The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-12-14
THE MAN WHO GIVES
TO MANKIND HASN'T TIME
TO MAKE MONEY.

At the Baptist State Convention,
now in session at WadeSboro, a propo-
sition was made to establish a home for
aged preachers. Rev. DR.. Huffman,
the grand old man Of the church, in
opposing this and favoring the present
plan Of helping them by money con-
tribution they could use as needed,
uttered a truth when he declared that
men who gave their lives to the pub
lie did not have time 20 make or save
money. He cited Thomas Jefferson
and Zebulon Vance as examples in
proof Of that statement. He could not
have made two happier illustrations.
for no man has lived in the world
who made such large cOntriltiOns to
liberty, government, and every phase
of life that helped MANKIND as Thorn
as Jefferson. The letter written to
him by the Kehukee Association, when
Jefferson was retiring from his eight
year term as president, attests the ap-
probation North Carolina Baptists had
for the sage of Monticello then and
that appreciation has grown with the
passing years. No man has lived in
North Carolina who won the hearts
of the people SO wholly as Vance and
no man gave himself more fully to
their service. Though less famed than
these w great statesmen, DR.. HUFF
hams life is the best illustration of
the true fact that a man who gives
his life to the public has no time to
think of making or saving money.
What a paltry thing is the saving Of
money, valuable as it is, in COMPARE
son to the noble work of saving souls
to which DR.. Huffman has devoted
nearly half a century! His life has
been worth more to his church and
State than that of all richest men
who have devoted themselves to mon
ely getting in the half century Of his
ministry. What an inspiration his SER
mons and life have been to thousands
who have been blessed by his counsel
and examples! This is true, not only
of the wonderful service he has rem
dered in building up his own church,
but in the matter Of civil uplift as
we'll. He has illustrated the teach
ings of Jefferson by bis contribution
to politics, and yet he never preached
a political sermon or converted the
church into anything but a sanctuary.
He has been none the less a eader
in good politics, a Democrat of Demo-
Gratis as Paul was a Hebrew of the
Hebrews. and in every crisis of the
State his Influence has been felt pow
erfully for good government, civil and
religious liberty, and the rights of
man. He has never permitted de-
n~ominational lines to limit the sphere
of his activities and usefulness, but
has taken a large part in whatever
concerned his fellows.
Proceeding in his discussion of the
inability of a man W h served the
public to turn aside to his
private fortune, DR.. Huffman initiated
Jefferson again by suggesting the cpl
taph for the monument that will mark
his grave:
Here Lies a Man Who Put All
That He Had Into the Ministry"
That is a noble epitaph and one
that shows the spirit Of the Christ and
a r preacher of the Pauline type.
May it be long before this grand old
North Carolinian is called to his re-
ward, for his State and church need
his wisdom and counsel in the affairs
Of most Importance thai are before
them.
Keep up the fight on flies! DR..
Daniel Jackson. a noted health author