The farmer and mechanic., 1915-10-26
In The Religious World

",aSacreS VINO wagged their heads
ond ~; ana cried. Blood will tell.
anu MS blood is bad" These croak.
els took short views and recko1ed
oniy with physical strains. Bur thair
SoHcltude was natural We Loo,
aoout US at the spoiled children OF
parents who themselves ffout III |
nIsher laws, and We wonder Nany
man Is pi1ing up millions for sons
wHo nave not been fitted. by heredi |
~ or training. to inherit such resnon- |
sbilities. l have in mind a how
whose blood was of the best. but who |
lnher1t1ng a million in bovhood and
oVer-lndulged became a wastrel and
grief to his family.
society as a whole has no greater
problem than this one of what onr
ooys and girls are to become The
increased attention paid to the Sun
uay scnooi, and to the public schools
snow how sensible we are of that
truth. It is more important to pro-
duce a generation Of noble men and
women than it is to produce vast ma
terial wealth. SO let us reserve our
highest awards for those who have
our Joashes in their keeping
10y ooJS' uAu you ever StOp TO think
That we are the coming men?
That we've only few short years
to prepare
| Ourselves for the work and then
| The fate of the world will rest in the
hands
OF those who are boys today?
| tell you it makes a fellow feel that
| lie wants to be armed for the frav
! We cannot afford to hamper our
| selves
| With habits that work us harm.
we need to be true Of head and
With a steady. strong right arm:
We need to be men-real. honest
| men,
With a love of life and it's Joys.
But ever ready to stand for the
right
And in order to do that. boys,
We've got to begin right now. or
i No, l am not Preacher Ben
And don't lets forget in our work
or our play
That we are the coming men"
| A good mother and godly train
ing can smash into Smithereens al
the bad blood ever transmitted. Coo
{ sends nobody into the world with {
: |
/ Van Dyke says. There are man,
: potential men in every man. ant
; which Of them is to emerge, h
+, chooses for himself by a THOUSAND
e silent, moral preference. One livin'
9 Jehosheba, guiding a boy in tn
f house and law of God, can Outweigh
e fifty Jezebels and Athaliahs. TIL
: average public school teacher ha
n more real influence in the world thai
g the bejewelled society leader" who's
d picture adOrns the newspapers TIL
\ godly women whose gentle hands ar
S now shaping the plastic souls Of youtl
f are the best allies that God and pos
= terity have on earth today.
Il Growing the True King.
y Taking a leaf out Of the strateg
:. :. of King David himself. when h
thwarted the plots of an usurper b
Unexpectedly croWning SOlomo
king, Jehosheba and Jehoiada adopt
ed the simple expedient of producin
= the young prince Of the blood roya
L and crowning him before ever wick
Is ed Athaliah could bring her force
70 to bear to prevent. This bold, sWl1
{. stroke succeeded, as boldness usual
~ does succeed.
OF course, there had to be loys
l. spirits to assist Here again we cor
= front the truth taught to Eliza h
:, servant by vision of the heaven
~ host. God always has His allies. TT
y friends Of right and religion stan
=; ready to rally in an hour Of nee
~ AS there were soldiers and saint
y quick to cooperate in the coronatic
y Of Joash, and to surround him wit
ie their swords and shields, so there a.
~ a. great host of fearless patriots ar
-: ~: Christians today, upon whom &c
III can count in any emergency.
The ruse succeeded. Joash w;
u. invested with the crown of his fat
N ers, and with the hold Oil, and WI
&c the sacred Scriptures. In full for
and fashion, the boy was made xii
ei Of Judah. That fact dispossesst
ny the wicked Athaliah, who, indeed "
p slain straightway. Thus, by the "
on and courage and godliness and p
Il triotism of one woman, the nator
a rightful king was preserved, ana
III better era inaugurated.