The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-01-13

be who has nothing hut This world Tor
q portion has no portion at an. IL Is
mountainous land sloping oil toward
the desert of sorrow swept 10y fiery
siroccos: IL is "a south land poor
portion for ans man that tries TO 1u,
his trust in H. What has been your
experience? What has been the expert
ence OF every man. OF every woman.
that has tried this world for portion2
Queen Elizabeth amid the surround
ings of pomp is unhappy because The
painter sketches too minutele the
wrinkles ON her face. and She indig-
nantlv cries out: "lou must strike
off nv likeness without any sha. A,.
Hogarth. at the very height of his
artistic triumph is stung almost 10
death with chagrin because the paint
inc he had dedicated TO the king does
not seem TO be acceptable. for George
II. cries out: "Who is this llogarih?
Take his trumpcry out OF my presence
Brinsley sheridan thrilled the earth
with his eloquence. but had for bis last
words: 81 ann absolutely undone '
Walter Scott. fumhling around The nix
stand trying 30 write. says 10 his
daughter: ooh. take me beck 10 my
room. There is no rest for Sir Walter
but i'm the gravel" Stephen Girard. The
-wealthiest man in his day. or az any
rate only second in wealth. says: Il
live the life of a galley slave. When
arise in the morning. my one effort II
10 work so hard thet can sleep when II
gets 10 be nicht." Charles Lamb ap-
plauded of an the world. In the very
midst of his literary triumph says; DO
YOU remember Bridget. when we used
TO laugh from the shilling gallery at the
plav? There are now no good plays to
laugh AT from the boxes But why 90
80 far as that? need 10 go no farther
than your street 10 find an illustration
Of what am saving.
Pick me out ten successful worldlings
and YOU know what mean 10y
thoroughly successful worldlings-pick
me ont ten successful wOrldlings ard
you cannot find more than one that
locks happy Care drags him TO busl-
ness: care draCs him back. Take your
stand M two o'clock an the corner of the
streets and see the agonized physiogo-
mics Your high officials. your bank
ers. your insurance men. vour import
ers YOUR wholesalers and your retail
ers as class-as a class are they
bnppv? 40 Care dogs their steps. and
making no appeal 10 God for helm "
comfort many Of them are tossed every
whittier How has il been with You ny
hesrer?. Are you more contenied IN
The house ~ "a rooms than Won were i''
qle tso rooms you had In house wh~h
YOU started? Have you not had more
care and worriment since You won that
$4,000 than you did before? Some of
the poorest men have ever known have
been those of crcnt fortune. \ man OF
small means may be put in great busi-
ness straits. but the ghasiIiesi OF an
embarrassmenfs is that of The man VINO
has large estutcs The men who COM
NIT suicide because Of monetary losses
are those who cannot hear the burden
anv more because they have only s5e.-
O0O lef,
Blessed be God we have more ad-
vaniages given us than wc can really
appreciated We have spiriinal bless
inrs offered us in this world which ]
shall call the neither springs and elorics
jr the world 20 come which shall call
the upper springs
Where shall find words enough
threaded with HIGHT 10 set forth The
pleasures Of religion? David. unable TO
describe IL in words. played II on a
harp. Mrs Hemans not finding enough
power in prose. sings that praise I'D a
canto. Christopher Wren, unable to de-