The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-03-07

( fhnCn who slleAptLLtas aA1
in a strange land, have been ,ahEi
from native khanS or inns, or ciiesi
less hotels. and made welcome III 1he
| homes of fellow counirsfheh 80
There is vet another sid 10 Tue
story The wayfaring guest priIso
uritb him a breeze from the QUEER
world. Forlorn indeed IS the hoHle
which does not often open its doors
to friends and strangers, even -
he sometimes dreaded deegSSle 70
some religious onVe on OF otn
E7nuerson SAYS: The OLA
hone are the guests who frequent
IL" The boon. especially to children,
of having new interests and new OUT
look impaired to their life by contact
with strangers may not De eaots
measured. The Shunamite woman
gave richly to Gods prophet; but she
got more than she gave. The Lord
always sees tina they who serve ms
servants are served by Himself.
The one hunger of every norma
woman everywhere is for a son. Lam
of desire for children is-let us nov
baIk <at the strong words sigh
decadence and degeneracy hspeci'i-
lv in the East is his SO. The com
monest congratulatipn to an Or4enlai
bride IS the wish that she may nave
many sons. THERE'S a beautiful huh.
man bond in the Easts interest an
ones children! Often has my heart
| been warmed DS &nc PhDS>
THAT God would preserve to me my
sons-uttered in the same terms oy
high government officials and by the
l1owiy peasants. as for instance, the
Vigorous MOslen centurion VINO IS tIls
keeper of the Shrine OF Jonah on inc
shores of the Mediterranean. Like all
the Bible ouches, tn. n concerning
the Shunamite woman's deep longing
for q son is true to the life OF the
land. Because hospitality always. IN
the long run, receives more than II
gives, this wonan's kindly thought for
Elisha brought her the coveted heir.
knowing Where to Go in TrtNIe.
New springs Of knowledge n pow
er and h~elpfulhess ar GOTTEN opened
by hospital ty. Not u~ncoInfnonly the
guest becomes the benefactor of his
host. One OF many results OF the
lShnuamite woman's kindness to Eli
sha was that she had made a friend
who was a helper in times OF need.
iConsider the multitude who have no
friend or counsellor to whom to turn
in trouble. Pity the grief-smitten
who have neither earthly comforter,
nor acquaintance with h heavenly.
They indeed. tread the W ne-press
alone
Grief beyond words or mans con-
ISOLATION enters the home when q be-
loved child dies. At such a time
/ a ASAAA N0kA "oS wa "ANA ~
heads and pray for resignation and
comfort. Only God. who gave up his
only and Well-beloved Son to deJth,
can understand this sorrow. It came
Ito that home in Shunem when~a boy.
grown to years when he had wound
his personality like tendrilS bot the
hearts Of his parents, one day was
sm1tten n the field. and cried. My
head, My head" The end that fol-
lowed smote the bereaved father to
numbness, but the mother int action
Instinctively. in the hour of need.
she Thought of the man Of God. Rich
is the person who has a friend whose
name conn es instantly to mind in trou-
bic. With splendid decisiveness the
woman saddl an ass and started fOT
Mt Carmel. sixteen miles away, where
she knew that Elisha was to be found;
for had he not spent the n ght in he1
guest chamber only a few days be-
Ifore? This was no time for servants
? she alone must go and fetch the pro
r phet himself. The woman's force OF
2 character is as noteworthy as he1
, faith of conviction. In q crisis Sht
: was no dawdler; she wanted EliShs
: and no other: and that kind Of spiri
I generally a~ccomplishes what it seeks
The happy sequel Of tn estory il
: familiar. Elisha followed hard upon
5 the heels of Gehez, and finding tn
Ichild already dead, he entered alone
into the room with the body: ans
S there, as it were. called ack the for
e to animation by imparting his owl
spirit to it The God who gave AM
took away life, in this rare instance
restored it again. The child gon,
t from the home is not usually callet
back: but in the chiid's place com es
e sense Of the nearness and reality o
e the blessed life wherein God is tn
n visible Father in a reunited nome
E Loved ones across the border are tn,
- III nCfaU "a oiX-nn 70 hoo q }n GU
our own interest in and devotion t.
: the life that outlasts the grave.
VI -
- SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS.