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

in sculpture is that Of Joan OF Arc.
listening TO the voices that called her
co deliver France. Art has done Won
derfully we'll in portraying this spirit
uaily sensitive being Who had that
first qualification Of a prophet. alert
ness TO her own time and its need.
Prosperity brings many ~disadvan-
tages. but none other SO serious as
the g~rossness Of soul which is deaf
TO the deeper voices or Ire. some
times il seems as II the price many
men in this new world are paying
for their rapid and remarkable ma
terial success is that their souls nave
grown Gallo Is to the finer spiritual
Impressions. We remember how OAR
win lamented that his engrossment IN
science had destroyed entirely his ap- !
probation OF poetry. A friend tells OF
tho tragic agony of Mr.. huxley as,
after discussing that mans spiritual
experience. he ~passionately declared
that he would gladly have his right
arm cut off if he could but know SUCH
experiences for himself.
This man Moses, who is at present
the enter of Sunday School interest,
had his life tuned to the deeper notes.
He was a fine-fbred, sensitive spirit.
To him 1t meant more to be true to
God than 10 win high place among
men and to command the Injuries OF
his soul were Godward windows OF
hbo oobI w OPNI'
fundamental quality Of great leader
ship. spiritual sensitiyeness.
IN Apprenticeship in Greatness.
Ono Of the not contra
dictions OF history is this picture with
which our story opens, Of Moses, the
adopted prince. the university-bred
a a favorite figure in the court Of
P~haroahs. herding sheep like a des-
pissed Semitic. From one viewpoint no
work could be more monOtonOus and
d~eadening than this. Any boy can
tend sheep. On the other hand, to the
great soul no opportunity for self-ex-
animation, for philosophical reflection
and for kinship with nature is greater
than this one OF living apart from
people with the gentle sheep. We re-
call another who named himself The
Good Shepherd"
Moses mad been a heady personal
ity, and it was Steadying for him to
be in subsection to JethrO, his father
in-law. He learned the great lessons
OF discipline in this school OF subOrdi-
nation and obedience. Every boy who
is taught this Sunday School lesson
should be given a clear view Of Moses
with the sheep. The college boys who
last month left the halls Of learning
TO go under some yoke Of drudgery
were but continuing their essential ed
ucatiOn. Gokes are good for all who
would wear crowns. The
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Wales as out in camp with his fellow
students, undergoing hard marche:
and captured in a sham battle, whilt
on duty as a scout. The wise British
way has thus established the route tt
the throne through many forms O.
routine service.
There Is more to it than mere diSci
pine. Great calls come to us Will,
we are about Hfe's common ways
Angels appear when we are engage
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with Moses. The best trysting plac
with God is the scene Of our dali
labor. Most Of us are seeking 70
happiness affair, when happiness is
flower that blooms in home gardens
where men and women toll in com
mon ways. AS Henry Van Dyke says
in his "TOiling Of Felix"
The the many toll together. ther
am l among my own;
Where the tired workman sleepetf
there am l with him alone.
81. the Peace that passeth knowledg,
dwell amid the daily strife;
/. the Bread OF Heaven. am broker i
the sacrament Of life,
Thou hast learned the open secre'
thou hast come to Ne for rest.
With thy burden. in thy labour. the
art Felix, doubly blest.
"NeYermore thou needest seek me:
am with thee everywhere;
Raise the stone, and thou shalt fin
me; cleave the wood, and l a.
there"
Burning But Not Consumed.
Aiertness To the life about us is IL
mark of an acquisitive mind. A hu
dred travellers have followed the rou
of the Exodus and seen nothing; d
Franklin f.. Hoskins goes, and a T
suit is a great book. From the Nj
to Nebo," crowded with new lig
upon these old problems. 1t is n
more experiences that most of
need, but better eyes. The ability
discern the hidden significance in t
character Of the people about us,
write in our minds our own romano
Of the everyday kfe amid which
live. is the same art that sees t
miracle of the burning bush. Says Nj
Browning:
Earth's Crammed with heaven, a
every common bush atire vi