The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-09-02

eat. or was in trouble, l knew who
to go to, and she said, Come TO me.
honey, come to your ana,
80, when l see the old woman with
the handkerchief on her head. II re
minds me Of my old black NANNY at
home. May God bless them all. and
may they rest together in PARADISE
And you young men, and you young
ome try to live that you may JOIN
them in the hereafter.
Il am not here to preach a sermon
TO you, but | cannot let the opportu-
nifty escape. and not give the young
and the old both some words Of adj
vice. | am not as young as | have
been. and yet | hope l am not as old
as | may be. 1t may seem strange
to you that one who wore the gray,
and followed Lee TO Appomattox.
should be here praising the colored
pople. but it is not. There is not bet
ter friend to the colored people today
than the Confederate soldiers.
II want to say to these young men.
and these young ome that your
destiny, and the destiny Of your race
is in your hands. You can make or
unrnake just as you try. and the
Good Lord helps those who try to
help themselves.
Taught T1lcm Their Duty to God.
Il remember after the war. some
" 0S tlOuSut tJdl lie OlOIe IN
dren should be taught in the Sunday
Schools, and | invited them to our
church, and up in the gallery every
Sunday Afternoon. | endeaVOred to
teach them Of the Master in particu-
lar. Teach the colored children their
duty to God and to a
I'm my practice as a lawyer, / rave
seen SO many a effects. the results
Of children not being taught when
they should have been, to travel in
the right road. How true is the old
saying. How the twig is bent the tree
will grow So you old men and wo-
men, impress upon the rising genera
ton the obligations Of manhood and
womanhOod. and strive to be worthy
take your place and be like YOU.
MY friends, it is getting late. and
| never talk to a hungry crowd, and
| know that a "a has been pre-
pared for you, and it would be cruelty
to o for me to impose much longer
upon your time and patience.
The Negro Who Started to PARADISE
Il have not told any anecdotes. be-
cause | did not come here for the
1t was a very great temptation for me
to do so, bu if you will pardon me
l will tell just one. Some years ago
you will remember. how some White
men were always trying to get into
office from the shoulders Of the col
ored people. So that up in Virginia
John Malone was running for gov.
ernor, and he depended upon his cleo.
ton Chiefly upon the colored people
and this was the anecdote that wa.
told him.
That he and a co1ored man started
to Paradise, and as one went ahead
: and then the other. they got there to
! gether, and that St. Peter told Their
: that they let no mar come. unless h,
came in riding. So they vent bacl
. and the white man said to the col
! ored man, We'll both go in. Jus
let me get on your shoulders, and ",
will both go in So he got on. an,
=. they galloped up to the door. SO the
: told the White man he could come in
. but they did not allow horses to com
in. SO he could hitch his horse an,
come in. Bless your soul the whit
man got in and the horse was hitch.
outside.
As IL Shadows Lengthen.
o Again, my friends, | want TO ga
that am more than pleased to hav
l. had the opportunity of being wit
o. you To-Day. ! trust that you may hav
Te another reunion next year. tro.
+. that time may deal gently with vo,
n tnat your last years may be your har
z pest. The SHOWS Of manv Winter
re have whitened your heads: vour ST.
is feeble and infrm; but within va,
u. breasts are hearts as warm. as hi,
d fNs they ever were, and that will neve
~ grow cold. And l hope that as 70
20 go down the road Of life, as 70,
u shadoWs lengthen with the sunse
e, each may safely cross the river Az
a. rest under the shade of the trees. Al
10 be in the land where glory enternal
reignS.
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