The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-22


aid in the pursuit and attainment of
whatsoever things are just and true
and lovely and of good report. The
man who ever lives as under h
great ash masters eye, who be-
lieveS and remembers that God is the
witness of his conduct and is to be
his final judge. and who in all his
acts personal and otherwise, strives
to obtain d conscience void of Of
Tense, is the man above all others
most fearless in meeting responsible
ity and most faithful in the discharge
of every trust. This is the spirit
| which elevateS Harding
above all that is ignoble, narrow and
selfish, because all the ends he aims
at are those for God, country and
truth.
Under the Bonnie Blue Flag"
Mr.. Harding attended school at
Chocowinity Until the outbreak Of the
Civil War when he volunteered in
the Confederate army at the age of
L. No drawer soldier boy ever
shouldered a musket or fired a gun.
He followed the immortal Lee with
a brave heart. If victory came he
vas jubilant; if defeat was announced
he received it with that same spirit Of
resignation that has characterized him
all these years. Since the boys Of
the sixties have returned home no
truer friend of the Lost Cause" lives.
Still Wears the Grey.
Each 10th of May, dressed in his
suit Of Confederate grey and wearing
his Cross Of Honor, he can always
be seen mingling with the comrades
Of other years., at a time that tried
mems souls, doing what he "a tC
make spend another reunion amid
sunshine and joy. Many q furrOWed
checked soldier boy has been made to
feel the glow, the warmth Of halcyoT
days through his efforts. The Con
federate cause has no warmer cham.
piOn for he still is ar 'UnreconStruct,
ed Rebel" He wore the grey at Il
with honor to his home and country
) at 81, he still wears it with honor
} Although the winters wind }Aa.
3 whitened his locks and the care o;
years cut burrows deep in his cheek
2 he stands today ready to defend hi
! country in whatever way called upon
In battle he was as brave as a dion
in a he is gentle as a WUman
r After the close of the war MI
Harding taught school in Beautfer
county n also nea Wilmington I'M
til the year 1858. Subsequent to thi
S he was educated at Cheshire Militar7
> Academy, Connecticut, and also Erin
J. ity College, Hartford. Conn.
s In July, 1878, he was ordained t.
the ministry and in the year 1875
/; December. he was made a priest o
o his church.
: Sticks to First Love.
F~Orty-One years ago tomorrow h
q was called and accepted h rector
3 ship of Saint Peters Parish, this city
e and since h a glad hour, has been it
d guide a leader.
u Washington is his first and onl
: charge.
Frem h first he entered the heart
- of his parishioners. He gave and Ell
tended unto them his all, the bes
IL that was within him. His life ha
been for their service and for the
uphft. What a rich heritage has bee
e theirs during all these years.
e Through sunshine and shadow an
through all the varied vicissitudes tn
"a holy man of God has known no mar
n duty has ever been his sshibboletl
a. The rich, the poor. the bond, tn
a free, nave all come under his guidin
care and tender entreaty- What
ne benediction it is for one to sit at h
sc feet and drink from his @inexhaustab
fountain of love All are better me-
more useful citizens. more determine
of to tread the pathway Of life for tt
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