The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-02-08
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l. us peril, runs an old comment.
Jesus was afraid that those who lol-
world get into them: OF course he
meant them to be IN the word. An
earth-tainted church is a bane; q
chu~rch-ungod earth Is a blessing.
The Teacher established a new So
clety. or party, which was to be gov
erntd by superWOriuly a~tanAarus. lie
meant Il q II should have AIMS above
the ordinary. The world is busy in
storing up gold; tie members of his
kingdom should buy themselves in
stirring up life. The supreme bust
ness Of Christians is not to get riches,
but to lie rich in character. 1hey are
after something bigger and better
tan corruptible treasures.
The point of this p~reachment of
Chriots is that a man Lille is more
tlan food or ralnnent or riches. He
was not concerned about ii mans
money but about the man. All his
teachings go right to the core OF
things. He saw that treasure repre-
sents life: that what a man coVets
male s the man himself, and that the
chief purpose OF a mans mind is
ro ally the light of his LIE. 1here-
fore that light should be true ana
clear. The mar who lives for money
BECOMES materialistic: the man who
lives tor heaven Con earth and here
a!ter) becomes heavenly. 1t is all a
question OF what one loves best and
desires most. The teaching about
treasure is the same as the teaching
about ma>te1S. Let the man mo-
tIVe-thes upreme allegiance-be right
and n result cannot be seriously
wrong.
One Mothers Care.
The solicitude OF Jesus that man
Lind should choose the best is like
a mothers care Ter her ch II. This
morning / received a letter from.
Asia. from a woman whose Lille is
spent in q remote heather village,
here she and her husband arc ne
sole representatives Of Western civii!-
Zatlon and religion. Her concern is
ter her son, an eighteen-year-old boy
who is now a student in the United
States. What do you suppose Is the
special reason for her anxiety. That
the boy Is having too nard Il time.
That he may secure profitab BILE en-
ployment! That life may be easier
Tor him than it is for her and his
father in their lonely. overtaxed ex-
istance in the Orient? Far from it.
7 his mother is distressed because her
son, a talented boy, has been offered
a position at $1vU a month in New
York city, that may open up to hum
q career OF ~uIStiAcLoT and prosperity
in this land; SO that he may be
"eaned away from his present laith,
h1iu las EtStlulIOh - Io1lO" III
his fathers loot steps as a mission
AIRY, Is not that a solicatudc breath
ing the very spirit of Jesus" The
mother wants the best tor her son:
and she has proved that the best is
not worldly prosperity, but steadfasi
loyalty to Gods highest call.
The parents who are a~nxiously
teaching their children to get on
instead of inspiring them to rise up,
should consider carefully this part OF
the sermon on the Mount. North
America does not really need a single
additional rich ma: it can spare a
number Of those it now has; but 1t
does sorely need more men and wo-
men in whose heats the ideals OF
Jesus are supreme. The heaven that
viii save our modern lite will be
these spirits who put Christ first.
The high cost of living has forged
TO h fore as the days l~iveliest ques-
ton. Important as it is, We must
admit that the high cost of living
is Of less concern than the low grade
Of life. We are hearing too infre-
! ~qUently lust now the battle cry of in
tel!ectual progress-'High tninki "
and plain living" High living and
plain thinking is more common. OF
course we should straig ten out our
49, tar"les; but it may be sub
mItted that these are Of infinitely l2>s
n.l ItanC than the elevation of pop
ular ideals. Once persuade men to
thre Writ f rst. and an immediate
consequence would be a brave wise
with these practical Ques-
tons.
There was soundest Judgment in
the ~exhortation Of Jesus to seek first
, the kingdom of God. That way comes
all true prosperity. A mans Bible
+ class recently discussed whether a
man dare, in these material times,
eacrifce his job for convictions sake.
especially when he has a family de-
rendent upon him. The judgment of
his large OF men Of affairs
vas that it is really the highest form
Of business sagacity for a man to be
trua to his ideals. The very demon
stration and acquisition of moral
fibre which UGH an a ton requires
increases a mans market value. That
80. Loro;c,o laaunec one with the