The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-02-10
In THE RELIGIOUS WORI.D
THE CHURCH o. ARE THINKING
ABOUT AND DOING
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON AND YOUNG PEOPLES
TOPICS

Pharisees cleanse the outside Of
the cup and of the platter: but
your inward part is full of ex-
tortion and wickedness. Ye
foolish ones, did not he that
made the outside make the in
side also? But give for aims
those things which are Within:
and behold, all things are clean
unto you.
But zoe INTO you Pharisee,
for We 1.-THE mint and rue and
every herb. and pass over ius-
tlce and the love of God: but
these ought ye to have done.
n not to leave the other un-
done. Woe unto you Pharisee,
Q ye love the chief seats in
the ~synagogues, and the salu-
tations in the marketplaces.
Woe unto you! for We are as
the~tombs which appear not, and
the men that walk over them
know it not
And n of the lawyers an
swering saith unto him, Teach
er, in saying this thou reproach-
est us also. And he said, Woe
INTO men with burdens grievous
to be borne, and we yourselves
touch not the burdens with n
Of your fingers. Woe unto you!
for we build the tornbs of the
prophets. and your fathers kill
ed them. So We are witnesses
and consent into the works Of
your fathers; for they killed
them. and we build their tombs.
Therefore also said the wisdom
Of God, l will send unto them
prophets and apostles; and some
Of fhnro houv ~A~11 I'm -
secute; that the blood of all the
prophets, which was shed from
the foundation of the world,
may be required Of this genera
ton from the blood Of Abel un-
to the blood of Zachariah, who
persisted between the altar, and
the sanctuary: yea, I say unto
you. 1t shall be required Of this
generation. Woe unto you law
yers! for ye took away the key
OF knowledge: We entered not in
yourselves, and them that were
entering in We hindered.
And when he was come out
from thence. the scribes and
Pharisees began to press upon
him vehemently. and to provoke
him to speak Of many things;
laying wait for him, to catch
something out Of his mouth"
Hard Knocks For Ecclesiastics.
Why should the professionally r
ligious person. the maj who makes
business of the affairs of religion,
readily succumb to the fundament
temptations to ayarice, self-aggra
dizement, aristocracy and unbrothe
illness? We Shudder as we read Chris
terrific indictment of the ecclesiastie
leaders of his time. Nevertheless,
know from our observation and e
perience that the charges lie agar
the door of some Of their SucCeSsO
FalsehoOd, ruthless personal ambitie
rank disloyalty to friends and to no
or, a total lack of concern for the II
work Of the kingdom-one can 81
names and particulars in support
these allegations against eminent
clesiastics; while many others,
course, are real saints. Is it~any We
der that brave men in the church
fuse to consider ecclesiastical Pc
tons?
Never.was this particular teachi
Of Jesus more timely than now. L
is the area Of revolt against CT;
dominance. The churches feel tt
We have entered the day Of deTn'
TdCy, anu ucIlOCI dCy ucfiidIIuS q
must have sincerity as its basis. o.
true men are fit to govern themsel'
| and one another. The moment p
| tense arrives, real democracy beg
| to depart. Truth in the inward par
| is the very life blood Of democracy
And for that Jesus pleaded. w
and only woe. awaits. the person v
builds up a religious life primarily
~f10r nonDlo'S oVnS 70 SEQ R0tlR
is not reputation: it is character.
is the hidden, godward side Of
1.-The Father who seeth in secrt
is its judge and rewarder. The ia
taught by the Master and the apos'
is a life hid with Christ in God
shnns the street corners n the CT
seats. There is nothing professlo
or self-parading about it.
In this discourse which set his ne
ers by the ears, the unconventio
NaZarene made specifically the pc
as a charge against the lawyersl
interpreters or the sacFed canon, I
they loaded up the people with Q
dens which they themselves did
bear. They preached, but did
practice. To them religion was sol
thing apart from present, very
life, like the building of memorial:
the men Of a dead past They hiHe
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