The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-03-12

,.fr3exities for the young man or
woman is Dlazed with the single word,
..uiricucv.' a wise lawyer said the
.tn,r day, Il want my boy to learn
luW to do things a little better than
ryrodl else. If | teach him to be
.trst-class worker ! think ] will have
delivered him from the troubles that
.v5it most Young men coming on the
~,re at this time. My experience is
tt,t no matter how hard times may
~ 10 matter how grave political
,.ntaemS may be, the person who can
10 things better than anybody else
IS sure of work and therefore Of con-
Sutration.'
Germany is solving her social prob
fe,u aIoHG that line. AS a govern
mental policy she is steadily lifting
in, scale of efficiency of her people,
tf.dning each generation Of young men
jo rise a step higher than the one be-
fore. Thus it has come to pass that
FOR mere manual labor, ONercrOMded
titrruanN has had to nire foreigners,
while her W sons have scattered to
tht four corners of the earth pro-
uotin" German influence.
All Of which is but a modernization
,t This story OF an incident in the life
~ Jesus. when four Well men and a
sob. man oEerCame apparently inSu-
rtraEIc obstacles and attained their
goal. It was the science Of efficiency
III work in q day when they did not
.sre to label everything by some
S.icrtInc name. How these men got
tutrt. what they secured. and the
Io,snfn2 OF it, all is a Sunday school
lesson Of uncommon interest.
The Hope of Man.
Tie story is laid in old Capernaum.
u WYS a great day in the life of Jesus
I't mace His headquarters in a prl-
l&tc house, perhaps IN the home OF
Peter. The crowds ~thronged Him
Not only was the city at His door, bu1
Inc whole country side from as fal
MAY as .ICrusalcm had been drawn 10y
tine lure Of His w%ondrpus works ant
words. inside the small house, the
people were TANNED. hanging IN Hi:
words. Among hem were many sicl
ana crippled. eager for Il single tOucl
shat would mean healing. Calm, com
passionate. helpful, Jesus was tn
center of q needy multitude, hen. a.
low. the hope of man.
That figure has never lost its charm
for mankind. Jesus, the Healer an,
the llclrer, is the %fairest picture tina
tbe imagination Of mortals conceiVes
hINvNs He WAS helping, always II
WAS teaching. The hurried. harried
heaEN, -hdngrN hearts Of today fin
So e~t#rtion IN Him.
The Man Snut Out.
All over the world a chorus of Ifs
are atising. IF | could only go t
the hospital" says the poor sick ma
~ the remote rural parts; If ! coul
"hiN 30 to Colorado.' says the me
rhanie threatened with tuberculosis
u J could only have a little capital,
SAYS the ambitious young man, cage
10 start into business. And in tn
AI&lnaic speech that day at Capel
l&Hm. many We're saying, If | coul
uilS get III and He could but look o
me- The crowd was SO great tha
many were shut out. Such a sligf
distance, such a small barrier. sepa
'"l'd etwct the man in need an
ihe Man with health to give.
II IS a proposition generally SCUM
mat if one wants anything in tn
world badly enough. whether it be a
tGueaUon. OF a business, or q Qualit
81 character. he gets it if his Wisht
h"Ne Will behind them. One of tt
>Ict men shut out from the Cape
lttGin. house that day was a POI
raralNtic who saw the numbers
people Intervening between hinse
ina his dreams of deliverance fro
bondage. How he won is q meanin;
ful story.
-Four Unconventional Friends.
he average woman finding h
nome inadvertently locked. Will sit
ne doorstep for a night, rather thu
hftah Il pane of glass and unlock
window. Conventionality has all
rs 81 thoroughly in its grip that '
hesitate to do the unusual. the aud
,l"4S thing. The paralytic and +
Hltn@S faced a situation calling f
"h'"nNentional measures. VIII
Nh"hld they do to reach Jesus? Tn
'"Nld not elbow the other needy on
"ii OF the way. for these. too, h;
EQUAL right and equal eaeerness, al
i~Goeness TO them would merit su
''btke from the fearless, Teacher.
rs the old prOverb says Love W
ma The way These loyal frien
were not daunted by conventionaliti'
ne house was of the kind still typie
~ iatestine; its fat mud ROOT cot
'aSiiN be broken into. and the spa
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