New Britain herald., 1924-01-14
MINISTER PLEADS
 FOR GOLDEN RULE
EVerynan'S Bible Glass Leader
 Talks on Rule & Level Life

You let some old reprobate go along unmolested for years and yet you will write editorials about me, sling mud at me whenever you have a chance and l have never tried to do anything but help make the city d better place and to make men better, said Rev. John l.. Davis, yesterday to
 G52 men at Stanley Rule and Level day at Eyeryman's Bible class.
 Mr. Davis took as the subject of hir sermon, The Rule and Level of I.ife.'' He confined his general theme to the Golden Rule and made d plea for people in the city to do unto those in the clerical profession as they would have their pastors do until them.
 There isn't Il rabbi, u priest or minister in town who ever taught your boy to steal, 10 gamble or to tie," he said. Why don't you come out and help us carry the load and not look for a stone toshit us with?
 Here is a big Bible class and some of you are ready to knock it and you are ready to find fault with it. What have l done to hurt you or anybody in this town? I have done nothing to hurt anybody. You let the saloons go for years without molesting them. You say. What should be my attitude towards this Bible class?' Try to put yourself in my place, where for three years 1 have tried to deal out justice, which is a pretty difficult thing where you have 24 different nationalities and all the denominations.
 Back to Creation.
 The minister spoke Of his trip through the Stanley Rule X Level plant one day last week and com mcnted upon the modern methods Of protecting the life and health of the worker and the vast strides made in recent years to make the workers as comfortable as possible. He stated that he met men in the plant who have been with the same concern tor 20, 35 and 4o years and who seemed to be satisfied.
 He spotc about the manufacture i50 different operations. and said that when he asked General Superin- tendent l. NJ. Burdick to show him the beginning of the rule, MT Bur dick replied, Then we will have to go back to the tree in the forest" This. he said, was the real basis of his sermon.
 He said There isn't a man who ever created thing. There isn't new thing under the sun. IL Is all constructed out 0; what was created ages ago. lou mrn are not crea- tors you are constructors God does th" creating, out Of the forest we take the tiinbcr and construct the rule but God makes the timber that Nr use to construct houses, etc. Ii l. so with the iron and granite which VI take rom the bills 10 build bridges, churches aud other agLldings. From the minerals in the earth we stamp Olr gold and our silver but all we can do is to take what God llas created man is not creator bul a constructor. We could not do n thing without God, could not iHt" this pirce of timber today uuiass it was COP Gud
 IHbA II.tAh b l.Hti 'il4t tilb AIpH trako' Iir made about thrce-uiiar- i trrs oE it, l.yW many times de we thank Him aud gitf Him credit for his ra9 iu tne stanley Rule and lryrf. Has God e>er gotten his share rom tu, StaGioy Rule and i.cvole las God ever gotten his share from tbosr who work in the S'auloy Euir and Ievel2
 w. are taught in the Bibr 10 a.F' unc.teHth, Somr ul Us who caii Christians give almost nothing to God. wH.n une-tentI is the very least nc Gal give. God has tHf stanley Rule and Level screwed rp in tisc and ii he did moi cause tie tree t3 grow yDur business would , .;ii. NHs is i nat wr are sy care ful not 10 rt'c God thc credit tat is due hiW. Tbcrc ian'i maa looking at mu wno owns on single thing rou do not own your home. ID not own fine factory nor fine cpr