The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-08-11
The Lost Opportunity.

~ A~cSN opportunity. |
Dives in hadeS thought that a new
religions have been content with two
and man. But Jesus put a third
as the proof of the first two: love
of the brethren is evidence of love
OF God. So Christianity is an outlook
Ing religion. 1t is a building with
skylights and windows also. No an
chorite can be an adequate Christian. |
1t needs mans relations with man to
give full play for mans relations to
God.
There may be as much Christian
conservation expressed by a dinner
may be used for Gods service as
truly as the pulpit. The home thai is
made hospitable for the sake of help
fulness is a veritable house of God.
Some communities need church
gymnasiums; but all communities
need, far more, Christian homes that
are employed in the service Of the
community, to create a wholesome
Christian atmosphere. The person
who has a home at his disposal need
not sigh to go to the foreign mission
field. Our day has few needs greater
than the need for norma Christian
homes that are given to hospitality, for
the sake Of saving the young and
keeping sane and sweet our country's
common life. This is the antidote for
the excuses and vulgaries Of the con-
spicuous fast society" Of our great
cities.
Cana as we'll as Calvary expressed a
thought of God. Jesus came eating
n drinking, and honoring the social
relations of men and wOmen in order
to teach us that devotion to the Father
need not take US out Of the world,
but enable us to serve the world, as
the salt of society.
Church kitchens have q mission as
definite and important as church pray
er meetings. They make possible the
meeting together of Christians in
that most social of relationships, the
sharing Of good. This is basic hospi-
tality. There is a sound reason for
furnishing refreshments to guests, as
is lone in the Orient, In the break
ing of bread we come to know one an
other. That is why church Supper
should be frequent-not the odious
money-making kind of course-fo1
the sake Of binding a community to
gether under the best auspices.
The happiest memories Of youth
should be associated with the Church
The best of the good times should b.
enjoyed under it's roof, and in it's fe1
lowship. Here should be experienced
the best definition Of good society,""
Christian Endeavor has wrough
powerfully for the nation in bringin!
young men and women into religion
{ and social associations that have re
suited in Christian homes. The Sures
way to diminish the present increasing
, procession toward the divorce court
| is to change tn atmosphere in which
-~Aoo ~ S-1t-
wives in the darkness Of moving pic
ture shows, the indiscriminate com
I pany Of the. street corner, or the heat
| ed atmosphere Of the dance hall, lie
+ young men have frequent opportunit
to meet their future wives under tn
sheltering wing Of the Church.
No less a purpose thar that whic,
is expressed in the Christian Endeav
4 or pledge can redeem social relation
2 ship from pettineSS, cO~arseneSS an
: selfshness. Society will be better b
lettering the individuals who compos
(: it.
The preservation of the nation de
ponds upon the purity of the homt
> the individual and the social life.
: How sweet and gracious even in commo
5 speech
L S Cld me SuSt "IllCu ulCu CdI1 tOuIltSS
, 1t transmutes aliens into trusting friend
u And gives it's owner passport round tt
3 world.
n James +. Fields.
e Every man depends or the quantit
Of sense, wit, or good h
brings into society for the reception h
e meets within it.-HaZlitt.
a SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS.
Did it ever occur to you that now
e the future you longed for several yeal
ago.?
: The Chicago Daily News.
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y Victory is only possible by battle.
e Thomas Carlye.
e Heaven makes the mould, but soon {
If late,
h Ma pours the metal that is Fate.