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

sands who could not be reached 10y
others.
The civil war wrought d change III
his life which had the happiest results,
In March. 1861. he wrote to his father:
.Niewins the whole matter 1.-THE civil
war, from this distant point of obServa-
ton. cur people. North and South. seem
t, be mad" The Southern States Were
almost entirely cut off from communica-
ton with the missionaries. Mr.. Yates
had 10 look out for his own support. he
became interpreter and superintendent
of Chinese taxes and took other secular
employment. from which and investments
he made sufficient money TO educate his
daughter in Switzerland, to take bis
family to Europe for Il year. and ever
afterwards to have an income from
which he could build 4 church III ShanS-
hal. give at least $4,000 to various
church enterprises. m travel around
the globe in search of health.
The physical strength of Matthew
Yates was almost as necessary III achlev-
ing the wonderful results he accomplish
ed as his spiritual elevation and zeal.
Without the first he could not have en-
dured and overcome rs he did. When he
first sailed for China in his 18th year,
he was six feet and two inches. and he
continued to grow taller. In his ma
turity he was six feet four and one half
inches without his shoes, and his nor
nal weight was 244 pounds. The growth
was evidently healthy, for his body re-
tanned its proportions, and his intellec-
tual was quite equal to his physical de-
vclopment. His size and strength gave
him immunity from attack and inspired
roughs with a wholesome dread. He was
1.-The embodiment of muscular Christi
%anity.' and wrote of himself L am Dis
strong as a u horse
Though giving up home and country
to carry the gospel to the leatEen. he
did not write or speak of his Sac riticeS.
He did, indeed. declare plainly that the
churches. having told him to 90 down in
the well and that they would hold the
rope. it was their Christian duty to
stand by the compact. But his Christi
anity was not of the type to call himself
4 martyr. He went gladly. He suffered
willingly. His religion was of the
virile type; and his vigorous manhood
was permeated with his religion. To be
with him was worth Il whole course of
Christian evidence"
DIR. Taylor points out that the life of
each of Gods children is us truly guided
and overruIed as was that of Joseph
and thus shows Gods dealings with Or.
Yates:
He chafeS at his meager opportunities
for early education. But when, ut last,
his chance comes, practical wisdom has
been acquired.
lust when it seems most needed. his
eyesigit fails. AS d result. he learns to
speak in Chinese as no other foreigner
can do.
When, after many years he has
reached the Chinese heart his voice
suddenly fails. And. 10, the native
church becomes aggressive and goes to
work.
lie Is cut OH by WaE from supplies
from home. Then the position which he
IS compelled to accept to make 4 support
gives him u%nbounded influence with the
Chinese, and supplies him with means
for usefulness.
And now a thorn in the flesh is sent
to buffet him and threaten to drive him
from the pulpit. The result is the trans
lation of the New Testament into the
spoken language of many Millions"
OF his Affections. his successes, his
glorious death, his burial in the city in
which he had wrought great things for
God. DR.. Taylor writes with Il glow that
shows that in spirit he was with the
missionary i'll his service among the
heather. One can almost hear the
voice Of the preacher as his b~iographer
writes of him and his successes.
All my life ! had known of Matthew
Tyson Yates as North Cardinals first
missionary, and when i'll the ncighbor-
hood of his birth it was a patriotic
pleasure to stop and feel thankful that
Wake county had been the proud mother
of 50 noble Il son. But not until TODAY
have | appreciated how truly great he
was, M how wonderfully he wrought
for God and humanity among the SUPER
stitious and benighted men and women,
sitting in their darkened and beclouded
and degrading faiths. \ monument -
his memory ought to stand on the cam
pus at Wake Forest and the children
taught the story of his life. 1t is in
spring, as lovingly and charminyly told
by DR.. Taylor.
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BASEBALL YESTERDAY