Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-24
TENTING IN 1uDWINTER.
DR.. Landrum Writes EntertainingI,
of His Delightful Vacation.


of His Delightful Vacation.
Rev. DR. w. W. Landrum, formerly of
this city but now Of Atlanta, writes to
the Journal Of that city:
Vacation on the part Of preachers is
both doctrine 10 be preached and n
duty to be practioed The devil. it has
been piously remarked by certain atrabi-
/ lious critics Of the cloth" never takes a
/ vacation. If il be true IL is about the
meanest thing know in the record Of
/ his satanic majesty The world would be
/ better Off If he did. Really, / don't urge
! any one Of my friends TO initiate the
! devil in this or any other respect.
That Albanian is 10 be pitied who
/ never works long enough or hard enough
70 need q rest. The place for him is the
Potters field, where he should be buried
with neatness and dispatch. and without
benefit of clergy. It is an very well 10
| say we should rest IN our labors and not
from them: il is very beautiful 20 remind
IS Of the tabled bird OF the Orient, which
Is reputed TO sleep upon the wing, or OF
the region of eternal calm which bOsOms
itself in the centre Of a cyclone. IL may
do some stupid drudges good 10 sing the
old law
REST is not quitting the busy career.
Rest is fitting ones self to ones sphere.
Nevertheless, give us a rest Glittering
half truths are no more truth unadOrncl
than vclveteen is velvet or brass gold.
God made the world I'm six days and rest-
ed on the seventh. Christ i'm the brief
intense years of his public ministry FREE
quonIy withdrew from the multitude for
quietude, repose,. and recuperation. Paul,
when about 20 burn up a nervous c0usti-
f1ffpr, rod nnf with r1icefnrrlrW zeal
forced by q merciful Providence 10 cease
labor Captivity at Casearea and cOntne-
ment I'm his own hired house I'm Rome be-
came O. sanitarium as well as a sdnctum
If there be q pastor in Atlanta like my
brother Of the First Methodist church
with 200 souls under his cage his duties
are simply multitudinOus and mountain
Gus. He must speak many more times
than a lawyer. make more visits than
physician write more letters than ste-
nOgrapher, teach more children than the
principal OF a grammar school compose
more manuscript than an editor, solve
more moral ana financial problems than
an alderman. and kiss more babies than
politician I'm q hOtiy-c0ntested CAM
paign.
Florida affords a paradise for a winter I
rest. The precise spot ! beg 90 recon- |
mend Is not seaside city. with It's paia- /
tial hotel Of Moorish architecture sp1cl- /
Gus quarters and sumptuous appoint I
ments. IL is camp Holmes IL is sItu-
ated al the "jumpng-on place, sixty !
miles from a railroad. one from the Gulf /
Of Mexico. and midway between lhe
mouths of tho Suwanee and Steinhatcnie
rivers. You will not find the place ON the
map; il did not have name before our
marty went there. and it's existence tei
into "innOcu0us desuetude' me moment
our caravan moved away. We dWelt in
tents as became a party OF hunters anu
fishermen Hard by and the chiei source
of attraction. was huge sulphur spflhs'
which bubbled up like the waters OK be-
thesda. liz was circular i'm form. frinsed
round about with dwarf palmetto. II was
I'm the respect that the stream
which flowed from 30 ran but Few I
wards. and then disappeared and entered |
The gulf by a subterranean course Ine
locality was chosen by the foremost MINI
rod of the state Of Florida. as the undis-
covered country whore big game abounds.
Deer. foxes. and wildcats were the ob-
ject we had I'm view. Quail we expected, |
as a matter of course, but We held them
I'M reserve 20 occupy our time and atten-
ton when the chase was over.
The numbers and the equipment at
amp Holmes. the tents the wagons and
4OlHtrt the hunters anu AllfAA '.ttt't'
servants. guides and retaners gave us
most imposing appearance. There were
"a an twenty-One men and tweiye hor- b
Ne might easily have been mistaken Tor
camp OF cuban insurgents who ma lh-
aided the W4lds OF Florida.
The party itself. III the chaplain may
le considered as counted out was ID TIE
nous one. As originally planned Do enc
oiled the names Of two governors 10Y
rnor Taylor. of Tennessee. however was
indered by professional duty. and our
wn former Governor. Northen. when me
ime came. was fast in che grasp OF in
ripoe
That prince of minsirels and good iel-
lWs. Polk Miller. OF D. edmond had To
ecline az the last moment Notwl'h-
landing these losses tho coterle was sun
ongenial and charming. The Nesior was
Iajor G. Y. Young, OF Mississippi, the
oremost hunter Of red foxes IN the South.
he master OF hounds In am our widest
sces was Sheriff l.. ". FewneA. ot :
Fla. with his elder brother
ohm. as associate and aide. We bad the
Sperience and wisdom also OF senator 4
f. Chaires. the cattle king of North I
lorlda, and OF the model agficuturist
nd Incompatible hOrseman, Captain j. [
I. Staples, OF Lake Alcyone Fla. Tho q
lly other non-Georglan was Hon. viii
am Ellyson. lawyer and one OF the own {
IS Of the Richmond Dispatch. Repre- q
,ntatives from this State were Colonel y