The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-04-23

yalues. Even while on nth Lazarus
was the richer OF the two IN ms soul
il needed only the revealing OF heaven
Is show his true character. ne lTst
lesson is one Of seeing straight on
vital problems. Behind all temporal
and transitory conditions lie the eter-
nat yeritieS.
The second message Of the old story
IS that social injustiSeS are gong 70
be straiehtened out somehow, some
time. God has n great stage upon
which to present the play Of life. With
Him a thousand years are as \ day.
I.ternity is His. and all His plans take
It into account He wants man to live
his life with a view 10 rwo worlds.
The obvious point Of the parable Is
HAT men should conceive of existence
in terms OF the endless life. Things
We're askew with Dives and lazarus
until both had died. They had 10 be
transferred t. another room ii Gods
$, hool before the lesson could be
learned.
The Rich Man. Mistake.
IT is 10 sin 70 be rico. i riches De
honorably got. There is danger in
oar time Of tnoughtlessiy joining the
hue aud cry against prosperity. The
impoverishInent Of the rich would not
enrich the impoverished. That ex-
pertinent i!a5 been repeatedly tried in
social u~pheavals and always with fail
ure.
Dives is indicted because he had no
social sense, 10 brother instinct. The
fagoar at his gate moved him not. He
lived only for Dives. taking utterrnOSt
luxury as his birthTiGnt. He thought
that the whole world was made for
him. and so he lived Tor purely selfish
purposes. He was a prototype Of the
multitude OF rich people in all times
whose wealth has been either ili-got
o. ill-uscd The tenement house owner
whose tenants suffer because Of his
aNarice. the manufacturer whose diVi-
denLS are high and whose Wag are
low, the political cOrruPtioniSt who
ptrverts TO private end the public
profits, all belong in the Dives group.
Their sole care is to look out Tor
number one
The wealthy men Of today are COM
ing TO accept the new doctrine of
stewardship. 1t would be more hon
orable if IN Of them did not pos
sess the wealth they haze, considering
how it was obtained, than that they
should bestow it in self-advertising
charity. \ large company Of honest
rich men, however, are sincerely en-
d~eavoring to use their wealth for the
!, public prosperity. They want to avoid
; the mistake of Dives.
The Law That Rams Forever.
! The sense Of social justice, which
- iA Ai@ ~
E thinking, appears TO many persons to
i be a new discovery. Yet it has run
always. Since the time Of Moses and
the prophets it has been obligatory
f upon men. Dives knew and ignored
II. Our progressive day is merely gain
y ing a clearer perception Of an eterna.
truth.
e That inexOrable law rewarded Lac
arus, ever as it had punished Dives
h me poor man was more than d beg.
gar. He went to ~Abraham's bosom
S not because OF his sores, but because
f OF ms soul. True. his needs on eartt
e found compensation in heaven; Blu
d heavens blessings are spiritual ant
spiritually r We know little o
LAZARUS life, except tina the dog
z found him friendly. bat we know from
e the clear teaching of Scripture tina
t he VINO went to be with Abraham ha.
been OF the ham sort on earth.
"a NOW this old law, as interpreted b
st Jesus, is getting into clearer play. Tn.
brother spirit is SO powerfully abroa.
n IN the world that no man can afor,
is to ignore it. This spirit is LAYING
neaVy hand upon thu Diveses Of on
re TIME, and compelling them to accep
ty the truth which they will not vol
Sc unfairly learn. At the same time it i
Il eliminating the b~eggardom OF tn
I'd AazarusHs. and healing up their sore
at hls heart OF unseiflshn ess is in a wa
h. 10 conclusions with the materia
ed money-getting spirit Of our time. w
know which must win. Love OF none
of can endure but for time, love OF me
IS. il; an eternal passion.
vi SENTENCE SERMONS
ed Freedom Is win Trough hard ohet
ch icnce 10 the trntjl.-Niliam James.
=
a The ability to secure your own wa
es and impress others with the idea tn,
they are having their own way is RI,
among H1en; among women it is
common as eyebrOWS.-I. Is. .Aldric
-
l." God harden me against myself.
ic- This coward with pathetic voice
Id VINO Graves for ease aud rest and 10,
ed ChristianA 4. SoSSetG.
us -
-or have beeD driven many ,inao,