The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-15
By William +. Ellis.

me present Sunday School Lesson.
r. is A startling presentation TO- this
cent hour. A more pertinent
pa.s,ge of Scripture for widespread'
consideration could not have been
(hnsan 1t is as timely as any dis
natch in the news olumns
IN these great words Jesus makes
j., clear that nations, as we'll as in
d,,iduaIs. are to be judged at the
~nurt of High Heaven. Every nation |
b,s nm identity before God. The i'm
nlications of this truth are many an !
s,lemniZing. They make citizenship
a sacred thing. and office-holding a
tremendous responsibility. Not only
in the conflict and clash of nations,
hut also in the judgment-day of God,
must every country make answer
concerning its efficiency and it's char
scter. The King of kings sits in
Judgment upon all the king oms of
earth.
The lesson passage itself must be
printed in full:
when the Son of man shall come
in his glory, and all the holy angels
Win him. then shall he sit upon the
throne of his glory: And before him
shall be gathered all nations: and he
shall separate them one from another,
AS q shepherd divideth his sheep from
the coats: And he shall set the sheep
on his right hand. but the goats on
the left. Then shall the King say
unto them on his right hand, Come,
We blessed of my Father, inherit the
kingdom prepared for you from the
foundation Of the world: For l was an
hungered and ye gave me meat: I
was thirsty. and we gave me drink: l
was A stranger, and we took me in:
Naked. and we clothed me: | was sick.
and We came unto me hen shall
the righteous answer him, saying.
Lord, when saw we thee an hungered,
and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave
thee drink? When saw we thee a
stranger. and took thee in? or naked,
and clothed thee? Or when saw we
thee sick. or in prison, and came unto
thee" And the King shall answer and
say unto them, Verify l say unto you,
InaSmuch as we have done it unto one
of the least of these my brethren, We
have done it unto me. Then shall he
say also unto them on the left hand.
Depart from me, we cursed, into ever
lasting fire, prepared for the devil and
his angels: For L vas an hungered,
and we gave me no meat: 1 was
thirsty, and we gave me no drink: ]
was a stranger, and we took me no
IN. naked. n we clothed me not: sick
and IN prison, and ye visited me not
Then shall they also answer him, say
ing. Lord, when saw we thee an hun
gered, or athirSt, or a stranger, OF
naked. or sick, or in prison. and die
not minister unto thee? Then shall he
answer them, saying, Verify 1 say unto
you lnasmuch As We did it not to one
OF the least of these, We did it not tt
me. And these shall go away into
everlasting punishment: but thu
righteous into life eternal"
The Test
II we try to read these sentence,
as II we had never seen them before
We hnd a great truth starting GU
from the page. 1t lives, and throbs
ana clutches the imagination witt
All the pulsing reality of our owl
Gay Here we find Ginning perfectl
WIN the most advanced Christian
.nihklng of our time the startling
proposition that nations are to b
1uused Tor their service to mankind
me ~orotherly qualities in nations ar
De the standard by which they ar
nnaiiy TO be appraised. Human min
,sry-and all that our common terri
soclai service implies-is the vita
ana determining factor in a nation
success.
Not wealth. or commercial powe,
VI intellectual brilliance, or miiitar
n,ory' but the simple fact of whethe
"en ana women and title childrel
hess. o.
me Real Mission of a State.
anybody thinks hat the stat
, "a No business with social legisls
;nn n-such As child welfare, the hou.
- roDle1n, workers compensation
hbo."ers pensions and all the 9TH
thu oI p~resent-day plans for liftin
sh burdens of life from the weake
pasSares-he needs but to read tn
c. 80 over again. The Almight
ro,n IN his great documentary
for VI mold the nations %accountab
'nese very responsibilities.
mos, puotic official, we then saw.
WI. "'Vreiy answerable to the vote
CON, Vlect him; he must give an a
san 10 the God of all nations.
Poy., o responsibility to a High,
oual,, : what calls forth the be
ine IN a a Likewise. notl
to ~ SO causes a nation to ri
f,und highest possibilities as the pr
convection that it must rend