The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-06-09

Unto the Lord"
tBrife synopsis of Memorial Sermon
to n. Il. Broughton. preached by
Pastor has. +. Maddry, Baptist
Tabernacle, Sunday, May 81, 1910.
We preach and draw lessons from
the lives of Abraham, and Moses and
David and the other patriarchs OF the
Old Testament, m God once pitched
his tent beside that Of the Old Tesla
ment heroes. In the far off time he
made friends of each seer and pro-
phet and good man. Inspiration is
not all ancient history, and the Bible
is not a closed book,-at least the
Acts Of the Apostles is still in the
making. God is not the God "of old
but is new as each dew drop and bud
and blossom and babe. The divine
light has not yet faded entirely from
the sky and the rustic OF the divine
garment may still be heard in the
earth. Today, as of old, God challenges
each man to make ready for a fresh
divine invasion. What GOD was 10
Abraham or Moses( He is to US today.
Little comfort it is if He helped Abra-
ham and David and helps not us.
One OF Gods chosen prophets, VINO
for years has gone in and out before
us, with whom God walked and talk
ed and wrought as truly as with any
of the heroes Of Old Testament his
tory, has gone from us. suddenly and
left us stunned and blinded IN our
grief. 1t is AS much our privilege and
duty to draw lessons from the life and
character of a modern prophet or
God AS from the ancient heroes or
Holy Writ.
Let us calm our hearts today and
take note of his elements Of great
ness. How this text Of Scripture hts
and sets him forth.
How often the worlds estimate OF
q mar differs from the estimate OF
God. We say a man is great II ne
piles up money, if he is a successful
politician, if he is a social success, il
ne is an intellectual prodigy, but the
Bible is always chary and reserved III
it's definition of a good man. The
beauty about the Bible is hat it paints
it's characters just as they are, anC
Gods standard of goodness. as Sc
forth in this text of Scripture is ser
vice, Let us note his elements Q
greatness:
4 Man of Vision.
/. He was a mar Of vision. Tn,
difference between success and fail
ure is viSion-ability to see. Man
success in life is always measured b.
his vision. The cause of failure Il
almost every instance is lack Of abili
ty to see. Mr.. Broughton was pre-
eminently a man of vision. He be
gan life at a time when everythin
was in ruin. The South had jus
come through the awful horrors Q
the civil war. Her money and he
credit were gone. There was grie
and sorrow in almost every hom'
There was complete reimbursement i
civic and nnljfica1 life The genera
ton today knows nothing Of the no
rors of reconStructiOn-of readjust
ment. Yet with all these handicap
limited in education AS far as tn
schools go, living in a small Souther
town. PROSTATE and d~esolate, M
Broughton still had a vision of
great business. Beginning withol
capital but with an indomitable coul
age and a vision splendid, he built u
u great business. There are tho:
who believe that if he had c%oncentra
ed all of his great powers of visiC
and intellect and personality on h
business alone. that he would ha,
become a multi-m~illionaire.
He had a vision also of a gre;
church and Sunday school. For
Years ago it locke like Raleigh hs
an ample number Of churches
take care Of all the religious deman,
and needs of the people. Mr.. Broug'
1850 w.
have taken his place as one Of Il
leaders and successful worker in Il
First Baptist church.. but with t
other far-sighted and courageo
souls, he withdrew and organized {
Tabernacle Baptist Church and Su
day School. He saw a great de
further than his brethren, for he h
In his soul the vision Of "a great, co
Guering church in the kingdom
God. This great church and Sund
school today is a monument to |
power of vision.
He had also a vision of the pos
bilities in Sunday school work
large. He was the founder and lea
er of modern Sunday school work
North Carolina. Seeing the possibi
ties In Sunday schoo work, he, with
few other faithful ones who h
caught some Of his vision and {
thusiasm. went over the State holdi
Sunday school institutes, chautauqu
and conventions There were n,
who criticised him for his liberal
and WILLINGNESS to m and on