The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-08-16
Rx William T.. Ellis

- 1bav sheer. with reason, at the
nGtee-seektng In religious orsa'h@1
+1nns and at the pride Of place a1non5
the prominent. The evil is no he"
one. Sad though it is to penolu y " :
find the same scramble TOT hiSh 49,
ton In modern general eoh 800 ~
and general assemblies tnat pleu
70 CIV in the breasts of h little sIoup
Of men who constituted the apostaiate
This lesson is the rebuke Q! JESUS
the se1f-seeking Of two OF MS 1aVoii'
disciples. .o1fs,
The worst of it was hat this sens.
scheme of the tow disciples ana theii
1880 wa intruded into the sanctu-
arv Of q great and hal1owed soul
crisis The noblest spirit that ever
abode in human breast was approach
ing his life ordeal. His soul was rem
with struggle. The intolerabie zone
illness of the conflict so presseu upon
him that he cried aloud TO the pe9'
friends he had on earth for the lei
lawshin of vmpathv Sensitive souls
do not easily lift the curtain OF thelr
inmost being to even a close ffaend.
vet Jesus began to tell ms lntlHla'oo
of the awful fate to which he was
steadfastly pressing on.
A Leaders Lonely Sorrow.
What visions those clear eyes Say"
as thew fronted toward the capital OF
the race! 1t was to Jerusalem, the
place of joyous pilgrimages, MS clly,
the city of his fathers, the city that
had long prayed for his appearing, 10
which he was now going. Yet ne saw
the shrewd hate Of the ecclesiastlc
whom he had a~ntagoniZed waiting 10
do him to a foul death.
All this did Jesus unfold TO ms
friends-the gross betrayal OF thelr
trust by the priests and scribes and
pharisees; the sham trial; the u
s~courgings, the mob's mockery. the
horrors OF the cross-the full bitter
ness that his soul was then tasting he
revealed to those from whom he had
the most reason to expect sympathy.
The Man Of Sorrows wanted the pres
sure of a friendly hand, the under
standing glance Of an eve that felt
with him-but it was denied him!
The lonely Lord was NOT understood
by his nearest and dearest That was
one of his crosses. BY that bitterness
he purchased the right to be the COM
pretending companion Of every lone
1y and sorroWing spirit since. He who
trod the wine-press alone IS now the
Companion of the Sorrowful Way for
who are called to suffer apart from
mems knowledge. That he vas ac-
quainted with grief to which all about
him were blind makes him the sharer
every similar sorrow.
Politics in Religion.
While the Leader tried to make
plain to them the deep things of his
experience, his followers were en-
crossed wholly in their own petty
knew less about religion as an exper-
than as an organization. To-
them the places and power bulk ed
above the ministry. Almost as hide
as the intrusion of the ambition
Of James and John upon that sacred
hour of their Master Is the way in
modern disciples plot and plan
and bargain and contrive for the
places Of honor IN organized Chris
tianity. while the tragedy of the
Lords passion for a needy world is
being enacted daily. How can men
remain under the dominance Of their
pc ttyschemes, when the great world
calls and the great God commands.
This comes from caring more for
churches thar for the Church,; and
from caring more for the Church than
for Christ. Men somehow identify
their own welfare with the prosperity
of the kingdo1n; for what they hon
they are do violence to new
and to fullest eficiency-as if
God had any cause other than truth
and the worlds uplift. A passion for
and God, and a noble disregard
for place and self, are crying needs
lhe CHRISTIAN WOT1d TOO ay. Ram
I'm elton puts an keeps incOm-
petents in the most responsible places
that strong men often turn in re-
pugnance from the type of men who
sometimes represent, OF misrepresent,
the greatest enterprise God ever COM
rn1tted to mortal men. While we are
the crude. blind and selfish
ambition of the apostles of old, let
register a resolve to do all in our
power to keep out Of official position.
IN the local denomination, and espe-
clally in the church at large, all the
place-seeking and ambitions men who
care for the honors and emoluments
or office above the opportunities to
spend themselves in t~ireless ministry
for the Redeemer.
"A Homan's MHeddIing.
=. woman In politics is at present 2
llNlhg question; but whatever the flu
ture may hold We know +bis ona IL