The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-01-28

tuS VI lie ILL.,
was "A little world. which had lot We
Denetrated to the east of Asia or IN
west of Europe. Not all people nov
living study geography or even kho"
that the world is round. Millions o.
adult Mosiems today think that Con
stantinople is really the greatest capl-
tai OF the earth and hat all peoples
are predonlinantly MosleHs- 1ne
Chinese used to call all other peo-
pies foreign devils" They thought
only in terms Of their " neigh
borhood. They were ~provlnciaiS. The
area of the flood vas probably a re-
s~tricted area, confined to the cradle
Of the race in the MesOpotamla val
ley. and only those concerned IN the
great tragedy assumed that the whole
world was Cverflowing.
IL was not rain alone that caused
the food. "On the same day were
all the fountains of the great deep
broken up and the windows of heaven
were opened" The Persian gulf at
the period Of the deluge extended
know as MesOpotamia. That it was
at one time or another subject to
immense ~upheavals, n may easily
have caused great tidal waves, is
clear by the fact that the old gulf
is still dotted with great mountains.
The MOslem tradition a hat the
ark landed rot on Ararat, but on
judi, q snow crowned mountain
in kurdiStan. on the eastern shore Of
the Tigris river.
The Man Who Believed.
After all, this is less a story Of
geography and of a physical cata-
clysm than it is of human faith. In
an evil time n man was good. Noah
believed God and did as he was told.
He dared to defy wicked fashions.
When righteousness was a reproach,
he kept the faith.
When God bade him prepare for
the disaster that was to clean up the
world by cleaning out his wicked
neighbors, Noah went ahead and built
the ark. 1t takes little imagination
to picture the jeers and scoffings that
the old man suffered as he proceeded
with the building Of the great box
like ship, which could not be moved
dow to the river, and which in any
case was too big to navigate them.
Noah had that quality Of faith
which is willing to wait and see the
Will OF God work Out.
The fact Of sin in NOah's world.
n the fact Of sin in our world is
the profoundly significant truth of
this lesson. What shall be the rela-
ton Of the righteous mar to an un-
righteous community? What is the
attitude OF God toward sin? The
late Dr. Charles Cuthbert Hall ex-
pressed the truth admirably:
Their are but four attitudes pos
sible in any being toward sin-igno-
rance. indifference, consent. condem-
nation. God the Righteous cannot be
ignorant; God the Righteous can
not be Indifferent; God the Right
eous cannot consent; God the Right
eous must condemn. must under the
moral necessity Of His Being"
ScoiferS Silenced.
The plans Of God for humanity
are gong through. with mans COOP
eration or despite mans opposition.
Ihat IS the first plank in the Chris
tan platform. The divine scheme
OF euSenics is certain to work. He
may nave to make over this old earth
wnen -hdtiOn after nation has dis
appointed Him, but God is going to
ciect F1ls Kingdom somehow. The
nolSS at a divine providence,
dno at the gospel Of q holy life. are
certain to be silenced some day.
Inc ark saved Noah and his. That
a.N was the creation Of faith. 1t
STAND for salvation. and typif1es
HAflst: who is the ark Of ~deliverance
Tor all who would flee from sin. No
matter how many experiments NAV
tall, no matter how great he cost.
GOD Is going to bring to pass his
Kingdom. and he is going to deliver
His own. They who believe Him and
serve Him are safe amid all perils:
they are cO-workers with omnipo-
tence in a vaster scheme of e,,gen;cs
man IS written in any Of the books
OF science. o
SEEEN SENTENCE SERMONS
The great thing. after all. is ONLY
acknowledgements.
When God will guide. God will nro.
v'oc.-AdOiphe M0nOd.
II YOU fear. s. all your cnrc on
GOD: that anchor hOlds.-Tcnnvson.
Hight and wrong are in the natn~
OF Things. and il YOU the
laws aid down. imposed BY the natnrc
OF things. depend upon it YOU will nav
the penaAty.-Ohn Morley.
FOrethought marks the 6i6erenoo
Detween child and the man-Dr
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