New Britain herald., 1928-05-10


 ehicancry, duplicity and all the underhandcd tricks that are prac- tlced by some in every profession, might talk in q different way, but because l am addressing d group of you who arc interested in making business better, in placing it upon a higher level, in bringing into reality some of the ideals that you have m your business code Of ethics, | want to mention just one CT two things which business and rclieion nave In common. and sec if We can- not here today affect q union be tween them that shall not soon be broken.
 Common Interest in service
 '1 am thinking of the common in- ierest that We have in promoting inc spirit Of service. Religion is found- cd npon service and sacrifice. Take that element out of it and It ceases TO De religion. The whole story of the worlds progress can he written around those two words. But I am sure you agree with mo that in this respect business and religion go hand in hand for the motto of the best or modern business is that same Rotary motto which is found in tho heart of every fair and square bus- mess man. He profits most who serves best Although business may nave been a hit tardy in recognizing the fact, it is now universally acccpt- rd that that business grows quickest and biggest which practices the pflnc1ple of service Time may have been when business concern could ne built upon other foundations but today that time is gone, and those "ho would hold foremost place in Inc business world must accent as one O. their fundamental principles ol actlon those words given by the worlds greatest religious leader, He that would be chief among you. let nun he your servant Surely ono cannot argue conflict between re- llglon and business when each ono has this same lofty ideal Of making Inc world a better place in which to IlNe through an effort to serve.
 Anottlcr thing which believe re- l'glon and business have in common IS the increasingly high value that IS being placed upon tho jnJiyidua1 ,ohsclence, in the business world, iids become very much kecncr in re. cent years than ever before rceard Ing the value Of the individual Ncn ana women are receiving intinitc,r more consideration at the hands of 'lelr employer than ever before statutes have been written uno, t,,, Ia" books of every state in tho ,lnion protecting the rights Of the vorkor here must be light. there n,ust bo 'p''''id''on there must be safety de- N'''s' there must he quick and of hc1ent met hods Of escsra in finn. A, "'SdSlef Tn every place where men ana women ar" employed dce rue human interest on the part Of 'hs employer for his emplovos mark s some ot the stages Tn the advance of 'hslh"ss toward the ideal of the sn- brof1e value of tho individual It ,e true one may argue that many of hese projections and safe euards are required by law, but flndameu- 'ailS the laws are grounded in the hel'ef that religion has jnstIlled in the heart of the world evervDhore 'haf inc most priceless thing in our creation IS human personality. Here religion and business stand together for In religion we find again the great leader of all time standing and looking into the eyes of His consre- gafjon in day when human life was cheap. when the individual had never been valued highly. when on the streets Of the imperial city of Rome five ont of every six men passed were kept in hopeless slavery under these conditions one finds this religion leader declaring a principle