The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-09-16
IN THE RELIGIOUS WORLD

less true OF her own community. Dutf
it is by no NEAR a warranted gen
eralization. Aaron was a priest art
er this order. He was the kind OF
leader who follows the people. There
is a great deal in political and soclal
life that passes for leadership Whicn
is merely keeping in front or the
| procession. Aaron-like, his sort o.
leader finds out which way the peo-
pie are going and then goes that
way first. OF course, Aaron, in au-
thorizing the golden calf, stultihed
his office and himself. That calf IS q
monument to his sin Of compliance.
Worse thar a had deed is In effort
to lie out of it. Yet it is everywhere
! true that most evil doors are Incl
in a criminal court. If we were to
believe the pleas Of not guilty which
are offered to police justices and COM
hitting Magistrates all over the
world, we would consider our day a
marvel Of injured innocence. Aaron
tried to blame the golden calf on
the furnace His excuse was as futile
as that Of the boy with jam upon
his face who blames the pantry theft
upon the cat. History wOuld look
upon Aaron with less contempt if
he had stood up under his W offense
and like a true man owned up to his
iniQuity.
vVyktu NHOOu AM0l ~ EAl1SGys
In an ESTATE mood Moses came
down from the mount. The glow of
that marvellous experience was shin
ing in his face. He was uplifted in
spirit. Everything was attuned to
the divine hours through which he
noise Of the festival before therdl
had just passed. Then came the
noise Of the festival before the gold
en- calf. A cold douche, a startling.
overwhelming experience brought a
terrific reaction to- Moses. He was
like a convention delegate. who is
brought suddenly down to the every
: day work in a world thar never heard
Of his convention.
I What followed was a mixture OF
+ bad temper and righteous indigna-
, ton. Smashing O the ground, the
: leader threw his tables of the law.
There was the Moses h slew the
Q Egyptian. He did not have himself
we'll in hand. Culture is always an
q affair of the party of the first part
4 Nothing a other persons may dc
n can warrant the surrender Of a mans
self respect or an abandonment OF
o his pOise. Moses fell from the pO-
sition which he should have occupied
as a leader when in anger he begaI
- tO smash things like a boorish hus.
band in q temper.
Just at present the newspapers arr
quoting a speech OF President G
. Stanley Hall pOn the punishment o
children. According to reports. Pres
ident Hall says that punishment
should bes erved hot, right of tn,
Is griddle, following hard on h heel
h OF the offense. Too much delibera
ton spoils the effect OF the chastise
lie ment. Now Moses did we'll whel
ii on the instant. and without any med
8. itation or discussion, he had tn
re image, which was probably only al
re overlap of gold and heavily alleged
vs. ground up into powder and throw,
upon the water. which the idolater
were forced to drink. This was igno
es miny for both idol and idolaters- TIL
Id appropriateness of the punishment
n appeals to everybody.
A Leaders Mother Instinct.
w the state Of mind of every great lead
in er toward his people. They are his
He must care for them. Despite thei
n failings they are still his charge an
care. Their welfare he values be
l. yond his life. When I went throug
in a woodland path one day / happene
lei upOn a mother grouse and a famil
he of chicks. Without an instant's hes
itation the grouse flew at my fac
in and offered fierce battle-unti he
he chicks had got away. That mothe
Ie- instinct, which dares all for the SAX
Of offspring. is shared by the leade
Of OF men.
Of This was exemplifed in Moses or
nd when he appealed for the forgiy.
is ness of the idolaters: And if no
ay blot me l pray Thee out Of Thy Boo
nd which Thou hast written" Thu
he touches the level Of the Apostle Pa,
til who was willing to be accused Il
an his brethren's sake. 1t approach,
d. the height Of Calvary in its vicariou
ness.
Despite all their edefects ar
Ter lapses they were his people. Ii tn.
lily were to suffer, he must suffer. TO
ID Therein We glimpse the innermo
ess tragedy OF every offense by an ind
he vidual or q community. III inn
cent suffer with the guilty. the HE
to with the low. The shame Of II
an son is crater shame to the paren,
'ng The sOiled character of a friel
INT stains other spirits han his own. tt
nd shallow minded ISraelites little dream
try ed hat they were %plunging their gre