The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-12-11

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..U. dear. very dear friend, McIVer,
81 great man, and Of his great work
r our State. But we apply the tern:
1T alike 10 Alexander, Caesar, Ma
.an and to st. Paul, Luther, John
..rE. Wesley, the difference between
first three being as wide as wide
be. This is because there is no
.I. standard among men for great
.s I5ut with God there is a fixed
.HHgrd. In the Bible he continually
..rr us examples of men great N
...- sight. And therefore, when l want
know how great any man is | just
.. 10 see how far his life and charac-
..r conform to those of some man
.au God plainly sets before US in
Ills word as great in his sight.
As | sat in that fast moving ear,
.mpuud"d with many people, but
.|..e with my thoughts, and looked
..# Through the rain and mist Of my
...r~ on that WOndrOuS work Of Nc
H..r'- to which God called him as
.rEv as he called St. Paul as Apostle
g.. ne Gentiles, [ mentally turned to
t.e Bible for McIver's prototype. I'M
uediately | thought of stephen. and
#.Nta@ ny Bible with me | Investigate
,f the record on the train, after I had
-uu out the similitude mentally. Ste
.uau was the first deacon. The duties
Of his work were to minister unto
"ae2Iected" women and his work was
especially the care of the poor and
needy women. McIVer's life work was
chc same. He preached and perform
el The gospel of education unto the
POOR and for the poor. And Q how
gtprfOusly he did his work. from his
first answer to GODS call in the cam
Iai4u that he and Alderman made IN
Is- for the cause Of education, and
#oman's education especially. untn,
.~ stephen was the first deacon, he
n:l- the first president of North Caro-
nua's first great institution for the ed
ucation Of all women and particularly
the poor girls of our State. And he
never ceased his IabOrs for this great
rtuse. even after the enormous re-
-u0nsibility of the Presidency was
east upon him. up to the very hour Of
his death. Like stephen he was advo-
eating his cause till death came.
All the great factories, railroads
and other institutions of commercial-
ism pale into utter insignificance when
compared with the actual utility and
Heueficence for humanity of the state
Normal and Industrial College at
Greensboro.
stephen was "a man full Of faith
and the Holy Ghost and power
AIoIver's fuIlness of faith is certi-
feed beyond all cavail, by the existence
Today Of the State Normal. "Faith
is the substance of things hoped for,
the evidence of things not seem 1t
stands and will ever stand. as 'the
substance Of things hoped for and
prayed fer by McIver. 1t is and ever
will the "the evidence of things not
~nn' by any one in North Carolin
uut. the Holy Ghost, the spirit OF
uuth guided him into all truth about
it and revealed to his seer-eyes the
"EisiuH splendid" as it stands today.
fao supreme glory of our state, always
feb ucHaa in splendor as the ages go
H. Iu this work and others. like
Stephen. with 'pOWer'' from above che
did -Tr3t wonders and miracles among
"FUu Of the Holy Ghost and pow
tr We often looked III wonder and
sa.H.Heut at the tremendous energy
.U. -u#ur ana rapid movement of the
man. II was the Holy Ghost urging g
|.."# ... And jOyOusIy and brilliantly he
EeI line impulse as does the morn
@t@r. He wrought his mighty
%.-At 4a1 wonders by the power of the
@lHN IF Gpd."
AZ .hv trial of stephen call that sat
tH" council, looking steadfastly on
'm SAW his face as it had been the
t'" "t am angel
And So. also, many thousands of us,
.- nErr North Carolina, have seen the
luce uf McIyar shine 'as it had been
.ae face of an angel when he talked
pit I-5Eal- and publicly of the great
lT.'a Ht his soul The man or Wo-
man who hasn't seen his face shine,
when they heard him talk simply and
..+E had "eNeS to see not
And we have no possible doubt,
Eh@a the silver cord was lOosed and
IN" ..1em bowl was broken so sud-
"-h.N that day, on the great Bryan
#a.H THAT. like stephen, he Cooked
up s.eadtasUy into heaven and ''saW
.9 a.aEens opened and the Son Of
@aa Standing on the right hand of
l... hat the Lord Jesus received
MS -..rir' and made his face re-
"a"aut forever by the light of the
Righteousness.
stephen was the first martyr to the
If Christianity. McIver was the
-.@. "artyr to the cause of education
.'I @"men in North Carolina. His
"-ity in the great cause, like
ardOr, zeal and fearless,
".. rourage in his last great speech
-Graly caused his death as a
ON the altar of love for hu-
Stephens death all the disciples
e"ttcred abroad throughout
eions of Judea ana Samaria"-
slime. And they event every
nreaching the word" Stephen's
.ausad a widespread and effect
oching OF the word that
". hot then, at a critical moment,
occurred without it. McIvers
has stirred all the true hearts OF
..u Carolina, the Palestine OF
Ifa. for this institution as moth
"--e could have done. It has
ll- our people 70 turn IHclI dI-
.- and fix their eyes and then
ouon this Institution with an
and ten -arness that McIver
his "pOWe4' never could have
live. and it has caused them tC
-e i'm their hearts," as nothing
"ud have done, that this State
shall forever be Loyalty SUP
ana sustained, as unique in it
.'E our commonwealth, and a!
own work through His grea
Hoe NT1T,
H. inaly. his death has carried
l"ine and the glory of this insti