The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-19
IN THE RELIGIOUS WORLD
What the Church Folk Are Thinking About and
Doing. Religious News From
Elsewhere
SUNDAY-SCHOiL LESSON. CAlDREN'S TOPIC

strengthens the body without. It Is
not new arms or new legs or new eyes
that humanity needs, 50 mucn as It is
a new heart; and that is the offer
which Christ makes through His
Church.
The World at Gaze.
The shop windows that attrac most
attention are those in which there is
something moving. Any street fakir
who knows his business can get q
crowd simply by doing things. When
religion accomplishes real works, then
the attention OF mankind is attracted.
Whenever Christianity sends a man or
a community, healed and rejoicing, on
his way. the world stands at gaze y
ministering church Will never suffer
from the indifference OF its communi-
ty.
One of the magazines told recently
how q Catholic priest in a degenerate
town in the coal regions had trans
formed the community into l~aW-ahid-
ing and thrift. That incident attract
ed attention, not only through the ad-
jacent region, hut throughout the ma
EkLIGJOJS WORLD Two % i
ton. The Baptist commonwealth
reported the other day the visit of a
young Turk who. prior to the recent
granting of constitutional government
had never been outside OF C~oStantino-
pile. As a deVout Moslem, he would
not go to a Christian church. but IA"
was glad To spend Sunday morning in
visiting a hospital. He said to his
friend that he supposed that. after all
the Christians who needed help had
been cared or. then possibly the hos
pital would take in a Jew or a Turk.
II was almost beyond his belief. when
he found an Arab and a Turk in the
hospital. no questions having been ask
ed concerning their creed. and the
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that was given to all other patients.
That expression of Christianity moved
him so deeply that when he left the
hospital he stopped on the pavement
and in M0ammedan fashion, invoked
the blessing of Heaven y such an
Institution. Incidents without number
can be piled up from the mission field
to show. similarly. that the Christlike
ministry of n representatives Of the
Gospel challenges the attention and
admiration OF the most bigotad
heather. A ministcring Christianity
is 4 conCuering Christianity.
New IdcaS in Religion.
The excitement created BY Peters
/ miracle when he healed the lame man
/ caused the multitude To look to him
/ for an explanation The had never
seen it or this wise before. Like many
modern people. they were afraid OF
some new fashion in connection with
4 the temrle. Peter treasured them. Ii
was simply the same cod whom they
had always known ana worshipped.
whose power had wrought the wonder
TIE God Of Abraham and OF Isaac and
( Of Jacob had chosen a new way Of eN-
( Pressing himself. What that way was
Peter explained as he presented 70
I them Jesus.
1t vas = mode sermon that Peter
preached. especially in its happy link
ing Of a great and general truth to ar
I immediate incident. Much teaching
and preaching misses the mark be-
4 cause il is not connected with life. II
i possible to start from anywhere to
g everywhere Peter male the near
est event Il text for preaching the one
I gospel that was ever on his lips. \
public sneaker has been heard To say
that he ALWAYS reads the latest edi-
ton OF tn newspaper before going tc
the platform, and usually he finds
some incident or event that viii con
meet his main theme with he most
recent present interest Of his hearers
I The lame man was merely d text and
an Illustration of the great message OF
Christianity. that cod is revealing his
love to mankind in new WAYS, and
that he longs to serve and heal them.