The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-08-16
FOR A WAYFARING MANS oUEs-
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torial writer) has been taught better
than to attack, either Intentionally or
unwittingly, Christian Education i'm
North Carolina. We are glad that it
has perceived that there is neither vir-
tue nor reward of any kind in traduc-
ing, either directly or indirectly, the
characters of the teachers in our Chris
tian colleges, the trustees Of these insti.
buttons and the religious denominations
which, under God only, own and con-
troll them, We await to see how soon
other men and their papers will learn
this same lesson. They have got it to
learn.
We have no desire and no idea of de-
tending monopolies. They are unwhole
some for the country, they are unjust,
they leopard freedom, they stif trade,
they stife liberty of buying and selling,
and they cause the people to suffer.
We oppose them by all means, and any
honest effort to put sn end to them, or
any one Of them, we will u~nreservedly
support. We will, however, have moth
ing to do with the man who decries
monopolies or anything else simply to
sing the tune of the people in order to
get an Office. ALL political parties and
all political speakers in this section Of
the country derounce trusts. Presi.
dents, Congresses and National and
State political conventions have cried
out against them. But the fact stands
that trusts still flourish. We may not
be blamed, therefore, for hesitating to
confde in the sincerity of the average
politician in this matter, and for re
serving the right to say whom we will
put confidence in. We go on the con
viction that you must first convert
really regenerate-your public SER
want by the grace of God, and then set
him to his work of frustrating monopo.
lies and all expressions and wrongs, in
the name Of God; then you may count
on him. You cannot count on al
enemy of Christian Education and the
churches OF God to serve humanity.
Having no desire and no idea Of de-
Tending monopolies, we have @ very
great desire and an unmistakable idea
of seeing to it that no man SHALL sland-
or, by accusation, insinuation or
sweeping generality, our Christian in
situations. We demand that u col
leges shall have the right to receive
gifts without being charged with cor
ruption and that b~enefactors shall be
free to make gifts without being black.
guarded as conspirators or scoundrels
Upon the right to receive and the right
to make gifts depends the Voluntary
Principle; and upon the Voluntary
Principle depends Christianity and
Christian Education. The position 10
impregnable, and the forces opposed to
us will be careful how they go up
against it another time. Such is the
position we took at the beginning, have
maintained and shall maintain.
By way of direct reply to THE Pro
GREssIvE FARMER Of last week little
needs be said. In reply to our first
editorial the FARMER maintained it's
position and said that the Biblical Re-
corder had ''gone wrong" Last week
in reply to that same editorial the
FARMER completely yields the position
taken in it's first editorial and main
tanned in it's second, and says simply
that the Recorder misunderstood it. Il
is q pity the FARMER did not say this
in the beginning and, instead Of reiter'
ating its first position and abusing us,
come out-as it did last week-and
give up that position and claim that il
did not mean what it said. But while
the light holds out to burn the vilest
sinner may return; and we shall not
stand in the way Of any ones repen-
tance.
This editorial is for the wayfairing
man in The PROGRESSIVE FARMER (still
writing editorials) last week, who
either has not or pretends not to have
understood US; albeit he seems to have
understood US quite well enough to
make all efforts at getting himself as
best he could out of the ENHANCEMENT
into which either his perverseness or
his blindness had led him. And if the
FARMER is really so anxious that its
readers shall know what u position
is, it is free TO reprint this plain state
ment just as it is.-Biblical Recorder.
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Nearly n half the weight of fresh
green wood is water. What's the use
Of dumping tons of water into a kitchen
s.ove9 With reasonable foFethought
everybody may burn dry wood.