The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-01-10

has opinions or her own and does not
hesitate to state them, even ii they
conflict with the opinions Of Careless
Tom or others. Good natured criti
cism, such as this, makes u Chat
more lively.-Aunt Jennie.
Dear Aunt Jennie:-I am going to
write quite a rambling letter this
time, for there are SO things to be seen
and heard and enjoyed that with a
piece of paper and g pencil to note
them down, I can almost forget that /
sick-too sick to do my share Of the
homework to day. I do not have
much time to write except when I am
not able to do harder work.
To begin with, we have the Holy
Bible to read, and I deem it a blessing
to be able to han die it. When I was
quite a young girl I read a story about
some people in Iceland VINO went to
church every Sunday and listened to
their pastor while he read a portion
from the Bible that lay on the pulpit
desk. After several years had thus
passed away, the minister went on a
long journey and procured anew Bible
for the church. Then the old n was
loaned to the families, in turn each
family keeping it a week. When it
was the turn of a certain very old man
to receive it, he Clasped it in mis- tremb
ling hands and while tears of Joy aud
gratitude streamed over his wrinkled
face, he said that he had not expected
ever to be able to have in his house the
Word of God for himself and family
to read.
In reading the forty fifth chapter of
Jeremiah this morning, l saw that
Barucn's life was given unto him for a
prey. That word (prey) led me to the
dictionary. You smile at my ignor
ance. All right. Since the word oc
ours in the Bible quite frequently, l
wanted to trace it's meaning through
all the changes Ghas it had undergone
during the peri5d OF its existence.
One wriser has SAID that words
are canoes on the river OF time, each
laden with a fragment of history"
The student Of Eagllsh history remem
bers the formation Of the word Cabal.
While looking tnrou n che dictionary
I found this staLzA on love:
II only with the pro Wiling wolf
constrained
All night to wake. With hunger he is
And I with love. His hunger he may
tame;
But who can quench, o cruel love, thy
Phillips P~astorals.
And then this:
Judges and senates have been bought
for gold,
Esteem and love were never to be
sold" Pope.
Another thing that I enjoy nearly
every day is the sound of the different
bells and whistles that call to work or
sound the note for the hours of rest.
Rest-another Bible word. Let me
see what it means. TIE word rest is a
memorial of creation, because when
God had ended the creation, he rested
on the seventh day, and sanctifed it
(the seventh day. Sabbath. the
Hebrew Shaboh (seventh) from which
comes the German ''Sieben" and the
English ~''seven," is derived from a
root signifying Ito be full, complt tie.
ETC." Such is the rest that remains
for the people of God. Such we should
seek to make u earthly Sabbath. I
should have said, the Lords Sabbath.
because they are His. Elk. 2O:1O.
Tney should be unto us days of holy
rest, full of the works that pertain to
the worship of the Creator.
The Sabbath is the true touchstone
OF a parsons character. Notice any
one that you will. 4 Sabbath keeper
is an honest person and holy in his
conversation and doings. 4 person
who keeps no Sabbath is sure to be in.
different if not directly opposed to the
other nina commandments. Placed in
the heart Of ten commandments, it
points backward to creation and for.
ward TO heaven; it looks upward to
God and do wn ward to man. It is the
uniting link that binds the creature to