The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-11-11

There neNs- -az 3 IN n our history
when Any class Of people. IN = crlsx
failed TO rise TO a great civic ar hss-
man need, The great c~pvortunsty 4
our section = not for heroic civic ser
service IN the hour II disaster. but
for that daily civic service that pre-
vents disaster and promotes scu.ral
happiness.
\ few dan aeo the -ne~epap.rx
pictured Al incident that because j.
certain sensational features q. .ntcr-
est transfixed the - the
world \ ship loaded with hundreds
OF human souls WAS burned a, sea ln
a terrlfc storm al night The shell
OF WOOD III the gripNof wind and nav.
ana darkness. andshe precious freight
IL hore was a pltiahle spectacle. m IT.
apparently hopeless contest with The
onnlpotent forces that sought 10 de-
stroy IL. But the same power thai
rode in devastating violenc. upon III.
storm. had provided through the pa
tent and painful civilization OF the
centuries the means OF salvation Ter
ror-strichen instinct for self preserN
auon Was controlled by educated dis
cipilne, n a disgraceful panic -
each nal for himself was changed In
a cooperative effort for the re~cu.
OF all; the miraculous voice II the
Wiretess-the result OF the expendi-
"a ~ ana - "a ] /
and capital. called above the fur, OF
WIND and wave and assembled The
sympathy and courage Of the citi-
Zenship OF the sea II reached through
miles OF darkness and storm and
found a representative OF perfectly
Sanlze business eficienCy-the oil
ship And the warfare OF the most
terrific Of natural forces was >tlled
into peace.
Behind this divinely thrilling and
dramatic spectacle We can see IN MIN
iature the not less thrilling spectaci.
OF our civilization working out Is
salvRtion through the cooperation -
the same forces: knowledge taking ac-
$ count of material fact. and individual
self-intereSt and using its facts -
build to higher knowledge and joining
with commerce and faith and heroisn'
: and brotherhood to build 70 still high
J er power, and freedom and the NOR.
abundant life .hat comes 'hrouS,
learning the ways and laws and I>s
1 Of material forces. and translatlnA
n them into ever higher values.
e The thing that happened here 81
r the sea makes up our every day lie
The river ships by the town and run
to the sea, a muddy, turbulent stream
Its force is caught and converted int
z usable power. 1t turns The factor,
d wheels, lights the streets. lights IN,
2 school and the home and the church
d 1t purifies and cleanses the own an
II gives it health. We have nastere'
le the fact of it, its ways and its laws
se and the turbulent, muddy stream
no longer material, dndirected force
~ it is spiritual life.
:, We call this process of masterIn
O the ways and laws of material force
that they may lead to higher an
q higher productivity, education.
~ cannot go too high: il knows no hig
nor low. Its business and tho bus
~ ness Of all forward-looking. upwar
NJ leading men is to be vitality intcreSte
~ and mutually helpful in all OF h
~ forces that make up our actual, acrEI
life.
=, Where Begin Task?
Where shall We begin this rec.
"a sary tack Of realizing our dream OF
commonwealth that Will be satisfie
with nothing less than the commo
-, veal of all? Where. but here and now
"a Nothing can act but where it IS. O.
streets and stores and 1ields-tl
6 earth and sky in al OF their dai
r. manifestations-we but folds aero
20 the face Of Cod that 'ear.n
81 crammed with heaven and every con
IN mon bush aflame witlLGod.' that Il
va "Thy will for which we daily prs
III will be done here and now or n
10 where; and that agriculture, bushes
nd freedom, education and religion a
az but instruments IN our hands for fr'
- ing the common God in the comm
or good and making His Will prevail