The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-04-05

been IolI by tnOuSdiluS l. '
heard of Mr.. Rockefeller, Mr.. Carne-
gle. Mr.. Roosevelt or Mr.. Taft
These twelve men whom Jesus ap-
pointed as MS representatives to carry
the good news, were all but one com
monplace Galileans, and that one,
from orthodox Judea, was the traitor,
Judas. Now, because they linked
their lives to the spiritual mission or
Jesus, they are immortal names, non
ored by hundreds Of millions. Let us
tabulate them:
Simon Peter.
Andrew,
James,
John,
Philip,
Bartholomew,
Thomas, "
Matthew, =.
ThaddeuS.
Simon the Zealot.
Judas IScariot.
Forever, these rude men. mostly
fishermen, typify the greatness which
comes by Identification with a great
cause. They undertook to exalt the
Good News. and, 10, the food News
exalted them. There is this New
Testament warrant for the belief that
the new devotion for the cause Of mis-
sions, on the part of the laity of to-
day, is going to lift these men into a
loftier, broader nObler life, above the
meaness and sordidness and self-cen-
teredness Of the Old engrossment in
business.
The Business of Gospel Line.
All Of life have become more COM
pick since the twelve went forth with
out purse or scrip. Missions is now
an intricate business and a special
science. 1t is also a recognized pro-
fession. While this is to q degree
necessary, there is always the peril of
too much machinery and too many
accessories. While some mission
aries have erred on the side Of trying
to live too meanly. like the natives,
others have erred in building too big
homes for themselves, and too expen-
sive equipment for their work. The
idea that the missionary must i'm
press the native by his state, wealth
and power is entirely fallaci0us.
The business note is heard too
much in modern missionary meetings.
Money is overstressed, and made too
often the measure Of success. This
task is not a business task primarily.
The peril of professional and perfume
tory bOardiSm always besets it. The
churches should be r%esolute in dealing
surnmarily with any mission board Of
society into which nepotism or e~ccles-
iaStical politics has put clerkly-mind-
ed secretaries. intent chiefly or their
own reputation. dignity and authority.
The professional promoter Of mis-
sions Is always susceptible of the
danger of forgetting the field in it's
versity, and of being Influenced by
considerations less impersonal and al
truiStic.
A great missionary-one afame with
that loving compassion for human
beings which differentiates his Master
from all other teachers-is Of more
value than a merely mechanical in
stitution. Mission schools are neces-
sary, mission hospitals are necessary.
and mission presses are necesary-but
before all these, and above them all,
stands the man or woman afire with
desire to tell the story. A young
Philadelphian, Of good family, is liv-
ing and %1aboring up iE the northwest
Provinces Of India as a religious
teacher-a sort Of mendicant friar-
and his poverty, humility and self
forgetting h~elpfu1neSs win an entrance
for the Message into the hearts of ma
tives who have given no hearing to
the more conventional forms of mis-
siOns. The nearer the work is kent
to the apostolic method. the greater
its success. For, after all and after
all, it is not by the cunning of the
twentieth century devices that the
world is to be won to Christ. but nv
what Paui called the foolishness Of
preaching"
Seven Sentence Sermons
The days come and go like rnuff,aa
figures sent from a distant friendly
part, but they say nothing. and if W.
do not use the gifts they bring tbev
carry them as silently away.-Emer,
son..
That day is best wherein We give
A thought to others sorrows
Forgetting self, we learn TO live
And blessings BORN of kindly daads
Make golden our tomorrow.
Rose H. Thorpe.
Know we not that We are the ten
pies OF God, n that such emples
can be built only on the common
stones that lie about use. G Fver
EFT.
When God comes to man. ma looks
around Tor his observation-disclosures
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