The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-07-15

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edge than the youth just out OF col
lege. The great are ever learning.
When Moses saw the bush aflame
and heard the voice. he was bld0en
to put off his shoes, which IS the
East's mark of respect. Keepers OF
the mosques Of Turkey, and vergers
of Europe>s c~athedrals. could tell
many tales Of the troubles they have
with these western travellers who do
not care to put off their shoes or re-
move their hats. The sense of rev
erence is not the strongest American
characteristic. We call our fathers
.the old man." we have nicknames
for all our teachers; we caricature
our public men, and address our even
acQuaintanceS by their first or
last names. There is p%ertinency in
kipling's lines to 'The Americana
He greets the embarrassed gods, nor
fears
To grasp the iron hand Of fate"
The Voice Out of the Fire.
! once watched a man in the throes
of a political decision. The position
concerned was a minor one, but the
mar wanted to do the polite thing
that would help his future. He was
so much simpler and wOrthier to have
tried to do merely what was right.
Duty's path is oftenest straight and
clear. Moses on the mount Of decision,
when summoned by the voice Of the
Creator, answered instantly, Here am
L." His reply was as natural and in
%stinctive as the Aye, Aye, Sir" Of the
sailor.
The message that the wondering
ears Of the shepherd prophet listened
to was that God had heard and seen
the affection Of His people in Egypt.
Il Know their sorrows, and l am come
down to deliver them. " Behold
the cry Of the children of Israel is
come unto me; moreover | have seen
the oppression Wherewith the Egyp-
tians Cypress them" God is not heed
less Of human injustice. The mills OF
God grind slowly"-but they never
cease to grind. For long generations
the prosecuted Christians of Mace
dOnia cried to Him for SuccOr. In
the fullneSS Of time He has answered
them. For ages children and women
have tOiled and been overburdened by
taskmasters Xix unto Egypt, but Gods
ear has been open, and we are now
in the day of their deliverance.
To hold this faith is one thing; to
be willing to make it effective is quite
another. Many Of us believe that in
justices should be remedied, politics
purified, and the church magnifed,
but we cannot quite see where the
burden Is laid upon us. Gods com
mands are Gods enablings.' This
month celebrates a hundred years OF
American Baptist missions, freighted
with heroic lives and messages, and
it recalls the famous MOTTO Of tha
earlier British Baptist missionary. Will
liam Carey: Attempt great things fol
God; expect great things from God"
This was the message to Moses ou'
Of the bush. At the moment he wa.
: not ready for it, nor equal to it. H.
a turned his eyes away from Coo
! and was looking at Moses and a
8 PharOah, and no man who consider.
2 only himself is qualified to do an
great work. We shall see that Moses
. mistaken caution cost him a priceless
4 privilege.
. The Great Debate.
The dialogue in the lesson story j
more than interesting. Moses shran]
by Jehovah of delivering the peopl
e from their bondage. He ~interposed ob
lection after objection.
Who am ! that I should go unit
Pharoah and that l should bring fort
the Children Of Israel out of Egypt?
Swiftly and sufficiently comes tn
nswer. Certainly l will be with thee.
n That is equipment enough.
Fearful hat he had not adequat
credentials. Moses objects that tn
:; people Of Israel will demand Of hir
concerning God, What is his name
"a what SNAIL Say unto Inem
The mighty and mysterious, j" 1 al
that am" was given as the suffcier
l password. That was the covenar
name of Jehovah, and the faithfl
d among the Children of Israel woul
n count it sufficient.
But. behold, they will not belie1
me nor hearken INTO my voice; f
they will say. Jehovah hath not al
lie peared unto thee" objects Moses.
l. Patiently as a kindergarten teach
tie er with a stupid child, the Lord ga
T. Moses a two-fold object lesson. Tt
e. shepherds rod in his hand became
lie serpent. Then his hand thrust into h
Mt bosom was leprous when withdraw
OF and restored when put into his bose
is again. 1t was promised that wat
should become blood at his commant
ne 20. Lord, ] am not eloquent
to for l am slow Of speech and of q 81
tongue" cried Moses.
We There is a flavor IF sharpness II Il
he rejoinder, Who hath made mar
mouth = | will be with thy mout
and teach thee what thou shs
nd speak"
tn Still Moses with tho ornoror+ ~