The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-06-09

exalteth himself shall be humbied:
but he that humbleth hlmselI Shdil
be exalted"
Two went up to pray: oh, rather say,
one went to brag. the other to pray.
One stands up close, and treadS on
high,
Where the other dares not send his
we.
| One nearer to Gods altar trod,
The other to the affairs God.
Richard Crashaw.
Some Points About Prayer.
There is a world of admonition in
this old story. First it reveals what
prayer is not
Self-praise is not prayer. Boast
ing to God is bad and bad
religion.
A naughty mind cannot pray.
Heavens help is for the humble. Self
complacency is self-condemnation.
God is not satisfied with the man
who is satisfied with himself.
In the case of the publican we see
the marks of prevailing prayer:
To think of God greatness instead
Of ones own goodness is the first pro-
per undeserving to aye A sense
of undeserving is the first qualififica-
ton for getting. Sincere humility is
the spirit that secures.
The appeal to Gods mercy is
mightier than the plea of mes own
merit.
The sinners sob gets to Gods ear
phraseology.
Where the Good Stumble.
The peril of the piOuS is a con
Sc~iousneSS Of their own goodness and
a consequent dependence thereon.
That spirit %atrophies the pulsing ar
terry Of sympathy which binds all hui
manity into oneness. Whatever else
worldly condition, in the spiritual
state we are all sinners.
When we cannot cry God be mer-
ciful to me-, a sinner" we may be as
Sured that we are declining in Oul
spiritual life. Lack of a sense of sir
one is, the more sincerely is he ready
to cry, God be merciful to me, {
sinner"
;. The Rich Man Up a Tree.
= The second story, as told in thi:
, lesson, happened down in rich Jeri
cho, as Jesus crossed over from Peres
. to Judea. The official head of the ia.
collectors Of the district-by his yer.
title a s~elf-confessed CRATER, and b.
: his name a renegade Jew-whom al
= the community loathed and feared
y had spiritual concerns unsupported b,
: his fellows. High in position, Fac
chaeus was small in stature, and h
could not see Jesus for the crowd
!" that lined the highway. A man 0
= quick decision. he flung dignity to tn
wind and climbed up into a fig-SycO
:. more the better to see. The zeal o
the man was not without it's appeal t
L Jesus.
who goes an inch to God, throug
doubtings dim,
! God goes a mile through blasting liS
II to him.
Nobody ever makes an honest effol
IA to know Jesus Christ without Chri
meeting him half way. In one of tn
E amazing exhibitions Of grace whic
5 each reemed sinner thinks must b
/" peculiar to his own case, Jesus Gale
to Zacchaeus and offered to be h
III guest while in Jericho.
Somewhere betWeen a branch {
u that tree and the ground, Zacchael
r was converted. He made haste
+; come down n joyfully acclail
is serious crowds were grumbling owe
IN the fact that Jesus was showing fl
lie vOr to a known sinner, ZacchaeuS w
OF giving proof of his repentance.
ne One characteristic of Billy" SUI
days campaigns is that his CONVEX
~ make restitution. EVERY COmInunl
ne he visits is full of sotries Of men VIII
p when converted, straightway hal
gone to pay their bad debts and
atone SO far as possible for pa
wrongs or failures. That is tie fir
OF evidence the world demands of
lie. changed life. Zacchaeus declared
IL would give his good to the poor 81
TN that he would restore with Mosa
interest all the graft he had extorte
lie Out of UGH material as ZaCchael
n despised publican but saved slime
Jesus erected his now Kingdom. y
the powerful and proud Pharisees, b
sinners who were sorry became Z
a pillars of the new kingdom viii,
nd Jesus i~nauguarted.
est is \ CLASS STRIFE COMING?
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