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These are words of wisdom and we shall do well to care- 

 fully ]'cgard them. Jefferson regarded, and justly too, an 

 intelligent and educated yeomary as the conservators of the 

 -State. So may we ever regard them, so may they ever be. 



The farmer should be, as he has every reason to be, as he 

 is, a firm friend and supporter of Christianity. He sees, 

 everywhere in creation the work of the Creator. He recog- 

 nizes the great truth that " all things were made by Him, and 

 without Him was not anything made that was made.^' He 

 looks to his Heavenly Father for His promised blessing with 

 faith and submission, assured that " while the earth remaineth, 

 seed time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and 

 winter, day and night, shall not cease." He does not cavil at 

 what he cannot understand. When he cannot comprehend 

 how the minutest particle of matter exists, he does not under- 

 take to explain the existence of myriads of worlds. He bows 

 with reverence to the teachings of revelation and reads with 

 appreciation, "who hath known the mind of the Lord ? or who 

 hath been his counsellor ?" " Canst thou by searching find 

 out God ? Canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection ? 

 As far as the Heavens are higher than the earth, so are my 

 ways higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than 

 your thoughts." He sees higher proof of the divine origin of 

 the Bible in its beneficent doctrines than even in the miracles 

 it records, as goodness is more divine than power. The farmer 

 regards education and Christianity as the strong pillars of 

 society and of the State. The farmer, as I have said, wants 

 no artificial aid, and he needs no special legislation for his 

 success. He desires only an equality of all men under the 

 law, and should by every means in his power oppose and pre- 

 vent special or class legislation. 



