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a. fir rr SPO s av Oil Willi 1 e ;ii;TY-FOURTH YEAR. ORGAN OF THE NORTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. NUMBER 20 RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1908. THE WORLD AS WE SEE IT. There is surely now no lingering doubt in the minds of the people of North Carolina that a po jiical debate should be a thing of the past. History is being made these days in the Old North State. The manufacture of the present out put began during the dog-days last summer, and the date of delivery is uncertain. Our people arc not taking much interest in the rc;i I question involved in tho proposed Appa lachian Park. But this question must bo faced sooner or later, and it would be better for us to lose much of our absorbing interest in things po litical and fix it on things more practical and im portant. The world has about laughed all emotional manifestations out of religion, and complacently given it a place in the political Convention. Let no one avIio thrills at the mention of the remarkable scene at Chicago last week when the great audi ence howled themselves hoarse during forty-five minutes for President Roosevelt ever have the cheek to make a wry face at the sound of shout ing in a religious meeting. .' & We respectfully refer to the Charlotte Observer the following questions which we have clipped from an exchange: "You can see any day a white horse; did you ever see a white colt? How many kinds of trees grow in your neighborhood, and what are they good for? Why does a horse nip grass backward, and a cow forward? Why does a hop vine wind one way, and a bean vine another? Where should a chimney be larger, at top or bottom, and why? Why does a horse when tethered with a rope unravel it in grazing, while ;i row twists it into a kinky knot? Why do leaves t'u-n upside down just before a rain?" m Than history is demonstrating as never ! f,,'(' 'hat, after all, there is in this thing which we c;ii 1 hero-worship less of the personal element is popularly supposed. The huzzas fr the h'To are really tor something behind and beneath '"To. Hoke Smith was a hero only two short .v .Ms ago, but how quickly he has been reduced o the tank of miscreants! When it became noised ;i!)'";d through tho silent man who sat. day after ,li,v in his room at the Piedmont Hotel in Atlan "1;t the opinions and doctrines of his ooni ,H'"l,,r are dangerous to the public weal, Hoko tfmith sank out 0r sight beneath a shower of bnl lo1 Personality doffed its cap to principle, or, u .vou please, in this case, to Public Opinion. ' ' ;i of the people who hold the votes which iu be oftiee has kept many a public servant foin declaring in favor of a class of workers 'o, with one exception, have done more for the S(nle against greater odds and on smaller sala ""H ";ih any other ctluss; Wo rfr to tlx imbli school teacher. So the words of Governor Glenn, at the late Teachers' .Meeting at Charlotte, come as the tones of a sweet-toned bell at eventide: "Every dollar spent for education is the very best kind of investment that can be made for North Carolina, always returning one hundredfold in wealth, power, and glory For the work done, the salaries of the teachers are absolutely inadequate, especially those of the women." A good strong, ringing recommendation in a Gover nor's message to the Legislature for an increase! in teachers' salaries would be a blessing to a hard-working class of people. Now we know the exact figures of the late pro hibition election. The State Board of Elections has met and the following was found: There were 183, 02S votes cast. Of this number, GO, 416 were cast for the manufacture and sale of intoxi cating liquor, and 113,612 against. The majority for prohibition was 4 4,196. On Friday morning Governor Glenn signed the proclamation in the Hall of Representatives. The chair in which Governor Glenn sat was given to State Chair man, John A. Oates, and the pen with which the proclamation was signed was given to Hon. Ileriot Clarkson. A banner was given to Buncombe County as having given the largest majority for prohibition. Another banner was presented to Yancey County for having the largest percentage of votes. The famous ante-injunction plank which has been placed in the platform of the Republican party and which was most bitterly opposed in the committee by a number of strong loaders, does not amount to much in our opinion. It was fought by merchants and manufacturers who con tended that the necessity of giving notice; before the issuance of an injunction would foster boy cotts and scenes of violence on the part of those taking advantage of the necessitated delay. How ever, the plank reads thus: "We believe, how ever, that the rules of procedure