The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-06-30

to some far beyond their deserving.
The generous spirit which is sin
cerely glad for the prosperity Of other
people is a social and national asset
grave reasons why We should .re
Jolce with them that DO .ejoice."
When we take pleasure in our neigh
bofS good fortune. we not only in
crease his happiness. but our own
as we'll. Every sentiment of pleas
urc in another's prosperity Enhances
u w character. There prevails
widely a pernicious habit of jeal-
ousy and detraction and envy which
is rot wholesome. The spirit of good
will makes for kingdom character
and temporal welfare. This was the
clear teaching Of Jesus III. this par
able and in many other places.
Waiting in tie Market Place.
America has never Geen more deep
~ moved by any economic condition
than the recent spectacle Of the mul-
titudes Of unemployed in our great
cities. The condition has always eX-
listed in greater or lesser degree. but
our new social conscience has been
freshly aroused. The pathos of the
multitude crying No man hath hired
Us" has reached the innermost senti-
ments of America.
As. "a spectacle of sheep without a
shepherd they have stirred our COM
passion, for the clear need Of most
indeed, of the nation itself-is for a
sane and constructive industrial and
social leadership, and if it be true,
that for their own political and pc
cunialy purposes great corporations
have caused a condition of unemploy-
ment, then We can only say that they
viii inevitably face a day of reckon
ing before Cod and man.
In this story is a summons to lead
crshiD. Chaotic conditions in politi-
cal and social order and in the in
dUstrial realm call for men who viii
W q near and permanent q out
Let us be patient with the reform
erS whose agitations seem to us radi-
cal. Their hearts have been stirred
by human injustice and better theil
passion q thousand times, than am
icnoble content with unfair condi
tons. Meanwhile every man or WON
an Of sanity and perception is called
upon to help promote social Welfar
and solidarity, and to aid both rici
and POOR to be their best selves an
to do their nCblest work.
/ know q community which cam
to an extraordinary degree of neigh
borliness largely through the effort
Of one man. He was a promoter Q
community good will. He created oc
c~asions for the neishborhood to real
lXp lJStl1, he spent lllflStlI ldNiSiti
out of business hOurs-for he was no
a reformer or a preacher or socia
worker but merely q good bushes
manic effect q finer order Of Societ
among the people with whom his lC
was east. He sought nothing TO
himself yet when business calle
him away from that town the los
was realized By all observing peopl
, as q great and increasing ne. Thu
> o,,o n n N had .11plnt ponrA In his con
munity than any institution or bus
: ness within its borders, yet the wor
: Of social leadership which he did j
l rpromoting good viii and mutual hell
fulneSs and civic betternaent was DO:
. Sible to any ma Who would give hin
! self unsparingly to the service OF h
fellows.
Adjusting Final values.
4 This story contains a question
: work rather than q question of wage
t They who work for works sake VI
never want for wages. Highest SER
o ice is never done for money \ ma
e cannot be Il missionary for the Sala,
& he gets, nor a patriot for wages. Nhf
i pay is put first, work is sure to ]
# secondary in more ways han on
The quibbler over what lie may 3
out of a service is sure to be the OF
who renders least service.
! Ii tho highest economy Willin
ness and readiness count on 4 y
with service itself. The men in Z
4 market place were lager to toll al
ready TO be employed. Shall the
!. be denied then need OF su~stenance?
Jesus applied the parable to o
Of his faYorite themes, h = becau
i, men have not opportunity they sh'
- not be denied reward. The Ia
- SHALL be first and the first last.
= final readiustmeat Will be equital
- in both worlds.
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