The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-15

tIlc nope u glory. Apdll L tliiS +!
indWelling life of the risen Christ in
His Church, there is 10 power in her |
ana no hope for the world. The
Church is the instrument of Christ.
w are bat organs mute, TIL q mas
ter touches the keys
DarpS are we, silent harpS that
have hung on the willow trees.
Dumb till our heartstrings swell and
break with a pulse divine
Where Democracy Cannot Prevail.
In all the world today world
hose thought has been profoundly
disturbed by the events CT the past
six months-there is no need greater
mated by the conviction that Jesus
Christ still lives and reigns. The
faith of many has been clouded by
the smoke OF the world war. They
cannot reconcile the present cata-
Clysm with the benevolence and omni-
potence of God. They already dis
Germ the effect of this crash of Chris
tan civilization upon the heather.
What may be said to them:
"All authority is given unto me-"
SO rang the words OF Christ ere He
assembled to the seat OF highest au-
tliority. They never were so true as
today. The King is upon His throne
III iAS'ISH hSStOH L1lo p1IllS lHdS
be inscrutable, but they are certain
to be carried out. lie makes the
wrath of man to praise Him. In
some way beyond our understanding
his terrible time Of trial is going to
work out for the peace and prosperity
Of humanity, and for the greater
glory of God.
The Kingdom Of Heaven is not 8
democracy but an absolute monarchy.
We need to remind ourselves of this
at times. God is supreme. He is not
constrained to explain His ways to
5 may. He is working out Kingdom
| plans that are vaSter than our power
OF comprehension. With Him b
/ thousand years are as q Day. His
, Kingdom Is coming IS surely as He
4 Is King. Dimly we may discern
, the ~proVldenceS Of present events. We
D can only, however, think Gods
thoughts after Him and sometimes
= affair off.
The New World Programme.
The simple fact Is that the hour
has struck for a new and vaster pro-
. ramm of Christianity. The organ
d lied Church Of our day has come to
a crisis. The ecclesiastical pro
grarnme and methods have almost
s broken down. Even the Church is
turning in repugnance from the
ecclesiastical politicians who have
Slapped SO much of her life and per
e verified her clear and simple purposes
Machinery and organization anG
e worldly methods have in good par
{ thWarted the godly devotion OF The
Il rank and file of the Church.
Now this world tumu1t has shaker
the human rae into a new sense o
unity and interdependence. Old COT
& placencies have been shattered. OLD
provincialisrns rave disappeared. Me1
n are gaining a new, vast, comprehen
sive sense Of the whole world.
In this hour Of unequalled crisis
j. thoughtful Christians perceive tina
a the Kingdoms programme and plan
have all along been yaSter than TIL
n Church's fulfillment. The world to
day is rising to the level OF the rea
cieS must pass away. The i1nnleflSi
N W of world needs will newly domin
III ate human thinking. Our own natio.
will be shaped more and nore to til
needs OF humanity.
ne in this hour the ascension q
WI Christ means nothing less than III
We ascension of the Church to a ne7
ne plane OF life and service AS tn
SIS great tower OF the Church Of I'll
nu Ascension on Mount Olivet dominate
Us a wild landscape, SO the work an
=. worship and life Of the Church 1nu:
lie be dominated by this larger cOncel
ton OF Christ's thought for His pee
-, PIE. lie Ming . Colliildl1u ID - l.
lie executed in more kingly fashion.
he
For ] dipt into the future, far as III
ma eye could see,
-, Saw The vision of the world, and q
~ the wonder that woul be:
noe Saw the heavens fill with cOnlnerC
arGosies OF magic sails,
Pilots Of purple twilight. droppir
down their costly bales;
Heard the heavens fill with shouJin
and there rained a gha-8tly de
From the nations airy nayies era.
on, ping in the central blue;
las,
the Far along the worldwide HnisDer
eth the south wind rushing war
'es- With the standards OF the peopl
en- plunsins thro' the thund
ia storm: