The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-22
AT THE End OF THE YEAR.
mmen on the Uniform
Prayer Meeting Topic of the Young
Peoples SOcieties-ChriStian En-
deavOr. Etc.-For December 81
.ThiS Year and All Years For
Christ Ps. 9O:f-1s.
BY William I. Ellis.

Calendars, as we'll as Bibles. be
long in the spiritual equipment or
every Christian. Some saints seem
seldom TO see a. D.. 1914" They ap-
pear to be unaware that his is the
year of our Lord as truly as amy
other yea recorded IN history. The
sovereignty Of God over our own time
is a conviction essential to great ser
vice. A moments thought shows that
the Ruler Of the universe, whose seat
is in The highest heavens, has been
traceably abroad during recent days.
His works mons men were never
manifest than now. God lives and
rules. His day is marching on" We
cannot leave Him out of any of our
plans. Our new year will be greater
than the years that have gone exactly
in proportion as We yield the Lord
His rightful place in it.
Beneath the moonlight and the
snow,
Lies dead my latest year;
The winter winds are whispering low,
It's dirgeS in my ear.
l grieve not With the moaning wind,
AS though a loss befell:
| Before me, even as behind,
God is, and all is well"
He has more of the crusader
spirit than the other men, remarked
an editor in q council that was pass
ing judgment upon the work Of q
certain reporter. That settled it: the
| crusader reporter was the man for
the big assignment. Our lives need
most in this new year, the dynamic of
a great and O~vermaStering passion.
Some supreme purpose should fire all
u being and doing. Why not take
as the new years motto, II Will be
Christs crusader in 1852
Over q busy mans desk is affixed
an epitaph in rhyme, which warns
ham against the temptation which ne
shares with this generations:
Here lies the body of Mehitable
Drew,
Who habitually bit off more than she
could chew"
Our new year will be q more use
full year if it's energies are less seat
tered. Most Of Us belong to too many
organizations, serve On too many com
mitteeS, attend too many meetings,
read too many publications, and at
tempt to maintain too many interests.
Divided forces are conquered: that
plicationS. The person who says,
This one thing | do" and does that
right up to the limit, is invincible,
Concentration %connotes conquest.
A year dedicated to the highest
uses may redeem character from its
proncneSS to pettineSs and selfish
ness. If next year be Solemnly set
! aside to the service and glory of
Christ it will mean permanent eXalta-
tiOn OF life.
Ny soul is sailing through the sea,
But the a is heavy and hinderetl
The Past hath crusted cumbrous
shells
That hold the flesh of cold sea-mells
about my soul.
The huge waves wash, the high waves
roll,
Each barnacle clingeth and worketh
dole
And hindereth me from saiIing!
Old Past let go, and drop j. the sea,
Till fathOmleSs waters cover theei
For l am living but thou art dead;
Thou draweSt back, l strive ahead
The Day to find
Thy shells unbind! Night ome be.
hind
l needs must hurry with the wind
And trim me best for sailing
Sidney Lanier.
The monks on Mount Sinai. in the
Monastery Of st. Catherine, are crit
cised by Dean Stanley because the,
have won no converts from the sur
, rounding Bedouins, and have not i'm
: pressed the scattered inhabitants O.
l the Sinai Peninsula. The structure j.
{ warranted. The light that shine:
: farthest shines brightest at home
: With all large plans for life and ser
, vice there is danger that the near q
hand may be neglected. No life i
/ truly effective which is not affectins
e its immediate environment The nev
n year. to be the best year, Will coun
:. most right where We are.
Resolutions Drecede revelations
n Great changes are the result Of erea