The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-10-11

"r rs II me L@St ouuSiiiSIAs,
Matt. Is: &f-i6:
1nqic Of many persons today
Inc cog when they get to thinking
sips roIiaion. OF real atheism there
Oh Iet none. everybody accepts the
Is ai"ot q supreme Being, who guides
uuI" roLerns the affairs of men. But
S"u sSyeryboiv sees that this God, If
n' Lard At all, mus have author
n az as we'll as power; anything else Is
~ .%r,nly unthinkable. A sovereign
Sr , a kingdom or a .ceptre is no
rarI sovereign. If God be granted
hor;+v then he muSt-sirnply must
~pxercise some sort OF discipline and
-s,i-a some sort of accounting OF
.bSs4 who are subject to him.
THIS we ind ourselves face to face
mtb the yt.i-rnablGness OF q Judgment
nov. although it is not uncommon fol
na@n,4 10 Try TO eliminate the Judg-
mant Day by the simple process Of
sbntring their eyes to it. Our be-
toys4d minds 90 not welcome the idea
If orr responsibility to God-the idea
ubinb Daniel Webster said was the
s-h;mest that had ever entered his
mind The latest fashions In re-
Trions DO not call for a Judgment
day. The popular God Of the illogi-
csi and superficial crowd is a loving.
induIgent, easy-going spirit whose
character is depicted as the sort OF
fabby love which these f~orceIess ones
know. & being without dignity, rights
or authority. the subject OF every
yagary q these erratic minds. The
God Of il multitude of people IS con-
ce!vea OF as possessing no moral
sense. except d hlind benevolence.
which WI, disregard all moral Ielin-
u~uencies. and lavish rewards upon
fatuou. s~Deculations. \ man Of COM
mon sense. with some idea of cause
ana effect and OF the eternal fitness of
things. must be repealed by the illog1-
cal and dcbased view of God which is
popularity proclaimed today In the
name OF divine love. Well does Lew
Wallace say, and show. in Ben Hur'
that better law without love, than
love without law"
When the Gentle Eye Flashed.
kNeryhody who reads and thinks
accepts Jesus as the most loving ex-
ample Of humanity, or representative
Of dl>ll.-y. that thi. earth has ever
seen. lie loved to the limit. Greater
love hath no man" than his. The
cross is the seal Of his last full meas
u7e Of devotion. Yet Jesus, the self
enpty!A8 and compassionate, preach
ed d Judgment day. His lofty words
upon the subject are today's Sunday
school lesson. His knowledge OF God
and man made clear the Inevitable
ness Of a time when man, the free
SUBJECT Of p divine sovereign, should
one day render up an account to his
n A. ~ 1- -
the eye Of the gentle Teacher, as he
toId his hearers Of that day, when all
q earth mistakes would he rectified,
and the despised Son of Man himself
would De indicated.
The dramatic truth upon the awe
koH1eheEa Of which the old painters
i''g' 10 1wen, is that the judge will
Oe Ne VINO IS now h Judged. The
suffering Saviour, upon whose case
eEeiy mortal must sit in judgment as
u-Iy as did Plate, is II day to be
S"'"''htd as supreme arbiter OF al,
1''N. ne Redeemer who came in
a1L+4'"t-oh IS n day to come il,
slo'. Ills day is marching on" The
1oA o. Nan is also the king of kings.
ne VINO stood, bleeding and insulted
D-cFe the multitude, is to have al
nations arrayed before him.
De stress which Jesus lays upon
NHe word "nahons' in his statements
Con'efhls the grand a.size, is signif-
t""~ Il seems as God deals with
e "olld in units of nations, as well
- VI Individuals There is some
ff,',S sacred about nationality. The
toS"hR Of national consciousness is
~N@J beng intensified to a rare de-
e. I'll over the earth. 1t is one OF
~ ~ notable phenomena Of our INES
-" western world, too, is emerging
~ d new consciousness Of her might
n 80 MISSION. May she never iack
n a. TO hold her steadfast to he1
O'i54uon to the Most High.
Zach to His Own Place.
'hiohood's days we ran 1T
cror: each with his own particular
fosI me group instinct intenst-
|41l age, 50 that "cliques' are the
Ki9gI1nl Of high school and colleges
onn 90 spirits are drawn together;
no i6hDorhOO a n class OF
shiTIr'9' another a different class. or
ta aapIoaFd, in summer hotels, in res
la%. nt7-eVerywhere, in short, The
~ attraction holds good.
inr II seems but a natural outwork.
tn y d recognized principle that a