The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-03-03

Broadly speaking, the Christian
nations are the prosperous nations.
Inc standards of living in Christen-
90 mare higher than in heathendom.
Wealth is greater. more widely diff
FUSED and utilized more generally for
the common welfare. The poorest
workman in America is rich along
side of the best-paid laborer in India
or emma. In a general sense. the
progress of Christian civilization
means q raising Of economic, politi- !
cal and social standards. The Cos
pei wars against all that hurts hu-
manity.
when talk about getting on"
said Hugh Price Hughes. we mean
7 getting more money. Christ never
got on"
conditions make some men poor.
Ii is easy for the unthinking to dis
miss the host of unemployed with a
cOntemptuOuS wave of the hand; but
some OF these men are Of better quail
ity and capability than their critics.
circumstances in no wise affected by
individual capacity throw thousands
Of good men out Of work every year.
This is doubtless inevitable in a
changing social order; and it calls
Tor patience, sympathy and co-opera-
ton on the part of all Of US. The
| point l make is simply that we can
not dispose Of the problem Of pow
erty by blaming the poor man. Such
an attitude is stupid. as we'll as un-
brotherly. The evils Of poverty are
to be remedied in open-mindedness
and courage; n not to be scoffed
at by those who themselves never
felt in their bodies the pinch of
want.
1.-The Bible not only dwells on the
rights Of property and the duties of
labor. but, for once that it doe that,
it breaches ten times over the duties
Of property and the rights Of labor"
Charles Kingsley.
Some men with ive-thousand-doi-
lar Incomes complain of how poor
they are; others our themselves
prosperous with five thousand dollars
a year. The term is entirely rela-
tive Millions of ~ab1e-bodied. indus
II trious men in the Orient do not make
ten cents a day, and yet support fam
lilies upon it. Our standards deter.
) mine our prosperity. So the need o.
the tested, invariable spiritual value
Of the Bible becomes apparent. II {
!, person is rich in his soul, the state
of his purse is a minor considera.
ton.
1HS WEALTH t1 11ldu AS TIC uu1ftDc1
of things he loves and blesses, which
: he is loved and blessed by.-Carlyfe
[ a known pauper millionaire
and / have known rich men who were
, growing gray over the ever-precur
: ring problem Of how to meet thu
I months bills. The latter nave t.
figure carefully pennies they ca1
J afford to spend for lunch, while tn
! former have starved their souls. S.
> we must have a definition Of poverty
: A full, fat soul. crowded with worth,
! interests and linked to nan othe'
: souls, is vastly to be preferred t
the lean-lived beggary Of the mar
y who has nothing but money, al
e though plenty Of that. And the stand
: ard by which the whole question Q
S poverty is to be solved must be on
which conserves and cultivates th'
fullness Of real life. Mere materia
e prosperity, apart from spiritual Wig
or, would be a calamity and not
boon. Better a poor country life Scot
d land, which has enriched the world
life, thar a rich nation sodden in it
e own aff1uence.
Individual efficiency is the frs
e step towards the prevention OF indi
,, vidual poverty. Thrift, industry an
ls integrity are the soldiers three tina
j. keep the wolf away from the door.
= Simple living is the best genera
- preventive of poverty. Nothing i
clearer thar hat the people Of GU
~ land and day are living too lavishl,
y desiring too many things, n seek
ing pleasure in artificial and cost
ways. The restaurant life Of Ne'
York would Stagger old Lucullus. TIL
IA clothes worn in our city would max
: the garments Of the tabled Orier
= seem simple. None Of the kings an
!" conQuerors of antiquity know sue
convenience and luxuries as commo
folk nowadays require. The path c
Mt safety for our nation is marke wit
l. three guide boards: simplicity, Sir
s. cerity, Spirituality
Ida =
W SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS.
es The smaller our world the large
I'd | IFS earS.-Maarten Martens.
OF
a Healing is Well,-but wherefoE