The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-06-07
Ry T.. HIIES

once knew a man who had, sut-
.eeSsively and unsuccfa8fHlty, asked SIX
wnmen TO marry him. OF course tncy
refused. They were right. Any man
who will let six women reject him can
mt want any one OF them ardsntly
enough to insure acceptance. In all
realms of life the JestfS-princIple TuHs,
According TO your faith be 1t Unite
Won" he who sxpaCt great things
and are willing to work and Wait rMr
than-alWays gat Ersat things. Ih1s
beautiful and pathatic old story, Of q
heather mothers ind0nIftasble faith,
Is full OF Inspiration for everyday
life.
Everybody has an assortment OF
-vague lonSings, u few persons dtsHfDe,
With unmistnkHn datinftsness and ter
riiIe aarTlestneas, some SUPREME Gil.
These latter ure the ones who Sat W-1AI
the want. An English pfIfiusoTfher
END literary man Of rar8 s1ftS Is said
to bave left unfinished mREfHHcrEpIS OF
ND less thEn forty thUKskand dInHftnt
theses. is it any wonder that he has
left nothing of aeathless value? lie
has failed to say With the ssrs1t apos-
tie and all other a~cEisvers. This one
thing I do" The Canaautiah Wu1nan
HAY have asprred after all the hlRss-
fI1gs Of the true faith OF Israel; Dull
har t~ramanduus hanging o the heal
ing OF her maniac daughter o~nscuEsd
These. S7he Wantt3d one LuInB -Afiia
she got it.
A few Gays ago I learned the life
story OF b man in the middle est who
has for yanrs been laburing to perfect
q PROCESS That will enable him To pro
dnce photographs that VIII rstain the
sharpness and hrf1liaoCy wh1ch hey
have N the bath. Literally for years
~fHnatical Inventors. But LIKE hun
freds OF other 1fana1icad' In FNIltDrs,
III ueTea his difficulties and has
.created q new order IN photography
Gsneraf uns hence, families which pos
.ssss in All their original ess,
these tndelfAe portraits OF thEiE Sn-
.UeStoTE. VII thank God for q man who
wanted ore thing go G~gvotadiy that he
would not rest until he got IT.
"u1yriam Something Tremendously.
The trouble with many In
cur day is that they have been bitten
by the sUpine and faeastsfic philosophy
OF the Orient, which is always ready
To accept things as they are They
are not at al In sympathy With this
heathel NOInan They would declare
THAT Size showed very bad manner
throughout. Her prESun Hon-1Or
she belonged to an outcaU people.
from the Jewish stardpoint-her en-
thusiasrn. her rude Intrusion upon the
privacy of Jesus. were all IN very bad
form And Bou1H OF us tOdAy WOuld
rather be correct" than c~onQuerOrs-
m diIietante attitude toward life
e z bare OF our times The cultured
loeferz and tn wealthy ~do-nothings
emile, only half-indulgently, at per
sous with d purpose and a mission
ia call them "refOTmcra-' Let the
w@ 4 alone" is heir motto. All the
while they c~ynica1ly sheer at intensity
and enthusiasm, hard lines are form
al2s III their faces and q dull vacuity
Sr rr,41Jno it's ofc,nfTkyn yJ>np th6.5 r
eyes Despite The best that their mas
seurs and beauty doctors can do, their
very c-ountenances take on a loo OF
jadedness and emptiness.
The secret Of best living is the pos
session Of a great purpose The men
and women who have wanted to do
something In their time have drawn
the sting from existence. A French
writer has said, 1.-The first rule Of the
man dedicated to great things Is to
refuse to mediocre men the power Of
turning him aside from his course
They who have bad enough courage to
pursue. undeterred, a single aim are
to be counted fortunate, despite all
their struggle. Would you relieve
poet Of suffering? Ii would be but to
rob him Of his song. Better far the
sorrow of the Canaanitish wOman and
her great love and life-aim, than the
trivial. monotonous. futile round Of
h existence Of many who scOrned
her. b intense mother had the zest
Of her great pursuit, and she had at
length h superlative JOY. such as
lesser ives could not know, Of gaining
the prize she coveted.
A Gem of Literature.
The whole story is SO brief. and SO
graphic, that it may be here quoted
entire. l copy from the colloquial
version called. THE Twentieth Cen
fury New Testament:
O going away from that place,
Jesus retired into h country round
Tyre and Sidon. There, a Canaanite
woman from that district came out
and began calling to Jesus: Take
pity On me, Master. Son of David; my
daughter is entirely under the power
OF an evil spirit But not a word
cid Jesus say in reply. His disciples
came up and begged him to send her
away. She keeps calling out after
u.s.. they said. L have been sent
Jesus replied, TO no one except the