The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-06-08
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the Eulgate Of ST. Jerome. There is an
edition of the Scriptures in rather free
and c~Olloquia1 translation called the
twentieth Century New Testament
It's specific object is to render the
original Greek into the language Of
today. In many cases it gets close
to the real meaning Of the writer
where the more cumbersome and
stately language Of the accepted Ie-
| visions is difficult Of comprehension.
! New light is shed upon the meaning
Of the writer Of the letter to the He-
bre VS. by these quotations from this
modern version:
Faith is confidence in the realiZa-
ton of ones hopes: it is a conviction,
recording things which are not yet
visible. and 1t was for such faith that
he men Of old were we'll spoken Of.
1t was faith that enabled Abraham
to obey the Call that he received. and
20 set u for the place which he was
afterWard to obtain as his own; and
he did SO without knowing at the
time where he was going. It was faith
that made him go to the Promised
stranger to a strange coun-
try-and live there in tents with Isaac
and Jacob, who shared the Promised
Land with him. He was looking for
the City with the sur foundations,
whose architect and builder is God.
1T was faith that caused Moses,
when he was grown up, to decline the
title OF Son of q Daughter of Pha-
raoh.' He preferred to share the
h~ar6iships of Gods people rather than
have the short-lived enjoyment OF a
sinful life. For he thought that the
stigma which attaches TO the Christ
was OF greater value han the treas
ures OF Egypt, looking forward, as he
did. to the reward awaiting him.
Faith caused him to leave Egypt. un-
d%aun1ed by h kings anger. for he
was strengthened in his endurance
by the vision Of the invisible God"
Vision Of the invisible"-that
phrase defines faith. It is the inner
spiritual light that makes plain what
material faculties cannot perceive, or
material powers demonstrate. With
IN this realm lie all Of life's best
Things.
Modern Missionaries.
"~Fisionary.' does some one call the
nan-of faith? Here struts the physl-
cal scientist. who accepts nothing
which cannot be proved in his labor
tory. ASK him to define electricity.
Ask him to explain the nature OF
life. not pushing him to the extrenli-
~ OF trying to explain the beginnings
III life. Your physical scientist will
strlightwaS walk more softly. recall
Ing that the very atmosphere about
IA III 10 fi.1 e'b ~ 1 lcI louS w rs
about which his science has only late
~ begun to make discoveries, and he
viii confess that all his certaintirs
about the atomic theory have gone TO,
smash within q generation, Faith
is rs scientific in this twentieth cen
tury as is ocular demonstration.
Il We are to classify as Missionaries
al! the men of faith. We shall Gn1
! ourselves grouping in this same gal
lerE of Cod most OF the mighty men
who have made history. America will
givt. a high place to that visionary,
Columbus, We make room for tho
artist whose eye Of faith sees on the
plain canvas the vision Of his soul;
and for the sculptor who a perceive
the angel in the block Of marble, and
for the architect who can build q city
in q wilderness. And what shall we
say OF the men. such as have been
recently IN session at Chicago in the
Peace Conference. who have glimps-
ed the era of world peace and of hu-
man brotherhood Or of that larger
| company who look forWard with con-
tidancc. even as did Abraham Of old,
to q conquest Of the whole human race
to the will and love of Jehovah?
In Simplest Terms.
The climax Of his letter is to DE
found in the beginning Of what is call
ia the twelfth chapter in our chop
geo Up versions. with their arbitrary
divisions. The writer was leading up.
by way of the heroes of Israel's his
tory, to the faith Of which Christ is
the beginning and the ending. Again
to quote from the Twentieth Century
New Testament: Seeing that there
< on every side of US such a throng
of witnesses. let us. therefore, in our
turn lay aside everything that hind
trs us, and the sin that clings about
Us. and run with perseverance the
| course that lies before us, our eyes
fixed upon Jesus, who is our Guide
anO our perfect Example of faith, and
WHO. in exchange for the happiness
that lay at his feet, submitted to the
| csoss,~ disregarding its shame, and
| has now taken his seat on the right