The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-10-24
THEY CONE
FROM THE FARMS
More Incorupsibls Integrity
Among the Men Who Till
the Soil Than Elsewhere.
A SERMON TO FARMERS

ny kss. DIR. nsvsherse. sf Asissss-ls
which he says AgrsesIszrs 10 the nasis
Of Esssythtss-Asd shss te Lsgssisss
Assinss the Farmer 10 TO weahss the
Foundation OF Evesyshisg.
Rev. Dr. Hawthorne, Of Atlanta,
preached . sermon to the National
Farmers Congress during its session
in that city.
Text. PHILIPPIANS IL vi S; Look not every
man on his own things, but every man
also on the things Of Others. Let this mind
be in you which was also in Christ Jesus
agriculture is, and ever will be-.
the basis of all other material interests.
To foster this industry is TO befriend
every other industry and To cripple IL is
TO impair every activity which contri-
butes to the welfare Of the people. The
race could possibly live without manu-
Gacturers, merchants, or dentists, or
physicians, or lawyers, or even with
out politicians, but without the farmer
it would soon become extinct. The ab-
soiute essential thing for every human
being is bread, and the production Of
that is the vocation of the farmer. To
legislate against him is
TO WEAKEN THE VERY FOUNDATION
of every lawful and useful industry.
"Nine-tenths of the men who have
risen to enviable distinction were born
and reared outside Of the cities. The
majority of them were born in farm
houses and had some actual expert
ence in cultivating the soil. Look into
the catalogues of our American col
leges and will find nine-tenths Of the
medalists and first honor graduates
were from the country and country
villages. Without the new blood that
is constantly coming in from the cOun-
try in less than fifty years the cities
would be
INTELLECTUALLY IMPOVERISHED.
without a constant infusion of men
and women from country churches re-
ligion would degenerate into the
deadest Journalism. Let agriculture
flourish, country schOOl-hOuses multi
ply and country churches continue to
be true to the faith and worship of our
country fathers and mothers and our
NATION WILL BIZ SAFE, PROSPEROUS AND
| HAPPY.
| "In selecting q subject for this oc-
casion could think of none tha,
would be more helpful to US than the
one presented in the text-'An un-
selfish and self-denying concern fol
the welfare of our fellow man, tn.
only solvent of our social problems
"SOcietv will never get rid of it,
discord and strifes and enter upon ,
career of abiding peace and prosperii J
until it is permeated by the spirit and
controlled by the principle expressed
in this passage. As communities ant
nations drift away from the great Law
and illustrated in all He said and di
and suffered, their depravity increase
i. and their social conflicts and calami
ties multiply. Amy legislation tina
= contravenes the law of Christ contain
! ed in His great Sermon on the Noun
= will be prolific Of
al NOTHING BUT SOCIAL EVIL.
! "We speak the words of truth an
sOberness when we say that the p0wt
which propels the wheels of our pre-.
ent civilization is not love, but gree
In politics and commerce there Is
G premium on shrewdness and decor
tion. Unswerving honesty and tru
y Christian generosity are sneered at {
virtues too sublimated and ethere,
J to be practiced by creatures who we,
earth about them, and who have
grapple{ with such prosaic que
tiOns as What shall 1 eat, what shall
). drink, and where withal shall l
II clOthed?'
q "a civilization that is based sole
- upon self-interest, and that magnifi
= and rewards men who
!. SUCCEED BY THEIR SUPERIOR CUNNIs
a has no power within itself to secu
Justice. There is nothing that nee
. saving so much as q civilization that
guided by no great ethical princip
d and that marches on without any r
te gard for God and his righteousne
ID The country that boasts of such ci
Is ilization is on the high road to a
it archy, nihilism and barbarism.
< "CivilizatiOn is not q cause, but
I effect. 1t is the product of hum
- character. 1t expresses the good a
evil in the hearts of the people "
~ support 1t. Any government is il
what the people make it. II State
~ municipal government legalizes
~ tolerates such an iniquity as a b.
"a fight or a gambling house, or a b,
ID room, or an indecent theatrical exhi
ls tion, it is because the
IL PEOPLE ARE DEPRAvED ENOUGH
on to desire it.
te "The fountain of any civilization
at in the character Of the people. II
MS civilization is corrupt, it is beca'
d. corruption reigns in the hearts of
on people. This being true, civilizati
,ill can be cleansed only by cleansing
ha people.
10 mne .As long as the people have but
ID. tie moral sensibility and q feeble
ed probation of the distinctions VIII
he God makes between right and wrO
ma there will be
ne CLASS LEGISLATION, DEsPOTIC MON
let OLIEs,
bre political rings, bribery and ballot
to stuffing. A righteous civilization
be secured and maintained only b
!. people who love and practice ri{
eousness. We are like those foo
Galatians, whom Paul describes
sbewitched' We have been sbewitcl
by false teachers.
ave "What, then, is our hope?
Ma can society be redeemed? How
the our civilization be transformed? !
anv can the State be 50 reconstructed q
hat furnish adequate protection to its
-hol iects and to all of their legitin
interests? Our answer to eack
1uE' these questions is: BY substituting
LII, the law of self-interest which
Ohm dominates our social life the Law
mes love-the law of self-sacrifice-the
!. C.. which Christ illustrated when He
,rQe came poor that We, through His
INV. erty, might be rich-the law "
, r makes each man
HIS BRoTHER's KKEPKR
and requires Us to bear one anot
burdens"
us it your purpose to be usef,
held your fellow men? If that is not
ught purpose, and your supreme pur
;ored you have no claim upon the resp<
"As mankind. II you intend to be {
little pie of Cain and repudiate all OF
reen tion to care for your brother man
egOr- deserve to be treated as Cain was
tier"