The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-05-28

No man is satisfied with himself as
the object Of the struggle.
There is q very interesting phrase
that constantly comes to our lips
which We perhaps do not often enough
Interpret in its true meaning. We
see many a young man start out in
life with apparently only this object in
VleW-to make name and fame and
power for himself, and there comes a
time of maturity and reflection when
we say OF him. II has come to
himself. When may | say that |
have come to myself? Only when [
have come to recognize my true re-
lations with the rest Of the world. We
speak OF a man losing himself in a
desert. II you reflect q ONE you
will see that is the only thing he has
not lost. He himself is there. What
he means when he says that he has
lost himself is that he has lost all the
rest Of the world. He has nothing to
steer by. He does not know where
any human habitation lies. lie does
not know where any beaten path
and highway is. If he could estab-
ljsh his relationship with anything
else in the world he would have found
himself. Let it serve as a picture.
A nan has found himself when he
has found his relation to the rest
of the universe, and here is the book
in which those relations are set forth.
And so when you see q man going
along the highways of life with his
gaze lifted above the road. lifted to
the sloping ways in front OF him,
then be careful OF that man and get
out Of his "a He knows the
kingdom for which he is bound. He
has seen the revelation of himself
and of his relations to mankind. He
has seer the revelations OF his re
Ia tinn to Cod on6 hiS MaRa~ orC
therefore he has seen his responsi-
bility in the world. This is the rev.
citation Of life and of peace. | do no
) know that peace lies in constant &C
commodation. [ was once asked if
: would take part in a great peace con
! ference, and | said, Yes, If | ma,
speak in favor of War'-nOt the wa
1 which we seek to avoid, not tn
senseless and useless and passiOnat
shedding Of human blood, but tn
only war that brings peace, the wa
with human passions and the wa
with human wrong-the- war whic'
8 is that untiring n unending process
of reform from which no man ca
refrain and get peace.
e No man can sit down and with
hold his hands from the Warfar
against wrong and get peace out {
n his acquieScence. The most solid an
IS satisfying peace is that which come
l. from this constant spiritual warfar'
l. and there are times in the history {
% nations when they must take up tn
W crude instruments OF b~loodshed i
1t order to vindicate spiritual cOnceI
t. tons For liberty is a spiritual col
ID Ception, and when men take up arm
y to set other men free, there is SOM
ir thing sacred and holy in the warfar
fe [ will not cry Peace" SO long 80 thel
at is sin and wrong in the world. Ar
40 thiS great hook does NOT teach al
Of doctrine Of peace SO long as there
I'd sin to- be cOnbated and overcome
ID ones own heart and in the gre;
m moving force of human society.
We And so it seems to me that we mu
c. look upon the Bible as the gre
gs charter Of the human soul-as Il
re Magma Charta' Of the human 50,
70 You know the interesting circun
stances which gave rise to the Magi
Charta. You know the moving scel
s. that was enacted upon the heath
Se Runnymede. O know how Il
OF barons of England, representing Il
OF people Of England-for they co
40 sciously represented the people
re England-met upon that historic sp
he and parleyed with John, the kin
IN They said: w will come to teri
with you here They aid THE
are certain ~inalienable rights of En-
disappearing men which you mt
VI observe. They are not given by yC
US they cannot be taken away by yC
O. Sign your name here to this pare
ment upon which these rights a
Ia written and we are your ubjec
w Refuse to put your name to this doe
Ig- ment and we are our sworn enemi
lSe Here are our swords to prove it,
The franchise OF human libel
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