The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-07-11

the word pastor would be ithou
meaning if We did not keep in mind
the picture Of the Good Shepherd.
ne writer's Of prose and poetry
ankle have drawn from the Authorized
'erS1on OF the sacred Scriptures their
most beautiful words and thoughts.
Every great speaker owes a large part
OF his power To his familiarity With
me B1ble and his ability TO use it for
illustrative and suggestive phrases.
some OF u commonest expressions,
idIhll'ar TO everyone. are derived from
the blbIe. and have been used So
ion& that we nave forgotten the
source. If We have heard something
mat was supposed to have been kept
secret, We say. 4 little bird told me.
Even this comes from ecclesiastes.
Nhere We are told not to speak evil Of
me klnS, even in our closest. for a
olfd q the air shall carry the voice.
and that which hath wings shall tell
the matter
Lei me give a few Bible phrases
winch are a part of the everyday
speech Of everyone. He kept him
as the apple OF his eye "a man ate,
MS " heart" and Nathan said to
DAVID, thou art the man" "A still.
small voice: Il am escaped with the
KIN OF my teeth; "Hitherto shalt
tnou come. but no further: and here
snail thy proud waves be STAYED.
for llches certainly make them
serves wings For thou shalt heap
Goals OF ire upon his head: There is
no new thing under the sun; Thou
art weighed in the balances. and art
found wanting; The law of he
Medes and Persians, which altereth
not They have soWn the wind. and
they shall reap the WhirIWind": Y
are the salt OF the earth; Let not
Thy left hand know what thy right
hand doeth'; Neither cast ye your
pearls before swine; Be We there
fore wise as serpents. and harmless as
doves; out Of the abundance Of the
heart the mouth speaketh': My
name is LegiOn': Go, and do thou
likewise: "Greater love hath no man
than this, hat a mar lay down his
life for his friends"; BE not wise in
your own conceits": absent in body.
but present in spirit" I'VE walk by
faith. not by sight; Nov IS the ac-
cepted time: Whatsoever a man
soweth. that shall he also reap; The
love Of n is the root Of all evil:
L have fought a good fight. | have
finished my course, I have kept the
faith; BE thou faithful INTO death"
And SO We get multiplied instances
of how the Bible has become part of
our language and of our thought. 1t
is used by believer and unbeliever
alike. Its language is familiar even
to those who do not study its pre-
cepts.
If we examine any great Grafton we
are almost sure to find that it abounds
in Bible phrases. The speaker in the
halls of Congress or in political cam
paigns. whether addressing the most
learned or the most supplemented,
often finds his best points derive their
force and their suggestiveness by a
figure or a quotation drawn from the
Bible. Let me give one illustration:
Patrick Henry's great speech, Give
me liberty or give me DEATH was de-
livered in a church in Richmond in
1875. We find in this short speech
many Bible phrases. Are we disposed
to be of the number of those who.
having eyes, see not, and having ears,
hear not the things which so nearly
concern their temporal salvation? p
Il ave but one lamp by which my
feet are guided, and that is the lamp
of experience" Trust it not. sir: it
will prove a snare to your feet. Suf-
fer not yourselves to be betrayed with
a kiss" These last words bring up a
picture to the hearers of the traitor.
Judas, and his supreme sin more
wildly than could a description of
treachery by the speaker. The bat
tie, sir, is not to the strong alone
"Gentlemen may cry. Peace. Peace
but there is no peace Why stand
we here idle?'
It has been said that the Bible is
less read now than in former days.
I believe that this is so, because no
great books are read SO universally as
once they We're. In the first place.
there are more books to be read. In
the SECOND place. we waste our time
with useless books and With ephemeral
literature which does not improve our
diction or elevate our thoughts. n
which contributes nothing to u edu-
cation or our skill in the use Of Ian
euage. Even the fashionable and
prevailing style of education lacks
concentration. Few things are done
thoroughly. because we are content To
do many things imperfectly. Our edu-
cation like orr reading. is Superfcial