The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-07-08
IN THE RELIGIOUS WORLD

through our daily press. All legisla-
ton safeguarding the welfare CT the
children and the women VINO 'oli.
The prisoner, the mentally defclent,
and all who are in 10 the
thrall Of sin, are finding friends
The glory Of u day is that
il is permeated by the spirit Of the
first rmo Of Jesus Christ.
The expressions Of mankind Whlcn
have filled the centuries with the
sound OF weeping since long before
the Hebrew slaves in Egypt Writhed
under the taskmaster's Vhlp mas
been heard by heaven, and by all
who have aught Of heaven in their
minds. God is working His purposes
out in wonderful emancipation OF the
oppressed and the suffering.
a Knight1y Blow.
One day Moses struck a blow that
made hiln an exile and an emanclpa~
tor. Our hearts warm TO the young
Hebrew prince for that deed. al
though We know that he was nasty
and that maturer judgment would
have made him patient. Without con-
doning the act Of Moses, may w not
speak a word Of caution against that
cold, calculating spirit which from
prudential considerations STILES all
brave and chivalrous impulses. Let
us be glad Of the men who have Moth
ing like the jelly fish in their COM
position and who dare to biunder be-
cause they "abhor that which is
evil"
Occasions do not make heroes
they only reveal hem Back Of the
blow that Moses struck was the life
that he lived and the thoughts that
he had beer thinking.
A Lesson in Ingratitude.
The first jibe and threat hurled at
Moses after he had smitten the
Egyptian who oppressed the Hebrew
slave came from a Hebrew. That
made Moses sick at heart. Thousands
Of readers Of these lines a sympa-
thi1e with him. Men who have serv-
ed the church have suddenly awaken
ed to find the church, instead OF
standing Loyalty by them, become their
bitterest critic. Men have devoted
themselves to public welfare only to
find the crowd voting for some other
ma who has sought first his own ad
vancement. 1t is a common expert.
enc for good citizens to labor in be-
half Of the community, to find theil
motives misjudged and their labors
the object Of petty nagging and fault
finding. doses drank a bitter cup or
that day when the Hebrew reproach.
ed him with the murder of~the Egyp.
tan.
Every one Of us has to be taught
equally with Moses. that no man il
prepared to serve God Or the worlt
in great fashion until he is willing t.
do SO without the favor of men. II
learn the lesson of the worlds in
gratitude is essential to strong, seren
service. Otherwise the milk of human
kindness turns sour in ones breast
They who greatly love and greatl
minister rise to an apprehension O
truth, that God is kind to the evi
and ungrateful.'. A higher motiv
and a higher reward must be sough
than the approval of our fellows. Tn
true servant Of his kind keeps RICH
on working even as his master, VIII
cried, Father forgive them, for the
know not what they do"
The Exile That Educates.
Moses had to flee. He became on
more Illustration for that clear me.
sage Of the fifteen hundred years {
Bible his tory that the human soul
prepared for service by separation
f Our own hurried day needs to lear
anew this truth Of detachment. "Th
world is too much with us" We al
enslaved by many things. Our civil
zation is suffcating us. Contrast tT
equipment Of Moses for his journe
ONCI I1to AHlOldI. WHcIe lie was To ~
t main for forty years. with the out
t which even the simplest Of as taxi
s for d summer vacation.
s We are numbered with man
6 things. First we have things: the
I things have us Most Of us plea
e that we have not time for mediate
or for great books or for leisure
friendships OF for prayer or for Il
/ Bible, because We have calls to retul
and clubs and committee meetings
h attend. and newspapers to read. al
n clothes to conform to the new faShiC
q We are slaves in the treadmiil Of III
traiellru jW. 1905. g ..6 g :.
r teriai trivialitieS. One good SCul
Is reason for Gods sending Moses in
indian was that he might get a pro
J. er perspective. Lik Moses. like Pa
II n like Jesus, all OF US need to
apai. into some desert place aw nj
r n Courtesy Tha Won a Wife.
8 When Moses fled in haste fro
n Egypt acroS to the Sinai F~eninsu
d. he a no idea that he was to
'e gone forty years, and that not CT
II his destiny but that Of 2 rae was