Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-05-04

| lust the size Ii was when they started, ano
| they would be lonesome and lost In large
house; hence they move out OF 1t. Moving
| day Is great sadness to such IL they nave
the law OF association dominant. There
are the rooms named after the diner'
emf members OF the family. l suppose
1t is so In all your households. 1t is SC
In mine. We name the rooms after the
persons who occupy them. And then
there is the dining hall whore the festiyi-
ties took place, the holiday festivities; there
is the sitting room whore the family me-
night after night, and there Is the room si'
cred because there life started or lie
stopped-the Alpha and the Omega OF
some earthly existence. Scene OF meeting
and parting, Of congratulat.oD and heart
break, every doorkuob, every fresco, every
mantel, every threshold, moaning more %
you than 1t eau ever mean TO any one elsa
When moving out of house, l have always
been In the habit, after everything was
gone. of going into each room pnd bidding
1t mute farewell. Thore will be tears
running down many cheeks In the May
time moving that the carmen viii not be
able to understand. It Is solemn ana 4
touching ard an overwhelming tnlng
to leave places forever--plsces where We
have struggled and toiled and wept and
sung and prayed and anxiously watched
and agonized. Oh, life Is such strange
mixture of honey and of gall, weddings
and burias. nidnoop and midnight
clashingl livery home a lighthouse
against which the pillows OF many s. "A
tumble. Thank God that such change:
are not always going to continue; o-h,r'
wise tho nerves would give out and tue
brain would founder on dementia Ike
that of King Leer when his caug.tHr
Corde.ia came to .Ecdicine his domestic
calamity.
But there are others who will move 'u.
OF large residence into smaller through
The reversal of fortune. The property
must DO sold or the baiiff will sell 1t. or tho
Income is less and you cannot ray the
house rent. First OF all, such persons
should understand that cur happiness e
not dependent on the size OF the house we
live In. 1 have known people oDjoy is
small heaven In two rooms aud Others sui.
fer pandemonium IN twenty. There IL
ms much happiness in small house as In Il
large house. There i: as much satisfaction
under the light OF tall1w candle as undo"
the glaro OF chandelier, all the burners ii
full blaze. Who was the bappier--John
Bnnyan In Bedford ja:l or Belshazzer In
the saturnalia? Contentment Is something
you can neither ront nor purchase 1t is not
extrlnsic; 1t IL intrinsic Are there foTet
rooins In the house to which you move?
You will have less to take care OF. is 1t
to be stove instead of furnace? All the
doctors say the modern modes OF warming
buildings are unhealthy. Is /. less mir
rors? Less temptation to your vanity. Is
it old fashioned toilet instead OF water
pipes all through the house? Less 10 freeze
and burst when you cannot ge. plumber.
Is 1t legs carriage? More room for robust
exercise. Is 1t less social pUs,tionl Fewer
people who want TO drag you down by
their jealousies. Is It less fortune to leave
In your last will and testament? Less to
spoil your childtea. Is It le,s money fer
the marketing? Less temptation to ruin
the health OF your family with p!nea' plcs
and indigestiblo SALADS. Is 1t q l:ttle deaf
Not hearing so mary disagreeabl5s.
meet yon this springtimc Mt the door OF
your new home, and while help yoU II It
tho cothesbasket over the baCister5 anG
the carman is getting red In the face try.
ing TO transport that article Of furniture
20 some new destination l congratulate
you. You are going to have IL better time
this year, some OF you, than you ever had
You take God and the Christian religion Ia
your home and you will be grandly happy.
God ia the parlor-that will sanctify yolr
sociablities; God In the nursery-that viii
protect yonr children: God in I'll dining
imperial banquet; Col in the morning.
that will launch the day brightly from the
drydocks; God IN the evening-ttat will
sail the day swoetly into the harbor
And get Joy, one and ell OF you. whether
you movo or do no. move; get JOY out OF
the thought that we are soon all going To
have grand moving day. Do you wantG
picture Of the new house into which you
will move? Here 1t Is, wrought wish the
hand Of a master: "'Te know that, II our
earthly house OF this tabernacle were dis
solved, we have a building OF God, 4
house no. made with hands, eternal in
the heavens" How much rent will we
have to pay for itl We are going to
cwu it. How much must we pay for
4? How much, cash down, and how
much left on mortgage? Our father is
going to give it as free gift. When are
we going to move into it, We are moving
now. On moving day heads OF families
are very apt to stag In the old ho-se until
they have seen evcrJ fling OIL. They senc
ahead the children, and they send ahead
the treasures aud the valuables: Then
inter awhile thsy will come themselves.
l remember very well In the country that
In boyhood moving dny was Jub!latloD.
On almost the first load we, the children,
were sent on ahead to the new house, and
In an hour we had ranged through every
room In tho house, the barn and tie gran
airy. Toward night, ard perhaps. in tho
last wagon, father aud mos ber would come,
looking very tired end we woGld come
down to the foot OF the lane 10 meet
them and tell them cf all the wonders
we discovered in tbs new llace, and
then. the last wagon unloaded, can
dies lighted, oar neighbors wac had
helped us to mcve--fof In tnosH times
neighbors helped each cther-'a: down
with us ut table on which thcra was
every luxury they ccald think Of Well,
ny dear Lord knows mat some " ~
have been moving good while. W3
bayo sent our children at;sad. Wo havo sent
many OF our yaluebles aiisad, ser: many
treasures ahead. We raanot 60 yet. Thera
is work for us to DO, but after s%hile 1t will
be toward night, and We will be very tired 4,
and then we will! start for our new home
and those who have g1no Ahead OF Us,
they will see our approasD, AID they viii
como down s,Ie lane to m0et Ls, and they
will have much TO tell rs o: via. they
have discovered In tho 'honso OF many
mansions" anil OF how large the rooms are
md O. low bright the fountains. And
then the lust load uni oaded, the table Will
he spread, and our celestial neigh5ore
will come ic TO VIZ down with or reunited
families, and TIE chaisces Will be full. not
with tho wine that sweats In the vat Of
earthly intoxcatioes, but with "tbe nov
vino OF the kingdom" Aud there for the
arst time we will realize what fools we
were on earth wher We feared to die, siroe
Death has turned out only - bs tho moving
from = smaller house into larger c1e and
The exchange OF n psuper's Int for 4
princes castle and the going up stairs
from miserable Kitchen to glorious pac
lor. house OF God not made with hands,
eternal In the heav9nsl