ju the Federal Courts with respect to issuance of writs of in junction or temporary restraining order should be issued without notice, except, irreparable injury would result from delay, in which case a speedy hearing thereafter should be granted." That con dition, "except irreparable injury, etc.," makes the whole plank without force, as there will be very few injunction cases when the fact of "irre parable injury" will not be pleaded. So as far as we can see, the whole case, practically, stands as it was, which is, perhaps, the best after all. At every General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, there, is an attempt to elect a negro Bishop. Tho attempt always ends in failure. At tho late General Conference, Dr. M B. C. Mason, a worthy colored man, received 275 votes, but it soon became seen at each suc ceeding ballot that the tide was too strong for IvtiUt Ho arose and withdrew his na.m in u, speech which was a. model of propriety, power, and eloquence. He closed this speech in the fol lowing words: "The distinct, understanding was that, if elected, my work should be among my own people, and we had reason to believe that this could easily be done because of the twenty one colored Conferences already among us, with 350,000 members, and that here in America and in Africa there would be sufficient work for a black man without at any lime coming in contact with any work for which he was not peculiarly adapted. The peculiar conditions of our German brethren were so similar to our own that, without a trade or bargain, we naturally fell in and helped and supported them, and we are glad that you heard their plea, and have given them a. man so peculiarly adapted and qualified to help them in their work. We do not charge! that you elid not give us a square deal, but sonudienv we conceive! the idea that the difficulty lay in the fact that my brethren were so unfortunate as to bring forward a man who somehow is ne)t quite worthy enough to challenge your support and consideration." PEACE AMID DAILY DKl'DGEUY. " 'The trivial round, the common task,' which, as Keble says, should be 'a road te bring us daily nearer God,' sometimes becomes an intolerable labor. At times the nrnst patient ox-likes nature's - even when unmuzzled -long for deliverance) freun the dull round that treads out (lies corn. Cases have been known where even prosperous men have fled from home, friends, comforts, and eluty in order to escape it. I say prosperous men, because this burden is no peculiar possessiem ef the 'masses': it may be felt, by those of the 'classes' as well, by the 'upper tern' as much as by the 'submerged tenth.' If is the heritage! of all true! workers, and may gall the; King on his thremo, amid the; wearying cerememial of state, as it does those innumerable! tedlers in mine, fac tory, or field. Though many e;f us, like Martha, arc 'distracted about much serving,' we cannot all escape from it as she might evidently have done;; it is as necessary for us to go on as it was un necessary for her. Much as we might wish it, we cannot leave Martha's siele and lolle)w Mary to l he Master's feed,. Though he,ud should swim ami heart should bre-ak, we must ge em, rem rid anel round, witk the unceasing regularity ef thei edeck itself. Concerning this trial of daily drudgery the Gospel has but one mejssage for all alike;. Our life must become an amalgam, as it were, of the twet sisters. Though our outward life be as Mar tint's, our inwarei life must, and may be, as Mary's. Though our hands be; engaged in un ceasing work, eur he-arts must obey that innr call te) choose Mh goed part,' till, in the Spirit at b'ast, we sit perpetually at the Master's fet and learn of Him 'the one thing needful.' Thus being yoked to Him in spiritual fellowship, we shall soen realize; that, the daily loael we once, like Martha, dragged so heavily has bee;e)mo surpris ingly light. Nay, more, we shall ore hng elis c.ever that in this blessed eompaiemship the elull rounel ef daily teil has be;coino a geuitle spiral wliieh, though still rounel anel reune, is upwnnl anel upward as well, bringing us every memieiil. nearer to heaven, and rest, and Geul. To thus submit to the will e)f Jesus, to ee everything tor His sake, is a divine nledie-my which transmutes not enly the iron, but also the load, ef life into the silver of earthly poae-e, the; earnest anel pmni ise of its future anel further change into the- gedd of heavenly joy. Christianity, like art, is tlx; apotheosis of the commonplace; for its function is not only to give peace at the stake and on the scaffold, but peace! at the plow, peace at the bench, peace at lb" wash-tub as well."- C !'.. P. Antrum, in Thu (4a iiisoned hitf'
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