The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-02-06

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81 - so 9thsr Ae-n 1 know
l "haj & sei. iaer would bS
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Ana h'h sa' saints Nsull
ht.s-s ana SA"A. aa Frll-.
1911 @ht4I. 44trt th oil
itp u zion Jhr congregation would
- e. sitl2 "SA III shoat To-
LtlltI m mat morning An. what
memories come Jrooplas back as No.
sdh ~ those old Il1e cong ard
scs.eS.
4Sshod}sm. u my young DAYS. ~as
might NOISY. There was nothing that
80" peat IL Singing, preaching. pray
- =" .-@tlhA, an2 - q co9se-
4ue,t,e Il forged IFS NeN from hIll-top
70 hA--top. from valley t. valley
through the forests. over mountains.
icfos9 deserts and s#amls. going
1919 mere.
"ile'l look Il II roN-So quiet. 50
d45HLle4 50 Seil-S3tls-ei, and. Withal
20 l~a&hlon3biy dresSad. wonder
"~he(aef The OIL time I~ethodisnl ana
tie 81 today are one ana
ne SaiGe.
ANA then / reason in his way.
our fathers must have been fanatics.
II The Methodism OF today is the cor
rect tang; OF we must be far ont Of
the way II tine Metlodisn Of the oldel
time with its fervent sou!-strring
songs ana shoutinSs and praisin5s.
"%s the correct thHag.
u 4 ~nGAldfe4 years n hymns OF
Cn@fIes Wesley rang Y upon every
mn top, and echoed IN every
valley, n men ana women sang
Iaeln as II their souls had been on
liic, and there Was q music in those
songs that aWoke the dead sinners and
thrilled them into life and JOY and
peace.
l close my eyes, sometimes. and
,'llnh' ana see an Old time revival;
near the Old time preacher and the
ora thle singing; ana, amid il al, |
see geiiteil9 hochilS 20 the altar. cry
ihS lof mercy; ana. over and anon, q
convert arises and shouts the praises
q COD who gave His son to ave a
sianel-Such as be felt himself to have
1890" '%i - '1&lli
70 De thrilled with a joy they cannot
rtatlaln' WhlIe the younger people are
lddIhS tDon the flghl and upon the
leil. ana, IN agony OF soul, are asking
TRENDS 10 pray for them Some one
"tdIlS LndI hymn that IS 50 full of
HE~niltntlal prayer:
snow pity Lord, Lord forgive,
Let 4 lepenllnS rebel 1--we;
ere not my Inefci2S large ana Tree?
May not q SINNER trust III Ihee?'
s5lla what Iaptufous melody they are
tie peililelltS nave caught
me iffSt me ana turned into 4 prayer |
oilo" PLY Lofd. = Lord forgive! |
But the song goes on, and the peni- |
tentS eaten the ext Stanza:
My SIN IS great, but don't surpass
ne power ana glory OF Thy grace.
what an inspirations ones faith
hold upon the thought that his |
ms though great. do not surpass the |
power ana glory OF GODS grace: and
aooH near ann say, am Tree! me
5o9PeI HaS opened my prison 1907 ana
ofokell the iettefs that bound me-
And, out / see him going. to tell the
5laa news 20 trends. soon others fol
until scores are converted.
Yes, We had singing in those meet
Ings; not so classic as we AVE in these
-2tlef days, but the people sang with
s2lilL ana the understanding, as well;
LcT tley knew nc" 10 sing.
- I " "iiS 9oioS, lOi IL Ill |
days 1 never heard CT q man.
lf q woman either, Who was egotistical
anouSn TO = that he or she
lould make more or better music thar !
/ Whole congregations. Had no duets
lor anthems, u the preacher lined
)dl the hymn and every one under-
stood that he or n had q right to
ing and 50 from the amen corner to
ne door. II even outside, standing
rear the everybody sang.
Ola Near. as q common metre tune,
by q great congregation. has
never been surpassed by amy modern
music, even with the organ, horn and
lddle thrown IN. l was quite a boy
}efore | ever saw an organ in a
'hurch; and q grown up youth be-
ore | saw & horn or q fiddle up in the
corner. al was because |
vas raised il the country, where lid
lies We're supposed to be carnal, there
ore at enmity with God.
We have better music now, scion
llcalIy, artistically. and instrument
lsed to, but the artistic. the scientific.
lily speaking, than our fathers were