The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-01-19

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real to them thar the men and NO
men whom the newspapers portray
ed. A fair and most interesting sub
ject of discussion has often been the
respective merits of the man and
women of the Bible So diversified
and real are these immortal figures
that each person finds his own af-
hnlty among them.<
Or all the millions of books that
have been made, only one i literal
ly worldwide in its circulation. The
Bible has been put into the speech of
five hundred different people. SO
ne stories and whom We
Of the English tongue know AMI love |
are also known and loved by people
OF every race and language. Other
books breed national heroes. the ri
Bile reveals universal personalities.
Possibly Peter is the most popular
character in all the Bible. He is so
like the rest Of u.s." is the common
comment upon him. B~lunderine,
boastful, stumbling, penitent, warm
hearted Peter!-how many men and
women Of like clay you have helped
on the road to saintliness.
On my desk, It the moment, there
lies a cuneiform tablet which is one
OF a quantity that | obtained in
Babylonia. 1t is dated in the forty
fourth year Of Dungi, King Of Ur.
Yet the nam h a rises instantly TO
mind is not that Of any Of the kings
Of great Ur. but of one man who
dared to leave that ancient land,
with it's ripe civilization. turning his
face toward the wilderness. because
he heard the voice of Jehovah calling
him. Abraham is more famous than
the land Of Ur. He is the Bibles su-
preme type Of the come-outer Of the
man who dared follow his CLEAN and
be true to his highest call. Whose
ever would follow in Abraham's train
must experience a giving UP. d So
ing up and a taking up.
Of all the Lying. breathing women
who walk life-like through the pages
Of Holy Writ, none, save blessed
by Womankind as capable, busy and
troubled Martha. True, she once let
her engrossment in household cares
run away with her n of relative
values, but who does not? Martha
b~lundered, in trying to express hos
pitality only by way of the table. in
stead Of by the gift of her peronali-
ty: but she learned her lesson. We
remember hat it was to the home
made comfortable by her that tn
lonely Christ delighted to resort, ane
) we cannot forget the record. Nov
. Jesus loved Martha and her sister,
Jonathan gave up a throne but h
won a royal friendship; and is t,
. this day esteemed a king of fidel,t.
: and owe by all true seekers ate
= life's best gifts.
A man for our own times, thong.
he lived two milleniums ago, was thu
. finished scholar from the schools Q
: Tarsus and Jerusalem. that dauntles
: crusader, that perfect gentleman an
u lover Of the Lord Jesus, Paul tn
Apostle. What an imperial eye h
8 had. His restless soul coveted grea
: conquests for God.> His burning am
!. bition, which led him unfinchin
! through many fiery ordeals, was t
: lift aloft before the whole world
. eyes the Crucified. In these trouble
n days Of ours, when great souls al
> needed as befor. and clea
minds that that can see through TT
complexities of life to ultimate i
~ sues. Paul shines forth radiantly
, the type for Christians to patte1
~ after.
Every young man who is makir
% a hard fight against heavy odds ar
IN who is r%eSolute to keep his faith al
n | al ~ LII III IidSlS Ills C1ICui
stances, finds comfort in the story
Joseph the dreamer who rose from
10 prison to the premiership Of gre
" Egypt, and honored his fathers c.
no to the end.
10 The mar who misused his strenSt
no that Bible buffoon Samson, som
re how wins our sympathy. He did n
~ use his great strength greatly, b
ar at the end, after a session in t
I'D school Of adversely, he rose to not
IL heights and gave life in a patric1
sacrifice.
=
re Daniel dared, and is deathless.
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he John, who loved much, is niue
loved. Through his eyes Of visi
millions have been the Savior.
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al Joshua and Caleb. the brave N