The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-09-07

PAIL OI0 not D6lO1S III LII SUM
He believed in being a winner, ana NOT
in ascribing his failures to any mock
modesty. His motto, given to the
Corinthians. is a good one tor present
dav Young people: Even so run that
We may attain" Get out Of the great
horde of and become a doer.
in colloquial speech. be not a mas
User" Whatever hinders proper sue
cess is a weight; cast it Off. v so
run that ye may attain.
ANY indulgence which leaves a per-
son with lessened powers IS dlsslpa-
ton. and to be included in the tenn
perate persons catalogue OF "Fhou
shalt nots.'
The truly sef-mastered life is the
Christmastered life. That is the
story written in letters Of gold m
the annals of the rescue missions n
the churches. when the keeIey cure
fails. try the Calvary cure said a
mission worker to a crowd of down
aud-outs. That advice has been test
ed and found good. In the McAuley
Mission. down in Water street. New
York. may be found sons of wealth
whom money could net save, college
men whom education could not save,
once successful men whom strong
wills could not ave but who joyful
lv confess that they have been re-
deemed by the power Of the Lord Je-
sus Christ.
All excess begets distress.
The reins if the body must be given
into Christ's hands ere he can fully
reign over the u
There is a beautiful social ideal to-
ward which all dreamers look. It con-
ceives of a community wherein men
and women have subjected their low
er nature to the higher, and live for
the great goals Of mutual helpful
ness and se1f-improven1ent. Because
brotherhood is the standard of that
perfect society, no man sins against
himself; for it is impossible for one
member of a body to be hurt with
out loss and injury to all. There
nave been many attempts to legislate
this colder age into existence, but
They always have failed, and always
will fail, since only a new and reg
nant life principle, even the impaired
character of Christ, in the hearts Of
individuals, can introduce a brother
hood that will be real and workable
We are steadily progressing toward
this ~long-desired morning; but when
it dawns it will not be called the
Golden Age. nor Utopia. nor Social
ism, out the Kingdom Of Heaven.
The first service anybody can rem
der society is to present it with 3
strong, symmetrical and se1f-restrain-
ed individual member.
There's a reason!" reiterates a
well-known advertisements There:
should always be a reason; and a
reason high enough and strong enough
to stand examination at the hand Of
every mans judgment. PauFs reason
was a lofty one, which contrasts we'll
with the puerile "I want to do it."
He said, 81 do all things for the gos-
peTs sake" That was a satisfactory
reason. Paul s~ubordinated himself
as an individual unto the worthiest
cause he knew, which was the Gospel
of Jesus. Well for the young man
or woman who says, not Il do as I
please" but It do all things for loves
my country's sake-for the
gospels sake-for education's sake
for truths sake-for humanity's
sake"
"overwork kills thousands every
year, and everyday renders thousands
useless says Amos r. Wells.
A few weeks ago the newspapers
made much of a dispatch from Wash
ington reporting a heavy decrease in
government revenues, owing to the di-
minished consumption of strong drink.
The impression was conyeyed-per-
haps unintentionally-by the article
that q. serious i'll had befaIlen the ma
ton. Yet anybody with the power to
look nuan an inch behind fh0 c1frfona
of things read b news with jubi1a-
ton. For it meant. not that the coun-
try is oOrer but richer. The money
represented by the figures has not
gone out of the country. That par
ticular SUM was only a. fraction Of the