The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-09-10

B~ethsaida. for if the mighty works
had been done in Tyree and Sidon
which were done in you. they would
and ashes" So He declared of Ca
pernum, III the the mighty works had
been done in Sodom& which were
done in thee, it would have remained
until this day Even in the day OF
judgment Sodem would nave a better
chance than Capernum.
b judgment seems terrific. It
fairly makes the flesh creep and the
nerves Jingle, as eontemplates the
opportunity. To have had the privi-
leges of Capernum, Of , even more, of
a modern Christian community with
| churches and schools and sabbath
and literature, and still to ignore
! Christ, is an onense that will not be
forgiven in the day OF reckoning.
| The Tcrrfblencss OF Truth.
knowledge OF the truth creates a
judgment day. We all OF US are con-
demned by the truth which we know
and yet do not. knowledge is deSir-
able only to the extent that 1t can be
made useful To know and not to do
Is to incur the graveat responsibility.
"a common deluston Is that there is
virtue in the mere intellectual acqui-
sition OF Information. and in the the
eretical and critical exercise of knowl-
ledge. This is not so; truth is to be
used U~npractised it becomes afro
phied, like any other unemployed a
uity. When exercised it leads the
wa yto more truth. Every duty we
omit obscures some truth we should
have known"
The aweeomeness Of living in a day
of privilege and opportunity should
search h soul Often We hear about
the grandeur OF living now.
We are living, we are dwelling.
In a grand and awful time,
In an age on ages telling
To he living is sublime"
Xes, but it. is also a. terrible RESPONSE
lhiAty. To stand in this world equip
7 ped with agencies for service such a.
no other era ever knew. to know the
tSuDli8ht Of an unprecedented day, Of
Ikn0wiedEe aRd o~pportunity. possess
ed of staggering peweF to serve the
Whole world and to live q. life large
and Outreachmg Is q responsibility
, which s3So uld aaEright all OF usx There
is the danger that we may fail to per
fceive, our day Of visitation Even row
: with CLAIMANT calls for royal living ap,
> pealing from every side, it is still true
1.-THE world as II Christ had not dice
, and as II men were not living in dir
est need of brother help. The lesser
. of CapernuTa, Chorazin and Bethsai
, da is verify a lesson for the. hour:
Better T1aaa q Diploma.
: Theoretically the path to the ca
= freer of greatest usefulness is pave
I with diplomas-and surely there ar,
= lenough Of them to pave sever
paths! Some genius for figures: coul'
[ make an interesting calculation. 0
4 the area in square. miles OF diploma
(which have beer given, on this, con
= inent within q generation. The sto
= Edost and woadenaet OF "grad-grinds,
: who car mechanically work ava.
e. until he has, earned a. degree OF Phi. p
i'm sDTne college.
Here. enters the RADICAL word, o
h Jesus saying that the chiad-like. min
q can discern spiritual realities mor
:. lQ4iekly than can intellectual sophisti
t. eatinn, IL thank thee, Q Father, Lof
Of heaven and earth. that thou dds
r hide, these things. from. the, wise ap
understanding and dodst reveal then
unite babies, yea. Father for SO it VIZ
q hweaL pleasing in thy sight" Faith
ee Ehighest wisdom The trVStful hear
understands the Hottest truths Mor
81 clearly than. to largest brain {
t. tpridefui wisdom. Jesusr probably WE
n hooking into the eyes of his Daaaa<
II followers as He, spoke men Eult1ae
of the. training of the SCHOOLS, VIII
- were doing more than tina, Wfss ouas
- the sanhedrirn for the. llumatiom
,e their age When it comes. to things
the higher life, faith. finds a straig4
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