The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-05-24

and ACTIVITIES u 81 .9Gy
cio1ooisfs He is not now m~iracuioualy
ao1tinITino Ioayes. as he did by plue
raIilea But he is putting new shLi
an5 n1lrDosa into the hands and heaIt5
Of men. ,oea
once in Toxic a prosperous Japanese
business man called upon me y plo
cont ne with some samples OF he"
nc. h. had made of the wood shaV-
sDes still have some Of those beaGt'-
FIJI wooden neckties. | recall that lhe
mans cap and vest were both WoNeh
of wood fibre. His story, in . wore
was this: when | became a Chflslla"'
7 At once began to try to think OF new
ways of helOing my country and my
fe1oNmcn. THAI is how | cane 70 IN
vent this process of making Wood
shayines to look like silk and wool.
/ recall MIR. Ishii, the head Of ire
great CkaNanla o~rphanage IN Ja9ah'
whose life was touched by CHRIST 50
mar # hes hl0ssomed into a largeneSs
Of usefulness that has made MN one
of the great philaDthropIstS or the
world. In India [ had pointed out TO
me Young men whom christianity had
lifted up from the depressed castles
so that their income, and their useful
ness to society. was many told greater
than their fathers Jesus IS multiply
ing food by enriching mans capacl-
ties.
China's Bread Riots.
In another way tha teachings 81
Jesus are giving hreai to the world
They are producing a spirit O Jus
tice and sympathy in the minds or
men which gives onslderatlon 10 the
needs of all mankind. Christian ciNitl-
cation is not callous to want. Its
processes have multiplied food and
sI1npiifie1 its distribution. still further
ii has yet to so, N reducing prices, in
surfing the purity Of food product,
and in putting the interest OF the con
sumner at least on a parity with that
Of The producer, if not above it.
The heaven Of the gospel is at work
10 all these ends. IN China, q few
weeks ago. they tried to secure the
same results by riots. a
h~eathendom is cruel and selfish and
careless Of the poor, the famine re-
gion about Ching-sha had witnessed
a "corner'' in rice. Famine prices
are a grim reality in heather lands.
at times When the Christian way would
be to distribute food at lowest cost
In order to attract the attention of
the central government to their plight,
these Chinese attacked the property
OF foreigners. and an international
Episode has resulted. Thus the news
paper illuminates the contrast between
the heather way and the Christian
way.
The Worlds Deep Needs.
Idth l IIlS dtit oL liz III
=! Piled loaves and fishes. w all see the
picture Of the Master feeding hungry
hearts. The worlds deepest need IS
not for food. Poverty is not the root
III. not yet is wealth. Look upon peO-
pie az we know them, and We find
them the victims Of a great restless
ness and vague desire. The world is
nadly running to and fro, seeking to
satisfy wants which it does not I'M
derStand. Therefore We have the in
crease in the INT of places Of
amusement, the new forms of diver
! sion. the changing fashions, the sWifter
social pace, the whole Vanity Fair
of today.
After all and after all, what people
need is to sit, as did those Galilean
peasants of old. at the feet Of Jesus,
and TO hear his soft voice. and to feel
his tender touch, and to be fed with
the bread Of heaven. The need for
daily food is. constantly recurring:
even 50 the greater need for a pIenish-
ing of spiritual food. For its health
and growth and satisfaction, humanity
needs TO be turning daily to Him who
satisfies.
CLOSEST to men, Thou plying Son
Of man,
And thrilled from crown to foot with
fellowship.
Yet most apart and range lonely
Dwell in my heart, remote and init
mate One:
Brother of all the world, I come to
Thee.
Gentle as she who nursed Thee at
her breast
(Yet what o lash Of lightnings once
Thy tongue
To courg the hypocrite and Phari-
S&e)
Nerve thou min ar,n, O meek. O
mighty one!
Champion Of all who fail. I fly to
Thee.
Q Man Of Sorrows, with the wounded
hands
For chapiet, thorns; for crown, a pa
gan cross;
Bowed with the woe and the agony
of time.