The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-04-14
FOLLY OF The FLlRT.
fContinued from trSt Page

Of the great ,naziDr tie phantom Is
driven away--life ard hop9 once more
are theirs. An yoE look into the Joyous
faces of those who have been healed,
ard look nj tiIfg wonderful man who, IN
the secrets Of his laboratory solved THE
problem Of the ages. Is his work secular
Listen. 81 was sick and sc visited me"
The pursuit ard Development of art b
essentially religious, not ocular. Beanty
is an attribute IF God. Arts the tranS-
lation Of the beautiful into human Ian
gnase. To translate beauty is TO trans
late God. Art grasps the divine ard
il1urisong II in matter that the spirit Of
man may see and know and feel and re-
a.ize the nearness Of the divine. II
music secularl The master musician
who sweeps his strings and ashc touches
them sweeps the listening soul uato the
very gates Of heaven itGeif.
Painting, is it secular? The artist
who grasps the deepest secrets Of the
ideal and the spiritual and irnprison9
them on canvas in form and color. A
man stood in cathedral in Europe on
one occasion looking ut the great paint
ing, :"The Descent from the Cross"
Tho attendant announced 10 him that
the hour 10 close the cathedral had
come He still stood before the picture
IN rapt attention. " hen again re
minded that no must leave, he turned
with tears TO the attendant and said: 81
cannot go yet. must stay until they
take him down"
THE SOCIAL HOUR.
Social intercourse, is it secular or
sacred! Social intercourse is the high
way along which the feet Of angels may
travel 10 the Utmost soul Of man. 1t
should be regarded as holy ground,
whether it be the meeting of friends and
acquaintance in tho parlOr, the social
gathering, or whether tho casual meet
ing on the street.
IN Boston there was born into home
one day, little one with n dCformed
foot. The mother and grandmother
and all the household were in tears over
tho sad event. They were inconsolable.
From across the street there came a
crippled girl, their neighbor, who asked
them the cause Of all their distress. They
I'D her that tho little one would DO
cripple for life.
:5ho replied: "You don't understand
tho possibilities Of such life. You
should not be inconsolable. have been
II cripple all my life, and this world has
l3en much more beautiful world to me
tlan to many of my friends. Everybody
il kind to me. | have only seen the
f,,l md Tho ei1n 81
When | cross the streets the policemen
viii stop all the cars and all the cabs
and help me tenderly across. When /
get on the train the baggage master will
put me on the truck and roll mo to the
car and assist me kindly, tenderly care
fully into the car. have only seen that
which was beautiful and kind III the
world" And she had seen this in the
streets. She had learned this divine les
son from a casual meeting of the rough
policeman and from meeting the bag
rage smasher at the depot. Wherever
rlan meets man may be the highway of
TIE Lord through which divine truth
may pass to our souls.
THE ENGINE OF MERCY.
Trade and labor, are they sacred or
secular? Labor is the spiritualization Of
matter. The laborer. touches matter
and humanizcs and spiritualizes that
which he touches. He takes ont the
rough material from tho world and
forms and fashions it into things of
beauty and of use, until the rocks speak
in language divine; until our homes
are made comfortable and beautiful b
this process of transforming tho raw
material Of nature. The man who does
this work, is it secular work simply?
The blacksmith at his anvil is doing a
sacred work, if his work is done we'll
lie makes the anchor and the chain, and
i'll the storm the anchor holds. The chain
holds. The vessel is secure. The work
was well done.
The clothes ! wear today, are they the
result of so much labor as Il commodity,
exchanged for so much money, ex-
changed in payment for the commod-
i:y, labor? No. As | walk through the
streets of New York and look up to
those great tencments where the cloth
ing is made, it seems to me that | can
feel in tho very seams of my coat the
aching nerves Of women who
have sewed into those seams their very
hearts blood. They did their work
well, and they were not paid for the
clements of faithfulness that went into
that work. They did their work unto
tho Lord. Servants obey your mas
ters." Not because you are slave and
they your master, but obey your mas
ters "as unto the Lord" Such was the |
only doctrine of slavery ever taught Ia
the Bible.
The mechanic who works il his shop !
over the inventions which are to move |
The civilizations of the world. sacred or
secular? A man started from the gulf |
1short time ago on a fast express for |
New York. He was bitten by a mad |
log, and was going to the Pa5tcur in |
5titute. His life was a question Of min
utes. Time! That great engine dashed |
through city after city until the click of |
he rails came with the regularity of the
lick Of watch. Through city after |
;ity that great monster speeded on its |
lission of mercy. The man who |
by the window cried in his
leart for more speed. Inside of forty
light hours that car was drawn into the |
ar sheds of Jersey City. He reached
&c institute in time, was treated and
2ved. The man who invented that |
magnificent machine Of lccomotion and |
brought the four Gears Of this con-
inent together, was IL; y:Gr,l sacred or
ocular? Listen, II was SEX and We
Tisitcd me-"
The state, is it sacred g ;'oauiar? All |
aw is divine law. Law H.: is not di-
inc is not law. Ghp @ta.a is the SUI
IRENE embodiment of law 1t should
'e as holy as the altar c. H.. church it.
elf. Patriotism is divine ointment.
We love our country. not i,;.l ..;.sa we hate
he rest of the world, b,;t !..,Iause our
country is part of Gods yYurlI. Poll
les should be sacred. Il should be as
loly work to be govern " state as
o wear the red hat Of - .i!lHl or do
he work of bishop or II -:c;.
HONE A EEAv...;f
The home ia a mart cf H.. -,,-1-.L oP |