The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-04-17

went 10 glory TOO soon .tn.a... a
cordIH8 10 his mind. ue aIu S. Wef.
OF haII cooked 50 n douUfed UhefH..
u" 90 ih"r- more thar One fir1- SEA
ten. No. no" NJ ad1ed when Jer-
gF"ans !ess-aGd gives more he may
get my vote To rene. his license. Ia
not before.
II vas agreed that the elder should
give Brother Larkum Il talk ana tacn
II was also agreed that Brother jerry
vas a hafd case. anyhow. But h5s II
cense VAS renewed.
Brother Jerry was wont h say
that he had met the man ser
VINO could tell him the difference he
tween ~exhortius II preaching nor
show where the one left on and the
other began, which was as much rs
to say that his exho-ter's license aa-
thorized him to preach.
one day the congregation at oak
vile were al waiting. but the circuit
preacher did not come. JeIly Was
soon up in the pulpit. The Darson.
ne said, had thrown all OF them into
. grief ana himself into a
but he looked to his fellow feelings
to help hin on with this big cross
al III d trembIc." lie gave out his
motto This texD lay ia the fifth
chapter of the Song Of solomon. "in
the BOSOM Of The FIRST verse. / have
eaten my honey cOmb with my ne
And now. friends. / may buzz about
n little at first. by way of getting off.
but you see how ii is: / came TO you
ON the wing, on the scared-up wing
or q
alton. And my desire Is. as soon as
[ possibly can. to take you i'm . bee
line to q gospel gum. Ny motto Is q
hee-Gum, the onliest tree in The woods.
Now ] ask you, my friends, why is the
gospel honey? And again / ask why is
L. a,a $1,000 - -.l E.
~ because it's good for the hungry,
and secondly | answer because it's
cheap.
And now again firstly, it is good for
the hungry. The Scriptures say ''tO the
hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet
how sweet then must sWeetening itself
be! When q man is hungry he is not
particular; he viii eat q good deal OF
comb to get a little honey # s. He
had in his time, Ga hit at the preach
erS) eaten a good deal Of trash to get
q little gOSpeI-IOney comb with the
honey-aHd he felt all the better for
it: for his part, he never found fault
With what he got when he robbed a
gum: he never had the heart 10 look
. stiff horse III the mouth, though he
FELT himself as good q Judge of & horse
as any one, excepting it might be the
elder. II it most generally was Il
preach it was likewise most gen
- HI pO'l pay
Second. the gospel was cheap. IT
Wild honey, and the Way-farinG
nan could get it. If il was not cheap
il would not be gospel honey-"With-
money and without price But. il
was cheao. Yog paid nothing. l paid
nothing, everybody paid nothing. Vet
We have it | have it and they have i.
| heard old Sister Hardiman say hat
She and her husband FIRST came
to these parts he saw q young q
one Sunday standing back in the
church crying, while the minister
was opening the doors. Young man.
Brother Eardiman, why not so
no ana jOin?' Il want to-" said he.
they say I must pay the prcach-
er = barrel OF corn first, and j bavH't
it." Now, friends, could you think
hat ever anybody thought that K
would cost anybody anything to be
a Methodist? Where in reason, in
science. in history, cOulG that young
man have been ever since ne Was
horn? in my whole life in the OlG
North State, and some years out Of
her. never did I ear OF SIC out-oI-
acknowledgements.
Nov there is in the West Indies
long-sWeetnening, and IN the West In
dies short-sWeetening, both Of them
sweet but not cheap; honey is both
sweet and cheap: just like the gospel.
The gospel, friendS, that takes us TO
heaven. is cheap; and heaven, aftet
get there, Q. how cheap and sweet!
When | look out from my Pisgah-
closet. l sometimes see a golden pearl
ViSiOn-' Here Jerry went Off
Onto a shout) and carried three III
congregation with him. winding !
up with his fayorite song,
Il want to be as happy
AS I we'll car be" ;
AS they left the church one of Jer- |
US admirers asked old Brother Good
sine what he thought Of Jerry's talk.
well" said the Old man, 'Brother /
some gum" !
Yes, he IS" added John Bear, but
is q gum log. not a bee-gum."
'But Father Goodsine." persisted
he inquirer, don't you think it was
/ right strong talk?"
Nothing could be-stronger," said
old man. ION the subject of q
cheap gospel, than Brother Jerry's
ak. unless it is Brother Jerrys ex-
lnpIes.'
LAS to Brother Jerry's cheap Cos
eel" said John Bear. being an ex-
3rother jerry. For fifteen years ne
had the gospel on tick, but now
les q tick on the gospel"
Bishop Keener. the writer Of this
'atire, did not write many books but
What he did write are We'll worth the
'ttNiIIS ~ 49, ~
rom beginning TO ending. is. in its
way equal to the writings of Dean
swift. and is considered as one Of the
~lassics in Methodist literature. Jerry
4ar1um is z character Well known %
he stewards. They have to deal With
I'm, but they don't get much out OF
lim, for, as John Bear said Of him
he's a tick on the gospel
What is a tick on the gospel? Get
ing all one can out OF it and doing
lothing to advance it.
If hat definition be correct Il
would be well for church members to,
Examine themselves to see What they
.ook like. \ thorough looking into
he matter may discover to many,
vho think they are saints. that. after
IL, they are but gospel ticks or
ONE other kind of parasites.
Hog and Dog Have Measles.
(Raeford Facts and Figures.)
Norman Mcleod says his hog had