The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-06-09
| nomination that needed his help.
A Man OF Faith.

was Ills 1ditn. lnSEt WIGS S4ibpiN NANh
in God and in Christ and in the Bible.
| God and Christ to him were living
| realities. The Bible was the Book OF
God, and he believed it entire There
was no mystery abou h BOOK 10
him. i
He also had faith in himself and
in his cause. He believed that he
| could do all things through Christ and
| he had absolute faith in the cause
repentance and confession, he beleV-
| the work Of the church and the sun
day hoo was the biggest work IN
the world. Often have we heard him
saw that the biggest investment ne
had ever made was in his church ana
her agencies.
He also had faith in his fellows.
Herein lies his chief greatness He
believed in men, and saw the good IN
them. Men might fail and make
shipwreck of themselves and their
profession, and yet if they came WITH
repentance and confession. he beiiev-
ed in them and would always give
them another chance. His was 4
gospel of "a second chance he had
no spirit of jealousy in his church
work or his business and was AWAY
willing to give the other fellow a
chance and glad to see him succeed.
He not only believed in his fellows
but he had a wonderful power &C in
spring others with his fai;n n them.
We will never know how many people
he helped to a new life and a new ef-
fort. His greatest gift in lis ministry
for others was inspiring them TO help
themselves. He had a wonderful IN
sight into the powers and possibilities
of young men and young women, and
the greater gift of making them see
for themselves their own possibilities
and powers.
\ Man of Courage.
He third aI1,prn- If r-oofroc -.
was his courage. H. was Al man Of
conviction. Men always knew where
n. B.. Broughton stood on any Ques-
ton Of public interest,". He could al
ways be counted on 20 take the right
side in any moral issue. There Was
no need to use argument to win him
to a good cause. You only had 10
state the issue and he at once TOOK
sides. He could tight and fight hard
5 for a good cause, but he always
l fought in the open and never took a
t mean advantage of anybody. Withal
= he was a good loser. When he had
f lost a fight for righteousness, he at
once began to make his plans for the
next onslaught When defeated in
e meetings of his denomination upon
: any question that he. believed to be
S for the best interest Of the work, he
Y could yield and yield gracefully.
n His Passion Fol- Righteousness.
a. The fourth element of his great
ness was his passion for righteous
ness Every prophet Of God from Pau
& to Luther has had d consuming pas.
sion for righteousness. The grea'
men Of earth have dWelt apart from
iniQuity. Some who had great power:
# and great possibilities have signal,
failed because of the lack of persona
n purity. 1t is said of the great Ger
l. man poet Goethe that he kept TIVE
men busy all the time-the one weav
.~- $500. g. I.-
S, cleaning the mud from his garments
le but the great men OF all time hav,
n been men who were personally clean
r. The subject of this discourse was per
a sonally a clean man. He was clean il
1T speech. clean in his personal life. cleal
r in his thoughts and clean in his bust
- ness. He loved fun, always enjoye,
Sc a good joke, had a keen sense Of wi
t and humOr. could always see th
IN ridiculous and eccentric in his breth
is rem, and yet no one ever heard hir
We say an ugly or an unclean thing.
loved the beautiful, in music, ar
at books and in good society. He wa
ty we'll read and had an almost unlimit
IA ed fund of information on every sui
TO ject. He had a passion for righteous
ness in city and State and nation. Fo
years he has been the leader for civi
to righteousness in the city of Raleigh
ne He gave himself for every goo
he cause and for everything that Woul
EN- promote civic or political righteou:
US ness. He was truly the pack-hors
he for every good cause. The promote
n Of every good cause found a sympf
al thetic friend and a willing helper
ad our brother. He literally wore hin
n self GU carrying the DAD for 9th
of men. He served on boards and con
ay mittees and directorships witho1
his stint and almost without number
His Loyalty.
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at ness was loyalty. He was loyal
ID his family and his k~inspeople. VI
IN might say that this was a family ira
III sharply defined with him. He w
4 a loyal to his church. always putin
ad her interest above that of his own
n of anyone else. He spared not hin
Ing self for the welfare of his churc
as, This was bigger to him than busine
oSe or family or personal comfort. I
ity was loyal TO his friends No man ev
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