The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-04-01
ne coveted the birthright for himself
Is The Heir Jnnne9

With rights go obligations. The
crown is his who can wear it. AS
irs*- orn Of the family, Esau's hon
OF should have been dear to him.
iaao ne been fit for his post he would
nave preferred to die like a king
rather than to live like a craven.
me Titanic dead are more honored
tnan some OF the Titanic survivors,.
"1sau had not learned how to suffer
a2n endure and deny himself like a
man. He knew no synonym for the
phrase, NOBLESSE OBLrGE.
Hungry from hunting, he burst
into the family ten and with child
Ism lmpatience demanded sonnet hing
10 eat. Jacob possessed a savory dish
OF pottage made Of lentils. have
eaten that same food down in Sidon
n can testify to it's savoriness.
but no feed on earth should be so
attractive as to call a man from the
throne of his manhood. would put
of the conduct Of Esau the
enavlOu of starving Chinese whom
have seen self-restrained and dig
nlfied on the famine field, with death
staring them in the eyes.
lcsau wanted that pottage. He
wanted it more than anything else
in the world. He was the kind of
man who yields to the moments i'm
pulse and passion as had already been
shown by his marrying heather
wives. OF course he was a weakling.
He had followed his own wishes al
: ways. Now an eminent alienist an
nOunced a few weeks ago tina if any
; man did whatever he pleased he
? would De 1nsance. That scientific
! verdict jumps with common sense.
mere has been a great deal of at
$ tention given in the press of the
. world to the sanity of a cert ain
rich young man, a murderer, who
III lC in an no n Cx-l,r nStool of
a prison. BY this test we know him
to be insane. He has always done
3 as he pleased. 1t is not too harsh
s a statement for parents and eachers
o to hear that if children are permit
ted to do as they please their feet
are turned on the broad way that
leads to insanity.
The UnbrotherIy Brother.
If we cannot call Esau a hero OF
s s a fit heir. still less can we call his
brother Jacob. He offered food te
IS his twin only if Esau would give
= in exchange FOR it his birthright
u Jacob was the cold-blooded sort WIKI
y traffic in necessity. He is near o!
kin to all who grind the faces O
the poor, who derive excessive prof
TO it's from insanitary tenements, wht
is rent their houses at eXOrbitant prof
its to the uses of vice, who under
pay their employees without caTin:
W for the consequences TO bodies Of souls
o. Jacob was a choice sample Of the ma
lie who ever looks out for number enc
j. Let it be said u~neQuivOcally that III
n person who seeks only his own ad
en- vantage comes as near to 81 hunla.
likeness OF Satan as a be created 0
imagined.
X The old commentators used to fin
various ingenious excuses for Jacol
lie We are less prone to do SO nowaday!
=. ~ Let hfrno cfnrI 1aor 80 4 =
clear light Of the teachings OF th
D. New Testament. The Jacob regim
u for humanity is ended or ending. W
ife are living today more nearly by til
higher law Of brotherhood. Legi.
re lation and publicity are forcing tt
We Jacobs out of business by imposin
nj the new standards, by the law (
DrOthernood, Wnlcn Is opening tr
nj eyes Of the church and the Wor;'
cal The Jacobs are having a hard tim
Even an income of millions is four
20, to be small consolation for a jazz
,ht reputation. The Inaugural addre
- - Of the new President of the Unite
States was as a blistering brand ii
on the forehead of all who would {
business JacObwise with their mel
less brethren.
m, ne Cheating a Blind Man.
T isaac was a dodering weaklil
- whose deathbed thoughts were
w. h;s nhor;, oe nlu.+on
There is nothing that is noble abo
this deathbed scene. Even in 4
not tragic hour which should be SUI
om lime, when the departing father b
slows his blessing and the headsh
his of the family, there is only favor
lte- ism, cunning, appetite and agree
,as- Isaac bargained with Esau that
his return for a mess of vensiOn he Nou
,Od. bestoW the family benediction.
cen The cunning Rebekah overhead
wd, Isaac might plot but he was only
ype child in guilt as compared with h
her SO she schemed with her favor
rdi- Jacob that she would prepare a M
ism ton stew disguised to taste as Vel
the son. and she had an ingenious W
pot to meet every one OF the more ca
np- full Jacobs objections to his imp,