The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-10-07
IN THE RELIGIOUS WORLD
wh., n. Church Folk Are Thinking About and Dons-Sm-
d.v School Lesson and Young Peoples Topics.
WHEN LEADERS GIVE UP.
The international Sunday SchooI Les
sOn for October 9Th. "Moscs "!
For HELD" Numbers Ill 4-35..
{ BY William i. Ellis.

day. men who are nternatlotidi
known as leaders in Christian wolh
told me of their mood OF utter UHo
gen with church folk. one
has resigned his ecclesiastical poSataoh
And has his face turned toward the
world. The other put IT rapnicaIiy
as. touching some letters on MS desk:
ne said "In the light OF this sort OF
attitude on the part OF CHRISTIAN NM
listers. what is the use? said to q
group of associates this morning that
come at times to the point where
say. I give up! I'm through. Ana
then I have to take myself in hand
and hold myself to the work regard
less"
Now these men were Moses down
TO date. They are not WedkNnSS
easily frightened by obstacles. Millions
Of persons know them as leaders and
inspirers Of men. Yet the burden OF
responsibility, the lack Of
ness and the pettineSs and s~ordldness
on the part of those for whom they
have poured out their lives, nave
caused them to cry out III diScour-
agement, even as did the Leader OF the
el~nancipated lsraelites.
The picture is a gloomy one. n
We do not like to draw the curtain
from before it. We must, however.
face his fact about the helpers OF
men. that often they grow weary and
ICnl ~ oiu
stead OF cooperation and apprec1a-
ton, they receive only nagging and
criticism. From men who pioneer
new forms OF Christian ministry, like
those whom / have quoted above, to
the Sunday school teacher who ques-
tons the worth-whileness of her
work for a class of boys, the ezper
fence is common.
There Was a Man.
In the story Of Moses we find a
picture that is forever contemporary
.+ous. Everything is up to the man
The leader explains all. This human
equation solves all problems. Kip
ling's poem Things and the Man
Calls us back to the Fundamental
truth"
"Oh, We who hold the written clew
To oil save all unwritten things,
And half Il league behind pursue
The accomplished fact which fiout
and filings,
Look. to your knee your baby bring
The Oldest tale since earth began,
The answer 10 your WORKINGS
'Once on a time there was "a man.
lie single-handed met and threw
Magicians, armies, ogres, kings;
He, lonely mid his doubling crew,
In all the loneliness of wings:
de fed the flame, he filed the springs
He locked the ranks, he launched In
Vafn
Straight at the g%rinning teeth q
Once on . time there was I maM.'
Throne. powers, Nominions block tn
view
With episodes and underlings;
The meek historian deems ther
true.
No. hna1S tha .o,o tInf fn;1 r;,-.
'rhe simple central truth that sting
The mob to boo, the priest to ban,
Things never yet created things,
once on a time, there was a man.
TIE Privileges Of a Leader.
What a leader may expect of pc,
pie and what people may expect Of
leader. are practical present que,
tons which this lesson brings TO ii
fore.
The fellowship is not always a 70
lowshlp. The people do not go 8
the way with their own chosen leat
ers. Perverse, unreasonable, east
afriShted and panic-stricken, Z
this. and more, the leader finds tr,
OF the people TO whom he has Civ,
his life. sometimes he will cry O
mat he wants TO die. ever as d
Moses. He can no longer bear h
burden alone; he would give up.
was all a mistake to try to lead t
thankiess mob away from the lea]
and onions OF Egypt.
Poor, down-hearted old Mos
thought hat he was having a sin
ular experience; that nobody had ev
experienced UGH burdens and insra
tude as he. Really, he was but u
dergoing the common experience
leaders. This solitary way Of bite
ness is trodden by all the great on
AS IOwelfs lines eynroSS II.
Count me Ger earth's chosen here
they were souls thai stood alo
nile the men they agOnized
hurled the contumellous stone
stood serene. and down the fu,,
saw the golden beam incline
TO the side of perfect justice, m;
tered by their faith divine,
BY one mans plain truth to mamie
and TO Gods supreme design
And that fate goes With the ia