The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-03-19
Religious World
IAYMEN's BANQUET.
THE International Sunday School iNs,
Ion FOR March % IS feast"s ""d
I.st;np." Mark 2:13-2Z.
~ WILLIAM Il. ELLIS.

n, WILLIAM Z. ELLIS.
~ q te ne day Of dinners IN reli-
Some cynical observers are
= tr that the principal movement
~ ~ 1avmen seems to be upon Tn
tl. They get up a dinner iof
,ccasion. The chief religious
,,-,on Of some leading laymen ap-
- 10 be TO attend banAuets ana
,,.rSe good works by somebody
More or less criticism OF TINS
.,,t ull not hurt and will probably
,,, me lavmen; for they see, more
,,.nrly than anybody else, the ten
oer,l ~ our busy times to SUBSTITUTE
rcso,ations by men got together ior
,,,rprs for active, steady, shlrt-sleeVes
.tr, at the business OF n king
com. a.
r,rrc is good precedent for the
e.hfou Of giving laymen's
vas at the call of Matthew, the
u,.Itnitet Of the disciples or the
90 mat "A great public dinner was
,,r in honor of Jesus. And Jesus
,r,nly approved 1t. There Is q pr
native value on a common lheai. ~
~ men got together about the
,.nn-fre. and shared the same
t..d even as they do today in parts
ASIA. Men know one another pet
r after they have eaten together.
gral fellowship has been promoted
me hundreds Of laymen's din
r,rs gwen throughout the LAND our
.ug the past few years. NOW, as IN
,d Captrnaum, they attract puoilc
attention to the cause Of the Guest
- l3onor.
Men. Meals and Religion.
IN Old heresy. which exists more
u.deiv in the popular thinking tina
~ hooks or speech, contends that re-
Grlon Belongs to the humble places
If life. that it is more at ONE IN
the cottage than in the palace, and
thal il is irreligiOuS to wear evening
rluth-s. The implication that Chrls-
VANITY is a thlnS mas
been responsible for turning many
strong and successful men from 1t.
So ii is good to see the leading pusl-
ness men Of a city gathered about
the tables Of the best hotel, consider
lug the things that make Tor 'he
progress Of Christ's kingdom among
men. :,
HeIigion is the best thing, and it
taimS the best people. There are
1o social lines in the KING oohh OF
heaven. but it is important TO let
ne world, which values these things,
tnow. that the leaders Of earth are
disciples in the Kingdom. Ana the
Master needs all classes and KINDS
~ men. to put his new spirit into
Them AL. The criticism has peer
widely and uniustly made, that wal
street is running the Men and Ike
Hgiou Movement. IT some or the
GREAT fnanciers of the country are
eager to serve God and the worlc
through this agency, let US reJolce
ana pray that they may themselVe:
learn all the truth hat this Move
lnei,i has faithfully preached. Lee
us not. in any pettiness Of pride re
fi,in from trying to win the blgges
~ men, ny this worlds standards
.Ito the company of disclpieshlp
The Master needs their ~largeness O
vision, their modernity, their ski
n doing great tasks. The Churcf
should take the men who can TAX
5 city.
Worldly wisdom is not going t
transform this world, but world,
wisdom may be the ~handmaiden o
The Spirit Of God, who alone VII
make society over. A few days ag
. little group of men. most Of then
very wealthy, met in the Unlol
League. New York, as n Men an
ltclSion committee. 1t was sue
icstiNe to see the host, one OF Ne'
Works leading citizens. say grace a
naturally as in his. own home. JeSu:
the nottingham, was once glad TO o
guest AT a great feast made IN nj
tatton had been decidedly shady. w
m"N We'll beware Of falling into tn
tbohhery Of the poor as we'll as int
The snobbery OF the rich. The bro
iherhood Of Jesus touches life at a
levels.
The ROut Of Gloom.
Fashions change in faith, as me
enter into a fuller understanding {
Inc mind Of God. The Puritan Oh
hot seq fnlIrh iNv in rolOiOn Il
hlm The escape from eternal door
Was such a serious business that h
acted as though it were sinful to I
tlad. We know better now. On
Iahh today is attuned to the note
"A. Some misunderstanding person
are trying to make a complete cree
"ut ct mere optimism: which is ca.
lNhG 4 truth to absurd lengths. b
nope, and not fear, joy. and not SO
row; cheerfulness, and not giOoI
hit the vogue among Christians t.
DAY. Religion is advertised by j