The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-02-15
IvIHER RELIGIOUS WORLD
What Church FOX Are link
ing About and pong
-un,~ RULE OUT OF DATE!

aG@nn aUT ISDs ~o ocsttl >
I.I-A Icnp~raisee
Mai. Z: liz.
fRv William T. Ellis.)
rasb.n. rigor Ar. Glioei.
X 1hesterIon, IL tnat it
.,crures the deal delusion .
= the .practical' man who assion
~ieh1 to the front OF the InaIs are
OF progress; and thal What a
20 1T doesn't matter nc
n"a haaiexes," Says Mr.. oheaeei'ol,
- he time of big theories was n ~
la If hie results. In the :
Eminent and tine Wofus' d.
~ the eighteenth century, haen san-
~aailv ronust aud effective. ~ 49,
4im. ntansLs conquered Napoie .
c,nics could not eaten De"ee- -.
I,sf as this reputation OF pis WIS
eoo -" ,;-io,s has Drought fortn q
90 of small men in polihcs' - -
go, h-auonr a race OF small men AL
the arts. ~ of the
,aoL of moral ideas in literature -
Snrther remarks. sarcasticaily, -.
modern writer's, we know tia' 80.
have ~ouu only a lew
Milton does not mercy 80 49,,
at his piety. he beats them a. .nell
O. .,.rance IN all their little
hooks of verse you will not Alu O
$50 defiance of God than SATAN
= Blasphe1ny depends upon
beliefs. and Is fading with IL. o.
one douots this. let him SIT down 90
rio,siy and try to think oiaspiieliu -
thoughts about Thor. llinh -
<a,niIv will find him at the enc -
IN a state Of some
ton" ,,ars
nxen in the twentieth century pians
of strict u~tilitariarism our tlnes
sorely need the motive power o.
sublime ideals. For we are Iiahiho
engines without steam. we are y
4icarr-but our very practlcailes -
croving itself impracticanle. Simpi5
from a study or contempt, 60.
one is moved to cry aloud the 81
prene need for more iIeallsm. We
must have more vision, more hisn-
sonled pursuit of great goals, more
exalted STANDARDS. In a WoTu' A
cannot be too emphaticaliy LID oo"n
that this old world needs ABOVE al
else to sit, with that motley crow
Oh the slope OF kurh f1aean, :
the feet of the 1eachei
OF Gallilee,
Cosmcpolitanism Versus Wisdom.
Ihe s.. mon On the Mount. when
the Sunday schools are no" STUDY
ing. is not merely, a shaS 50 ol.eI
been sneeringly said. only nne the
ory" 1t is the most intensely prac-
tlCdI LfQtn ~ wiz taAS
cenlury, torespent and .xsdlssatlsfc>
from it's mad -:hase alter things ma
terial. can give its attention. Oul
days fundamental need Is ior mr.
Of the deeper knowledge Of lite
eternal verlues, which lie beneath al
L forms and eenan
Our real problems are human
and. because human, they are spirit
uaI. We do not soar to the q
Of Iife's difficulties by learning nov
to build pS. we nav
found the NorLn pole anu nave mad'
paths through all deserts ana Jun
giles does not mean that we nav
mastered the riddle OF existence. IN
very Sweep ana breadtn OF Oh
won ld-conceptions is likely to be
lure. Again to quote Chesterton
Rhodes prophecies about the Doe
RESISTANCE are an aImIraDle CONNIE
on how the large ideas prosper whe1
it is not a question of lni4lnlns \
continents, but or understanding
few tw~o-iegged men,
For abiding wisdom we do not &
to the thin and vapid books OF tn
travellers who boast Of their cosmo
politaniom, but the teachings OF a
ancient Oriental. who, ii measured .
the range Of his geographical wan
derlngs. would be counted a pom
icial. The springs of the spirit Wer
p1uiLIbSu NY t&AkS dAoo( ~ IN co
penter shop. The MODEST truth, sn
applicable to the most modern c
urban Conditions, was enunciated be
meath the soft skies of Syria tW
thousand years ago. Let us 50 Dac
to Jesus of Nazareth to learn no
to live.
mind Your Eye!"
A British colloqulalism. e%QuivaleI
TO the American, Look OUT"
Mind your eye." This comes c,
riously near to being an epitome {
the philosophy Of Jesus upon judd
ing our felloWmen. He said. w
beholdest thou the mote that Is
thy brother's eye. but considerest RI
the beam hat is in thine own eye!
In other words. keep your own ga
den clear of weeds and you will /
too busy to find fault with your neigh
boris gardening. If every man wal
ed until he was free of faults hin
self, before criticising his neighbo
this world would be a very charitab