The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-06-24
IN THE RELIGIOUS WORLD
What the Church Folk are Thinking About and
Doing
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON

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supreme passion. he would have |
escaped the pitfalls Of pettiness thai
marred his career. /
The old counsel vas never trueT |
than today, Find a purpose n
fling your life into IT. To fofget |
ones self is az philosophical as to
deuy ones self or to enjoy ones self. !
,S4tf-surrender to a noble ideal de- |
serves to be called q secret of sue |
cess if any recipe may merit that
comprehensive designation.
Let all she ends thou aim'st at
be thy eountry's, thy Gods and
truths"
Jacob was a SON Of the covenant.
bat he was not a cOvenAnt-keeping
son. Had he lived for his line tn
stead of for himself the story would
be nObleT reading He stands on
1.-THE herizos Of history, a
Of warning rather than a monument
of inspiration. Had he been a God
consumed man. he would rave lived
/ "a MORE man-seFving life.
! The World and tire Family.
| II tn eimmoftals ever jest Ut us
poor humans, it must be over the
self made man. as Ire struts am
ferows trough his little day, shout
ing over his pitiful small accom-
p4ishments, Behold, I did it," To
Ian such we may inscribe the preach
IT = VANITY OI nftFC "l 10 VoAY~
iry."
The man who thinks Of rinse
fapart from his fellows and his fam
fly has not graduated from the kim
ldergaFten Of life. For the profound
truth. which like all profound truths,
finds it's clearest statement in the
word Of Scripture. is that None of
us liveth unto himself. and none Of
kus dieth unto himself" Each is q
Epart Of q whole. God "setteth the
ESolitary in families"
We wesseTnefs have yet to learn
1.-THE wisdom Of tire Old Orient's pfftB-
Fsophy, which puts the family first
and s~ubordisates the individual there
Ito. FIR China a a family is re-
Esponsib4e-literarly. legally respon-
tsible-for all of his evil deeds, even
an it 1EareS the honor OF his worthy
; achievements. Into every life weaich
anoants to anything has gone the
self-deaiaI and ministratio1s Of parents
) and kindred beyond counting. The
; story Of Jacob is the story of a fam
: lily. His biography is but a frag-
: merst OF q family history.
. The theme recalls the truth that
. the sweetest joys and the deepest
: gTiefs are all within the family circle.
: Jacob and Joseph, Bethel and Egypt
. all come within the one narrative.
Family life is the ideal life.
=. nc treat
t The two leading characters in the
e drama Of life are man and God. II
e we could throw aside all the ad.
EventItious trappings and ACCESSORIES
e of existence. we would see that thu
soul OF man seeking relationship with
h the life of God is the one truth o.
most Importance. The real thing.
about anybody are not known to tn.
world. We see a man's successes
and failures. but we know rRught O.
the real vital life of that man, hi
hidden inner self which is Of SO mucf
more Importance than these transfer
y things as to render them almost in
considerable. The divine record give,
y us a glimpse of Jacob in his relation
ship with God.
That is. and ever has been. tn,
great adventure. Experience Of Go,
is the supreme interest of life. PhiIo
so~phically correct is the New Tesla
j. ment word, This is life eternal tina
" they should know Thee the only tru
= God and Him whom Thou didst send
le even Jesus Christ The concern o
chief Importance concerning ever
one OF US is the Godward side Of life
se business. No matter: has he sue
st eeeded with Cod This one is electe
IL to high Office. What has il mean
e to his soul and to hrs commune
with the ~1nftHite? The great adven
- ture is accomplished in the holy @
- hotties. with no human eye to set
:: Spiritual concernS. which are the res
concerns. are quite properly seldoTnes
= spoken OF. Their very sublimity de
-, rsand reverence.
~ THE Captain at the Helm.
All travellers by sea have notice
that in entering or leaving port, G
at III time of any the car
Fe tain is to be found on the bridgI
III Times without number / have see
this, This commonplace fact
g. freighted with the profound nessag
that the Captain is at the helm {
the ship of the soul. From Jacob
experience we gain this element;
life lesson. The explanation Of tn
crises Of character is, that. God
% doing something with our souls.
n The q of Jacob. from Hetro
to Haran and to Bethel. and to Hell
OF ron again. and to Egypt, is who'll