Therefore, Christian brotherhood
means a body Of men with Christ,
Gods anOinted with them; and that
very fact carries with it the very idea
that there must be other features than
that of mere fraternal brotherhood
Christian means a follower of Christi
Therefore a Christian brotherhood
means a band Of followers of Christ, ]
Gods anointed. Then first it means a A
brotherhood of love. That one will 1
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promised to, or obligated himself to-;
but because he loves his brother, his
fellowman. It may be that at some
time his fellowman has not shown the
good spirit towards him, yet Chris
tiOn spirit is to show love for the
other fellow. This is seen in the par
able spoken by our Lord known as the
good Samatarian. Love will hide a
multitude of faults; and will cause
one to try to hide his brothers faults
and to go to him and talk the matter
over with him in order to help him.
Love is the greatest need Of the world
today. If there was more love in the
churches there would be more in the
outside world; and if there was more
love in the outside world there would
be less greed and graft; and the
world would be better than it is today.
Christian brotherhood
means better world. Second, it
means sacrifice Love calls for sacri-
fee. A person will sacrifice for that /
or those whom he loves. Therefore
with love in the brotherhood for the
brother, means sacrifice for the bro
ther whom we love. Christ so loved the
world that He willing gave His life as
a sacrifice for His felloWmen; and
Christian brotherhood means a bro
therhood with Christ in it and means
sacrifice for the benefit of our brother.
If this feature of Christian brother
hood was practiced more today there
would be more Christians in the world
then there is. Therefore a Christian
brotherhood means more Christians in s
the world, and third, it means peace.
The greatest need Of this world to-
day is peace. The greatest need of this
world today is not bread. We have I
plenty of bread. The greatest need Of
this world today is not sugar. We :
have plenty sugar. The greatest need
Of this world today is not money. We 6
have too much money. Money has r
ruined the world to great extent. a
But the great need Of the world to-
1ay is peace. With the proper peace
existing, the high cost Of living would
be reduced to the level Of the poorest,
and the world would settle down to a ;
safe and a sane business. F'raTernal
orotherhoods fail so often to live up to
their obligations. If this was not true
.he fraternal brotherhoods could to-
lay join hands around the. world and
say peace be within our borders; and
t would be so. But the love of money
s the root of all evil and this plays t
90 great a part in the fraternal bro