The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-04-14

his Greed of Qoietness:1-"I have
grown to feel that the ambitions
which we preach and the successes
for which We repar ar. very often
nothing but a missing Of the simple
road q troubled wandering among
thorny bypaths and dark mountains.
| have grown TO believe that the one
thing worth aiming at is simplicity
OF heart and life: that ones rela-
tons with others should be direct
and not diplomatic; that power leaves
a bitter taste in the mouth; that
meannesS and hardness and GOODNESS
are the unforgivable sins; thai con
v~entionality is the mother of dreari-
ness; that pleasure exists not in yir-
tue Of material conditions, but in
the joyful heart: that the world is
a very interesting and beautiful
place; that congenial b IS the
secret Of happiness: and many other
things which seem. as | write them
down. to be dull and trite
places, but are for me the bright
jewels which [ nave found beside the
way"
Many business men are coming to
the conclusion that they would ac-
compllsh more if hey attempted less.
Life is becoming overcroWded. A
succession of little things fill the
time hat could more wisely be used
for the performance of great tasks
and the contemplation of lofty pur-
poses. TIC simplify is TO strengthen.
Life is more than a mere round of
engagements: it is d conscious en-
joyment and employment of the spir-
it's hirhest capacities.
T a Y time is to lenethen life
-
When life is realized as a mission.
time becomes sacred. The sense tina
we are COOS servants, bent on his
business, contents US in the hare
times, as we'll as in the EASY: in the
: dark days, as well as in the bright
Annie Johnston Flinn has put this
t thought of purpose into a pretty little
poem:
! His lamp am !,
To shine where He shall say:
. And lamps are not for sunny rooms
, Nor for the light of day,
But for dark places Of the earth
Where shame and wrong and Grim
have birth,
: Or for the murky twilight gray
Where wandering sheep have gon,
aStray,
+ Or where the light of faith grows din
And souls are cropping after Him
y And as sometimes a fame We find
n IOleaI-SnlnlDS lIlfOuSn the night
So bright we do not see the lamp.
g But only see the light.
SO may | shine-His life the fame
f That men may glorify His name
% In British they use the Wor
~"agenda" for what Americans woul
call programme Or docket. 1t NEAR
- the order Of business. The life wit
- an agenda goes farthest and accom-
= plisheS most. For a conscious pun
pose redeems the time. Some me
~ plan their days by hourly stints {
= specific tasks. They are the dOer
~ "Nulla dies sine linea'-.;Not a da
without a line" was the motto {
y, Martin Luther in his work Of trans
:, lating the Bible The programme
!; life comes TO the end of the day Wit
most accomplishments TO its credit.
The dedicated day is he duty
n doing day. Nothing less than du
= is worthy to find q place in this COZ
secrated casket of time.
Is In the nature of man, and in II
- divine law, it is clearly written tn;
% a part of every life's time should /
o. set aside for sacred uses. The Sal
bath is God'S peculiar share of lif
IN That day is dedicated TO rest al
l. uploOk. 1t is~1he =. peculiar sectiC
to of TING mat wears the flavor OF etc
nifty. Tho preserve it rigidly, f,