The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-05-28

lie Tnev have no regular preachers
and here is no rmo but some
member reads a cnapter IN me Bioie
ana anv orc Is privileged 70 make
such observations a. re or she may
de<m proper. The se-"lce IS q free
and informal Interchange II IDEAS,
and the ladies' join freely in the ser
g.ec The music. bCtn Estrufnentel
aa4 vocal. is very fine anu makes the
services quite attractive The natives
often attend the sunday meeting
RU, tho colony does not attempt 20 do
missionary work. except n 20 far -
their Christian lives may influence
others ~ become Christians. They do
not thrust their views upon any one
and ask no one TO embrace their
form OF religion. They consider exam
PIE more powerful than precept. IN
this they are entirely correct, for the
reIigi51sly beclouGed mina Of an
Oriental can never appreciate the
beauty of Chritianity except IN the
concrete form.
Tho colony gives special heed to
the second great commandment.
Love my neighbor as thyself" They
accept Christ's definition Of a neigh
Dor" and, ike the good Samaritan
taeir brotherIy 10y knows no such
thing aa racial or religious prejudice.
Their religion manifests itself in deeds
aid not in words Oaly. The blind
beggars who line the highways about
Jerusalem, and the unfortunate
lepers who are civilly ana socially
dead have aWays a friend in the
American Colony. The Arab, the
Turk. the Jew or the fanatical Chris
tfau never asks in vain a favor Of
these people. The children Of the
poor are taught without money and
without price and like the poor wild
oW, they would give their last mite
for the furcherance Of Christianity =
the betterment OF their feToWman.
charity has been tested. At
great personal sacrifice they fed. cloth
ed ana housed for some time a rem
nant Of the old tribe Of Cad who re-
turned 10 Jerusalem. and did so until
the Gadites could get along them
caI,,ee At ali tinoeG fhev are ready
10 divide with and he'll the poor and
needy.
The peculiar life Of the american
Colony Is reaUvT t0pfaa. Plato ney-
= ned Of more IDEAL AMI
beau+sful II * indeed the simple
life. Il i . cbristian life. ana certain
- :. 49, aaan. Iiea ,,arice on
iit - and 49, :, kno"n n ~.
@ @ls.y Ganr nrnmira9t SaciaIisr.
80 ,ieitn4 he ~rto1nnt and gona ar,ay
lafec;ad - 49, n 5~i 6 fafm1e39
rnan Tho oorroct methnd Of rvino
9fgnr. 40 iainad 49,, fornd - ~.
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'hiiSt."H SocidllSlA' III ny oplhioii'
1891 a 49, a F{iy IiihfstH eH
noI 1911 tie !SIih % fanny
- ohLt Z lev choice Sbl[itS can
~ lit ne re Ai.i'5ltIh ColohN
sINrn q ei"Clicdi dehIonsIeatloh
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" n I - S@t1,it. 90,
'lSt.,l-S I9'itill III l'Oi'
$1,000 VII ZIG ~ lcdh NoloHy
1~1lfactG4 there Q! the name. l
TtoFpeN NIIn t.leHl dSala on thiS "Trip
l was greatly Interested IN thelr way
o. IlNl1S n impressed with the
BEAUTY OF thelr CHRISTIAN lives But
II IS Almost inlposSlpte Tor any one to
I'VE III Jerusalem without enemies or
$500 ealuilnE. JFsus chlLst
- - ~ ~. CohlellioH' STRIFE
~ ! ~ I'Ie He4S an
AiIelItoI ooionS ana the
coilsul nave hdd a row OF
loHS SlahulHs' kHoNh as lhe war or
the 8~faNeHafe. NJ Spafford, the
~ - - ,oI"iN, anu SOM"
o.ilel9 OF lAe Soclety' dleq some years
dso anu we're buried on the southwest
OF zion me American Consul. who
d pItdclcf, IN 20 locate
me liolle OF John the 20
the motncr OF Chflst was taken
d!e1r tHe CfuciLlXlon ana Where she
dled, DUG up ana mCrilated the bodies
or the deceased ~COlOnists. Their Gy-
relatives promptly asked our gov
fnmen tor the removal of the Con-
SUI, ana ne, 70 sustain himself, made
countef-charges against the Colony
Dtlore the state Department. His
charges We're based upon the affidavit
Of a living Arab who has since con
Jesse that his statements were lies.
Alexander Hume Ford, of Appleton's
Magazine, went to Jerusalem, made a
thorough investigation and proved by
sworn testimony that the charges
We're false in every particular. CHS
was IN Appleton's for last De
cember0.
Many members Of the Colony have
TRENDS and relatives in America
some OF them have lived in my State
and have relatives thcre-and these
friends and relatives have
the little colony in the Holy CITY and
been panied at the false reports
AVE crossed the Mediterranean
and the Atlantic. Having beenla guest
of the Colony on two occasions. with
every opportunity to observe and
study them, | gladly bear witness to