The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-15

time the guest III 1lda-Ao&tt+ - $500
that Talmage pictured to him the
beautiful home life Of h great Eng
lish statesman. who was q stalnch
believer in the Old Gospel; and how,
before retiring at night, he read a
portion OF the Scriptures, then stood
around the table with the family and
sang a hymn. and then knelt and
offered fervent ray for home and
country. Then Mr.. Stuart asked Tai
| mage to tell hin infinitely some or
the things that Gladstone aid, The
great preacher opened that old Tai
mage mouth of his" said Mr.. Stuart
and then he related some Of the sub
jects of a conversation on great
world topics. He declared that
Gladstone said to him that Christ
ianity was the most vital thing III
the world and the one great essen
tial.
The evangelist told also of meeting
Henry Grady on one occasion. n
he said that III the course Of the con-
versation Grady told him that it had
been his great ambition az a boy
10 go to Washington and see the
| Capitol. When he reached the ma
tons capital, and turned round on
Pennsylvania avenue to behold that
splendid dome. he said the tears fill
ed his eyes and he said to himself:
That is the home of the greatest
Republic on the earth" On his way
back South, he had occasion TO pass
through North Carolina, and one
night he found himself the guest OF
a poor and struggling North Caro-
lima citizen. About g o clock, his
host said to him: We'll, Mr.. Grady,
we usual have family prayers be-
fore we go to bed; you can go to
your room or stay with US, as you
please" And Grady said: Just con
slider ne one of the family. and let
me stay He declared to the a
geliat that he would not have missed
that picture Of this sturdy coma
conducting family worship for any
thing in the world. The Scriptures
We're read, a hymn was sung, and the
family knelt in prayer. When We
got up off our knees" said Mr..
Grady, 4 said to myself. / was mis-
taken about that magnificent pile Of
marble in Washington being the
home Of this republic. This hum
BILE Christian home down here in
North Carolina is the true home Of
America. If We can continue TO have
homes like this, the republic Will al
ways be safe"
Mt. Stuart, like old wine, inn
proves with age. In homely phrase
and in hornespun eloauence-it is not
the ~eloQuence Of polished Edward
Everitt-like oratory he sweeps his
audience. During his long career as
an evangelist, he has had many strik-
ing experiences, and the stories which
: he tells Of these are amongst the
very best things in his sermons He
: walks rapidly up and down. talking
. to this end Of the house and then to
y that. He sways his long body like
q tree in a storm. Frequently his
long arms reach up to his head and
making combs Of his fingers, he runs
them backward through his iron
4 orav hair fill IT cooroc a1r,nc+ 70 etor1
: out straight behind his head. When
Sam Jones went up in his chariot OF
, fire, his mantle fell on George Stuart
his co-laborer,-if it ever fell on any
body. There is quite a S~am-Jonesy
: favor about George Stuart's preach
y ing, and yet it is only a flavor, fol
Stuart has an individuality Of his
q own and he a had the good sense
to cultivate and develop it, and not
to be a small pocket edition Of the
great Gainesville. Ga, preacher. He
: hits straight out from the %shoulder
and while there is humor, and 6
good deal Of sharp satire, in whar
he says, a fellow goes away thinking
II after the benediCtion. know I did
After hearing that sermon on rails
u ing children in the old fashioned way
q with three children of my own com
ing on, learning more or less devil
= ment IN a Washington city fiat, an(
H. hankering daily for the blood an
thunder of the moving picture show
u | went off into the solitude of tn,
; h~iil-sides, and TOOK took.
+ The statesmen view the wal in Flu
V rope from the angle Of democrac
- against au~tocracy. The ~fnancie
- views it from the standpoint of com
"A nlerce. One OF the great Bible teach
te ers of the present day says tina j
Is must inevitably have the effect 0
he driving the Christian Church to tn
study Of prophecy as never before
OF I heard one of the best Interpreter
Is Of the prophetic books Of the Bibl
le discuss the European wal from tn
Il standpoint of prophecy. This wa
6 Rev. Robert V. Mill.r, Of Henderson
es vile, who, by-the-way, was an oil
es scboolmata IF mine in NV hoyboo