The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-08
By T.. ELLIS.

by st. Peter speaks Of persons who are
blind, seeing only that which is
near" That describes the mass of us
who n discern things in their re-
lat%ionships. Every great event ha
great consequences. and the shrewd
person percieves it's implications. as
we'll as its immediate reality. When
the newspapers announced that a new
B~abylonian story of the Fall and Del
uge, antedating Abraham, had been
discovered. many persons merely
thought 1t q curious bit Of news or
its vast consequences in the realm OF
religion and history, they had no sus-
picion. Thus 1t is, that the fact Of the
resurrection Of Jesus cannot be un-
derstood at all until its consequences
also are realized.
study that the resurrection of Jesus
had been historically esta blished by
his six appearances in or abou Jeru-
salem, and by his three appearances
in Gallilee. II the resurrection Of
Jesus be a reality, then it is fraught
with such tremendous consequences
10 mankind that words fail us to de-
scribe it a~dequently.
Clearly, If Jesus could rise from
the dead, then 1t is possible also for
us to rise from the dead. Paul is
both logical and philosophical in max
ing his teaching Of a personal immor-
tally contingent upon the resurrection
Of Jesus; for all the worlds bonds
hat rave bound humanity nave been
broken, and il death, the last great
cOnQueror Of the ace, has been mas
tered by Christ, then a new order of
affairs entirely has entered into hu-
man life.
The New Kings Imperialism.
The resurrection fact is inadequate
without the resurrection program.
Jesus proved his authority by his
ascendency over death. He had dem
onstrated the possibility of a new and
risen life. Now we find Him in the
present lesson issuing directions to his
followers as to the manne in which
mer teachings Of Christ were all
touched with a new luminosity by this
new truth Of the resurrection. 1t
also made necessary certain special in
structiOns to the men who were to
carry ON h work of Jesus. The
Master was mounting His throne;
what was to be his policy for his
The flaming c%onquests of Moham
med and his immediate successors
are one OF the wonde of history. Yet
they are easily understood. Since his
followers believed him Gods --latest
and fullest prophet, then it was in.
cumbent upon them to carry his reve-
IatlOn to the uttermOst man the
could reach. In a far greater sense
II Jesus Christ be the. Son Of Coo
and mankind's only Redeemer, the1
all the world must be told the goot
news, and no other. concern in Lf,
becomes so important as the bearin,
OF this message.
The nnorialfom .of Chrict;ap ;&,
dates from the resurrection. TIL,
world program of Christ was lait
down after he had broken the bond
OF death. His fullest and final in
structions TO his disciples were i'm
parted from this side of the tomb
The work Of winning all men to Hin
is bound up with the kingship o
Christ. AS runs the old saying, Chris
will not be Lord at all, unless he ca,
be Lord in ALL"
World Wal Under a Peace Prince.
Doubtless the most disturbin
thought Of the world today and on
that Is being discussed in kehans an
tea houses and at caravan campfire.
n In oriental palaces and school an
pagan temples and Christian churche
lis the thought that Christian civil
tZation has apparently broken dow
In the present world war, and human
ity has resolved itself into it's origin:
barbarism.
The christian nations are heal
deep in the bloodiest war of all tt
ages. Before this overwhelming pa.
sion OF war lust, the obligations
brotherhood, charity and peace see
to nave vanished. Christ's clear con
mands are ignored, n his Lordsh!
Is nulliHed. All the while His nan
is being invoked. as if he were a ma,
made national idol. to be carried for,
to battle along with the standards
h armies.
@SQuarely facing all the myriads
- alert minds which will study this pre-
ent lesson, are the. words OF the te,
- All authority is given unto Me
heaven and earth" Confronting II
truth Is h admitted fact Of the q
parent repuditaion Of Christianity
the older Christian nations.s ii VIII
.TehaH We epyo; Has 4ChrisfiapttV "a