Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-05-18

tent OF the present TO be made to christ as
spoken OF in the Psalms. "Ask OF me- and
shall give thee the heather for thine inherl-
lance and the uttermost parts Of the earth
for thy possession" and so I shall be reany
TO celebrate in heaven the victories OF Cnrlst
in more rapturous song than ! could nave
rendered had | never seen the heatnen
denominations before they were conquered:
And sd | hope to como back refreshed, re-
enforced ar d better equipped. and TO do In
ten years more effect1al work than l have
done in the last twenty-five.
And new, III this twenty-ffth anniversary
sermon. propose to do two thtngs-hrS', 10
put q garland on tho grave OF the genera
ton that has just passed of and then to put
d palm branch in the han1 of the generation
! just now coming on the fell OF action, LOT
my text is true, zone generation passetn
away. and another generation cometb:' on,
how many werevere land honore AMI love
| in the last generation that quit the earth
| Tears fell Mt the time OF their going. IN
| dirges were SOM lei an signals o. mourn
iny were put on, but neither tears nor dlrS9
nor somher veil told the half we felt. The'r
| going left q vacancy In our souls that mas
| never been filed up. We never get used to
| their absence. There are times when tn9
sight OF something with which they were as
| sooiate1--1 picture, or q book. or garment,
or staff-5reaks us down with emotion. but
we bear 1t simply because we have to bear IT,
| Oh. how snow white their hair got. and now
| ths wrinkles multiple I, AMI the sight grew
more dim, and the hearing less alert, ana tn9
atom more frail. and one day they were gone
ont Of the chair by the iresde, anil from he
nIate ut the meal, AMI from the en- OF the
church pew where they worshiped with US.
n, nv sorl. how we miss thems But let us
oonsole each other with the thought that We
r5aII meet them again In the lana OF saiuata-
ton AMI reunion. - H.. chat do.
o,-to1 generation. II nse1 not be Costly,
nerhaps. lust handful OF clover plossouls
from ths f1eld through which they usel ~
walk. or as many yiolets as you coulu no.u
between the thumb AMI the lorehnSeli
plucked out of tho garden wnere tueS ooId
70 walk in the cool OF the day. Put theSe oI..
tosSioned flow5rs right down over tho heart
tbat never again will ache, AMI the ieet tua.
will never again be weary, AMI tue arm .naI
has forever ceased to toll. feace, ,r m no No.
pace. mother Everlasting peace Ai ''-"'
for the generation gone. II. 49, o,lr,
Rnt what shall We do with the pun
branch? That we will put in the mana ol t s.o
generation coming on. Yours IS ~ 20 t tao
generation foT victories Iae las. ~ ~ a
nnrssent generation havs bsen perlecelhS tu'
s,oorn nowar. an the electric light, an tn9
oiactrlc forces. To these will be a idsd trans
nortation. 1t will be your mission 10 US
I'll thesa forces. Everything Is ready Ior YOU
r. march right up anl take this worlo iol
al onJ heaven. Get your heart rlylc ny
renentance an the parlontng grace OF tue
Lord Jesus, and your mini rIgnt oy Slew 49,
IN, hooks AMI pictures, an your DO ~ rlSh
h1, gvmnasium and field exercise, an'
nIenfy of ozone and by looking as oHen /"
Won can upon the face OF mountain au. y
sea Then start In Gods name, start hu
hera ia the palm branch. From conquest y
conquest, move right on aud right up LV
will soon have the wno'e neiu ior ~.
selt ReIore another twenty-five years nav
onna WA will be out OF the puplts. ana IN
0Ifices. and the stores. and the factories. III
tho benevolent Institutions, and you WI
no Of the front. Forward into the oa't'e
CT he for YOU, who can be against you
t.ua tint shared not His own Son, put uellN
are1 Him no for us all, how snail ne no, n0
with Him also freely give US all Things;
Gnd 40 for us WOO are now at the rom
hariny nut the garland on the grave OF lu
iast Generation. an / having put the pau
hr"neh in the hand Of the coming genei'
zion we will cheer each other ID tue relna' NV.
inc onsets AMI go into the shin,nS sa'
somewhere about the s lme time, auu sloel.
bv the generation that has prec9ueu 10 v
will have to wait only little wano ~ y y
The generation that will come alter us. .i 90
,, W." 80, mot together grandfather Il
, con ond the grandson the grlndmotaer, u
!, Jouohter AMI the gran daughter. An
! Lii wider range AMI keener Iacu'y
! sh'lI ra,liz, tha full significance OF tne le ,,
!, Stona Generation passstn away, an a"''n'
Generation cometh.