The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-08-11

: Iacy-these born in Raleigh / have
an impression that nv able old scH"'t-
mate and friend. Col. David NJ. Garter
vas also a native !. Raleigh klcisafd
radgar should also be named Tor he rad
talents. am inclined to believe that Rev
Or. sam McPheeter~ was also a Raieightte.
Bat 7 am not certain. No doubt her"
are Others y whom / have no knowledge
at this writing. l have known personally
fifty other leading. gifted men VINO r.
sided at Raleigh-prior 10 fS75-but none
"a. 4 native. Or. Walter H. Page {
gifted man Of letters, was born in Wake
county. Who else has made his mark and
achieved fame who was born IN the county
outside Of Raleigh l only contribute y
brick or two 10 the proposed monumen'.
Nho else viii helD TO rear IT. ! Trend
here thinks Carter was born n Hyde
county. IN 1S45. and after. M father lived
1T Raleigh a. I know.
| called attention several weeks ago 70
tie two-hundredth anniversary Of tie
birth Of the illuetrious John Wesley. ma7
ter OF nine languages. who was born 2nth
June. 1903. ! wish TO supplement briefly
with a few points. DR.. Albert Shaw. who
Il not a Methodist. editor OF the New York
Review OF Reviews"-a misnomer To \
great extent-Wrlte that no Methodist
has reached his stature a. q man Of
intellectual and religious power, and that
"Methodi-m has been a great force ID
making our American lie. and character
what they are Appreciative and true
John We-ley's great-grand father was
Bartholomew Wesley. lived in the reign Of
Queen Elizabeth. married the daughter Of
Sin Henry Colley. Of kildare, Ireland.
Bartholomew's son was John. a dl-ttn-
cuished VI. A.. Of Oxford. He and his
father Were clergymen. John had a son.
Samuel, the father OF the great john Yves
ley. His mother WGS Susanna. youngest
daughter (and 25th child) of DR.. Samuel
Annesley.- The great John was the ff-
teenth child out OF eighteen total. He
came very near being burned TO death
when SIX years old. and was rescued by
means of 4 human ladder, says the able
Rev. DR.. j. NJ. Buckley, editor Of the
New York Christian Advocate. He was
ordained a deacon OF the Established
Church in 1918. by DR.. Potter. Bishop OF
oxford. He spent some ten year III all at
the great University. Two months after
he was asked to return to Oxford. DR.
Buckley writes, "he was elected Greek
lecturerer and moderator of the classes. Or
Mondays and Tuesdays. he studied Greek
and Roman classics, historians and poets;
Wednesdays, logic and ethics: Thursday,
Hebrew and Arabic; Fridays, metaphysics
and natural philosophy: Saturdays. ora
tory and poetry. chiefly composing: sun
days, divinity. For recreation, he studied
French and made excellent experiments III
natural science" When he received his
degree Of NJ. A.. on 18th February, 1927.
he delivered three o~rations in ole
on The Spirit of Brutus.' another on
Julius Caesar" and the last on The
Love OF Cod His scheme of life had be
come thoroughly ascetic. For two years.
between 1927 and 1929. he oficiated as his
fathers curatc; in 1928, he was ordained
priest at Oxford, and continued as his
fathers assistant for a short time, after
which he returned to oxford and there re
manned SIX years"
The first Methodist Conference was hell
in London on 25th June. 1774. Present sew
en- clergymen Of Church of England, and