The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-08-05
THE CECIL FARMERS CLUB.
Proceedings Of July Meeting Held At Home Of A. 3
Brown, Near sylmar Interesting Topics Discussed
Ye Are Laborers Together With God I

khandsOf a beneficent Creator, we must believe
there Is purpose in our. being here and that
He who thus caused our being here has an
ever abiding interest in us, and He who is with
us and for u.s. being more than all, that can
/ come against us must inevitably bring US to
i ultimate success provided we supplement this
aid from above and beyond us, by an equal
determination upon our part to fulfill the
conditions required.
That success in this life depends upon the
fulfllment Of certain requirements and
obedience to certain obligations I think
win be accepted by all.
The failure to recognized these facts
and act accordingly accounts for the first
great transgression of Man, and the same
calamity comes upon like transgression today
No vocation of life, no branch of business we
can engage in can ultimately survive thewrath
of an allwise Creator, which is engaged in or
pursued without his blessing or assisting grace.
Were 7 standing face to face with some who
gather in convention, etc., to discuss ways and
means whereby they may attain success in
their pursuits, would find myself utterly
unable to reconcile those two conditions,
for there are pursuits in which men engage
today which bring to their hands much
more of the emoluments of wealth, than
are gained by the tiller of the soil. but the
consciousness of a God-given work is surely
absent, and upon some the wrath Of the Al
mighty is in hot pursuit, but welcome to my
home today a company representing calling,
an occupation which without a shadow of a
doubt we believe to be under the blessing of
God and the benediction of Heaven, sAgri-
culture the most noble, the most honorable,
the most useful occupation of man
| Surely when we recall the fact that the first
man coming from the hand of God was placed
| in the Garden of Eden not alone to enjoy its
bounties which sprang spontaneously from
the ground, but ito dress it and to keep il, .
thus showing that horticulture or gardening is
the oldest occupation of man, and when having
forfeited its blessing by failure to obey the
Creators laws, he was driven from the garden
and sent forth to It'll the soil from whence he
came,n by direct command of God, we can,
with unfaltering confidence declare that we,
the tillers of the soil ARE laborers together
with Cod and want for little moment
longer that we turrf> away from perhaps our
usual manner in considering this subject to
what / believe we are perfectly justified in
doing, and yet which is we almost say, an in
finitely higher conception. Let ms drop for the
time the consideration of the paltry dollars it
returns us and get into our minds If we can.
the great honor God has conferred on us in
making us laborers together with him in fill
| ing the storehouses of the world so that the
hungry may be fed, the naked clothed and the
4 wants of the teeming millions of mankind
supplied; think say of the honor, for with all
due reverence we affirm, the Almighty him
self has SO made it that he is impotent to
supply the wants of this world without our
Incorporation
The bountiful harvest that has just been
gathered in and will soon be pouring its golden
store of millions of bushels toward the need of
every creature represents the cooperation of
God and man
All honor then to the farmer who represents
such a large share of the human side Of it, for
| Of all others who may add their little share
toward this great end, the farmer comes near
er to God in this grand combination.
This is fittingly characterized the CONNER
cial Age, for the commercial spirit enters into
and dominates all lines of business to the ex-
clusion of all others. Let us take higher view
of things, forget the dollar, rejoice in our God
given calling and work as above and beyond
all others, instill into our young people a love
for the work from this high standpoint, so
that we may see fewer of them turning away
from it for others that offer them attractions
from much lower motives. By these and
many other ways let us strive to lift our call
| ing to higher plane in the mind and thought
of the world and we will not have lived in vain.s
Again let us think of the honor conferred
npoh us in that we are .'laborers together
and bringing tis I'D eah SACK e. q
Eden condition for You know that part of the
curse fell upon the ground that it should no
tlOnger minister spontaneously to the wants of
Man, but instead thereof thorns and thistles If
| should bring forth to him, but man was given
dominion over the earth, and whether this in
its regenerated and renewed form is to be the
new earth promised or not, yet as we go forth
destroying all evil and noxions things and
causing the wilderness to blossom as rose in
stead. we are surely bringing this glorious
condition to pass.
50 my comrades of the soil. let us take a
firmly believing that nothing man can eneale
| in as an occupation is so much under the
smiles Of Heaven and the benediction Of
the Almighty.
The excellent production was
freely commented upon and in the
discussion which followed the re-
cent attack on the Anti-saloon
League by the editor of the Cecil
Wing, in the name of the no. license
committee of Cecil county, was
mentioned and by request the host
read the Leagues statement pub
lished in its official organ, the
American Issue. A free and full
discussion was INDUCED in and all
Expressed themselves as deploring
the attitude taken by Messrs.
Williams, Blake and McElmoyle
against the League, in direct oppo
sition to the resolution passed by
1.-THE no license convention inviting
1 the assistance of the League in the
campaign this fall. 1t was suggest.
ed that the committee of 81 be call
led together to pass upon the action
|of these gentlemen who had taken
lit upon themselves to voice the