The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-07-02
FRIENDS AND FIERCE
FOES.
~, International Sunday School
r-,on For July : is. "Malignant
Inh,Iicf.' Mark g: 20-35.
fBy WILLIAM Il. ELLIS.)

f,.- The experience of Jesus at the
,.-.,I Of this Sunday School lesson
5rtm3tically sets this forth. His !
S.rqnn on the Mount had Just been
,llai. The college Of apostles had
IN pointed. He had returned to
!. ns home in Capernaum. Out Of a
b,lj end deaf demoniac an evil spirit
b.i been cast. This sensational
rirrrIa was the immediate cause for
la. events of the lesson, although the
pcrioi WAS at the time of the begin
rsa. III the opposition of the e~ccleS-
i|r,t,.iI party.
Foo Busy to Eat.
Th. pathetic multitude ~thrOnged
IA. Healer. His plight is set forth
:. ,nr of those wonderful cameo pic
t,ra. in which Holy Writ abounds:
Ana the multitude cometh together
,,.in. 50 that they could not so
much rs eat bread. And when his
friends heard it they went out to lay
hold Oh him: for they said, He is
beside himself"
The eNaltation Of a. great passion
is beyond the grasp of a common
mind. in Chicago they called Dwight
f. Moody 'crazv Moody at the be
inning Of his evangelistic work.
Iast men should show a self-forgot-
tn passion in human service seems
Iarr-dihIe to the baSer sort Of mind.
There : no popular objection to the
dr#fri3m Of the stock exchange. or
o+ J1.r baseball field: but religious
c,StA,y is sure to call forth oppro-
btjoGs epithets from behOlders.
SIuueI I'eDyS. the sclf-compacent
htIr CRATER. whose indecent expos
urr ~ his mind in his Diary" has
earned aim the conter~nt Of genera
tons OF readers. lived through great
periods Of the Commonwealth in
I,us and. and the RESTORATION; but he
WIS principally engrOSSed in diners
and patty intrigues. He contempt
upIS Rings the word fanatic at the
I'uritans who were lighting for princi-
PIES Tar beyond his comprehension.
Great minds become SO e~ngrOsSed
~ mont. pursuits that they forget the
cares Of the body and the call Of ma
tGr". Edison has done most of his
work on four hours sleep a day, and
very little food. He has gone for
th"re days at . stretch without any
Selerpn Henry Martyr, the great mis-
s}ontrY. cried. Now let me burn out
for " The touch of the multi
tad" and their claimant needs made
Jesus indifferent to His own hunger
and weariness. Contrast this with
the ignoble custom Of the millions
WHO live primarily to eat and to please
themselves.
Those Hindering Wives.
Iha o~Eer-anxiOus friends who tried
t. prevent Jesus from what they
thought an excess of devotion have
their prototypes today. Once a mar
nus entered upon great service. hi
must resolve to disregard the calls
OF misguided friends who would TURF
hinl aside to the littleneSS of self
lshness. one Of the worst foes O.
thriStlan work among men today i
tAr mistaken solicitude Of wives. TIL,
average woman Ices not impel he
husband to hard service, but rathe
contriins him. by continuous en-
treaty and coddling. to a self-con
s'dHratlon that could put his own con
Venl"nee and comfort above larg
service. He is adjured not to atten'
- many meetings., not to serve O.
CpHIHlttees. to remember that he i
tifHd. and that he needs rest, an
should stay at home with his family
l, IS the consensus of oss4lion anon
,hrstian workers, that if they gay
hect 10 their wives they would do
uaVs work in their offices and spen
'hr rest Of the time at home. lettin
IN" world take care VI itself.
~ contrast with this common sit
uatlof. IS the case of many nObl
wives who have been the inspiratio
OF men in public service. A curiOu
u'oefh theory pts to Vi1dlcat
Aahtippe on this ground. saying thu
She knew that Socrates was the sol
VI man who. with a comfortable non
ana = reasonable amount of Coddiin:
would amount to nothing. Therefor
SUE stirred up the eagles nest. an
@ht MN forth to the worlds enrieE
hieht. We cannot forget the famili'
VINO give up their son and daughter
" distant mission lands, nor thos
"rner families which SO adjust the
"halrs that the ministry Of the faith
the son or daughter is made tt
pfincipai consideration in the hous
hoid economy.
DtnhDa- Oeaheir Wmbo NH
me dead have been awakened
Shail | sleep?
ne world is at war with tyrant
shall |
ihr haryeSt'S ripe; shall | forbe;
Ia reap?
Sinmber lot. A thorn is in n