Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-07-18
ARP ON MYTHOLOGY
Bartow's Philosopher Draws Morals
From Ancient Stories.
AND WRlTIS VERY INTE2 ESTINGLY
lie Reads Up on Old Lines and Traces
His Conclusion, in Latter Day Style
Ente.tain;rgIy.

Ills Conclusions In Latter LAY StyIe
Ente.tain;rgIy.
In all ages mankind has f7lt thu
need CT a God. There is 2 faaiing &
helplass7ess in cur nature and il man
can't find a Gcd be will make OlE.
It Is curious how strangely similar are
all the heather mytholOgies II the Bi-
bic religion. St John says, And thee
was wa in heaven aad Michal and h;
angels fought against the dragon and
his angels and hurled them down.
That old dragon. which IS the devil,
vas cast down unto to Garth Jus
50 IN Grecian ana Roman and Scand l.
navian mythology; there was war II
their heaven and the good deities pre-
vailed and the evil wee cast ou5, bit
not destroyed. Jupiter had wa with
the TitaDs and dc;hrC1ed them. OGe2,
o. Wooden, IS he was called, had war
with LokI and dethroned IN and gave
him Hela, or He'll, for his kin. dom.
The Scandinavians had serp Mt 10
figure in the dawn OF their creation
and that serpent was even gnaWl1g 1t
the roots Of the tree OF iife-a tree
that grew by spring and was kept n
perpetual bloom by the wa er Of the
spring. This spring was at one end
of the rainbow and the home of WCdel
and the gods at the other end aHd as
OF as the rainbow appeared Wooden
and his retinue made uae CT it as
beautiful bridge over which they Pa s.
ed TO the spring to drink and rene"
their youth and hold their hiZh cJu!t
and sit in Judgment upon offenders.
Just 50 cur religion tells us of tie
tree OF life and the water of Ii e AID
thc leaves Of the tree which FIR
TIE hC0lng of the nations.
This scandinavian mythology was a
beautiful and fascinating Ielieio1 and
TIE N0,s men, including the Danes al
Swedas, believed in it SIS piCusly as We
believe in our bible and Christianity.
Indeed il took centuries to overthrow
II and plant Christianity there. For
centuries it he'd sway over all G 2rnla-
ny and Cvc1 to this day all CArste?-
dom usaS the names OF The days Of tie
week that came down from the N&r>t-
men. for Wednesday was WOdcrs lay
and Thursday vas ThOTsday. Tho
was WrIpn's son and was the gcd Of
tnp clouds. When lie wished to n Ec
Il thunder and shake the rain GU #
the heavens he took two great II GUN.
tains, enc In each hand, and C!lpp2i
them together Friday was .'rygl
day. Fryga was Woden's wife. Just
90 wn got the names Of the months
from thc Roman mythology and W.
get the consultations in the heavens
from the Egyptian mythology and it
remains unchanged to this day. Brt
I wish the young people 10 know and
remember that in all mytholCgie5 their
religion was founded upon faith that
truth and justice and .;rtuo must pre-
vail over evil. The good were reWar
Ged and the evil were punished, not
o2Iy in this void, but IN the world -
come The difference is thai GU: Ie
ligtCn is founded upon love and mercy
rather than justice and we have bu-
one God instead CT hundred.
Now it seems that Jupiter and his
they lad whipped the Tita1s proceed
CO at once to divide their grcat DO
main. Jupiter was the eldest anil
snartest and 50 he gave the seas 10
Neptune and hcdes 10 Pluto and KEEP
heaven FOR himself. Smart. wasn't
he! Hades was not he'll at that time
The spirits Ct the dead. both g-oi aHl
bed, mingled together in The hades ul-
IL Pluto concluded to separate thu IN
Te2entart and incurable ones fOc fear
they would usurp his kingdom and )
he established q hell and called l.
Tartarus and shut up all the hardest
cases therein.
Now TlUto married a daughter Ct
Ceres and she had a son name1 Plu-
tEs. He was the god of wealth and
that is where the word p.utocracy came
from. Our millioGaircs belong to i.
SO it seems that the sod Of MONEY is
brOtherin-law to the god Of he'll. Pre-
ty close kin and dangerous, but il i )
according to scripture, for it says that
"the love OF money IS the root CT all
evil and it IS easier for a camel 10
go through the eye Cf needle thau
70" rich man to 60 to heaven" Now
this Plutus began to give his riches 10
the good only. but Jupite" Didn't Ike
that and strGc,, him blind so tina he
couldn't toll one man from anythc'
and so h grOpe5 his way about slowy
tin he finds G man. Then he gives
him a Pie Of money and suddenly
opens his wings and flies away.
That, too, is symbolic Of what scrip.
ture says, Pitches take wings AID fl
away
The love Of money seems to have
been accused Ia all aees. Thu w5dca
Of gold not only cursed Achan. but af-
ficted all Israel. Milton says that
MammOn w2s one OF heaven's e ds-
nS tho -: ToI1
and thoughts were ALWAYS d2wnwa. J |
bent, while he admired thu golden |
pavCments IN heavens reefs and |
never looked up to aught divine. Thon
let no one wonder that riches grow n |
hell. 1t is the sol! that best Ge,cry,
the precious bane"
No wonder, then, that Mr.. Carnegie |
became alarmed and hurried to dis
gorge. What world of care he is
now going through in distributing his |
wealth. He receives thousands OF |
pleading letters. | know. Tor many
have been sent to me to be forward
ed to him-many piteous appeals for
a little charity. Of course. | forward |
them and that is the last of it. They
are perhaps read by proxy and then
destroyed. DR.. Samuel Johnston
wrote truly when he said. Riches
fortlfy man against but one OF the
ills of lie. and that is poverty"
Creosus had no monument. | know of
one that was erected to a very rich
tad man-an old bachel0r-and his
executor, a man Of unfiinching in
tegrity. had chiseled in the marUie
these words: lie began the work q
poor boy and died citizen of large
estate This is his best eui0gy.'
He might as we'll have never lived
and doubtless would be better off now.
How many Of the rich deserve q
similar culogy on their tombstones.
Old Agur's PRAYER was safe one
Give me neither poverty nor riches.
These great accumulations impoverish
somebody. They generally come from
the sweat and toll Of the poor Car
negie. The New York Herald saws, was