Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1907-12-26

Selves III the sense OF personal refa-
ton between the soul and God, which
affords the comfort, security and in
spiration of living.
Jesus again is insistent in His
teaching that loyal will always ex-
presses itself in work: "To finish His
work" A personal relation with God
expresses itself through social ap-
probation and effort. Nobody ever
travels to Heaven alone. Everybody
must help carry somebody else who
would mount the shining pinnacles OF
the city of our God. The greatest
work in the world is to get ones will
in play-to establish goodwill among
men!
There is the race question, for ex-
ample. How are men of different
races to be treated in free America?
1t is no longer question of the
colored man alone, but Of the Indian.
the japanese, the Chinese as we'll.
Indeed, it is no longer a mere Amer
lean question. It is an international
question, bound to become more and
more imperative and vital in coming
days. What is the solution? Is it in in
stitutions of social sympathy like clubs
and settlements? Is it in laws drastic
and enforced? These can do some
thing, but the real solution waits
upon the will ofsthe people, upon dis
position and attitude. The deeper
recognitions are in order. "A mans
a man for a. that!," The nobler tel
lowships are due. The will of God
is waiting for a larger expression over
against passion. pride and prejudice!
II Jesus could fnd in an ordinary
Samaritan water carrier a soul
worthy of His kindly disposition, His
sympathy, His solicitude, then His
followers are bound to find in every
human being spiritual relative and
maintain toward all made in the i'm
age of God brothers regard and
care.
Doing the will of God will always
express itself in some form of social
service.
You will solve social problems only
by kneading into them the leaven OF
the Christian spirit, and there will be
rise in every social scale as the will
of Christ is by His disciples given
| adequate expression.
A third and final teaching Of the
Master in this incident concerns spir-
| itual accomplishments.
What we want, says the impatient
|
! great truth, but what kind of results.
| pray? Are apparent returns always
F.! the indices of a true Christian pro-
| gress? Is it not possible "to make a
| showing" which by it's very luridness
| is only blind to a really deplorable
state of affairs?
Uneap method, superficial endeavor
and questionable procedure arc, to
be sure, dazzling temptations. APP
parently they take the kingdom of
Heaven by violence and bring it in.
Really they are sorry apologies for
a true accomplishment, which is, first
Of all, in-the implanting of will, a
disposition.
He that believeth shall not make
haste! "The sower and the reaper
shall rejoice togetb tr." The nan
who sows a spirit and the man who
reaps a harvest are fellow sharers in
common joy!
If Jesus is judged by the harvest
ing of His life, He has small tally!
Two hundred souls, only, embraced
His faith when He gave His life for
the world. But if any true measure
ment attempts to estimate the real
ization of His life, and He is judged
by the sowing of His life, then, in
deed, does He appear as master
workman. He buried a spirit in the
heart of~the world which has been in
the world ever since, with its ever
recurring seedtime and harvest. He
is known among men by the splendor
Of His will. which abides, rather than
by the incidents of His work, which
| are glorious memories of the past.
| The will and the work. these two:
| but the greatest, the most harvesting
of these is will, for, after all. "it is
not what q man does. but would do
which exalts him." and mighty are
| the spiritual accomplishments o1
those, no matter for apparent figures
whose hearts are stayed on Him and
through Him reach loving arms tc
the world.