The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-11-25

lnt ClluIyI PCOpAC AIN
comparing progress in their own hnes
each year, let the community see
whether it is winning or loslng-not
Row much it produces, but how 0uch
IL saves. A county may be- breaking
all records in the production of pea
nuts, but it may be more
from the outside than it is producing.
Its producing power may be enrlcn-
ing another section n i~mpoverish-
ing its own because it is not self
n~OuriShing.
Certainly the figures for the entire
State show that some industry is eat
ing its head off" At least the farm
ing industry is costing more than it
produces. The farm must not only
produce enough to pay for fertilizer,
labor, teams, taxes and upkeep, but 1T
must feed the hands that cultivate it,
it must clothe, feed n educate its
owner. Each township. each county
must do likewise before. the State can
prosper as it should.
A mans relation to the prosperity
Of his State is vague. But his rela-
ton to the community and to the
county is more easily grasped though
no better known. The first object Of
these county conferences is to in
quire. The next will be the remedy.
The first query will be not how much
the county made this year, but how
much did it retain?
AT these conferences the commun-
lty leaders are to come together.
Special organizations may build their
meetings around the general one. A
county fair may be the background.
Meetings of special interest to church,
school, farm or what not may be
grouped at convenient hours, all,
however, to come together at times
to discuss the facts and the needs
of the community as a whole. The
facts are to be gathered in advance.
They are to be presented and then
discussed.
"Civic service in that sense sounds
like business, and good business: That
is the sort Of civic service Mr.. Ora
ham advocates. He believes that if
the State con be reused, as it has
been on the subject of education, on
good roads, and on other similar
movements, it car be aroused into a
look at it's bank count
S132.3O, Delegates to the General
Conference, 1925, and the American
Bible Society. The assessments for
benevolent purposes amounts to
$S35.10, which is The largest assess
ment of the kind in the Warrenton
district.
Notwithstanding short crops, and
the UOo1I uCLlFc SlOIIn mat swept owe
Northampton county the first week in
September, the Indication is thai this
circuit will sustain it's enviable repu-
tatiOn of paying all of it's assess
mentS in full.
The annual statistical report to the
fourth quarterly conference showed a
net increase of church members. this
year Of SiXty-six.
Every congregation in the charge
has been very graciOusly blessed this
year with a revival of religion.
One hundred and twenty-five pre-
clOuS sOuiS have been converted, for
ty of whom were previously mem
bers of the church. and more than
two hundred backsliders have beer
reclaimed at the altar.
DR.. North declares that the great
est need of the church today-in al
of it's branches-is a genuine HOLY
Ghost revival Of religion.
He does his own preaching, hin
that n preacher should do all thu
preaching in a series of revival ser
vices, and that the most efficient as
sistantS a pastor can secure on eartl
!. in q revival are the members of hi
s church. These working together will
God may have lease to expect sucl
a baptism Of the Holy Ghost as cam,
: upon the New Hope congregation OF
Friday afternoon, August p, 1913
r = THE pastor preached with unctio
from on high, n the Holy Spirit de
t scended on preacher and the listen
t ing multitude, penitentS were invite,
to the mercy seat and the great alta
was crowded five or six different time
and every soul that came forward wa
converted, and when the time cam
!, to conclude the service, eight NOR
|, strong men came forward and knel
at the altar for prayer and salvation
? The pastor dismissed the congrega
= ton. about half of them remained
and by Z o'clock the last man wa
converted md seventy new Dor
souls wen home to tell their friend
" what great things the Lord had don
for them DR.. North says, hat h
g church cannot furnish a finer type {
Methodism than the magnanimou
le people of Northampton circuit, an
e while this is the first circuit he ha
70 served in the last twenty-five yeal
II it is absolutely the most delightfl
l. charge he has ever served in his lif