Our Brother
Canon Liddon. John 1:40-41 One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.… You are wealthy, and that poor man who lives near you is your brother. Or you are poor, and your brother is that wealthy neighbour of whom you think with envy and anger. Our brethren are not confined to those who can enter into our thoughts and sympathies; they are also those whose narrowness and ignorance make mutual sympathy and intelligence impossible. They are not only those who are honest and respectable, but they are those who are under the ban of society, outside the frontiers of decent and civilized life. Our brethren, they are not only our near relatives by blood; nor our fellow-townsmen or countrymen; they are not confined to the races which are now in the van of civilization, or have played a great part in the world's affairs. They are also the races on whose rights civilization is apt to trample with heartless selfishness. They are the natives of Australia and America; they are the Maories of New Zealand; they are the islanders of the Pacific. Our brethren are everywhere. (Canon Liddon.) Parallel Verses KJV: One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. WEB: One of the two who heard John, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.