The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-09-17

10 wise use of the ballot. Hence all
N";otic man ought to hold up the
P'i Of the Alliance and encourage
it, work ~a,ir;t Of ho,
iDpscao on earth, good will toward
DS : Not for ourselves alone, but in
pSp Dif If every legitimate calling, we
O'ntand against the common enemies
eI%,rtv and individual development.
Oh o. Alliance seeks to unburden and
Ip humanity, to make the condi
nI ts more tolerable and Gods good,
@Hl u,ore evident to the humbEest man
nsso Christ died The genius Of
~ order, therefore, is Christianity,
ID0;fast not only in feeling good, but
D ? 5oiog good to HIS creatures here
D 800 I thought, the Alliance
lLpnIsnged the active countenance and
GD'orr n the church and its member
slppT IN the place of it, however, while
Sn.P ncmbprship of this order consists
|storIjng Christian men and women,
U.s. received little encouragement
positive opposition at the hands
SD tbo church in the prosecution of its
u Surely the church does not yet
~,nrebend its mission among men.
- stands today where it has always
IN the side of human slavery,
aot m the side of human freedom!
80, i+s mission Is comprehended,
m.toad Of opposing in organization OF
-. character. the men that crowd the
H. riI crowd into the Alliance also.
Ttbonk esd that here and there even
-ou the pulpit is beginning to realize
40 men must live here as we'll as here
after.
Divire service consists not in pious
feelings, long prayers and sanctImo-
,ioro co~untenances. You cannot come
:, contact with the Infinite except
,brongh the medium of the IbfniCe.
vor cannot comprehend the Infinite
cd and Father of us ali save in the
Darson of Jesus Christ nOr can you
lender HIM acceptable service save by
dong, in ChrisCly way, service to
His children here. Christ is solicitous
FIR cur temporal welfare, and this is
the N anipg of that early morning
question, when He, standing on the
shore called to those who had toiled
all night and taken nothing" Child
reD, have ye any ~meatY"-Himsetf
passed the stage of necessity, but
mindful still If our physical needs
Pleading for humanity and a fuller
comprehension and practice by the
church of the Masters second great
law so ike unto the first, feeling that
the human race is now at one Of the
crucial periods in It's history when the
b~undaulons of the great deep are
rcken up" believing that the church
10 more shapes civil cation than civil
Il ion shapes the church, and that the
lie of CHRIST, the one univers Il char
liter" exrmpllfed in It's fulness by
tie organization which bears HIS
mana, would bless and satisfy the lons-
ngs al 4 needs OF men beth here and
hereafter, l ventured the criticism
which seemed to me to be justified ty
past history and current events. In
the course Of my remarks Irelated the
story Of AbOu Ben Adhem, the one
thing that Leigh Hunt wrote to live
aud bless us through the ages. AS il
hstratiDg the temper of all I said, l
desire 10 quote it here:
..AtoU Ben AGem may his tribe incresse).
aNQAr one night from a dream of peace,
;1Li saw within tie moonlight in his room,
baking j. rich and like a lily in bloom,
A. al=el with Z in a book of gold:
Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold,
And 10 the lrese-ce in the room he said:
"L+t WrlJrst thOu!' The vision rails ID its
And. with q look made Of all sweet accord,
answered I-e names Of those who love the
and Is mine oue:" said Abou Nay, not So"
ST5.ltd tie angel. AbOu spoke more low,
~. cLeerlty stIl, ard said: | pray thee, then,
TI1Iue mt as ole who loves his fellow men"
I-t al=eL wrote aud vanished. The next night
lane again, With a great Weakening light,
-N+1 9ALAF VI LAOSC VIII LAC 4OhO
o. God had blessed,
aIoA. Zen Adhem's name led all the rest"
Such Is the speech l made at Cary.
IsPOke IN the presence of certainly six
ministers Of the gospel, whom l per
''nsily know. They uttered no street
u'e5 upon what l said. When I sat
Uo"n a Christian gentleman as promi
Isnt as any in the audience, gave me
uS nanc and said: Il want to thank
you Tor that speech" And in. after
conversation he said: "If the church
"Outd get right these evil cord tons
6 H0u.1 be roVolutionized il forty eight
IUS following Sunday morning the
w. comments In the partisan press tol
Pr,''San purposes began.
% Tar as I am Informed not ono :,