The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-09-28
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ment, dignity, ana mdnlinesS ldd poe1i
thrown to the WiAds.
Suddenly. into the midst of this
wild scene came on the double quick
the Roman guard. Rorle stood Tor
law. Her soldiers were the Dod
ment Of orderly procedure. before
them the frenzied Jews scattered.
The supposed criminal, although hal1
dead, was loaded with double CHAINS,
for surely, reasoned his rescuers, he
must be some nOnstrOus one, so To
excite the city. The commander OF
the soldiers attempted an inVestlga-
ZION OF the spot, but & mop cannon
give q reason for it's existence. SO
to the barracks he proceeded with
his prisoner.
When knowledge COunt
Here Pauls cultivation as q man
of the world came to his help. What
ever extra accomplishment d person
may acquire, be it the finger speech.
Of the deaf and dumb, q olt OF FTench
or Of pidgin English. or knowledge OF
how to make a bed or a campfire,
or to shoot a gun or to tie q KNOT,
comes in with opportune usefulness
on some occasion. No knowledge is
ever lost. The cultivated man has this
advantage over the ignorant, that ne
is armed at 50 many more points with
skill and knowledge.
When his prisoner, after Wlping
the blood from his lips, quietly spoke
in polished Greek, the colonel stood
amazed. This was the speech OF a
man Of breeding, spoken as by one
who was used to the ways OF best
! society. Thus it came about that cos
mopolitan Paul was given an oppor-
tunity to address the multitude
which meant more to him than all
the incidents Of the preceding riot.
He was willing to be mobbed il there
by he might have opportunity 10
preach.
n Speech to a Mob.
Dignifed. despite his bedTaSsled
raiment and his bleeding face, Paul
stood on the stairway and confronted
the multitude that had so la'eiy
sought his life. A moment before he
had spoken to the Roman soldier IN
Greek. Now he talks in the tongue
Of the temple. and the fact that ne
spoke Hebrew gave him a nearing.
What would it not be natural that
Paul should attempt TO justify MN
self, or to prove his own innocence!
He did nothing of the sort. instead
he old his own story. for = personal
experience is the supremacy interest
ing utterance Of everybody. It is a
common saying that every mans eX-
%perience would make at least one book.
Nothing is of such absorbing interest
as real life. Paul spoke with world
ly wisdom when he began to tell his
own life story. Moreover, no man
can ever preach above his own ex-
perience. He may try to, but the
only utterance which Will find lodS-
ment in his hearers hearts will be
that which has come out OF his own
life.
SO the dramatic biography Of the
great apostle poured forth
from his eloquent lips. The multi
tude heard him in silence until he
came to the point where he declared
that Jesus had appointed him as an
ambassador to the Gentiles. Then
religious prejudice famed forth
afresh. There is no reason in bigotry.
When their sectarian zeal was at
fected the Jews would hear no more
OF Pauls message. instead tney
drowned his voice in the cry which
his Master, Jesus, lac heard in the
same neighborhood: Away with
him"
1t is a singular coincidence that this
shout arose about Paul's ears for the
same reason that it assailed Jesus.
The Jews could not bear the thought
of a bigger religion than their ira
ditional conception. They had
crucifed Christ for teaching an extra
Judean gospel, and now they woul
mako away with his disciple for the
same reason. What a commentary
upon the scene the centuries have
afforded. Paul's outreaching gospel
is marching in triumph to the ends
of the earth: while the Jews them
selves no longer possess their own
city. The mob cry has been stilled.
But throughout all the earth there
arise daily songs Of alteration to the
name OF Him who came to save Gen
tile as = ell as Jew.
News and Notes.
One of the few black nations in the
world recently celebrated q mission
airy jubilee, when the Christians of