The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-19

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home months at 4 time. could come
back and see the conditions ~ thel
now ire. he would be very apt 10 say
~Wny. these brethren on the districts
are having u picnic
ANA 50 they are compared with whai
the fathers Of had TO I'M
deIgo.
How win it be a hundred years from
now In answer 10 that question Ne
may imagine that The presiding eide.
will be getting about ten
dollars a year, and. instead OF going to
an appointment on the railroad. the
circuit preacher viii go for him in his
balloon, thereby saving to him all tfaF-
cling expenses. Or, Wha - more prob
able. the elder will not go al ali. but
a. all the churches viii be in conncc-
llon with telephone centrals. he will
remain at home. in lis easy chair,
and preach and pray and hold his
quarterly conference on the long dis
lance phone, which. Of course. Will
have q g~raPhophone at every receiver,
to record messages. and
prayers. 10 be used in the absence Of
the preacher.
Wouldn't that be a dandy arrange
ment? Md carrying out the idea, the
preacher might haV telephone con-
necti0n. with all his churches, and in
stead OF having TO go out in the cold.
on the hot sun. to preach. why not
40 49, iiB'it AIhtP . So
during the week. and send the graphO-
phone out by Il hired man, Sunday
morning, to Il SteWard of the
church. with Instructions 10 turn the
thing loose and let it do the preach
ing? Why nOt2
| don't know how it will be a hun
dre1 years hence. but it is very Cor
tain great progress has been made
along Methodist lines since that first
district was organized in tn" year Of
our Lord, one thousand eight hundred;
but, measuring the future by the pres
ent. il is hardly possible to imagine
the improved condition oi things in
the Yea ~ thousand IN vi
DR.. r. P. Floyd, Of IroulsDurs.
writing to say that he want p copy
Of my proposed new book. says:
please hurry up the new book or my
Wife Will wear the first one out. She
is reading * through the third time.
| think she thinks it Will keep off the
grippe"
am not sure it viii do that, but |
am very sure it will keep off the blues:
and every body knows that the grippe
and the blues are about on q par
both as moan as can be.
l wish to state in this connection
that the women are showing more in
tcrcst in the forthcoming book than
they did before they had read my
"reminiscences, Nlllcfl L very n1ucil
rejoice at, as it prOveS to me they like
my first book so we'll they want
another.
am not so much concerned about
pleasing the men, but | do want to
please the WOmen and, if | can, to
homes hat cares and SOrrOWS have
made dreary. To do which I try SO
to write as to make them forget
for awhile the perplexities and annoy
ances Of the worrying bat never end
ing household duties.
OF course the men want and are go
ing to buy my new book; but / am
glad to know the women are getting
inpatient and for their sakeS I'll hurry
it up.
A considerable portion of our fell
low citizens ont think that women
should be allowed to preach or max e
appear in public on the stage If |
were a WOman-I mean a pretty Young
WOman | wouldn't let any fellow tie
his nag at my gate Who wouldn't
promise to let me preach if [ wanted
to preach; to pray if | wanted to pray;
and to max Il speech if / wished to
speak-providing, (as is nearly al
ways the casc) the preaching, praying
and speaking were in furtherance of
some moral, social or political re-
form. If any mortal has q right to
be heard, it is the mother. the wife.
the daughter. upon matters Of reform.
And when the fight against liquor is
going on. how can the women be 81
lent? They know what drunk eneSs
means in the household, for they
nave suffered. Shall they be re-
CURED to suffer on and not lift a voice
against the accused traffic, Which not
only impoverishes, but ruins tie
homes of its victims? No. Let the
mother come forth and plead, as My
q mother can, for the safety of her
children. Let the wives stand up and
plead for the deliverance OF their hus-
bands and, if need be, let the sweet
hearts plead for the safety Of the
young men who are to be their hus-
bands in a few years.
a woman can plead as man cannot.
Man argued but a woman comes
right to the point with thoughts that
are red hot, right off the altar of the
heart, and, before YOU are aware Of
into YOU; and, all unwilling, as you
ma be, YOU have TO admit that she is
right and YOU agree with her, and all
that; but you say it isn't the proper
lHing Tor Z woman to axe speeches.
Nonsense Let them speak.
Miss Perry made a speech the other
night before the Committee on Tenn
perance that put all the men to cry
ING. | heard. Eve the lawyer. who
had to follow her. making an argu-
ment against prohibition in Mcdowell
county, was SO completely o~verwhelm-
ed by the magic of Miss Perry's red
hot talk. that he was actually shedding
tears when he arose to reply to her;
which was no discredit to him. bu,
an evidence of the fact that his heart
Is not 50 callouS as 10 he beyond feel
ing, When weaker yeSSe
-pleadS for mercy and protection
against a foe that ruthlesSly stamp:
upon the hearts and ruins the souls o1
its victims.
Mrs. Johnson, of Alabama. made 6
fine talk here. favoring a refOrmatory
a couple of weeks ago. \ good talk
on the right side of a good question
and the talk did good and nobody wa:
hurt by it; but, nevertheless, she ha:
been criticised for leaving her HON,
and her husband and coming here t
plead for the establishment OF that re.
fornlatorv.
| don't see any use in trying t
make the good women sit still anC
hold their tongues. 1t can't be done
Women have thoughts. and desire
and high-born aspirations; they know
the condition of things; ana. lovin.
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