The farmer and mechanic., 1915-04-27


Egypt he came upon tIso.-s I"
nouncing to the EgyptiaDs ia a.
sion Of Nero in Rome. a-
placard was a public adv-rrs.s.
by father. who said his son ,r.'
en- to riotous living and ths
would no longer be responSibfa @
debts.
Still another letter rese4.a r-
the nists Of antiquity corre..-
following request for informa- ~
dressed by one young Womau .....--,
friend: ~'
do tell me-" she wrote. .at.....
become of your friend ther h.1
headed man? Has he been
| make any hair grow yet?"
A letter from prodigal ser -.
| first century to his aristocr,-t
ents said: Il am down and oa. XXI,
is a free translationl, my c1atha. ...
in rags. l am miserable. send -,,
money. lest shame fall upon a1r FAN,
| lily name" And another lad lar~e,,
| ing the death of his favOrite re6t.r,
cock, writes his parents that h..
| tends to commit suicide
From mass Of ancient deeds ems
| wedding and funeral invitations. E,rof
Cobern culled the following chars.
made by a Judge to an Offender
Thou hast been worthy Of sc.~.g.
ing, but | will give thee to th4 r.ao-
ple, said the learned Judge
The Importance of this fra.mer,
lies in the fact that scholar, nave
contended that Pilate acted utthour
precedent in giving Jesus over Ia rha
people to be crucified The paulrs
rescued by Prof. Cobern from o..t ~
the waste heaps Of antiquity Shows
that the practice was quite 0arr.
mon.
From tn letters and docume,-> d.
the ancient discovered by Prof. ca
bern, many Of the difficult passages
Of the Bible are made plain For ir-
stance there is the passaee In W}Uclt
Jesus speaks of the Scribes and Phar.
sees who pray on street Corners
where all may hear them. ana TIA
l Master adds this cryptic comment.
''V Verify, they have received lheil lo.
, ward
I No one has understood the me&li 2
of the SaViOurS 5 comment, no one HH-
4 til Prof. Cobern in his investigations
turned up hundreds Of butchers and
0 bakers bills of ancient Pa}ee inc
: And across every bill he found h4
+ word Jesus used for reward rraao-
Q ing received payment in fun
: (Which explains the Master -tate-
d ment says the archaeoloeiSt The
: Pharisees prayed where men could
s hear them pray. They got what they
e prayed for and nothing more. They
Y received in full, according IT, The
s measure Of their piety. Isn't thar de-
It licious?''
n A hymnal used by the generate. =
e Christians coming Immediately after
ST. John was resurrected from the
n scrap Of antiquity by Prof. Cobern
e There were forty-two hymns In this
HYMN hnnL Thp
IT world which was dug up six years
d ago, but interpreted only last year
s. These hymns were sung by people
Ie who "1ived as near TO the times OF
% ST. John as we live to Gen. Grant
b Prof Cobern also read . remark
" able prayer from the earliest rituals
IN tic constitution of the ChrlStlaI
l. Church. The astonishing feature o.
ie this petition lies in the fact that 7 wa
q prayer for church unity.
10 The archaeologist repeated trans
G lation of parts Of a sermon preacht,
in by a bishop in the year GOO \. u. |
a. did not concern itself with Theology
a but was a sort Of social service str
lg mon.
r, '.He that oppresseth his neighboT
lie declared the Bishop OF the earl
us Christian Church, lis altogetheI fep
10 rebate, and like unto Judas, VINO Io'
from tHe supper tdole an"
- his Master
ey Many interesting facts coneernlhl
the high stage Of civilization IN 10
% first century were mentioned by FIo
1T. CObern. For instance, a letter y
no papyri speaks Of a public splLIe
ke citizen who leaves a large bequTs
ho to establish a public bath and d pS~
Id lie school. Another letter tel.s o.
tn city physician who received s-'-,o
n a year for his services. Still 8ho u, ~
ge epistle mentions that the chief al u u
Temple Of Diana was better Paio iH% 10
wv the temple physician. EudentH -
he priests paid particular atten'-o"
en- the wants Of the inner man.
or In contrast with this luxuI?
en- Cobern spoke Of the barbarity q ~. +.
49, age, particularly in dealInS ~ ~
X slaves. More than 10000 slaves -
lst crucified in the reign OF A1g gl@5-- @
ny In one case, where patrician I'oH.
mt was found murdered in hls no.
ne and the slaves refused TO nam