The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-11-24

sophistication. We can saw win
Watts: ~ with
When | survey the ~wonderous croec
- which the Prince of glory died
MY rlcnest gain / count but loss.
AUD pour contempt on all my
pride" "
L nave a friend, a noble Christian
business man, whose religion always
takes precedence of everything else.
VINO met With a serious accident this
past mr. He was riding in an
whom he had long tried to win for
CHRIST. Apparently he could make
nc impression on the thick shell of
ms indifference. Then, on this oc-
caslon, the automobile was wrecked, |
my friend suffering terrible injuries
that laid him aside for months. The
man VINO drove the machine felt re |
sponsible for the accident. from
winch he haG escaped unhurt, and he
was sorely distressed. The injured
man., however, SO far from finding
fault, used the long, painful journey
to the hospital as an occasion for
talking about spiritual things; and
Tor the hrst time his friend listened
n yielded. The message proclaim
ed through suffering was irresistible.
He heard the voice of the Cross.
The Greatest Story in the World.
NO comments upon the CrucifiAiOn
narrative can equal a reading Of the
story itself. IN the words Of the in
spired writer's. The fourfold gospel
accounts has been woven into one by
one by three Chicago pastors who
have issued the combined gospels in
a little boo called His Life" From
that / quote.
They took Jesus therefore: and he
went out, bearing the cross for him
self.
And as they came out. they laid
hold upon the Simon of Cyrene. the
father of Alexander and Rufus, who
was passing by. coming from the
country; him they compelled to go
with them. and laid on him the cross.
that he might bear it after Jesus.
And there followed him a great
multitude of the people, and Of WON
en- whom bewailed and lamented
him.
But Jesus turning unto them said
Daughters Of Jerusalem, weep not
, for me, but weep for yourselves, and
: for your children. For behold, the
days are coming, In which they shall
, say. blessed are the barren, and
the wombs that never bare, and the
breasts that never a v suck" Their
shall they begin to say to the noun
9 tains, Fall on u.s.; and to the hills
: Cover u.s." For If they do these
5 things in the green tree, what shall
, be done in the dry?"
5 "And there were also two Others
= ~malefactors, led with him TO be pu'
to death.
and when they came unto a place
u called Golgotha, that is to say. The
: place OF a skull, they gave him Wln
:. to drink mingled with gall; and whe1
= he had tasted it, he would not drink
There they crucifed him, and tn
= malefactors, one on the right name
and the other on the left.
"And Jesus said. Father, fOrgiv
them: for they know not what the
a do
And PLATE wrote a title also, an'
: out in on the cross, And there wa
written:
!. Jesus of Nazareth. The King of TIL
This title therefore read many o
the Jews, for the place where Jesu
- was crucified was nigh to the city
IS and it was written in Hebrew, an
- in Latin, and in Greek.
&c The chief priests of the Jew
- therefore said to PLATE: Write no
e. '"The King Of the Jews" but that n
E said 81 am King Of the Jews.
X "Pilate answered, What / hay
II written I have written
1.-The soldiers, therefore, when the
IL cruhifed Jesus, took his carmen
, and made four parts, 10 ever! SoiuIe
a part: and also the coat; nov" III
. ""oat wa. seam, woven fro1
L the top throughout. They sal'
Therefore, one to another. Let US n'
rend it, but case lots for 1t, Wnos
~ it shall be-; that the scripture mug
be fulfilled, which saith,
They parted my garments amor
Ut them,
And npon my vesture did they ca
.oThese things, therefore, the 50
Ut diers did: and they sat and Watche
is AND The people stood beholding
rs And they that passed by rali'
on him. wagging their heads, al
sowing Thou that d~estroyest Il
~ temple. and buildese it in three day
- save thvself; if thou are n Son
Nv Cod. come down from the cross.
~. "In like name also. the chi
~ -oolxinD him. with the serb