The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-05-02

CZziah than the impreSnAble rock city
to the south. was u wise counsellor. In
the person OF Zechariah. A friend -
the best fortune. The young man who
has as intimate an Older man Who has
looked deep into life is better OF than
the one who mas inherited = million.
OF this ZeChariah we have only this
record in the Bible: he had under
standing in the visions or God What
Il biography. That meant THAI he was
wise with the highest wisdom He
knew the best philosophy that this
world or the next can impart- In all
measured carefulness II may be said
that the finest equipment for life ia
the possession OF hat quality best de-
scrired by that oft-misused term .spsr-
ituality." Let intimacy with God lie
real to a young person and he has the
nearest approach 10 the philosophers
stone that may be found n this world.
Without a keen religious sense q per-
son is without the highest OF all posi-
bic human qualities.
The Soldier-Eauner King.
The difference between Moslems and
Christians-speaking broadly OF them
as types OF ciViliZation-is that the
Christian is a builder and the Mu~lem
is a Waster. Civilization has deteriora-
ted. rather than advanced, wherever
the followers of the prophet have held
sway. The same classified
good concerning indIvid =
persons are pullers dow. 4Eu -.tna
are buiiders-up. To t. GtCIy u.
Uzziah it must be records tnat n ta.-
proved upon his inherita ce. III, s.ek
what he had got from t.theI a4t
made it better. As bchoo,cd a military
monarch. he made the army better. He
not only organized his citizen soldiory.
but he also equipped il with the latest
and the best Under his wise
stimulus. the science OF war Vas pro
noted and hp nIf into 81 u D1y-
catapult invented by one Of his own
people.
That was good. hut he did still bet
ter. Then, as now. miiitarisIn spelt
hardship for the people. No nation can
live by the building of dreadnauGhts.
The productive arts must be given first
place. And this tzZiah did. He is
written in history with his tribute,
which must be remembered along with
the tale of his presumptuous sin. He
loved husbandry." Nobody can ut
heart be a very bad man who loves tho
kindly earth and its pleasant fruits. We
do not read that Uzziah loved war; he
bad to be diligent in it, of course; but
his own passion was for the field newly
titled. or blooming With a harvest OF
colder grain, and the trailing vines Of
the purple grapes.
He doubtless cared for the spectacle
of a well drilled army. but he also
AihSt - y lAS 49,
Of maidens TO the wells al evening and
morning. So We read that he was a
well-digger; no mere inheritor OF
other mems labOrS he. In the East,
to this day. people use the old wells.
which have been doing service for
centuries. They do not think Of dig
ging new ones for themselves. in more
convenient locations. Similarly, peo-
pie would rather quarry the bricks and
stones of ruined cities than make their
own: the city OF Samarra. along the
Tigris, is entirely built Of the ruins
of the city established by Iaroun Ell
HaShid'S son.
Towers of defense in the desert. for
the shepherds, Uzziah also built-just
such towers OF mud brick as are to-
day the outstanding feature Of the
landscape of lower M~esopOtamla. Real
concern for the vital interests of his
people cannot be denied to this ruler.
One cannot read sacred history, nor
even observe his own time closely.
vithou perceiving that God is sollc1-
tous for the honor Of his church and
his anointed. More than one congre-
cation has come upon grief because ~
has done wrong to its minister. Ana
not a few Of the great OnfS Of rartn
have lived like UzZiah. who undld n
one hour the glory of a reign OF nifty
two Years. lived TO repent the daE
when they sinned presumptuouSl< WIN
respect TO the honor Of Jehovah.