The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-07-15
REFLECTIONS FROM
HE SOLDIERS HOME
By HENRY BIOCNr

cnnsnad di'nred men in rhe Home is stiu
Tho Ms bed in the hospital.
ne handsome Jim Lineberrv aS f,na =
type of glorious manhood - : - Hh- =
seornh' ana the beautiful Miss AInira robn
wirch an embodiment Of enrapturinr
mi,cnefleS- were most CHARMING risnnns
,ne LONE on Sunday. and ,ha;n q.
iar u a brilliant CLEAN of brightest
That glorious bundle Of .,a
snine. Miss Mary Dunn has rntn-naa, u II
IniSs oft scribe Is ROW Zone griey;ng ~
an onn lnat 'acstat1r mourning over
radiant LIFTS ana is now wearing a
daI;%L sariand OF brightest cheer and
uef1Sht, for there is No gloom w. IL
Is in sight ~ WITCH she
MISS Viola Matthews. a beautiful and
at,rdctive young lady. for a maoniticantI 4
ueVeloped form. adorned with fhe r.raat
s,aces, naS given her an irresistible harm
ny caine from Il hospital in Char,otte
most iovaM piuce OF the very popular and
;vrced TO leave on account of prolonged
IlneSs. Is wearing most gracefully tho
ionkin, ~ regally worn by the queenly
ioohihe MISS Sanders. for Miss Matthews
IL q lady or noblest qualities and syyeetesr
Braces and is just as lovable in her man.
is er moa a. sne is beautiful in person, She
i~ayorlte with the old veterans And right
mere we assert that no hospital in the
nua.e mas sweeter or more attractive
nurses than Misses Sarah Johnson Iethar
Britt and Mary Dunn. an of them heinz
hood.
The services in the Chapel on Sunday
AFTERNOON were intensely interesting and
most deilghtfully enjoyable. When if be
came Known that the able and profound
anu eloquent Mr.. Maddry would not FIJI
MS engagement there was u feeling of
disappointment, for the old veterans are
always charmed and edlfied and upIifted
VIII MS eloquent dissertations AMI able
eAerSeSis OF Bible truths. for he is IN
queStlonably a great and powerful preach-
er, and IS perfect master of any theme
ne touches. But he had il fine and most
acceptable substitute III the Rev. A Y
yoyner the very popular pastor of the
Puilen church. who gave us one of the
best and tenderest and most comforting
sermons that We have heard in seine
time. He is indeed Il fine preacher and
4 most fervid and i'm pressiyo speaker.
FOR there were aights Of lofty ejo1uence
hhd many elements of genuine oratory in
MS thrilling delivery. He brought a quar-
tette of magnificent voices whose fine notes
PENDED in sweetest harmony and made a
stream of melody upon whose enchanting
waves the senses ttOafed heayepward-tha
nesting place of those harmonies at which
the angles listen with rapture. And as
THESE pure sweet singers sent out such
the echoes of celestial symphonies.
On Sunday night re worshipped in the
PRIMITIVE Baptist church.. which is within
hfty yards Of the Home" and heard a
very comforting and Illuminating sermon
by Elder w. A. Simpkins. whose excel
lent sermons are always instructive and
euli y Inc more we see of this fine
specimen of splendid man hood. the more
deeply are we impressed with the real
worth and exalted dignity of a true man
anu the oftener we hear him preach the
more thoroughly are We convinced of his
powers. for the lucidity of his scriptural
exegis show that he is a thorough biblical
student. and is swayed by the teachings
of the Spirit. At the crosse of his able
and interesting sermon on Sunday night.
Mr.. A r. Whitley. of Archer, led to the
Altar, Mrs. Winnie A. Reardon. sister OF
hsues Simpklns, and by him the streams
Of their lives were united in the channel
or holy wedlock. and we trust that every
wave in that now beautifully blended
stream will flow to the rythmic~ ripplings
OLE the sweetest puiSingS of conjUgal fell
city and that the most luxuriant flowers
OF peace and happiness will grow uDon it's
DanKs and sweeten with their DELICIOUS
orders Of rapture and echantmenf the
unsteady ripping tides Of that blisSful
current.
We love to study the life of Capt. w. r.
Drake. an inmate of the Home" and at
one time one Of the glory crowned heroes
OF the fame embained Merrimac. the first
iron cla{i vessel in the Confederate Navy.
and witch figured 50 brilliantly in that
Roads. when the great frigates the Cum
berland. the Congress and the Mime
sofa went to destruction before her thun
dering guns. And we like to contrast rho
morning of his life. and the evening. Then
he commanded heavy ordinance whose
deep detonationS Numbered out CiSnav
duu OeSlTuctlOu. now. IN the calm of tho
blessed evening he marshais tropes and
figures and meta phOrs ard SMILES into g
harmonious pbalanN Of J. tie columns of
enhancing rhetoric. and they conquer and
enSlaye the senses with the subduein2
power of their beauty and their witchAry.
Under the magi wand of his mig ht Y
genius all that is beautiful in human ma
ture is most sweetly responsive to his
touch. and bow in enchantment at the
shrine Of his rare gifts of poesy aud OF
song. And as the morning Of his life was
lurid with the crimson famings of war
and the air was rent with the thunder
ings of its wrath amt it's fury. and the
earth trembled under the everberation :
of it's ordinance of destruction and bitter
strife. 50 the blessed evening has All the
disGordant elements OF warning hate and
passion rocked to sweetest sleep in the
soothing lullaby Of peace. and his life
closing scene is bathing in that repese-
full calm that Alcyone spreads for the
weary InOrtals Of earth.
Henderson Family Abroad.
henderson. July 12.-Mr. J P:
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