The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-02-02

gates Of these 1900 teachers amount
ing 10 6OO, naturally those who had
confidence in their profession. This
constituted the audience which ad-
dressed, IN addition to some others
who came to hear what was said to
the teachers. I am beginning to feel
that time is precious; | realize tina;
each year takes off one from the time |
allotted TO me and that I cannot hope
TO speak two times to the same peo-
pie. l am anxious that I make every
moment pay.
Individual Relation.
Il shall speak from one Of the three
relations OF the individual TO things
ABOUT hlm-the three most important
relations that man has to adjust him
self to in the journey from cradle to
the grave. Today it is convenient for
me to use one OF these in my speech
TO you, one to the Legislature and the
other tonight in Durham. The three
relations that man bears to the out
side world are: His relations to gov
eminent; his relations to society and
his relations to God. l shall speak at
noon on a mans relation to govern
ment. | shall speak this morning on
q Mans Relation to Society and to.
night under the auspices Of the Dur
ham Y. Nj. G.. A., Of Mans Relation to
God. l have given these three funda-
mentals for these relations lie at the
very foundation of life. I regard the
mans relation to government as the
least important; mans relation to So
ciety as second in Importance; mans
relation to God as first, the primary
and most important relation. and in
this relation | am following the scrip
ture Of the lawyer seeking to tempt
Christ when he asked him which was
the greatest commandment and Christ
gave him two commandments, q con-
densatiOn of the ten.
Lawyer Rendered Service.
MANY OF the lawyers render a great
service to society sometimes when
they do nOt intend to. This lawyer
rendered as great a service an any
lawyer ever rendered society, even
though he did not intend it. He was
trying to trip the Savior by asking
which is the great commandment?
Tho shalt love the Lord thy God.
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thy
self We have the first command
ment to US by this statement as the
first in the ten commandments. and
we have it emphasized by Christ il
answering the question that brought
up this very proposition. and so in
speaking Of mans relation to God. ]
speak OF mans primary relation. Some
! people put the emphasis on the SeCOn
} commandment, but the emphasis
: should be. as stated by Christ, on the
first. The reason for this is tina
until man is brought face to face will
. his Eternal Creator he does not know
S his neighbOr, therefore it is necessary
e that man should obey the first com
mandment before he is in position t
obey the second one. The very thin:
that leads man to disobey the frs
5 great commandment is the very thin,
{ that leads him to disObey the secOn
False God Is Self.
t'It is not a question whether w
e shal worship images III call Their
d idols, or anything of the kind. Yo
can take the false gods OF today, II
matter what they are and in the las
analysis you will find that every falls
~ god is self, that there is not a thin
than man puts between himself an
~ the surrender Of himself to Jehova
but self and that there is not any
thing but self that he worships in tn
70 place of God. It is only when tn
y individual obeys Gods command
- ments, s~urrenders himself to tn
Heavenly Father, ready to do tn
Fathers bidding, obeys the Father
~ will. that he is obedient to the fir:
~ commandment and he is then read
to obey the second.
ID Mans Relation To Society.
N ST came to speak of mans relatiO
I to society. I remind you hat in man
20 relation to society, in his relation
a God, in his relation to government,
or is not a question of whether the
shall be relationship between himse
70 and society; it is simply what tn;
to relationship shall be.
1g II shall divide the subject into tv
in parts, speaking first of the negati'
rs side, then Of the positive side Of lif
as things that man should not do
hit a member Of society and things tn
Id a man should do as a member
ID society. In this relation there is
an difference between the golden rule
Confuscism and the Golden Rule
We Christ. 1t has been psychologically d
veloped that the Golden Rule of Co
lis fuscism was quite dissimilar to tt
at Golden Rule OF CHRIST. Inc 70
or fusclsm SIDE. DO not unto otnerS III
ad which you would not nave otners
mt unto YOU" The Christ side, D IN