The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-06-09
Vol. XIV. No. ~
DR.. kingsbury's Letter

born IN TINS ~coTNCd and GcFl8y3 Com
uonwealth. and IN the lttie capital town
Raleigh. and IN Wake county | am ia
deed glad that was born aaI rouri~bcd
and educated IA thc S3ute and not IN
New England or "a the North. was
born just where I would have rather been
born above all other places on earth
am really proud % North Carolina L.
cause oi her romantic. eh.valyous HISTORY
of what she ls ana u hat she has done /
believe that prior 10 the great War hcr
best men and most gracious women were
the peers OF amy people IA the wide world
In virtue. high sense OF honor n manly
end feminine qualities OF mmd ard heart.
| VIII never add 10 her scars OF uncover
her supposed nakedncSs No scorpion
whip Tor her shall ever be held IA my
hand. Whle some fall.not TO lash Her
and hold her up IN disgrace and rldicUic
before the laughing North and enyious
neighbors, ! VIII have no part in IL. The
only cheerful, hopeful. pleasant thing. /
have seen lately as 10 North Carolina |
found IN the Instructive address Of Plc>i-
dent Venablc. Of the University Or Nolth
Carolina a Nirgnian. and the nnc.
awakening. breezy speech Of Mr. Joscphus
Daniels, true North Carohnlun. IN Rich
mond, Va, before the late Educational
Convention Mr. Daniels gave home folks
and foreign folks something to think
about II was IN fine contrast 10 some
other talks | have noticed. lot loyal
loving North Carolnians Le TO thclr
mother the poet wrote OF the sea:
The sea remembers not tie vessels
rcndng Keel.
But rushcs joyously the rayage TO con
ccal"
The Bicentinary of John Wesley. the
greatest man and statesman and scholar
ci all Mcthod.sn, Is to be properly cclc-
bratcd around the world during 1903. 1t
VIII De a great occasion III mday Coun-
tres, and IN many States of the American
! Union. Vanderbilt University Ncry prop.
| cTly Is preparing to have many addresses
| on the two hundrc,!th anniversary oi real
| ~ one OF the greatest men OF all tie ages
| and IN many respects one OF the most
extraordinary forces that prolific Great
| Britain has ever possessed. / mentioned
that Macaulay, Green and Lccky-grcat
English historians all recognized the
greatness Of Wesley and hi. far.rcarhng
movement for the upbmldlne oil nations
! and soul saving OF millions upon the earth.
/ Leckey, a sccptic, deyotcs thirteen pages
OF the sixth volume OF his mastery ''H.~-
/ tory of England In the Eighteenth Con
/ tury, to the discussion OF the great work
and exalted character of John Wesley.
i Well informed students OF English lit-
erature know OF the accomplishments OF
Southey-poet, biographer. c-sayi>t, his
/ tOrlan-who was indeed a writer or Tara
gifts and powers and left great deal
that deserves to be of permanent use. He
/ 7
Der himself Of the Established Church or
England that well deserves to be read
row after the production of other and
more elaborate lives. one thing very no
/ ticeablc IS that he wrote Of him and more
/ than seventy years ago:
Il consider him the most influential
mind Of the eighteenth ccntury-thc man
who Will hava produced the greatest cf
tects centuries, or perhaps mlllennums
hercc. ii the present race OF mon should
continue 50 long"
Another Church of England man, Il
minister and man OF cmincncc. Vincent
/ Pcrronet. the well known Vicar Or shore
ham, said tins. ari it may be prophetic.
Il make no doubt that Mcthodi~rn. not
Withstandng all tho wilcs or Satan, ~
designed by divine providence TO intro
duce the approaching millennium"
a committee of The Board of Minister.
Of the Southern Mctsc ism, recently ap-
pointed, of which the great r,-hop 4 ".
4 Wilson and the highly gifted Bishop vs.
A. Gambler, are members. have i~sGcd an
address To the preachers and MEMBER iu
which this occurs.
As we recall the conservation and
achievements OF Wesley let the spirit
which dwelt in him be revived u our
own hearts. Il i not enough 10 garnI-h
the sepulchcr Of this prophet OF the
eighteenth century. We cannot by culog
izing his devotion ab.olyc ourselves from
the obligation 10 maintain the same fa3th
and zeal Hollow and insincerc are the
cu!ogics of ancestral virtue on the lgs
OF children who fail to carry forward tire
/ work OF them into whose laboTs they have
entered "
note that at the Vanderbilt celobra :
ton, among the many addresses booked.
arc some Of appealing interest. / cite tie
following: Bishop f.. f HosS VIII d-
/ cuss The distorted Conditions that
Called for Wesley and His ProvidcntIa Al
Preparation for His Work; Rev II. g
Tolman, Phi D. Of the Episcopal Church
viii discuss John WeScy's Influence
Upon the Church Of England" Bishop K
n HarGToFc VIII SPEAK on Johh Nc-i'5
a. an Organizer and Religious Leader
pr G. 3. Winton viii speak conccrnna
The Literary Acativity Of Wesley, Rev
Thomas Carter BID. Professor of Eeu
Testament Greek IN Vanderbilt CnIverT
ty viii speak on John Wesley as prrach
or and Theolosian". Dr. II. ". Ha'nd
viii discuss John wesley and the Modcr1
sunday School: wesley and Popular
Christian Education" viii be prc sentcd b5
DR.. j. ID. Hammond; Or. Lansing RIr
rows pastor Of the First Baptist Church
in Nashville viii srcak o. The Large
Wesley; Rov. Seth Ward. Assistant Soc
rotary of Missions. vii discuss Wc,lc'
and the worlds Evangeization' Dr. Ira
Landrith. Editor OF the Cumborlanf
Presbyterian. viii speak on The Catno-
licity of Wesley"