The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-09-09
IN the RELIGIOUS WORLD
What the Church Folk Are Thinking
About and Doing.

~. WILLIAM +. ELIIS.)

s,eI anG women are talking II social
service Ivy brea king social tier. Some
would sever the ascient human rela-
tionshiY in the vain desire for a bet
ter human society. Not a few or our
"adv.pced' sociaiogists are apotne-
osixtrf the instincts and impulses
They would grant everybody me I'D
erty ia do "a he pleases. They wouio
hiring IN the perfect social order D!
restoring jungle conditions.
In The face Of this tendency to sub
stitutc wishes for will, and TO make
soyercign the unframed impulses AND
instincts Of human nature. we wnte
SINAI Thou shalt not This IL ar
resting and startling. 1t jerks socae-
~ up with suddennees. in it's mad and
unthinking rush toward self-grath-
cation. For the only way this human
order is going TO hold together is Tor
all of its units to accept allegiance
80 a 81 preme law. and thus, incident
ally. to one another.
Moved Cure For Present Ills.
Since anybody nowadays seems to
have q right to lift up his voice with
pstent prescriptions for AL social ills,
should like to offer the novel and
radical suggestion-that society turn
to a study Of the Ten Commandments.
The law according To Jehovah on the
Mount is DGlleE IliGO 10 Hleot pdC$CiiS
needs tina the latest law according
10 Prof. Erratic.
Tnc Decaioyue is the most up-to-
date Of social pronouncepentS II is
sufficient for these times; and 1t ls
the only social program of which this
can be said. The injection Of the Ten
Cornmandments into the body social
and the body polite would be a health
virus that would make for instant re-
ny1 Fro ~ Soma nrGCnnf m9IQd1<S
The two tables Of b aw look Ia
two directions. The first four com
ntandments have reference to mans
relation to God. ~ we studied last
week. these come first. The other
six, which have To DO with funda-
mental human relationship. are oUI
study for today. We see that all mear
more to US than they ever meant te
tho ews Of old for they expand
with the progress of the time. They
take their fullest significance from
the content and spirit put into then
on another mount by Jesus. Let u
get firmly in our minds the truth. 81
that we may plant il III other minds
that the Ten commandments ar
large enough u hoia all the lates
thought concerning human obliga
tons.
Back To The Family.
One grave peril IL present socia
tendencies is hat ii plans TO nave tn
state do what properly belongs TO tn
family. Men and women need tn
burden and responsibility Of children
Children need the training which ca
come orly - hey grow in love an
reverence for their own parents. Th
FIRST Commandment of the second ia
bic Of the law. Honor thy fainter an
thy mother" is "A most up-to-date in
junction. II Il a rare son who say
ooiY" Ia his txthcv and "A ru ~ danUE
ter who waits on her mother rattle
than have ner mother wait on her.
The frivolous ana diSrespecSful a
Gtude. usually followed by disob<
dience, which prevails toward pa
ents. IL serious enough in its corss
from eaven. Even IL the powers
the State were. enlarged to the ute
most. they would be incapable
overcoming the fact of early lack
honor for parents.
Into the very centre of modeI
conduct this Fifth Commandmel
cuts. Disregard OF these OLD fealti
has already .borQe its fruit The
seem TO be no grandmothers toda
The dear old ladies IN caps. wi
used To re Like the fragrance Of la
~fder in our homes. the counsclio
OF parents, the refuge of children. IL
friends II neighhors; have gone II
way 4 ~ SsfSt COdil. liStCS0. '
have painted, Jed and hefrilied mo,
ism women, who refuse to grow Of
and who insist upon d social care
for themselves that shall last Gle
up To the graveyard.
Il will not be dependent upon q
children IN my old age" is one Of Il
cOmmOnest expressions Of men a,
women today. 1t typihes the brea
ing up OF the Odd family idea. Sure
We shall react TO that profoundly S
cial and philOeIh ic word OF wisdo,
.:H1e setteth thu solitary in famiiie:
Grandparents are indispensable soc,
AdjunctA- Families need them. ev
"a OeV need grandchildren for tn,
Vva re~5uve1ation. Let US think pa
b the old fundamentals.
The New WeaPons OF Murder.
A knife, a club, an arrow. a spe,
s9ene-thAse Weapons were a
candy in mtad as the instruynel
al murder. That there is still, ne