The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-02-01
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Sinister sense it is often saic
>,3t q man is leading q doubie ne,
Oftener his Is true IN Z ooa ~
Significance. Everybody whose 80
Is large and broad and deep '1u
nien lives two lives: n IN the "o-iu
of tbings. which all of mankind may
= Ind the other apart near the
gcurcaa Of nower which no man
xrova To find the explanation o.
every great life We must trace IL pdth
to these hidden springs. where tne
character is formed IN VIII
great ideals and with God' Inns
doubIe life, one in the world ana Iiie
either in the closet OF prayer ana colii-
munion and study. is CONSCIOUSLY
coveted by every seeker after Il christ
like character.
nh are MAY be some sort OF Satlsfac-
fion in living a double life, one-half
Of hic is submerged in the mlre OF
evil, but there is an infinitely sWeeter
satisfaction in having great and nopie
secrets from the world, which are
shared only with God. A certain Bal
.imore man, whose wise
have reached literally all around the
world. was really panied when it be-
came public that he had done q monu-
mental work in Asia He said, "Hay-
ing people know his takes away the
peculiar satisfaction from 1t. Before
it was my own secret and privilege,
ghich I shared with nobody but the
Lord. Now that people know about
it, the bloom OF delight has gone
from it"
The statement may ever be made
that it is impossible to, live d great life,
even as tho world counts greatness,
without the cultivation Of these secret
springs OF character. When l visited
Port Arthur. shortly after the Rus
sian-Japanese War. I journeyed out to
the wintry heights of EOS Metre Hill,
where the top OF that historic noun
tain was literally blown off by he
1ierceness Of the battle that ragged
around 1t. There 7 discovered, just
over the crest Of the mountain, on the
Russian side, q great spring of unfail-
ing water which. had sustained the
soldiers during the conflict. Tt me
it was symbolic of the battle Of life.
M the thick OF conflict there Is need
FOR the spring hat falls not. Except
q man have for life's struggles, sources
Of power that cannot be touched or
cut Off by the world. he Is in a sorry
plight indeed. Jesus pointed out this
source OF power In his sermon on the
Mount, when he pronounced the
words, THE Father which seeth in
secret" His conception of the great
life was that which had the Basic
parts OF it's nature open toward God
and closed toward the world.
The Secret Springs.
A twO-foId life is yet profoundly
1nter-related. The outer life is af-
fected by the inner. What a man
does out In the world will be deter
mined largely by what he thinks in
his heart. The wise word is e~ternally
true. LAS q mar thinketh in his
heart; so Is he" If this yelled ex-
istence consist OF communion with the
noblest, most beautiful and divine.
then the outer conduct will take OH
the character Of the quiet hours. In
his tumultuous career, Jesus vas sus-
tanned by a consciousness of the ap-
prevail of the Father in heaven. The
world misjudged him, as it always m s.
judges It's greater helpers. The Father
understood him. That was comfort
enough
No strong life may look for other
ported by this deep confidence in the
divine approval, it cannot stand
~steadfast. Lofty motives need ever to
be fed from the secret springs Of re-
l~ationship with o If a man works
for praise or approval, he must soon
quit in WEAKNESS and disgust. Every
body has seen the spectacle of high
AA1ANSA ~ iAiSA1 ~ "N IA Z
sour Of the ingratitude and
lack of appreciation of those HON
they nave helped. Even the utmost APP
pause that may come to a man in
this world is unsatisfactory. The de-
sire for praise grows by what 1t feeds
upon The persons who live in the
lime-light of public life, measuring
their success by the hand-clappings
and eulogies of their fellowmen, are
never satisfied. They are not the
ones who show forth the peaceful
face.
The other evening [ travelled on a
train with a largo theatrical troupe,
whose conversation was much on the
hand that this or that person go:
from the crowd. In all the company
there was not a serene, quiet. sat sfied
countenance. Fame, honor, recogni-
uon|-these are not satisfactory re-
wards Or sources of power. One must
draw his spirits sustenance from the
deep. hidden we'll OF a consciousness
of the approval Of ..tha Father who