The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-08-15

hurried, there 10 UnueTBcr with a
e~rnaciated by the rigors Of the siege,
| the stencil. filth, darkness, hardness
and hunger of a dungeon
| Because the Organization" had a
man. all unsupported. at the gate. they
scored a temporary victory over the
fearless prophet.
Things looked blue for jeremiah
He had prophesied that the ChaideanS
would conquer and burn the city, be-
cause the people would not turn to
the true God. But now news a
come that Pharoah and his army were
advancing agaist the hosts of Baby
Ion, who temporarily withdrew from
the walls of the city of Jerusalem,
which they had SO long been be-
sieging. The Jews took heart of hope;
they would trust in Egypt for deliver
ance, for Egypt seemed SO much more
real and potent than an invisible Je-
hovah. 1t is the way of man to trust
God only when there is no arm or
flesh upon which to lean. IN spite
OF all prophecies, and all history, the
remnant of the Jews were confident
hat Egypt would be their d~eliverer.
Alas for reliance upon man, when one
is lighting against God.
The Patience of the Prophet.
Because he held life in proportion,
Jeremiah was better fitted to endure
Ilc pIL IIoh was IL POOA
Gus king, SO soon destined to the
same fate in a worse form. He had
resources within himself, like the
scores Of other servants of God,
whose free spirits no dungeons could
confne. AS Milton sang, 1.-The mind
is its own place, and of itself a
make a heaven or hell" Hard indeed
would have been the lot Of Jeremiah,
had he been like SO man persons,
interested chiefly in the non-essen-
tial things Of life. Some men re-
semble the average tourist, who goes
about the world blind to the real
sights and interests of various lands,
and chiefly concerned in the table fare
and the lodging accommodations Of
the various hotels and steamships they
meet. It is hard for an observant
person not to feel something kin to
contempt for the majority of globe
t~rotters whom he has met about the
earth.
Jeremiah was a big man., by inside
measurement. He had a self-contaln-
ed life. and he could wait. No man is
called to the prophets office who is
not possessed Of unlimited patience;
for the true prophet cannot hope to
see his message fulfilled within the
span of an earthly life. Truth needs
the eternal years, which are hers,
for the working out Of her opposes
But the exalted sense Of the ultimate
victory of truth sustains the prophet
amid all Universities. He has pledged
his souls allegiance to her, and,
come life. or come death, it is all the
same to him; he cannot fail or be-
tray truth. The sufferings he ndure
in her service are sweetened by the
consciousness that he is fulfilling the
highest destiny Of mortal, and that he
is in fellowship with all the free
spirits of all time. Did not Jeremiah
see Christ's day afar off, and exult ?
VIVA matter, I or they,
Mine or another'S day,
So the right word be said
And life the sWeeter made?
Ring bells, in far-off steeples,
The joy Of unborn peoples;
Sound, trumpets, far-om blown,
Your triumph is my own"
When King Seeks Out Prisoner.
This present triumph the servant Of
truth has: high and low must be
judged by the word Of truth that is