The farmer and mechanic., 1914-02-03
TN THE RELIGIOUS WORLD
What the Church Folk Are Thinking About and Doing
Sunday School Lesson and Young Peoples Topics

10 SuHlCAcHt esiuence tnat lie is the |
deadly foe of Beelzebub. Casting
out demons was not the kind oi |
work calculated to make the Prince |
of Darkness happy.
For still our ancient foe |
Doth seek to work us woe
His craft and power are great
And armed with cruel hate,
On earth is not his equal
Did we in our own strength con-
f1de,
Our striving would be losing;
We're not the right Man on our side,
The Man of Gods own choosing
Dost ask who that may be?
Jesus Christ, it is He;
Lord Sabaoth is His name,
From age to age the same
And He must win the battle
Whatever overcomes the evil Of
| life is OF God. The friends OF God
| should stand together by all that
| stands for good There has been a
colossal failure here on the part Of
! the Church: her support has not al
ways been an assured asset of right
eousness. Consider, for instance, the
publishers of newspapers who have
fought and suffered for common
| Righteousness: bat the Church seems
little to note or long to remember
what they have done. To achieve
the solidarity Of the friends of God
Is basic need of our time.
Implying BY Filling.
WHAT keeps most men straight
and useful? A wife and babies.
Responsibility. work, necessity. these
are the cargo and engine of the ship
Of human life. The law forever
holds true that an empty life is dan
!. gerous. Why is such disproportion-
ate newspaper space given to the
misdeeds Of the idle rich? Simply
! because empty lives and empty heads
inevitably produce wickedness Il
is not because he has so much none,
that the rich mans son often goes
wrong. but because he has 50 little
life.
Our wise new programme for SO
clal service accepts the teaching O
Jesus in this lesson, and seeks to fl
:. every life full of worthwhile things
For an empty life offers its hospital
ity to all. the devils in sight. Th
: way to get rid Of evils is to crowd il
: the good. Half our present socia
problems are due to the increasing
leisure OF women and children, whicl
, has followed prosperity.
I'VE must empty by filing crie
> one soul-physician confronting sin
e laden lives. Another declares. Moth
!. ing is ever displaced until it is re
L placed" I'VE cannot pump tn
e darkness out Of a room; we mus
II empty it by filling it with light
= What Do You Stand For?
l. In these paraole-answers whic
y He made to the charge that He wa
$ confederate Of the evil one Jesu
t. stated the principle of the light. tn
) animating purpose, that radiate
l. from life. Everybody must she
n either darkness or brightness. Th
l. lineup is inescapable. The point
II made practical by the Teacher eve
IS as it is gathered up in the familis
[e little kindergarten song:
l. Jesus bids us shine with a clea
re pure light
Like a little candle shining in tt
night"
n Despite the evidence of the arrs
IL. OF lamps in every lamp store to IL
~ contrary, it is true that lamps a
It's not made to be seen, but to see b
r. Their business is not to be looked
An but to give light. Which is a par
m BILE for Christians. How Jesus Won
have seized on the modern meth'
IS Of indirect lighting as a metaphor
ot the lamp itself out Of sight but
tn light flooding the room. A lamp
en- to be elevated, said He, TO thrc
an light.
rs Hudson Taylor once made q per
re- nent remark concerning Chrlstla
al. who want some better place
en- shining than where God has p
them: "A candle that won't shi
&c in one room is very unlikely to shi
he in another. If you do not shine
,ro home, if your father and moth
on your sister and brother. if the We
be cat and dog in the house are not
nj better and happier for yonr being
he Christian, it is q question whett
yOu YOU really are one
ion
les, Make me to he torch, for feet II
md grope
Down truths dim trail: to bt
for NiStful eyes
vav Comfort of light; to bid great o
rye cons blaze,
nh And kindle altar fires OF sacrIf