The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-07-31

Dir. Il. II. Whitaker.
patriotism. like the cross. is worn as an
ornament many women of our are
checked full Of the idea hat it,
q swell thing to he "Daugh-
tef5 Of the Revolution" And
so it is. but if some of those
who aspire to the honor Of being
Daughters" We're 10 meet the spirits
Of the old Continental Soldiers, in
their tattercd hOmcspun, barcfooted
and h%atlesS, rs the soldier sometimes
marched and fought, when the foun-
dationS Of our present national great
ness We're being laid, l am afraid
they would turn UP their noses, draw
their skirts aside, and pass the old
barefoots and barc-heads with the
COntcmptuOus remark I'VE are not,
and don't claim To 5e, the daughters
of any such looking Revolutionary
fathers as you were"
When we speak Of our country's
greatness we are too apt to think only
OF Washington and those of his com
patriots whose names haVe been
handed down to us in history. To my
mind there is a picture Of greater
interest back Of Washington and
Yorktown; back Of Jefferson and the
Declaration of I~ndependence back of
Lexington and Bunker Hill; back of
any organized movement, in the di-
rection of Il now government. That
picture is a panorama, with many
scores, every II of which teels of
acts performed which bore their parts
in the progress of events that made
America the proudest nation Of the
earth.
Christopher Columbus when he sail
cd toward this new world was laying
the first stone upon which all our
greatness was to be built, The Pill
grim fathers and early settlers of Viz
Sinia and the Carolinas, VINO gathered
their little belongings together. and
with their wives and little ones sailed
away from the home land to set
tie in a Wilderness, beset with
%riiicts, underwent more hardshipS
passed through greater perils and
endured intenser suffcrings than did
the men who fought the battles of the
revolution.
Not only was the forest to be felled.
the homes to be built and the soil
to be titled, but, as was done, IN the
rebuilding Of the wall abou Jerusalem
the carly settlers had to labor with
their sword in their hands to defend
themselves against the almost con
slant assaults made upon them by the
Indians.
Not only so, but as difficult as was
the task, the children had to be ed
ucated and churches built. and the
morals Of the New World to be kept
pure.
Ia an old, we'll organized COM
munity. it is comparatively easy to
do any or all of these things; but.
under the conditions of those early
days, none but patriotic men and God
fearing women could have performed
such duties.
Solomon has the credit of build
ing the Temple-indeed it is called
Solomon's Temple, True. he was King
Of Israel when II was built, and took
Il conspicuous part in the great work :;
but, in reality he was only an agent, or
an oVerSeer, to put INTO execution
plans that had long 6 been made.
1t took Il thousand years of prepara-
ton to build hal temple, and every
year and every act, every hardship
Abraham, with his wife and Lot. left
Haran, until Solomon vas crowned
King Of Israel, bore, each, its part in
the work which finally eliminated In
the dedication of the Temple and the
glory of the early years of Solomon's
reign.
| don't know that Solomon took
any more glory to himself than he
ought to have done. con-
SiderinG the fact that the
temple was built under his supervis-
ion. but, ] make the point that the
lloIl-SlSIIltt ISellu NoI1u slOo 1
ten loses sight of The little things and
the more humble actors. and gives
too much if not all the praise and
all the glory to the one who does no
more than lift the cap-stone into its
place, after others have done all the
hard work.
From all which [ get this moral
that the real builders are not those
who set up a structure, whether of
stone. brick or wood: but those who
make if possible to build-thoSe who
go out and possess the land, who
oDnn the forests. build houses, SOW
seed, rear harVests, defend their
homes, and multiply, as lie the fam
fIy of Jacob, until a few souls be
come a host.
Suppose Solomon had lived when
Moses and his great moi pitched at
Sinai. what lind OF temple could he
have built? The thunder and light
ming, flame and smoke ~affriGhted. ana
tho voice of God aWed; but no sooner
ala Moses and Joshua leave the camp
Than did the unframed and rebelllouS
robblo fresh from the slime pits of
Egypt. forget, the promised land ana
the God who had promised TO make
of them a great and happy peopie'
ana begin to persuade Aaron to make
them a god after n Slmllllude Oh lHe
gods of Egypt. y cali.
cunnoso Solomon had lived ana mad
made the effort to build a temple N
the times of the judges. he would
have been told that the ~tabefhacle was
made after a pattern God gave to
| Moses at Sinai. and II va Soou
enough for service and saer III ana
ANYTHING more costly would be d use
less waste of money.
When | read the account ulv
building of the temple, L dlSco!el
that the same order of PREPARATION
AS to materials was observed. Unlike
men who begin a building without
having counted and measured ut ano
nrana red. those who laid the stone
and set the timbers in position, III 'lpe
49, fnd the places for which they
10 - already been prepared.
And as | go further II reau tne
.oconnt of that grandest Of all jewish