Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-09-21

Is it a thing you can get in full
measure, by falling down before, ant
praying to Cupid to give it to you
What is love? Solomon could no
answer that question if he was on
terra firma.
l am bachelor aud am not sur,
that l ever loved sotssyer been loyeC
so can't say whether or not low,
ever did fall down from Heaven o.
from Cupid. But in some few
instances, coming under my observa
ton, it certainly did fall from some
where-aud when it falls this way
it had just as soon fall on cow.itcf
vine as to fall on a rose. suppos,
this kind of love might be called
Come Just so Lore. But the mos
common form of love might be de,
fined thus: The passion of one ex.
cited for another on account oi
beauty, excellence, wealth, position
in society or any circumstance by
which the one doing the loving could
better his or her condition.
The ones doing the loving under
this definition might be called
Sensual lovers. mercenary lovers and
possibly, genuine lovers. Many are
deluded by animal passion and thir K
they have a genuine case Of Burns
Highland Mary love. Young boys
and girls are often infected with the
puppy love disease.
But l must hurry on. Where can
we get a true definition of this mys-
teriCus word? Adam was the first
man to own wife, but his case
can't be cited as criterion, for he
had no choosing it was with him
Eve or no woman at all, and vice
versa.
Adam saw at once "It was only
one girl in the world for me-" and
part of her was made up from him,
so he just quickly took Eve home
with him. The Lord dispossessed
Adam of one of his ribs, and now
follows the first marriage ceremony.
ait is not we'll for man to be alone,
this is your helpmeet," and Adam
said: "She is bone of my bones and
flesh of my flesh. Therefore shall a
man leave his father and mother and
shall cleave unto his wife, and they
shall be one flesh"
Now hear the conclusion of this
love business. Iconfess my inability
to give true definition of the word,
but will say to you who are inclined
to try the problem of adding two
together, to get the Adamic sum of
one, that you had better be sure to
have in you little Of that feeling a
good child feels for good mother,
and vice versa. lf such feeling is
in you, rest easy; "That is love"
But before hooking up you ought to
consider other matters besides this
feeling, and as a good prudent busi-
ness man selects his clerk, so select
your life partner. but be sure the
feeling is there. If you can get
together innate good qualities, which
have been treated properly, up to
date, and then have that feeling,
you are all right; hook up.
PREACHERS AND cHURCHMEN.
as rule, profess to believe the bible
and everything in the bible, except
ing nothing. Many fool themselves
lightly thinking-that they be-
lieve some things, which, after serious
thought, they will secretly doubt.
/ want to say right here that am
one among the poorest, most incon-
sistent and unsrateful protesting
Christians on earth, and while there
are many things in the bible | do
not understand, still l believe the
bible is, in the main, Gods revelation
and code TO man.
There are hundreds of easily under
stood truths, which are essentials to
salvation," to make US all better if
we will but practice them in faith.
doubling nothing. Show me the
high salaried preacher or the pros
porous business churchman, who
will, with perfect faith, seek not the
things which the Genhles seek
such as something to eat and wear,
but will seek God aud His ighteous.
ness. Most of them will first seek
clothes, food and com fort-making
God and His righteousness a secon
Diary matter. They are afraid to
think secondarily of that salary and
business, fearing God, who clothes
the grass of the fields, might forget
to clothe them. Bat they say, times
have changed, and what was done
IN Apostolic times can't be done now.
God is to-day what He was yesterday
and will be the same to the end of
earthly time.
1t is delnsion to think God has
changed, and if churchmen would be
Christians, obey the bible in whole
and not in part and let Jesus reign
IN their hearts as sovereign-God's