Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-03-22

God. in plain sight. There was Jezreel
of Ahab and Jezebel. There was Eu-
dor and Saul and the witch. There
was Tabor, lone and majestic, near at
hand, and Hermon far to the north,
cloud-capped and sn0w-peaked, while
to the East, hidden behind a dozen
miles Of mill and dale, was the sea of
Galilee-mother Of sermon and Of mir
acles. In Nazareth He found the il
lustratlOns which make so large part
of His sermons. There was a great
day Of moil and toll before Him, and
here in the cool of the morning He
must store up the reserve that will
take Him on to awful noon at Jerusa-
lem. It takes a great soul to bide his
time-to get ready for a great act and
be patient with the training and the
slow step Of the years. To live with
God and in Him is the main thing after
all. He walked those cliffs with no
one to look at Him or to wonder at
Him-prayerful, masterful, patient.
Was there ever q better example for
ordinary people. 1t is good for the
burning fever Of life to look at Him,
The world is too much with US soon
and late. Our home life is low aud
sordid. We fret under it, There are
too many little things to do. Too much
Of Oh 1e and too little of outlook.
What are we saying? Look at Him.
Poverty? Yes. Toll? Yes. Did they
who saw Him appreciate Him? We
shall see; who was it said: us not
this the arpenter's song" and how
did they say it? 1t was q taunt and
! sneer. You know now low He came
| to say. "A prophet is, not without
| honor save in his own country"
| The very men whose houses He had
built were ready to stone Him to
| death. 1t has often been so. The men
| who have built the houses that the
worlds thought lives in to-day were
most Of them buried in ignominious
graves. Very likely the men you serve
may throw stones at you from the
| vintage ground where you put them,
but it will; be no new thing. so keep
| sweet about it.. He could afford to
! wait. His carpenter bench would yet
be Loly because He worked at it, and
the tools He handled would be held
at The price Ct q kings ransom. :.
Hts is the gospel Ct the mechanic
He fitted Himself at carpenter
bench to say, "Come unto Me all .ye
that labor and are heavy laden and
! viii give you rest" He had no sym
pathy either with the man who wants
more work than be gays for or the mar
who wants moe pay than ne WORKS
for. / want you to see rom this Ii1s
that great deeds should 60 along witt
common life. making It sublime. Whel
you read Of the great economies tina
| ha- to be practiced in the homes o
such men as Phelps and Alcott. Haw
thorne and Emerson. yen. realize tn
advantage of plain living and higl
thinking. There is too much high NV
ing and meagre thinking.
The struggle after more sumptu
Gus life than we can afford taxes IN
strength out Of us. and n we get it
takes the nerve for toll and self-denla
which are only other names for victory
J away from us, Our impatlence take
. away our capacity and love for toi
and we are miserable and useless. 3
] happy IN q humble home. You WI
| never have to live SO cheaply as dt
Jesus. +
Then make up your mind to wor!
> Jesus the Carpenter taught US the dlf
: nity of toll. He made the saw aud tn
plane as truly the ensign OF a nobl
life as the fasces or the toga OF tn
Roman. There is an evangei OF toi
> The shuttle and the hoe. the saw an
the reaper have message which II
world must hear. The workers mai
, life glorious. the shirkers make 1t q
testable. rMy father worketh hithe
l to and I wpTk" was the challenge
the Christ tofevery ipdolent and car
! less soul. Virgil sings Of men an
arms, but the song pf to-day is sof
:. of men and tools, ] have savio'
; who wrought the bot Gay through. ;,
= can talk with Him Of quiveEing pal
and throbbing limbs and q faintll
5 | heart and He will know.
You cannot imagine Him AS maklr
t a poor JOINT or allowing bad Knot
8 an important place. To meet 20
IDEAL and that an IDEAL which He
founded by His own character, y
will take nothing less than hone
otl attempt at perfect product The
sire to slight ones work will lead
a compromise of character, and tn
y will lead to the loss Of the soul. 1t
not the work but the spirit you put IN
it which makes the task ignoble
Q sublime. ! would have every man st