The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-07-29

Anybody can run twenty-five yards:
nobody but the trained can run TWEEN
ty-hve miles. 1t is easy to start: it
shows greatness to continue.
/ am dead,
May this with truth be said,
On the rude stone hat marks my
IoWly head,
That, spite Of doubt and indecision.
In spite Of weakness, lameness, blind
ness,
Hearts t~reachery and fate's unkind-
ness,
Neglect Of friends and scorn of foes,
Stark poverty and all its woes,
The bOdy'S ills hat cloud the mind
And the bold spirit bind.
Still through my earthly course /
went,
Not disobedient
Int the Heavenly Vision.
Harry koopman.
Sometimes there comes 20 men
concerned for the welfare OF the world
and the glory Of God a vision. 1t is
not such a vision of an opened
Heaven as greeted Johns enraptured
eyes. Nor is it the glory that was
revealed to Ezekiel. This is but q
| vision of a company Of Christians,
perhaps a fiftieth or a hundredth OF
the church membership Of the land,
who have vowed a VOW TO stand fast
by the work OF the kingdom. Their
intellectual and social qualities are
a matter OF indifference. The one
condition is that each has made q
pledge in his heart never to let &c
the Christian work he has choser
until it has been accomplished, o,
until he has been called to give &C
count of his stewardship to the Mas
ter in person. Encouragement can
mot loose sue a servants hold O
his task, nor can criticism afrigh
him. Others NAV grow weary il
well-doing, but for himself he per
severes to the end. In such a com
pany one sees hope for the accom-
plishment of n great tasks which
confront the church today. Lik
lDavid's soldier who adventured /
the we'll of Bethlehem, devoted fol
lowers of this. sort can accomphs+
literally anything for the kingdom
All tasks are possible TO them. The
would become the church's arm q
conquest, like Caesars Tent Legion
And for this service. each volnutee
may enroll by An act of ~consecratio
: in his heart.
! A New York journalist once TOD
\ III vi Il T. IN f&SA -
/ With a leading brewer upon the sui
t ject Of reform in politics. Said III
: breWer w know the church pee
e pie can beat us any time they choos
land when We see that they are rea
: ly aroused. We have to bow to TT
:. storm. But they soon grow tired ar
then We can come back. They ha,
the power, but we have the perseve
ance. and that is why we are usual
e ION top"
n There is the w Of real grea
g ness about this virtue OF perseve
e ~enee. Its disdain Of opposition, di
e couragement, and the deadly drag
IS n,onotony rises to the proportions
senius- A small-minded person
n scarcely capable OF saying, w,
then of going right IN doing it
II the end.
It THE virtue of the postage STAN
my son, is that it sticks to the O.
thing until it gets there"
Al The long patience Of God. the il
h mense stretches of his plans. the pe
te ~sistence Of his designs through &c
e turtles and millenius, is a lofty arg
J. ment for perseverance on the part
is all who would be sharers in his wol
'God is working His purpose out,
N AS year succeeds to year.
NJ God is working His purpose out,
~ And the time is drawing near
"a Nearer and nearer draws the tin
a. The time that shall surely be.
When the earth shall be iId with
~ the glory Of God.
Id AS the waters cover the sea-
y. |
of SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS.