The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-08-06

to Jesus the evil spirits cried out
against Him. They recognized Jesus
as their implacable antagonist. The
Master always had enemies in the
spiritual world, and among men and
one That sugar-and-water phil
osophy which thinks it can get
through life without any strife finds
little support in the biography of the
gentlest Of earth's teachers.
Goodness. when it is really effec-
tive, always provokes enmity. There
never was q real revival thai did not
create a bareback Of SANDER. One Of
the woes" Of Christ was spoken
against that type Of character which
finds its reward in the praise Of men:
Woe unto you when all men speak
well of YOU
Evil always stands pat" It wants
merely to be let alone. Existing con
ditions are good enough for it, for il
knows tina any change will make
them worse, from its standpoint.
That which is bad cannot hope to
win on a platform of avowed bad
ness or progressive injustice. There
fore it raises the banner lin statu
quo 1t considers all reform and
progress and enlightenment inimical
to it's welfare. In this world Of prog
Tess, all who would be counted on the
side of Righteousness should be open
eyed to the fact that it is commonly
the evil which cries. Lei us alone
About Those Swine.
The evil spirits from the demoniac
pleaded to be permitted to enter the
ne%ighboring swine, and Jesus granted
this request. Straightway the swine
ran down the declivity and were
drowned in the sea, two thousand Of
them. What a howl there has been
through the centuries, but especially
in our own time, about those two
thousand pigs! Doubtless they be-
1onged to renegade Jews, who were
raising them to sell to the Roman
soldiers. 1t was an illegal business
for the Jew to be in; but neverthe-
less the same sympathy hat is Gre
ated when evenue officers pour into
the gutter casks of cOnfiscated
liquors, is called forth by this spec
tacle Of the sacrificed pork. Some
persons see nothing in the story but
this injury to vested interests. They
seemingly care more for the stock
than for the man.
Let US grant that it cost two thous-
and swine to save one man. The
conscience of u time will say the
transaction was a good one. The DID
days when six per cent from the in
NeStment was more important than
the condition OF the toiler are pass
irE rapidly way. The %sanctity Of
the stockholders right to profit is
considered less than the sanctity Of
health n happiness. Life is seen
to he the most sacred thing. Let us
drive out the evil spirits from our
commerce and our industry and our
politics, and if the cost is high, the
gall1 is worth it.
Make no mistake about it; the
same master Spirit who Gained the
waves on Galilee, and who drove out
the evil spirits from the afflicted man,
is still regnant in the world today
He Is calming the strife Of our age
and bidding wars to cease. He is
delivering men and women and little
children from the thraldoms Of sir
within themselves, and the Jokes and
burdens that greed and ignorance put
upon them from without. He is the
ages Conquarer.
SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS.
Too low they build. who build be.
meath the stars.
Whatsoever a man soweth. tina,
shall he also reap.
Life is not 81 short but that there
IS always time enough for courtesy.
-i.HncrsOu.
II Was a common sa vi 10 a,:,.p,. liz
Iusitans. Brown bread and the (,.>-.
pei arc good fare"
Matthew Henry.
; And not from Nature up to Nature.
! God.
l But down from Natures God loo,
, Nature through.
l Robert MONTGOMERY.
"
L Saint Augustine! we'll hast thou said
> mat OF our vices we can frame
e \ ladder, il we will but tread
t our feet each deed ~
t shame.
4 -Longfellow.
: me oid order changeth. yieldin:
t place to new:
Ana God fulfils himself in man,
ways.
t Lest one good custom should forrun