The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-01-09
By WILLIAM I. ELLIS.

and filings, ~
Look. to your knee your baby prlhSo
The Oldest tale since earth began,
Tho answer to your WorrylngS-
once on a time there was a man.
ale einele-handed met and threw !
Magicians, armies, Orgres kings,
lie, lonely mid his doubling crew,
In all the loneliness of wings;
He fed the flame, he filled the
springs,
He locked the ranks, he launched the
Straight at the ~grinning teeth Of
things,
once on q time there was a man.
Go Kipling voices a clear Bible
teaching. Throughout Holy Writ, and
the larger pages Of history, runs the
clear record Of this supreme interest
in the man. Inventions, organizations,
systems, customs, laWs-these are all
exalted by humanity; God cares less
for them than he does for the IN
d.vidual.
Historians are e~rgrossed in many
of the interesting phases Of Babylon
ian civilization: Jehovah seems to
have cared for it chiefly as q cradle
of one man, Abram, from Ir OF the
ChaldeeS. SO also the historians cen
tire, attention upon he glorles OF the
Roman Empire at the beginning or
the Christian era; but the pen of in
SEPARATION bids us tarry to contemplate
the birth of n baby in an old priests
family. The test of everything in life
is the Kind of man it produces. Inc
final evidence of christianity is the
type Of manhood 1t has created.
The Bigncss of the Babe.
Two babies bulk large in the New
Testament, and their advent was i'm
Dortant enough in the realms Of glory
for angels to be sent to earth to an
nounce them. Heaven broke its 81
lence and the mute air became vocal
with the tidings that a babe was born.
one Of these was destined to be d
preparer, a ~forerunner, a herald; and
the other, TO be the Saviour himself.
Ever since these wonders stirred q
little Jewish world into excitement.
the babe has had a new place in the
thought Of ankind When we o
at our era in the large, we are aston
ished by the evidence Of the spirit OF
INSTRUMENTATION. Nowhere else on
earth are children the objects of such
loving, intelligent, and many-Sided
care as in his western world which
Is the best fruit of the eastern evan
gel. In Bethlehem today one may sec
the little children toiling at the work
ing Of olive wood and mother-of.
pearl, as they would not be permitted
to toll in the western world. Gu
modern child labor laws are a pre-.
cious offering laid at the feet Of tn
Babe. SO we have compulsory edu
cation for childhood, and laws safe
guarding the health Of children, am
other laws to protect their morals
and q host OF agencies to cultiVat
their ideals. Great is the place of tn
babe in our modern economy.
Beginning a New Line.
Pen may not write of the startle
hearts OF the elderly nYipSt I3charia
and his wife Elizabeth, when tn
angelic word came that the bitter Vol
in their home and their hearts wa
to be filled by the advent Of a babe
Nor may we know the loving, fearfl
and reverent preparations that Wer
made for the expected little on,
IachariaS, because of e mOmentaT
word of incredulity, had been stricke
dumb. He was given speech when
came to the naming of the child, f
the ~neighbors protested that, after tt
good fashion of the time, he shoul
bear the name Of his father. Elize
beth wanted him called ohm Zaci
nrlaS, to e~verybody's wonder, likeWi:
wrote that he should be called job.
Inc new name stood for a ne
order. John was more than the sc
Ct his father Zacharias. Pride
birth when it is a stimulus of hon,
al nobility is wholly creditable. b
When 1t becomes mere vanity over :
honored name, then it is pitiable al
desplcable. Some of the persons WI
beast that they are descendants Of Il
great, give proof that they have de
cended very far. 1t is better to
an ancestor Of whom future gener
Tons may be proud than to be a de
cendant OF whom neither those WI
went before, nor those who come 2
ter, can be proud. John the babe r
came John the Baptist-and that "
the highest honor that could be ,
hected upon the name Of Zacharias.
"A Fathers Song.
The other day l met a man who h
made himself and his millions
mad unmade his sons. The note
JOY was lacking from his life BEGAN
!hough he has all that money can b
ne mas no father pride in his DO
The most normal and satisfactory a
permanent source of pleasure to n:
ents Is the integrity, love and DR.
perlty OF their children. He has mi
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