The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-02-17

5L 80 Of Mr.. Clarence Poe, Presi-
coa,. h1r4oroc'''na Conference for for
SHe'1a as Raleigh, ~ WI e'ss nsan 1rS 1a %s5t asit
The first thing neeuA-, in building
a great civilization in North Caro-
lima is to realize our possibilities-tO
realize that we have yet but State
in the making. a pioneer common
wealth. State larger in area. be it
remembered. than England or Scot
land OF Greece, and which may Well
achieve, in the providence Of God, Il
civilization os rich, varie6, and his
tOric as theris.
That is the faith that should like
for us to cherish. We must dream
the great dream. We must behold
the land that is very far off. All
| great achievement is built on great
aspiration. No mediaeval cathedral
| ever lifted its spires towards Heaven
| or awed the spectator by the solemn
vastness of it's interior, no Tai Nah /
| in far away India ever grew into a
| beauty almost divine, no master S
| hand rounded Peters dome and
groined the aisles of Christian Rome
until first the dynamic, irresistible
power Of great vision, a great faith,
| drew yearning men through months
and years Of conflict and struggle
even as Arthur followed the Golden
Grail and Israel of old it's pillar OF
fire and cloud
So those Of US sons and daughters
OF North Carolina. We who We're
nurtured a her bosom and who love
her with a passionate love. we who
| would build here rich and beauti
full, a puissa Mt and fruitful civiliza
ton, we must first Of all eloctrify oul
people with the driving power Of {
great ideal. We must hitch oul
wagon to a star. We must believe
that no civilization that men any
where have known is greater thar
We build here In our own beloved
| home State.
In fact. | would not have us limi
our ambition or measure our poss-
bilities by what men in any othe
era or land have achieved, but in
stead I would have some North Caro-
lima Walt Whitman rise up even i
with "a barbaric yaWp sounded Owe
{ the roofs Of the world" and proclaim
that We have here and now 'the mos
splendid race the sun ever Yet shon
upon,' with "splendors and majestic
, to make all the previous politics 0
the earth seem insignificant and tina
while We honor all earths might
dead, "a work rcmains-the work @
I surprising all that they have done.
: Character the Basis.
! There must be, Of course, the fun
| damental basis Of character-charaC
: ter based on q religious faith L d
. not believe that u great and sym
: 1netrical civilization will ever b
f wrought out anywhere by men VIII
s have forgotten that they are son
: Of God. ''The glory that was Greco
a and the grandeur that was Rome
n came in the days when, lacking tn
II knowledge Of Jehovah, their peopl
{ at last believed that Zeus and Maj
ho fat q
g "See old Proteus rising fror1 II
t And hear OLD Triton hlon II
= wreathed horn.
- / do not believe that men any, Ilel
= can build life true enough unless til;
q life is daily measured by Iac 5q,:ll
; aud compass and plumbli..e Of Il
o one Perfect Builder; [ DO ll,,t- 1al:e7
; that men an!N here can aspire great
. enough until they realize that Il
plaincst nIan may become joint he
q with his older brother TO al II
J. power and ma jesty Of an AlniiSh
a Father.
il A people who have this faith ma
TO do anything, may become anythin
" once the whole militant body Sc
is with somewhat Of Crusader ze
e that religion consists Of but tv
ID things-love Of God with ali the he;i
I'd and mind ana soul ana service TO o
ID | brother as to God's substitute: on
it sees clearly chat all religion han
TO on two commandments ~
lc hutnan service and not either Q
a alone; once il GEES that 1ulIl are !.
a. saved in aloothful idIoness IL & glo1
I'd ous Kingdom III the after life b
60 s:l.-ed for fierculean toll to make {
at | Kingdom come, His will be done,
e. IL Heaven So on Garth
TO When this vision comes III its III
G. ness then md not till then shall
u nave. the conditions iavor4ble for I
rt~valo01nont Of tho hishcet ciyiji1