The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-12-13
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Ieaning over the rail of a steamer
leaving oonstantInople at sunset, n
evening. / fell into talk with a tur-
baned black Ind an, on ms way 10 1e-
rusalem and Mecca. AL the peopie
of the East are naturally relislOuS,
he said. as We talked OF christianity
and MohammedanisIn, and of America
and Asia. He implied that the west
does not cane for religion. 1 nave
been wondering. There recur TO me
muititu0inouS evidences that even IN
busy. material, dollar-chaslng United
Sja,tS and Ianada n deepeSt tiuest
fact in the lives of millions Is the lord
sh % of Jesus Christ. Nv friend from
Madras could scarcely understand
that, underlying the everyday acts.
and the secret, spiritual STRINGS n
longings OF myriads of men and Wo-
men, is a deep. vital devotion 10 the
crucified and risen Redeemer.
Gather together the part that Chris
tianity has played in the civilization
of Europe and Am erica-and a careful
student may say that Jesus IS the iact
that explains the difference etWeen
the East and the West-and the part
it is at present playing in the Orient,
and it surely appears that the supreme
factor IN the development of the hu-
man race during the past two thou
sand years. Is the resurrection OF
Christ. He hat was dead is now
alive, and the present dynamic force III
amounted characters.
The Great Pilgrimage.
One of the wonderful sights of the
East is the annual pilgrimage to Nee
ca. Less tangible. but more real ana
potent. is the spiritual pilgrimage OF
Christians everywhere to the cross
and empty tomb of Jesus. An 1nflu-
entail proportion of this multitude
make their way to the Holy Land; yet
so numerous are they that's the tourist
companies will testify that the most
powerful lure in all the world of
travel is this otherwise inconsiderable
strip of countr where His feet Once
trod. The travellers are among the
most enlightened people in the world:
not as the poor MosleIns, unable to
read and SO miserable in their clothes
and habits that when I said to a
Turkish railway conductor on the road
to Damascus, YOU have q huge load
OF pilgrims In the third class" he
shook his head and held his nose In
disgust Without sharing his con-
emf pit for these men OF his own faith,
It is but Just to recognize the evidence
Of the quality Of persons who seek to
look upon the scenes which Jesus
knew. The great and the learned have
pa q this tribute to Him.
The reason is that He Is today "a
living, bright reality to a large part
Of the world. Hosts of his disciples
do not need the testimony Of the
schoolmen to the h'storicity Of the res
u~rrection; for the best of all reasons:
they themselves have q personal &C.
qua.ntance with the risen Christ. They
know Him to be alive because He is
their life. Modern PSYCHOLOGISTS ac-
cept this as valid evidence. The pres
ent potency Of Jesus is Il proof OF His
which ultimately break the power OF
the strongest The great men of earth
grow less great in actual influence
with the passage OF the centuries; and
Jesus mH]tir'i"s His power with the
progress OF time.
Viia,ized Men.
The little company-of friends n
had followed Jesus over the dusty
roads of Palestine. and beneath the
blazing Syrian sun went to pieces
when He was crucihed. They unques-
tionahty. thought. that. all was over
with His cause. Their own hopes
pershed on the cross. Like an electric
current the news OF the resurrection
brought by the women r~eiuvenated
their faith. The utterly cast down
became of g sudden vitalized men. A
new life sprang Into being in their
hearts. che defeated were transform
ed into world c~onquerors. Now that
symbol OF their "fa:lure'-the cross
floats over more people than any 9TH
er sign or emblem.
Ihat message OF resurrection is to-
day the jaded old worlds My hope.
AS vitalized persons-resurrection
Christ ns-interpenetrate society, the
latter becomes made over in the new.
Henry Drummond clearly expressed
this thought Of the Christians mission
in the words:
'To move among the people on the
common street: to meet them in the
market place on equal terms; to live
among them not as saint or monk, but
as brother-man with brother-man; tc
serve God not with form or ritual, but
in the free impulse Of a soul; to bear
the burdens Of society and relieve
its needs; to carry on the multitude
nous activities of the city-social
commercial, political, philanthropic-
In Christ's spirit and for his ends; thi:
Is the religion of the Son Of Man
which has much reality in it."
Tho SaaraaeiSGd NAOnaGn