The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-06-04

or Priest
What if or yet. what mole. what flaw.
what lapse.
What least shadow Of defect.
What rumor, tattled by an enemy.
Of inference loose. what lack Of grace
Even in torture's grasp. OF sleeps,
or Deaths
oh. what amiss may I forgive IN
Thee.
Jesus. good Paragon. Thou crystal
Christie"
without Wax"
The original meaning OF sincere
is without wax barking back 70
the practice of sculptors 10 fill in the
imperfect work with wax that re-
paired defects for the moment, but
was inevitably revealed in time. Jesus
laid down in His platform the prln-
ciple that all who bore His name and
did His will should meet this s~everest
of tests. G~enuineness to the core IS
His ineXorable requirement. our
peerless, perfect Teacher declared.
the disciple is not above his master:
but every one when e is perfected
shall be as his master An ngllsh
preacher daringly Interpreted this
thought as that the world
1hould be full Of little Christs. that
every Christian should be as his Mas
ter.
The searching familiar words Of
the Lesson are the unacceptable stand
ard for the Christian:
And Why beholdest thou the mote
that is in thy brothers eye, but con-
siderest not the beam that is in thine
own eye? Or how canst thou say to
thy brother, Brother, let me cast out
the mote that is in thine eye, when
thou myself beholdest not the beam
that is in thine own eye? Thou hypO-
critic, cast out first the beam out OF
thine own eye, and then shalt thou
see clearly to cast out the mote that
is in thy brothers eye. For there is
no good tree that bringeth forth cor
rupt fruit, nor again n corrupt tree
that %bringeth forth good fruit. For
each tree is known by it's fruit. For
Of thOrns men do not gather figs.
! nor Of a m bush gather they
grapes The good man out Of the
good treasure Of his heart bringeth
forth that which is good; and the
evil mar out of the evil treasure
bringeth forth that which is evil; fol-
out Of the abundance Of the heart his
mouth speaketh.
And why call We me, Lord, Lord
n do not the things which | say?
The Building That Lasts.
This rigorous insistenCe upon gen
uineneSS is unique with Jesus. H
made clear that it was not mems Opin
ion that counted, but the omniscien
knowledge of the Father who seeth il
secret. He would have all the char
acter and conduct of His friend
brought to the test Of His own per
feet life. The daring and audacit,
Of the Christian standard has beef
: hooted as "impractical' through al
the centuries. and yet it has gone o.
1 producing ar increasing p o
f holy men and women.
J-r~~ kL;o o,,~l,%;> ~, - EIo1;t,, y
E doing of the word rather than tn
e processing Of allegiance, Christia
e character is to be built. as Jesus Sc
e forth in His parable Of the house tina
was Ounde upOn bed rock which n
f storms could shake.
The highest achievement Of the re
e ligion Of Jesus is the holy life Of H
e disciples. over the gateway to til
American Board mission at Ahmed
nag in Indian. one may read tn
e name OF Robert Hume. Maker an
Member Of Men and Boys, in tn
/ Name OF Christ Jesus hat is i
d Christ is making over the world b
n making over individual men. Tn
" is a time for a word Of caution, lie!
n we who are devoted to social SCI
# vice lose our discretion in the glamt
~ OF glittering generalities The fore
'e most living apostle of the gospel
;" ~socialised Christianity. Prof. Waite
r Rauschenbusch. said to me recent
lie Il think that we who have stood f
l. the social gospel will have to me
u the tendency to extremes by insis
ing upon mystic piety In the person
life" The new order of societ
IN which is ChriStianity'S big task,
,e to De effected only by men and won
IS en- whose own character have be<
Id made over by the gospel Of Jesus
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1t SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS.
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al Pray, but swing Our hammer