The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-06-28

application than manual labor. In the
first there is the production OF the
raw materials, the manufacture or IT,,
and the exchange Of both. over all OF
X hich is protection OF In
the second is engineering, the line arts,
letters, which is nowadays stretcheo
TO include journalism and even BOOK
writing. teaching, law. medicine. and
the ministry. Any Of these in either
of the divisions are good. LABOR IS
honorable in all men. 1t was 1nstltut-
ed in Paradise, and Paradise cannot
be found upon this earth except IN
work.
The Way to choose a career is each
one for himself, whatever the Work to
be done. the choice must be made by
the Individual. Fathers farmer is
sometimes Gods preacher. and often,
mans preacher is Gods farmer.
The choice of a career should not
be made too soon, and equally so II
should not be mad too late. The man
in college should begin to specialize
upon his work about the junior year.
At about twenty-five We all begin TO
be old fogies. New ideas find it hard
er to make ingress into our heads n
so while the choice should not be made
too soon, it should be made While the
mind in plastic.
The method by which we should
choose should be by presenting a re-
s~ponsiveness to the Divine calling, all
life-dork is a calling of God. Inc
preacher and the priest do rot ENJOY a
monopoly Of Gods interest. and a car
penter who builds we'll is as truly fol-
lowing Gods call, as the preacher who
by his power is winning souls for
Christ. Know thyself,' said old So
rates. and this you must do, though
it is most difficult. The real mar Is
inside. his capacity and his limitations,
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enthusiasm it is true that anything
may be accomplished, but with knowl-
edge nothing can be done we'll, and SO
the choice of work must be made
with a full knowledge Of the capabll-
tiles and limitations of man.
1t is generally true that the motive
behind the choice Of any line of work
is a desire for success, and success is
usually understood to mean the max
ing of money. The national game or
America is not base ball, but the game
Ct money making. The success OF the
ball game depends upon whether you
can get more runs than the other slde,
and the success of the money game IS
to continually make more and more.
If YOU set out to make money. long
before you get the money, money will
get you. 1t should be a means and
not the end.
Pleasure is another motive, man
was mdue IoI JOY. SS0ioH IN
worry lower a mans capacity While
joy enhances it. JOY gives vitality from
which comes reality. and from that
comes convictions. With convictions
comes and with the conlbina-
ton of these two there is an efficiency.
But you don't have to ave q good
time while you must be true to your
destiny. So pleasure, too, is inciden-
tai.
Some men want power, some fame,
some Generalization. any Of which are
good, but not all sufficient. The high
est and only motive to be considered
in any calling is that of service.
What can you DO best to serve the
world, to serve the interests Of hui
mainly as those interests are ompre
hended in the Kingdom Of God? You
must lose yourself in order to find
yourself again. The life that is of real
service is at once the happy and the
victorious life. Surrender yourself to
the supreme allegiance of God, and
you welcome and share III the infinite.