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

pre%eervatives by long hours OF iapof.
by unsa nitAry tenements, by lhnpr0f-
or clothes This one Of the Ten
Great words most strikingiy reveals
he modernizati on Of which the Deca-
logue is capable.
The Days Great slump.
The ~egotisticAl and unsocial think
ing OF the day appears nowhere more
g~laringly than with respect 70 the
Seventh Commandment. Our divorce
courts, our prurient current literature.
the advanced views" that are e&-
pounded before Womens clubs, show
the deep need for a new presentation
Of this divine commandment with the
very thunders Of the mount Thou
shaat not commit adultery.
1t is to be understood in the inter
probation Of Jesus. that this sin may
be committed with the Imagination,
| and that a rotten mind is not far re
moved from an Immoral life. Every
body who has studied or thought
knows hat psychology. sociology. eco
Monies and patriotism are serveCA by
the pure life of men and women. loyal
to the same moral standard for both.
When morality Crumbles. then the pill
lars Of thWe state are not long in fol-
lowing. 1t is we'll to take ONE things
as having been settled at Sinai. and to
set ones face like a flint against the
current laxity and lewdness Even in
u most respectable magazines unset
Ting ideas of sex are being circulated.
The best antidote is the Decalogne.
The Larger Theft.
Some commandments need no am
p~liication, only application. The
Eighth Commandment is one of these.
Let us burn like a brand into the
thinking of the new generation the
great word. Thou shalt not steal"
Thou shalt not teal grossly, like
the yeggmen; nor f~ashionably and So
phiSticatedly. like the StockjuggIer
and the person who does not pay his
bills.
A subtle form of stealing is robbing
a person Of his good name. This
evil was considered sufficiently basic
to deserve a special commandment
from Mount Sinai. Thou shalt not
bear false witness against thy neigh
Dor. This IS aimed at Islander
which is the sin Of society. Gossip is
usually more cruel than a bow. Gen
tie women, who join societies for the
the protection Of animals, do rot hes
ltate to aSs~aSSinate the character Gf
neighbors by cruel words. This Nintn
COmman iment expounded the lGy;o1
law of Christ. which puts the seal Of
charity on he lips Of all who call
Him Master.
! Con,entment or Unrest.
{ viii not some great preacher soon
{ arse and proclaim the old doctrine
e of. contcntment with ones lot? Dal
mad rush 10 conform to the ~standart
. Of the person above US is giving OF,
. nervous prostration. We are al
e growing wrinkles in our faces and il
: our hearts, while keeping up witt
d Lizzie"
Some persons may re shocked il,
5 the thought that this is "a sin, vet tn,
+ last Of the Commandments wa!
r Thou shalt not Covet thy neighbur':
house: thou shalt not covet IL,
~neishbor's wife. nor his manseryan,
nor his maidservant. nor his OK. no
his ass, nor anything that is til,
neighbours"
It With our fre-spun and G~etaile.
II r1oralities, and our subtle spiritual
n lists, we must not get away from tn
II primary obligations which are con
# tanned in the law spoken from tn
Mount.
n SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS.
< police service rendered in the State
. william Jennings Bryan.
' Politeness ia like an air cushion
- there may DC nothing in it but
&c cases the jolts Observation-Disclosures.
i Never set your tired feet
d On the by-path of retreat.
q. San Walter FosS.
er
ar He that will believe only what |,
can fully comprehend must have
~ very long head or a very short creek
ne c. G. Cotton.
I'd
The love of the beautiful Is bc4Un,
w ing not only b possession Of the ric,
hat tic desire and possession OF tt
very pOOr.-Jo hn Burns.
J."
al We are not hist We thiuk we are,
en- Bat. what we think. we are.
ir
Men who live for self never succee
in satisfying self. or in quite satisf!
ing anybody else; men who live X
ar. others in GOdlike unselfiSh neSS ha'
u JOY themselves while giving to other
itS Henry Clay ~runabu
ed