The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-09-23

~ piopOSltlOH may falriV he
MADE: Whoever stops TO think at all
ABOUT great and fundamental subjects
Is certain to think about God. In the
hour of his deepest need. or in the
hour of his highest exaltation. mans
spirit turns toward the Deity as q
bird toward its nest.
A few days ago Sir Oliver Lodge.
president of the British Associat on
for the Advancement OF Science
treated in his annual address. the
persistence of personality after death. |
expressing himself as convinced of
TINS truth. His address, which has
attracted worldwide attention, con
lciudeh with the words: Genuine re-
ligion has its roots deep down in the
heart of humanity and in the realty
OF things. We are leaf and
blind to the imminent grandeur
around US, unless we have insight
enough to appreciate the whole and
[" ~ecOgnlZ in the woven fabric Of
existence, flowing steadily from The
loom of an infinite progress toward
perfection, the ever growing garment
OF q t~ranscendent Cod
This great allegiance steadies and
holds true all lesser allegiances. The
person who is loyal to God is not 90
ing to fail man. He will be true to
his every obligation, whether that he
10 vote for a righteous man or meas
Nh - W pay IL wv Siild1lCS Qft)t.
Nation, home and neighbor may count
On the person whose life is dominated
Dy Il sense Of his supreme duty to
GOD. The key to the whole Exodus
story is in the one wOrd-Jehoyah.
For three months We have been
studying about the ways of God with
man.,
!. The Making OF a Nation.
This day of worldism is also a time
IF IN I
: consciousness, the wOT1d around, was
: never so keen as at present. Even
emma has been shawcn into a wide
t spread interest in the affairs Of gov
eminent. Ireland, Scotland and Wales
e feel new pulsations Of national life
v ~thrObbing in their veins. Finland and
Poland dream anew the old dream OF
z ~natlOnaiSm, while Armenian. Syrian
r and Arab cry aloud for s~eif-govern-
nent.
Deep teachings concerning nation
al life and patriotism have been bound
e up with these Sunday school lessons
upon the exodus and training of the
q Hebrew people. They nave tended tx
country, without which no man is no.
e stimulate the great passon of love FOL
e bic. The cynical and superficial few
r who think it a mark Of superior wis
S, dom TO sheer at enthusiasm for one,
native state or law are not wise. bu
lC lOOitSA. L nedTO d COllcSe pfeSlOcn
Is say, recently, hat his children hat
ir been brought up to despise the statt
d of their birth, and it took consider
y able Seif-repression to restrain tn
p words with which j wanted to max
le answer on the spot. Loyalty to tn
i land Of ones birth is a Fundamental
s, passion. If the great God took sucl
lp pains to make the Jews a nation. h
a. surely does not look lightly upon ma
tionaliSm.
in The Grand Rabbi Of Bagdad one
IS. said to me, The Promised Land O
as today s America" There are indica
tons, in almost every days neWSpa
per, that this is the time and the p1ac
m for a revival Of patriotism in the forI
It. of the conviction that God has specis
ng plans afoOt for us here and nov
which call forth the most solem
y sense Of citizenship. We have com
Re. panied with Moses in vain for thes
lis three months if we have learne
n, nothing about loyalty to our ow
zee people and birthright-
lly A Man and His Family.
is, Certain advanced" Cor are the
,ss lretrograded) ~sociOlOgistS propose thu
AL both fathers and mothers work, an
n that the children be cared for by tt
lie state; and instead Of Individual hom'
we have huge communities like tt
bees. Anybody who talks that wa
ng must first close his Bible and forg'
il to Xampl ana pTeceptS. FROM y
MT ginning to end this book stands II
the Individual home and family. &C
framed Moses III a family: and II
he humble family he trained also
NJ Greater than Moses.
try AS a man should forsake even h
de. |naton, in order to be true to his Co
m and as a patriot snoulu ieaVe non
Aid when his country caAis: 50, tniru
I'm the scale of great a~ifegiances. a M
will lay down his life. if need be. +
the defense of his family. The hon
ith is the oldest human institution. 1t
es- the conservator of all the great idea
ing including the oeal Oh IeIlsion.
an. most powerful force in the shaping
es. every normal life is the home. \
in vain have we spent weeks
studying the development Of Z
character Of sraeIs great leade
est from babyhoOd on.
For many a teacher Of this less
xA~ arDli~ofnp rims straight to Il