The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-01-20


for it"
After all has been said. would it
not help more than anything else
toward the solution OF the woman
question" and d hundred Other
questions that trouble our times. il
more Of us were to learn the art OF
quiet contemplation in the company
Of Jesus, viewing l.fe's values as
nearly as possible from his stand
point?
4 NATIONS BEST BULWARkS.
TeFse Comments On the Uniform
Prayer Meeting Topic Of The Young
Peoples Societies - Christian En-
dcayor, Etc. for January %, 1.-The
PeFils That Threaten Our Nation"
-Jer. q: Is, 1918.
A new mood is mastering the
| minds Of men. All real observers per
Ceive this. Some name it, in political
terms, progressiveness and liberalism;
others call it democracy; others HUI
| ma freedom; still others see it as a
worldwide quest for righteousness
and justice; while yet again others
discern in it the beginnings Of i reign
Of International peace, and brother
hood. Whatever the nomenclature
and the diagnosis, the thing itself is
a fresh sense Of spiritual values. 1t
Is concerned With TIE lu1lO0UlcJltd1 Is
sues, and its object is a better world
for all men and WOmen The pro-
gra1nne for it is laid down in this
passage from the prophet jeremiah:
Execute We justice and righteousness,
and deliver him that is robbed out
Of the and Of the oppressor: and do
no wrong. do no violence. to the so
journcr, the ~fatherless, nor the widow;
neither shed innocent blood" The
newest Of the political parties has no
more modern OF succinct statement
Of it's social programme than this.
This way lies strength and safety.
The nation buttresed in the integrity
Of its people,, and of it's dealings with
all men, is better defended than the
one with the monster army and navy
The whole is never greater than the
sum or its parts. A great nation car
never be made up OF ignoble men.
But the country whose people are
devoted to Justice and good will can
not be kept from greatness by any
foreign power.
= The old story from Sparta, which
!. explains q modern bit of slang, is
!. pertinent, are the walls OF
Spartan a visitor asked. There are
I the walls Of Sparta" replied the
king, pointing to his army: land
every man is a brick" A noble citi-
: zenship is the one sure and final bull
wafk of a nation.
The new times create new perils
What means the popularity Of these
. moving picture scenes Of wild west
I life? Obviously they signify that
I lacking the excitement Of persona
endeavor and activity and the print
tive tasks Of mankind, people are
seeking Adventure by proxy. Just a:
{ the highly civilized Romans, needing
), nc longer to Engage in war and The
chase and the active pursuits of con
quest, satisfied this innate appetit.
for adventure by the contest of tn,
giadiatorial arena, SO our steam heat
ed civilization is catering to the tast,
for strife and achievement and on
of-doors-life by the moving pic
a pre- dramas. What we need t,
a counterfeit this unwholesome tend
ency, is more open-air life for youn.
Q and old, more Of big, hard tasks t.
fill peoples lives, and more of guild
ance in public recreation. The cray
ing TO be amused is a real peri
threatening our nation.
"Where there is no vision the PEG
pie perish SO wrote the Old Tesla
me.nt seer. To p~opuiarize ideals O
patriotism, SO hat the great dream
which made our nation shall be con
stantl3 IN the thought Of all the PEG
pie, is a modern need in our lanC
The tendency is for detailed wrong.
and for petty programmes OF reform
to fill the peoples eye. Let US no
forget The great principles that hay
made AS a nation. The cure for GU
ills lies in al application OF the loft
truths which arc woven into the tes
ture Of oUr national being. II NOR
OF Us would give ourselves whole
heartediy to the promotion Of the ole
Fashioned conceptions OF patriotisl
We should be doing q fundaments
service to our land. We are in ree
danger OF letting the little echoes {
criticism and agitation drown o;
"A the great voice of the America
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