The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-03-17

tlou. ne olutT theory Is THAT lI "
take possession Of those once SPANS
coloncs we invite foreign interfersuc,
and enter upon a career that will Gnall
be the demolition OF this government
Both positions are immeasurab'r mis-
takes God has set apart this cont.ren
for free government. and the triumph
OF Christianity. and We may take eithe
the first or the second course withou
ruin. We may say 10 those islands
I'VE do not want You. but we have Sc
you free; now stay free. Vile we SEE
that the Spanish panther never agair
puts its paw on your neck" or we may
invite the annexation Of Cuba and Port,
Rico, and say TO the Philippines: Gee
ready. by education and good morals
for free government, and at the right
/ time you shall be one OF our territories
on the way TO be one of our states"
And there is no power in Europe. Asia
or Africa or all combined that could
harm this nation in its worldwide en-
deavor. God is on the side Of the right.
and by earnest imploraiion for Divine
guidance on the part of this nation we
will be led TO do the right. We are on
the brink Of nothing. There is no
frightful crisis. This train of rcpub-
lican and democratic institutions is
through train, and all we want is TO
have the engineer and the brakeman
and the conductor attend TO their busi-
ness and the passengers keep their
places. We want men In this nation
with faith enough for all. We want
here and there a David worth 10000
men.
\ vast majority of men have no sur
plus OF confidence for others and hardly
enough confidence for themselves.
They 90 through life saying depressing
things and doing depressing things.
They chill prayer meetings, discourage
charitable institutions. iniure COM
merce and kill churches. They blow out
lights when they ought 10 be kiudiing
them. They hover around a dull fire
on their own hearth and take up so
much room that 10 one can catch the
least caloric instead Of stirring the
hearth into "A blaze. the crackle of
whose backlog would invite the whole
neighborhood TO come in to feel the
abounding warmth and see the trains
hguration of the faces. As we all have /
to guess great deal about the future. I
let us guess something good. for IL will /
be more encouraging and the guess will /
be just as apt 10 come true Nhata lot /
OF ingratcs the Lord has at His table
people who have had three meals dav
for so years and yet fear that they will
soon have to rattle their knife and fork
on an empty dinner plate! How many
have had. winter and spring and sum
ner and fan, clothing for go years. but
expect an empty wardrobe shortly,
low many have lived under free insti-
ufions all their days, but fear that the
United States may be telescoped I'm
ome foreigS colision Oh. but the
axes have gone upl Yes, but. thank
iod, 1t is easier, with money, to pay the
axes now that they are up than il was
money TO pay the taxes when
hey were down. We want a few mon
'ho have faith in God and that mighty
uture which holds several thinrs
mong them a millennium. Colum-
anus said to his friend: "Deicolus.
.hy are you always smiling?" The re-
iy was: Because no one can take my
cd from mel" We want more men to
Eel that they have a mission TO cheer |
theirs and to draw up the corners of s
aople which have a long while
cen drawn dOwn-more Davids who
m shepherd whole focks of bright {
opes and play "A harp of encourage {
ent and strike down a Goliath Of de- d
lair, and Of whom we can say: "Thotfl ,
4 worth 100000 of us" S
admit that this thought Of nv text. y
lily carried out. would change many e
the worlds statistics. Suppose a vii y
&c is said TO have 1000 inhabitants a
Id that one-half Of them-namely. 500 II
have for years been becoming less in n
dy. and through nigeardliness and O.
less in soul. Each one of ei
ese is only one-half Of what he once O
Is, or one-half of what she once was. tC
.e original 500 have been reduced one in
If in moral quality and are really ol
ly 250. Suppose that the other 500 e'
We maintained their original status W
d are neither better nor worse. Then NJ
entire population Of that village Is ST
/. But suppose another village of W
Do and 500 Of them as the years 20 OF
through mental and spiritual cul- la
e, augment themselves until they lo'
really twice the men and women or
y originally were, and the other 500 gr
main unchanged and are neither 5et- no
nor worse. then the population of IN
{ village is 1900. Meanness is sub No
rtion and nobility is addition. Ac- pc
ding as you rise in the scale Of holi- I'M
S and generosity and conservation. I'm
are worth or 10 or 80 or 100 or /. 900 du
o.o0O dis
office, my friend that this David .s' .'
rior, straiegist. minstrel. master of ,"'
TX verse and stone singer at the -,
lt. whom the soldiers Of the text es- -.
lted clear up into the thousandfold a..
isefulness, on this particular occa- r.,
staid at home or in his place of -,
porary residence. Gen. Joab. Gen. 80
hal and Gen. lttai. who commanded 30.
boys in the right wing and left wing s,
center, did their work bravely and lbo
25,OO0 Of the Lords enemies dead on .r.
field, and many Of the survivors got be
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