The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-06-01
and no angel has had q work equal to

this.
out Of Gentle. or "heathen." An
tioch fiji S.ria came this young con-
yerf. Or. Luke. who was to be a great
world-serler as one Of the b-iographers
Of f4rls. There IS ever a fresh sup
nty Of new talent and new power flow
sig from the mission field into the eN-
tending Church. The case OF Luke
Is i Icbuke to any spirit OF narrow Ia-
-iCralism IN religion. He was not 2
Jew. ard the church at Jerusalem
you'd at first not nave Y Il pos
stble Tor . Gentle to become 50 mighty
in lie Masters work. similarly, re-
cali Or. IL. Of China. a young native
under Who's preaching nave seer
I dozens OF Chinese-speaking Europeans
leerh moved. When q Canadla
friend recently told me Of Or. Il
/ death. it Yves With tears in his eyes, as
he confessed that his own life had
bea,, ~nrofoardly affected by this young
converts ministry Likewise. Pastor
HI OF Pyeng Yang. Korea. is q re-
Gruit from h~eathendona who possesses
a preaching power rare even anlohS
Europe Nobody knows what new
~ I1I5e IS to arise from the Orienta!
church.
Peeinn:re his g~enealogy Of Jesus
with ADAMS. Luke sets forth the
Saviour as q WOTlO-11dfl, the ,ooi -
humility. the Redeemer Of the race.
There was q place in the early
Church for q first-class reporter ana
editor. N-cplG tina DR.. Luke were
alive nov with his vivid, discriminating
human pen, to become editor OF q
great inter-church religious paper. W {
have polemic ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, ana
4 few Christian statesmen in our edl-
+oriaI Chails But organized Chris
tianity has given scant encouragement
to men to enter the succession TO the
fn,, ay-a ,reIiStS We hire secretaries
galore. OF all degrees of efficiency ana
inetiiciency. but few feel the
need for chroniclers of the S
coming. Religious papers are poorly
supported. church folk are usually
SLOW to cooperate with daily news
papers that try to fepor rellgiouS
news: it IS only the occasional person
who is thoughtful enough to write q
note Of appreciation to the editor OF
his daily for generous treatnent
of Chrisrianity's special interests: All
this is rather amazing IN view OF the
manifest fact that twentieth century
church work must be done in TWEEN
rieth century ways: and the only sure
DAYS is through the printed page.
The church may we'll pray for an
other Or. Luke to lead her out INTO
this field of opportunity.
There is no college education that
can equal close association with q
great man. Luke was a graduate OF
such a school. for it was permitted
of him to be q companion OF h ApOs-
tie Paul. A practical life-lesson from
takes career is the wisdom OF gett-
ing as close as possible-not Tor
Of Boosting, but Of disciple
ship-to the greatest personalities
- Z @.n-& 1-o, nd &c TO he
remembered that not all the great
men are famous
The Gospel Of ST. Luke is the Cos
of the world. greeting ALI ma
tons. kindreds, and peoples. and
tongues" with its peace on earth
ST. Matthew traces the ~genealogy OF
Christ back to Abraham; St. Luke
goes farther back. to the fountain
head, where all the diverging streams
meet and ningle. as he traces the des-
cent of Adam. the Son Of God. Mat
shows US the wise men lost
in Jerusalem. and %inquiring. Where
Is He that is Born King Of h Jews?
But instad ST. Luke gives the good
tidings" to .all people,; and then he
repeats the angel song. which is the
keynote to the gospel. GLORY to
God in the Highest. :. good will
men," It is St. Luke only
who records the first discourse at
showing how in ancient
times. even. the mercy of God lowed
out toward a Gentle widow and a
leper. ST. Luke alone men,
tons the mission of the Seventy,
Very number was a prophecy Of
worldwide gospel. seventy being
the recognized symbol of the Gentle
world. as twelve stood for the He
brew people. st. Luke alone gives
us the virtues of the Good Samari-
showing that all the virtues did
not reside in Israel. and hat there
was more humanity, and SO more di-
IN the compassionate Samar-
tan than in their priest and Leyite.
Luke alone records the call of
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