The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-04-23

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estta pies which, th~s e~1 before Ia IS
children Il r p ~a8.s.Nt lh5nE =
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ur ~otEterAt~*. v~ fa5g hAAe iet .s5s
chttar~m Etss AL e. manhood az
woH4aaf~d without tHat traua4 q
which a ~as vur duts - st4~ "a
their right So gert8te
/ hatc @asd. und I tn4uA Mas s#'
ia the assertion. tha& u%nCa9tAfui s4
eBtS ara filling Ibe lanai e.sth l0fHaaf-
ttN. There never ~a~ i flsu, Hrt 5
II tbs period. ChuTeh5~ru ; ~groUBpE
ana there are countlc~s se sg4ts W5 q.
men have devised that SeruB Is bs
r~FpspeTtng all INTENDED of Saur~e. IT,.
- helps 10 the church bui ~stH Less
rapid growth IF the. organization (.
there IS Il corresponding rapid growth
OF materialism that - ~~lf-e@sertjve
and Intensely in earnest. s.eTalue 81 ln
the effort - substitute human ag.acs
for the HOLY spirit. IN the work of
saving souls aud ~cy1ugeitzinE the
world
/ worId not weaken the fa3ih ~
any one IN am human institution that
- doing Suott. but it IS 4 fast mat
no observing one vii Oar" deny. AT
human nature h. all ton ready - tits a
anu TO prefer those methods NA =
saNpr more II IA. material than If the
spiritual. aud hci"g ton BUSY with 4
cares aud affairs 81 this s%art.t tb .tec
Tie means uf grace. which. 4h.u u l..
never fail - put = soul IN harmn@E
with Cod. ~" cont. uJ ourselves Ntth
that form ~ religion which require
but littlr fdith. zeal and sacrifice. IHe
consequence * that while Their" =
growth III the church. numerically -
fidelity is on the increase Not Inst
infidelity which denies the exiSteu q
of 4 Creator, or doubts. IEc diVinit-
OF The Lord Jesus Christ. but :nat
which has no faith in the efficacy Of
prayer-thc most fatal kind Whom
one loses confidence in that pronfiS'.
ASK and we shall receive" and cet~s~
to pray. hc practices infidelity without
processing il. and his example Il all
the more dangerous, especially IN h:s
home.
heard OF a father Who uncon$ei-
ously, perhaps, did great harm. The
mother was q deVout Christian anal
taught the children To pray. but the
father. while not an out-spokcn .ufi-
del. saw no use in ones praying -
much: indeed. he did not pray ~ all.
giving as a reason for il, that Cod,
as Il Father ought To know what ms
children needle and. being. rs ne N.t@
represented To be, q good Father. There
waS no use in asking Him TO give any
hing. The children saw and oftvn
commented li1pon the difference BE-
tween the parents. and as q very ~
turai result. they did not know wat
To do-so they did nothing, eXcent 20
grow up in no faith, whatever. H1;I-
er's prayers ana good examples We
neutraliZed tE fathers indifference
and disbelief in revealed religion. IN.
Of course they knew not 10 do.
1t happened that u daughter. t.
whom the father was much attached,
fell sick. During the progress Of hC~
illness a gentleman was, one Ga%.
dining with the father. From the lia-
ing room they went TO the HbrarI &c
look at some books which the father
had recently been reading OF a skepti-
cal character While they were occu-
pied in looking at them, a servant ch-
tered and announced that an alarming
change hal taken place in his dauBh-
ter. He went TO her room immeIi-
ately. AS he approached her beds'd"
she took his hand and said: Father.
feel that am dying. Tell me, | e.
treat you, am | TO believe. in this dy-
ing hour, wat you have taught, ~
what | have learned OF my mother
The father paused for n moment; n"
fixed his yes on his dying child: ms
countenance changed; his lips quiver-
ed so that he could scarcely speak:
Daughter said he. believe HIT
your mother taught you"
The struggle was too great. the con
flict between the pride of human r.?-
son and the swelling Of parental af-
lection in the heart, was more than
he could bear, and over his stubbp IN
heart the truth prevailed.
What a fearful reckoning will
there be, ut the judgment, with par
ems, II is an awful responsibility 10
rear a child. Yet, it is all 40
true. that beyond feeding AMI
clothing their bodies and educa,ing
them for the affairs Of this life. pa
rents manifest n criminal unconccrn
for those immortal creatures with
whom Tod has entrusted them.
Reading infidel books, make buu
few infidels. but the of pa
rents is turning them out by the mill
lions.
p. T. Barnum, the great Snowman,
used to say that Americans loved To
be humbugged, and | reckon he was
right about it; fer, from what | have
seen, heard and read, | have come
TO the conclusion thai our people are
so fond of excitement they don't much
care who has to foot the bill-Who
makes OF who loScS-So they have the
fun.
recall an incident that occurred
on Wilmington street, this city, east Of
the market. some twenty-five or
thirty years 60, which proved to me
how easily n Grove of idlers and
| loungcrS Fan be dupei by a
Barrooms were then in fun blast
| on Wilmington street. and on Sdtttr-
days from Hargett TO Martin streets,
| "grog alley as it was called in tn
| ~ante-bellum days. squirIned with 2
| mass Of humanity, ranging from sober
| TO half, from half Ia whole drunk
ready for anything that might TAXI
| place or come along.
Right into the midst of that seetn-
ing mass, a good looking fellow
driving a bobtailed horse, drove up
| aging as he refined in his horse: &C
yes, gentlemen. Iye come. and i
you'll step this way and pay attention
to q few remarks that l shall bt
pleased 10 make, / am sure you'll al
be delighted; for. stranger. as | am
never having seen your intelligen
faces before. / have stopped a mo
ment among You to tell You how Il
make an everlasting fortune. / d.
this because, being a son Of fortune
with no poor Kin. except an OLE
grand mother. for whose comfort
have already provided. have no nec'
of money; therefore, | spend my tim
in going around telling my less for
Innate follow citizens how they ma