The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-06-15

ffty-fiVe years have owned and been
a reader Of his sermons, Unfortu-
nately but three Of his were
ever printed in full from his own
copy. They are WonuerIul 1.o~
tons and are on War; on '"The
Death Of the Princess Charlotte,' and
if l am not very much mistaken they
are simply, unequal fiedly great He
has impressed me since / was twenty
two or three years of age as one of
the worlds master minds and men. /
recall that one day a distinguished
friend of the great English states
man. the younger William Pitt, asked:
Mr.. Pitt, what do YOU regard as the
greatest disideratum in literature? Ills
answer was: "Speech by Lord Boiling
Broke." ON another occasion soon
after the wife of then celebrated Vii
liam Goodwin. author Of caleb Vii
/! Iiams.' known as Mary WaIonschaft,
had published her then very fafnous
essay, the first ever published OH the
subject of CIV Oman's Rights who is
the man to write an answer TO her
threatening book, and he said prompt
~ "Robert Hail." But let me turn TO
book | prepared but considering for a
moment. 1t is MI. Surgeons, 70 me
most delightfully."- instructive, whom he
calls illustrations II Meditations.
OF its size there are but few religious
works I have ever found so agreeable
and satisfying. 1t is a small volume
of 2S4 g is printed by Funk and
Nagnalls of New York, and is sold for
25 cents a copy. 1t is of great value.
and to me one of my faVorite religious
volumes. | find from my Well-Worn
copy that ] read it first December ;.
1892. Since then ! ave read il four
other tjmes-finishing it October 18th,
1904: March 18th, 1906; June >. l207,
and nearly again. lacking but Il few
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With satisfaction one every year. It
is with me "a standard work." OF rare
excellence and interest. tt is supplied
very cheaplN and is Well worth ten
times the price. | think so much Of
the book that / am anxious that others
who are k after God. and who
deserve to love, honor and serve their
Heavenly Father to secure copies Of
this precious little volume. 1t is full
of thought, clear as a sun beam, re-
freshing and cheering. is a rich, frag-
rant flower gathered from a Puritan's
garden richly "distilled ana dis
penscd." 1t will furnis spiritual in
centiVe, pleasure and inspiration to a
believing. praying soul. You cannot
imagine how rich the book is until
carefully and prayerfully read. 1t is
indeed a blessed work. most useful
and soul-stirrine-a truly practical,
inspiring, refreshing religious work.
~ II aila lNCI J. IIci VI IoS 'NNiN
Sunday.
North Carolina has some excellent
works of its u many but they
are valuable and worthy of pride. a
long time ago. near somewhere about
1S61-sOon after the great calamitOus
War-a Latin Grammar was publish
too good to be overlooked or thrown
aside. He died in his prime of man
rood, and was a true man and SchOl-
ar. | was at school with him for q
short time at his distinguished faith
er's well known academy. He was a
superior boy and a truly gifted man.
| lever met him but a few times in
after life. When | was editing the
Raleigh Sentinel about 1S67-70. he
wrote for it two articles that at
tractcd attention and merited praise.
| remember being at CasWell court,
I was cOmplimented for having
written them, but they We're produc-
tons Of Colonel Bingham. I recall
Mr.. Charles Manly dropped into
the Sentinel office one morning to ask
as to the authorship of my old school
mates articles. and to ask me to say
him, Give us more Of them.
for they are very good" Col. Bing-
ham published both a Greek gram
mar and a Latin grammer, and they
were much praised and read. They
may be in use yet. They richly de
serve to be, and I feel sure that of
their size there are no more Well pre-
pared useful school books. The au-
thOr'S grandfather was the n of
BINGHAM School that had a great
reputation and still flouriSheS after
perhaps a hundred years of useful
ness and reputation for excellence. His
father was my teacher for a short pc
rod. and l greatly esteemed him.
The Latin grammar, / remember. was
much lalded for many years after it
became a text book for the best
schools. Among those papers that
recognized the real merit of the Latin
and wrote at some length
Of its excellence was the "Church IN
4111ira1nor" n EniScDn11 organ