The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-12-24

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wan Nllieth to do His Will, he shall
KNOW Of the doctrine whether it he
Oh God or whether / speak or N.Y.
SELF John 1917.
(By WILLIAM L. ELLIS.l
mere is a distinguished New York
man whose foible is the great persons
he has met. Spend ten minutes in his
and 0 are certain to near
ol ms VISIT TO the Car, the Kaiser, the
hlnS or England, the Pope or the
PRESIDENT. And really these expert
ences have added dignity and self
conscious power to the man. He
SHOWS by his demeanOr that it is not
an VAIN that he has met the great Of
the earth.
This is always the proof Of associa-
tloh with the best people; we reveal
in ourselves the influence Of that ex-
perlence. To be with the great and
yet show no greatness writes one dow
as unworthy Of the company he keeps.
haracter is acquired in association.
We become like those with whom we
habltually fraterniZe. Even the Jeru-
salem rabble, when they behld the
ooldness Of Peter n John took
knowledge of them that they had been
with esus. Their courage bore the
characteristics of Christ.
Good Society of Good People.
During the year just ending more
than twenty-five million persons have
been studying in the life Of Christ.
This simple fact in itself is Il stipend
u achievement. No other one theme
has held the concerted attention of a
tithe of this number Of PERSONS; and
even his host is onlv a part of the
greater multitude which no man can
numbe who call themselves people
of the SOC and Of the Biography.
Generally speaking these are the
worlds good society. They have
lived under the Influence OF the best
Life. The deal and standards OF
Jesus have been adopted as their
ideals and standards. The result is
written large in the days history.
Whence cnrne these strange, new no.
ticns Of altruism which are dominate
ing the world in TINS year 1917? They
are straight out of this Biography
which the Sunday school have been
studying. If we trace the tides Of the
times back to their source. we find
their spring in the life Of Jesus.
The Bishop and the CanibalS.
IN the early part Of this present De-
ttmbcr, there passed through Ameri-
"a, on his way to the South Sea Isl
ands Bishop Willis, who for thirty
years has been a missionary in the
Friendly Islands. He had been taking
his first vacation for fifteen years, and
ne old q reporter that he was heartily
glad,to go back. He said he felt safer
in the Friendly Islands, which, within
the of living men, We're en-
tirely peOpled by canibals, than he felt
in London or New York. A New York
newspaper printed this statement with
a. display head Feels Safer on Cant
bal stands 1t thought the fact re-
markable. But Bishop Willis pointed
out that in Tonga practically all the
people once canibals, are now Chris
tians. Honesty is so generally the rule
that there are no locks on the door:
Of the houses, and no need for safes OF
strong boxes. Malignant diseases are
not known. Simple friendllness, IN
tegrity and good will prevail among
these happy falk.
Why? How explain this miracle Of
the transformation of a canlbal socl'
ETY.? There is but one explanation
That is the power of Christ to make
the individual and the
entirely over into
That is the VindicatiOn OF the Cos
peI. Christ was born in vain in Beth
lehem unless He is born anew IN hu'
man lives today. This is the radlca
difference between biography OF tn
Master and all other life stories. W.
read of Caesar and Alexander ant
Xerxes and Socrates and Confuc1u!
and Buddha all as heroic character
who lived and died, leaving the worlt
ONLY a and some teachings
But the life Of Jesus is still belns
translated into the lives of everyda!
men and women. The gospel Q
Christ Incorporates itself in character
The product Of this twelve months
study is in the growth anu rune
knowledge Of the facts OF a great l~lle
- 10 IN nouy ifa on the mari or lnulOl
tudes Of the students.
\ Landscape View.
one advantage which students Q
the SUNDAY school lessons have owe
other readers is their ia
miliarity with the geography OF tn
Turkish war. To them the Bibl
lands are known territory. We ma.