The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-01-16
,,,>G B,Ck TO BEGINNINGS
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The real scholar IS di'f@I"'1''1 -.
e,o,o the average man by NJ -
%, er,.- causes as Weti d7 tiSC'7- -.
nr rs are content to be Hh" 49, nt.ta
H,.rp in today for today WIN 49,
tnntIrnt of the future and less o. the
49, ~. 49,. things as We find them
r.tnr Tantiuc back To beginnings. ne
na,.fstirp tendencies which nave heth
-, work throughout The centuries ~
not interest rs. .d ne
That oar country IS IN i pefloo -
n.,,l insurgency. and that q ne"
ethical era seems to be 70
,.atent To the most superficial op70i
rrs. As one OF the Qul@t, average &C.
said the other day, me peopie -
doing a lot of unsuSpectea li!i'hiH7
for themselves nowadays. rms III
1uert and unrest are 50 obvious Nh'0
ne is blind who docs not perceive
.brm Nevertheless, few persons are
thinking things through, anu dlS-
.cyerjnp the relation Of present move
rncnts to eternal forces.
Thor. is a direct relationship exist
ing between today's universal social
and political restlcsSneSs ana the hlfth
OF the Babe IN a Syrian KHAN, w"
Thousand years ago. Inc Noilu Sot
more than new ~cal"ndarS on tnat $50
might. AS there is a pathway OF lsht
Owe III oitiAi - So
the feet Of every observer by n SEQ
shore. To the moon itself. so there IS q
direct line OF influence going BACK
from our own lettering times TO the
new Force which then cam" into the
world SO w~ondrously.
Back 10 tiic Babe.
IT ~ bat a few weeks since Christen-
dom stilled its activity long enough -
celebrate the birth of Jesus. through
GU Christmastide some persons never
thought behind the pleasant cares ana
expense OF the occasion, the Shop
early" injunctions, and the local ac-
cessories of the holiday. The Cause
was forgotten in the celebration OF
the effect.
"A clear look back through the
changing centuries to the Babe him
self reveals just sucn ii tiny. warm
pink. soft and helpless little creature
as every day comes to thousands Q
homes as Gods best gift. The ele
mental humanity Of Ii is one of Ia
big truths Of the story not to be oven
looked in the simplicity OF the nara
tive. As we contemplate the seen
in the Manager, civilization and it
fashions. history and its Glamour. on
days heaped UP appliances and appur
tenances Of life, all slip away and "
behold in aWcsome simplicity only tn
Babe, the mother, the patient don
keys. the wondering peasants n tn
eternal stars.
Back of the Babe is the fact o
God. The ultimate verify that God is
looms large above the birth of Jesus
In his eternal majesty. the Suprcm
Being is not unmindrui of man. II
cares for mans affairs, and take
thought for his progress and happ1
nnSr IL. fo N.vn tnSyn oil f1sn
else. for the welfare Of his childre
on earth. Marvellous rs 1t may b
the great Goo is also hungry fer h
man love. All this we read clear
written In the advent Of The Ea1
as Rcvealer and Eeconciler.
The New Impulse.
Mems thought concerning God Ii;
been changed by Jesus. The ange
proclaimed Il new social order as tht
broke into song above the Bethlene
plains. where once had sounded Il
siE-ing voices OF David and Ruth al
Boaz We may conceive Of this Bet
lehem Babe as q new Samson WI
has been pulling down the pilla
Of the old order.
In our new mood OF INSURGENCY q,
ethical ~diSconten let us not be hee
ler OF the wonders already wrougl
Thanks to the impulse of the life al
teaching of Jesus, practically all {
slaves of earth have been freed. n,
doctrines Of human rights and liber
ana brotherhood have been firm
established upon the earth. T
claims OF the woman and the CHI
have come. or are coming. TO uniyers
acceptance The lot Of the prison
has been transformed. Forms of O
preston which have existed unch;
l"nged for millenniums are now
treating i'll perpetual defeat. T
weak. the o~Nerhorre, the aged. I
ptopl" With no fair chance are
feeling today the championship OF I
Hero born amid the iowiv cattle
81 wayside inn. one is ute
lacking in the historical instinct. !,
IL plain common sense, who does
see the relationship between eur -.
'Jday and the starry night Of VIII
Nc study.
Tie Champioi, of the Last.
brother. OF all the world" the =
&cclaiins Jesus. lie is the chamn
Of all the worlds woes and needs.
accepted Teacher and Rtdeemer
the West. Yet the Babe was l..