Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-11-01

time we have gone Dach I"o Bohe.
or, at most: three; our Investigations
falter and fail: Through the modern,
interesting habit of searching back to
find the ancestral tree we may find
LONG list of names, but they are only
names. The conservation or abandon
ment of some one 200 years ago was not
recorded. 1t would not be so important
if YOU and /, by our good or bad be-
bavior. blessed or blasted only those i'm
mediately around Us, but our goodness
or our badness will reach as far as the
strongest ray of Alcyone-yea, across the
eternity. Under this consideration,
what do you think of those who, give
themselves up to frivolity or idleness
and throw away fifty years OF their exist
ence as though they were shells or pebc,
bles or pods instead of embyro eternitles?
I suppose one of the greatest surprises
of the next world will be to see what
wide, far-reaching influence for good or
evil we have all exerted.. l am speaking
of ourselves, who are only ordinary p.e,o-
pie. But who can fully appreciate the
far-reaching good done by men of wealth
in Great Britain for the working classes
Mr.. Lister, of Bradford; Edward
Akroyd, of Halifax; Thomas Skies, Of
Hnd3ersfeld: Joseph Wentworth, and
Josiah Mason, and Sir Titus Salt? This
last great soul, with his vast wealth, pro
vided 1855 houses at cheap rent for 30OC
working people, and chapel and cricket
ground and croquet lawn and concert
hall and savings bank, where they
might deposit some Of their earnings;
and life insurance for those who looked
further ahead, and lighthouses and parks
and museums and lecture halls with
philosophical apparatus, the generous
example of those men of previous gem
Grafton being copied in many places IN
Canada and the United States, making
life, which would otherwise be a pro-
longed drudgery, an inspiration and a
joy.
If something appears against us, they,
say, "Wait till l hear the other slde.
If disaster shall befall us, we know IRON
whom would come the first coincidence
Family friends, church friends, business
friends, lifelong friends. In our hear'
When the heirs OF vast estate IN
England wished to establish their clam
to property worth Sl00,0O0,C0O they offered
a reward of $500 for the recovery OF an
old Bible, the family record OF winch
contained the evidence requisite. but
any Bible, new or old, can help us to a
vaster inheritance than the one spoken
of. one that never fades away.
The sweet influences of the heavenly
world. which many wise men thought
for a long while was Alcyone, the centre
of the constellation OF the Pleiades-
world of our future residence, as we nope
world of chorus and illumination; world
of reunion world where we shah be
everlastngly complete; world where our
old faculties will be itensihed and quick,
iplnIantp1.
of high association with Christ, through
whose grace we got there ut all, and
apostles and poets, HabakkuS,- and St
John " Patmos, and Edward Young, ms
might Thoughts" turned into eternal
dav: and Horatius Bonar OF modern
hymnology, and Hannah More, and Mrs
Hemans, and Mrs. Sigourney, who strucE
their harps till nations listened; and
David. the victor over Goliath with what
seemed insufficient weapons; and Joshua
OF the prolonged day in Gideon, ano
Havelock, the evangelist hero, and those
thousands of men of the sword VINO
fought on the right side. What company
to move in! What guests to entertain!
What personages to visit! What choir:
to chant! What banquets with lfteo
chalice filled with "the new wine OF the
kingdom!" What victories to celebrate
The stories of that world and its holy
hilarities come in upon our souls some
times in song, sometimes IN sermon
sometimes in hours of solitary rehectlon
and they are, to use the words OF IN!
text. sweet influences. But there IS ONT
star that affects us more with Its swee
Influences than the centre star, th'
Alcvone of the Pleiades, and that Is VIVA,
one Bible author calls the Star OF Jacoi
and another Bible author calls the Morn
ing Star. OF all the sweet influences ina
have ever touched our earth those Una
radiate from Christ are the sweetest
Born an Asiatic villager, III mechanic
home. living more among hammers an'
saws and planes than among BOOKS, Se
at twelve years OF age contoundlng foce'
ecclesiastics and starting out mlssioi
under which those born wltn2aS opUl '
nerve took in the clear daylight an'
those afflicted with unresponsive tympa
nm were made to hear and those almos
doubled up with deformities wer
Strengthened into graceful poise and tn
lenrous became rubicund and the WldoW
on,v son exchanged the bier on Whlcl
he Law hfeless for the arms of his over
loved mother and pronounclng niue bene
dictions on the Mount of Beatitudes an,
doing deeds and speaking words whlc
are filling the centuries with sweet IN
huences.
Christ started every ambulance
kindIed every electric ray, spread ever
soft hospital pillow and introduced a
The alIcyiations and pacifications an
rescues and mercies OF all time,
He was the loveliest being that eve
trod our earth-more beauty III HIS eyes
more tenderness in His manner, NOR
gentleness in His footsteps, more mus
in His voice, more dignity III HIS brow
more gracefulness in the locks that roiie
| upon His shoulders, more compassion
| His soul.
| Sweet influences Of the Holy Ghos
| with all His Transforming and CONFORM
| and emancipating power. -, When tha
| mower is fully felt there will be no NOR
sins to pardon, and no more errors
| correct. and no more sorrows to con
| fort. and no more bondage to break. Br
| as the od-time ship captains watche
| the rising of the Pleiades for safe nav
cation and set sail in Mediterranean
| waters, but were sure to get back INT
mort before the constellation Orion cam
into sight-the season of cyclone an
| hurricane-so there is time to sail Il
heaven. and that is while the sweet Il
Auences are upon us and before I'll
storms overtake and delay. Open all YOU
soul to the light and warmth and con
fort and inspiration of that gosp
which has already peopled heaven wit
millions of the ransomed and IS heiplr
other millions to that glorious destln
ton. Do not postpone the things of &c
and eternity until the storms of Ii
swoop and the agitations of great futul
are upon us. Do not dare wait unit
Orion takes the place of the Pleiade
Weigh anchor now and with chart u
rolled and pilot on board head for Il
reunions and raptures that await all IL
souls forgiven. and they need !
candle, neither light nor the sun, fl
the Lord God giveth them light, ar
they shall reign forever and ever"
Monon Has a Queer Pigeon.
Bijou is pet pigeon belonging
Miss Minnie Tull, and lately has be-