The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-01-23

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really the twelve tribe Ell Israel
/ spoken of in the Bible. AMI thsi las
: stars fin the heavens are AL saIn. $50
the.c ii is-the whole thing Ia i =
She'll. our Jesus Is tho sun the SIG.
OF the zodiac are tine twelve tfiac Hi
Israel tau taerel, ana tie stars ia
the heavens are departed friends.
I4.t Al43fE tiIl@ h@ eftsEa r -+AE s*#
ways been Il disputed question: wnrtngs
such a person as the Jewish Jesus ever
| existed. and aals. by way If dignity
ing his theory. OF a no Christ. that
/ the dispute is confined To the great
scholars. am glad hr said hat,
for. il is a well known fact that the
great scholars having gone OF ON
a W~ildGoosc chase i'm pursuit Of the
uhknoWable' are rapidly l"SihI iae
iaSt on 81 the oIa ItShloH1d S"ilil'H
sense they ever hadt and, h@lhG IN
toNlcated with the laea 9l superior M
teilgence q deiusioh DN the Wy
tae\ are DONG ana saying more SHY
lhlll&s than would ne expected 81 d
young fellow with ms lISl ease oil 'i'
JiiI-J"iil..
GREAT StHoidiS Noi'iSi =
theE are trying To make u p'lIe>e
lH@l Jesus 1IIlSt' "ioS1 "ssh7 ~ q.
Wei eStaDllSItd Is lhIl 81 'h ~
caesar oHFef oioilN ell 't even ~
'feofEe N~ashlhGio,l, Is q N.Y. "nt
tfldt the Jesus OF lfe blbIe Is the @ult
the twelve signs Of the Zodiac are the
twelve tribes OF Israel. and every star
in the heavens is q SAINT. 1t surely
does take a great scholar TO con
coct such a theory, and z mighty
soft hcad 10 believe II. IN" Ps2IlnlSl
doubtless had the great schoIaf IN
his mind when he said: "1hc fool h3th
SAID IN heart there Is no zoo.
ne great Scholaf, VINO Wrote me
article in question, tells rs that ChrlS-
mas is only a sun festival celebrating
the birth OF the new year.
Ills explanation or the u theory
beats the Arabian NlShlS IN stfe'oh
OF fancy ana ldcluIeS'lu'HtSS 81 boI-
traYaI; and, were It not t3lhiGd WIN
blasphcmy, might be considered q
good joke.
Let the reader Imagine, if ne can,
what could induce . great scholar"
to try to unsettle the world falth IN
a living Christ ana MAKE 1t Deile[e
that the sun when Shhlc5 IN tne
heavens IS the true jesus ana an ON
cfa are ahaloSie9'
| am sorry tor those great Schol-
ars' who seem to be determined TO
rule Christ out. 1ncN may succeed
in making intidels or agnOsticS Of a
great many people and cause the ruin
of some Of them: but, after all, they
cannot drive from the earth the Holy
Spirit who is constantly t'EiIg II the
things Of Christ and showing them
to men; and Witnessing to the ruth OF
that gospel, which is the power OF
God unto the alVatIo o. SINNERS.
Paul said. speaking of the Romans.
We are not in the flesh, but IN the
spirit, if SO be that the spirit OF Chrlst
dwell i'm you \ nationalist IS en-
phaticallv in the flesh. He car dis
Germ nothing spiritually, because the
SPIRIT dWc-lcth not IL E!lH' anu VII
not because being q great scholar,
instead Of learning Of Christ, he sets
himself up as a god and make Jesus
play the role Of a heavenly body that
changes its character twelve times
and underco"S " cIuclIEloRF' cdon
year. Besides. and worse han all
else, he leaves men cropping in dark
ness toward eternity without q ray OF
hope.
Speaking of the inGdeI. sam Jones
says he won't be i'm hell Eve minutes
before he'll wish he hadn't been such
q smart aleck. | sometimes rear these
great scholars will happen to pad
luck, too. As much as they know
and pretend TO know, which they don't
know-they haye . great deal to learn
before they can stand pat before the
judge. Yes. I'm truly sorry fot an the
advanced thinkers VINO, 70 Sho" Oh
their smartness. have LETT the terra
1lrma OF common sense ana gone UP u