The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-03-06
The Philo
Roaster.)

.... ali Rha!nkatte were discussing The
.a4v side of politics, newspaper
.~..Eguardism, and such eIeyating
E refining topics when old Brothe-
..neg 9trolled in sight. He was tall,
..tr haired, a little bent, but with
Z cheerfuI ruddiness of countenance
....u marks a hopeful spirit and well
..rt years. The old man was nurs-
.~-tendtrIy an abbreviated cigar ana
... smoke rising softly in the after
...a sunlight surrounded his white
...4 as with q nimbus. Dear brother
...uey." we call him. because every
... is my lear brother" to the old
-Tobacco is one Of the good things"
have heard him say. which a kind
...I has put here for Us TO enjoy mod
rely and temperatcly and l never
no its fragrance without a thought
th1nksgiVing."
lIt not always was he temperate
. fun Of thanksgiving nor did he
...+ys carry a nimbus about his head.
.". old men recall d young fellow in
grey uniform bearing a bonnie blue
...2 into the lannon's mouth at Get
burg. up Cemetery Hill n down
.-.in. through shot and shell, emerg-
..- UuSCathed like a very demon of
battle. And through the dark days
..d darker nights which followed
.arn the shadow of Africa was over
..a land of Kilpatrick's men at every
..o-s-rOads he was riding highways
md byWays on nameless missions.
Powerful of frame, rejoicing in very
.Euberance Of youth and health,
.Iarcd by women for his cOmeliness
and deViltry. in the high noon of
youth and physical excellence this
.oumg man saw one day a vision, and
followed it.
VAS no weak palpitating heart
.Hlnh then sought shelter under 10th;
ua thin blooded ascetic unable to en-
joy the sweets of life who began thea
Iy tell Il message to men. The Oul
uiJ1iu him was blOssoming forth.
Tho Bonnie Blue Flag has been
buried in our hearts," he said, Blu
halc enlisted in another cause Well
worth the Waging and the flag | now
carry shall be laid down only at ny
-rHNe."
Meanwhile the old man had drawn
.uar and we arose respectfully. "NoW
lo not disturb yourselves, l am only
passing down TO see dear brother
t;r,uIer," he said.
We might have smiled, but We did
Iot. for this Dear Brother'' was as
,rrinus a blackguard as ever roamcd
Hnafukattc county and was now lying
iaralyzed. shot through the hips by
.'I officer for the health of the
community. No we did not smile, bu-
! asked the Old man if he had walked
down alone, for his residence was
some miles away.
Not alone, when | had for COM
rJIcs the woods and fields bathed
i'm the soft sunlight of this beautiful
4ut"r's day. See that white cloud
winged and flying like some swift
Yacht across the blue. Were you never
caught up to ride there into the far
land Of dream and fancy. 1t is good
tu relax at times, lose our makebe-
Iicvc selves, be children again, our
real selves, and III that far land nur-
rgrr again our c~hildhood's deals.
IIa4f- l1a Gifts hnCtnNn1 l1lann unlTn
never UPON maturity. They are seed
-pWu in the fallow land Of youthful
dreams. A bad man of sixty is
worse than he was at thirty and q
i'm youth fell flowers and thistles, but
lho one cultivated flowers and the
other thistles and at sixty the harvests
have ripencd. Let us hold as priceless
heritage the lofty ideals of our youth
t" be dreams of ever so irridescene
hue. Today the world seems trans
figured in a flood Of warmth and ligne
SO that looking upon it we are lifted
uut of ourselves into higher thought,
and as did Galihad may see the spir-
jtual city and all her gateWays i'll
10 glory like one pearl
"Garihad, one of the prophets" Jim
whispered.
sir Garihad. as you know, dear
brother Jim, was seeking the ideal.
as all of US are. but not all seek such
lofty ideals as did that dear brother.
Fortunate is he upon whose youth is
stamped the id aalS of truth and cour-
age. courtesy and reverence. 1t is this
striving which from the beginning has
uited us. Mankind has never fallen.
Ih" whole history of life upon the
earth is writ in that one Word-as-
piration. I pity him who knows not
dissatisfied longing nor feels ever that
}dgue promise coming so mysterious
IN and vet with such 1t is
Tire deaf ear to such prOmptings which
d"onS the soul.
Soul atrophy is the one u%npardon-
abb" sin. Stretching before US is a
UmiticSS vista. Our destiny is yet un-
dreamed. The laws of evolution have
NOT ceased to operate. Oh faint OF
heart, Timid soul There is life above
us. extending into undreamed heights
further thai rum the scale below II
it Nanishes into microscopic cell. TC
uIl matter is the attribute OF life alu
s"usdtion. seeing, hearing, feeling
thinking aspiring. Every sensation
which qulvels along our nerves L
inherent to matter, common alike &c
rock and tree, to worm and mOllusk
lo dog and man. to angel and arch
angel, to the highest intelligence ex-
iStcnt in the universe. Law is uni
vorsal in its application. There is not
one law for angel and another fol
man; not one for dog and another fol
~tone. An atom of dust is as subject
to law as a Whirling planet aud the"s
is ~ tide in a dew drop on the peta
of u violet. The same forces which
induced life here will do the sam
elsewhere, Always have. always will
With Infinitely varying form and IA
ture. out of the sea by striving The
germ cell has risen to cOmprehen'
the movements of The stars and II
the fullnCSs of time the mystery u
life and death will be but an open
book in the hands Of them who shall
come after us. The whole univerS,
is teaming with life. These thing
God has given me to see as to OIL
Of YOU he has given an ear for har
WonN and to 2HothCr an eye for forn'
Could YOU be persuaded hat discor'
We're harmony or that some childish
S"TaWI were the sweep of an artist
band. SO God has given me to hea
the infinite h~armonies. The sound o