The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-07-05

triton. Some Of his experiences are
NOT unlike Bunyan's. There i 4 depth
Of conviction. IL sincerity while yet Il
boy that shows he was being led and di-
rected by God toward his life work. The
educational advantages were very poor
in that Section-in fact. nothing heEoni
the ..old field schools" After young
Yates was genuinely converted tshak
hand religion had not been invented them
he ever after near home or near his
school had some special quiet place III
the woods where he would 60 to pray and
mediate. Here was his source of power
lie worked in the fields. following the
nlov. Here was the source of the physi-
cal strength that enabled him to over
come hdrdships.
Given a plain and pure Christian home.
where labor gives strength and pious
parents set an example of right living,
with the daily habit of going into the
fields or woods for secret prayer, and
YOU have the environment for the max
IllS Oh II l1tl ItdIR 1cI dnS dtth u -
and capable of any endurance. Matthew
J TYSON Yates never forgot his debt to the
simple home in which he was born and
reared. DR.. Taylor truly says, why the
State has been so prolific of eminent men
is not difficult to explain. The condi-
tions of good ancestry. simplicity of life,
necessity for labor. familiarity with ma
tue, religious training, and freedom from
grosser temptations have all been met in
thousands of her old-fashioned country
homes
At the age of eighteen he told his
father that he was determined to have
an education eve if he had ito make
brick by moonlight to pay his way.
His father. who was not able to educate
his ten children, agreed to give him lib
orty to go to school on his own response
blnty when he was nineteen. and prom
Used to assist him some. Rev. L. w.
| Dowd recommended Wake Forest Hill
Academy. then taught by Mr.. G.. W..
Thompson. and the young man went
there two years. He felt the call to
preach. and tried to shake it off, but
| could find no peace. Mr.. Thompson and
Rev. Samuel Wait became interested IA
him. and President Wait urged him 70
come to Wake Forest College, and when
the future missionary replied that he Wis
twenty-one years old and did not
have the necessary funds. President
Wait. with the rare intuition into men
for which he was noted. replied. Never
mind, never mind. where there is a will
there is Il way. The State Convention
will help on; come to college; come next
session." He went, the convention did
take care of him. Wake Forest edu-
Gated him, and he was indebted to it
S25O upon his graduation. 1t was the
best investment. if we leave out every
consideration except %pecuniary. Wake
Forest ever made, for DR.. Yates made
money later in life and gave to the en-
Gowment and students aid FUND at least
six thousand dollars. But that is the
smallest return, and is so treated by DR..
: Taylor.
The Mission Board accepted him in
1916. and III October 18th, in the city Of
Raleigh, the missionary was ordained.
1t was at the meeting of the Baptist
State Convention, and a notable occasion.
The enthusiasm aroused by these inter
esting services, like Il fertilizing wave,
flowed over North Carolina and into 9TH
CT States" writes DR.. Taylor. The
long latent sense of obligation to the
heather was for the first time awakened
i'll many hearts. For Yates was the
first missionary TO go from North Caro-
lima to Il foreign land The Raleigh
Association unanimously resolved that
this body adopts Brother Matthew L.
! Yates as our son and missionary 70
China, and that we, as Il body of Chris
tia Is, will give him Il competent support
during his stay or life Before leaving.
! the ardent young man was married t.
Miss Eliza +. Moring, Of Chatham
county, of whose zeal, education and
Womanly graces too much can never b.
! said. With Il party of missionaries Mr..
= I LII LIS 80 IIt IL h"tl dIt
embarking April Doth. 1917, at Boston
and reaching Shanghai on the 18th of
! September. They did not know Il soul IN
! I'LL Asia, could not speak or understand
Il word of Chinese. and it was the day
of pioneer missionary work in China;
where no human eye could see any hope
in converting the Acknowledged Worship
pers of their ancestors. OF the trials over
come. Of the difficulties s%urmounted. OF
the diScOuragementS that were not al
lowed to discourage, and the hardships
and perils that preceded the dawninc OF
he days of accepted and glorious sue
cess, DR.. Taylor tells us mainly through
extracts from letters written by the mis-,
sionary and his Wife. | regret that the
limits of this article do not permit ever
a reference to them. 1t is enough to say