The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-07-04

4 series of Chinese pictures OF tut p4o'
iaaI Ion lie before me Us L write, anu
they represent all the characters Win
queues, and the scenes as typical ,hineoo
scenes. one OF the great modern paintings
IF thrist nortrays him in the home of u
German peasant. and all are clad III peas
ant garb. In Vienna | bought q pirtuit
Of Jesus weeping over the clty-but IL
was Il modern city, with Smoke-StachS
ofirp-buildings and teneinents.
In All this there is nothing homogeneous;
The unique distinction Of Jesus. amid All
the personalities of history, Is tnat ne
traascends geography and the calendar
He is Il citizen of all nations, q conten-
porary of all men. We cnnot conceive
of Buddha or Confucius outside OF ASIA;
but Jesus is the Universe Man. The por-
trait which the ancient Hebrew Propnet
has drawn Of him is that of a sympathetlc
Interpreter and Saviour Of all the Worln;
There are no racial lines in this hfty-thlFu
chapter Of Isaiah: it is the comfort OF
peoples of every color and tongue.
The few immortal pieces of literature
which have survived the mutations of time
and the distinctions of nationality, all
touch a responsive chord in the common
heart Of humanity. Their appeal is to
the deeps of feeling. rather than to the
critical judgment Of the brain. TINS ma
jestic passage which the Sunday schools
study today is probably the high-water
mark Of the old Hebrew literature. lt
should be in the storehouse of every per
sons memory. even if no lessons are drawn
from it at present, the chapter itself
should be committed by all the members
or the sunday ScnOOI. "A UldJOI-SptitIG al
was repeating to some ellow-travele re
Gently tine bits of poetry and the lament
arose that the present generation negiects
this means of mental enrichment and de-
light.
The Song of Sorrow.
Napoleon does not grow in the affec-
tions Of mankind as the years pass; LIN
coin and Lee do. for both of these were
great in sympathy and sorrow. Through
their breaking hearts the whole world of
suffering mankind enters into fellowship
with them. 1t is the MAN of sorrows
to whom humanity turns in its need. The
deep prophetic utterance declared of the
Eedeemer that "by his stripes we are
healed 1t is the broken heart that heals
death thereby purchases life for the
world, There is a time in almost every
life when it cries. with the poet, Cham
pion OF all who fail, l fly to thee
This song of sorrow is more profoundly
true to life than any apotheosis of strength.
During the past decade or two we have
witnessed much Of the cult of the sue
ceSSful. Triumph has been put on q pc
destal; the men who have surpassed their
fellows have been hailed as the heroes.
Wealth, power, fame, have been worshipped
idolatry. The persons who did not "get
there" as the expressive colloquialism has
it, were regarded with disdain. Happily,
a reaction seems to be in sight. The
the worlds laurels may be yet worthy
of honor's golden crowns. The defeated
in life VIII have yet kept true faith in
aside. who in defeat and disaster have
found themselves in fellowship with the
Man Of Sorrows, the "despised and reject
ed of men," may be more truly yictors
than they. of coarser fibre, who have
beaten down the world to it's knees at their
feet.
The Victorious Victim.
The most honored symbol in all the
earth today was once a badge of shame;
because the defeated Christ was crucifed
on 4 cross, that emblem has come to rep
resent love and hope and mercy. Many
discerning persons perceive that there is
more than a figure of speech in the idea
that the world may find its common non
it is in the fellowship of a universal hu-
han need, and Of a realization OF sin, and
of a plea for pardon-a self consciousness
of the necessity for divine forgiveness and
divine endOwment~hat mankind is swept
into Il sense Of its oneness and brother
hood. In i large sense than the poet
meant,
Though sundered far, by faith we meet,
Around one common mercy seat"
The sagest minds in the older nations
are today proclaiming that their national
Their underlying need is for religion, and
for that religion which emphasizes the
hardship and Redemption of jesus. Other
wise, as certain pupil nations are now
showing. the people lose that sense Of al
legiance and subordination which are es-
%sential to a states we'll being, and become
i"ulr duu pdIIcH IdtlOudilSlS,
holding in contempt ancient laws and OBJ
legations. On the other hand history is
full of proof that the cross both subdues
and uplifts it makes man subject to God
and all earthly rulers. and it exalts his
character and capacity. Discipleship Of
the Crucified does mot emasculate men or
nations it strengthens their identity,
while it humanizes them in one common
sense of sin and need for divine forgive
ness. Jesus is truly the Hope of the
world, and Desire of nations.
The life which in any true sense re-
sembleS this prophetic portrait of the suf-
fering Servant of Jehovah is always a
powerful life. ParadoXically it is the ser
wants who rule. Over in Hang Chow.
China, there was Il young woman from
one of the Southern States, 4 missionary.
who earned the nickname Of The God
dess of Mercy" This is one of the pop
uiar Chinese idols. and She was called by