The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-02-01
FARMVILLE. VA. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY J.. 1901


IN 'he cup. At the last il biteth lik,
a serpent and s;ingeth like an adj
e der" ~ @"
, DO you know what you are do.
ing" said a mother who had brole,
, INTO restaurant. the door locked
against her. her son inside. She came
up 10 the counter and saw the man
ol the restaurant mingling the intox-
icating cup for her own son. She said
10 the man behind the counter: "Do
YOU know what you are doing 9v
No said he, 81 don't" Saws She.
lou are fattening grayeyards."
MY subject also impresses me with
me beauty Of youthful character re.
naming incorrupt away from home
u Daniel had plunged into every wick.
euhess OF the city of Babylon. the old
l"iks az home would never have
heard Of it, If he had gone through
an me rounds of iniquity. it would
nave cast no shadow on his early home.
Inere were no telegraphs; there were
no railroads. But Daniel knew that
uod eye was on him. That was
enough. There are young men not so
good away from home as AZ homo
Frederick tending his fathers sbeen
among the hills or thrashing rye IN the
o1rn Is different perhaps from Fred
er'ck on the stock exchange. Instead
OF the retiring disposition there is bold .
elrontery; instead OF an obliqing spirit
.here Is perhaps oppressive selfisbpess.
instead OF open handed charity there ia
"sht-hsted stinginess; instead of rea-
ao'e hours there is midnight revel.
! speak to many young men on this
1'1, 'er-you who may have left your
i..ner mouse and others who. tbough
sun under the parental roof, are look
'"s forward to the time when you will
20 iorth to conflict. alone in this word
"',n us temptations and its sorrows.
"nu "hen you will build up your own
character Oh, that the God of Daniel
H'snt De with you in Babylonl
'nink the most thrilling passage
OF young mans life is when bs &
caves nome to make his fortune. The /
novelty and the romance of the tbino /
may keep him from any keen sorrow {
D"' 'he oid people who have seen the b
uclion OF so many who started
win high hope cannot help but be
lhNious. As long as he was in his
.a'ners house his waywardness was
''"aiy chided. and although some.
lnleS ne thought the restraint rather
''tter and rather severe in his calmer
moments he acknowledged IL was col
.'ary and righteous. Through the in.
.uence OF metropolitan friends the
amer has obtained situation for
Us son IN the city. The comrades Of
ne young man come the night before
is departure to bid farewell TO the
uFenturer. The morning of his 90 4
~ away he walks around the nlsca z
'ake last look at things-perhaps 2
'mes upon some o.,ect that starts Il
te'r some old familiar place. but
one sees the tear. The trunk Is 1
l' upon the wagon, the young man
on Tor the city. He is set down
MA eNeitements and amid associates
no are not overcareful about their
ords and thougn.s and actions
ornlng comes. No family altar
onath comes. No rural quiet. The ali
hctuary comes, but all the faces are Wo
range, and no one cares whether ba n
mes 10 church or does not come ret
his way home from the store he eve
IS placard announcing a rare and Ih'
aclous amusement, He has no sea
'eling at the door of the boarding N
use lie has no appetite for the thr
'd' No one cares whether he eats hoa
does not eat-rather he would not sieG
it is cneaperl After the tea h. Of
IS into the parlor. takes up a book bro
Is IL dull, no sister to look over n sho'
h him. Goes upstairs TO his room win
The third story, finds II cold and ina
INVITING and in despair he rushes able
caring for nothing but TO get boul
lething TO make him stop thinking give
is caught in the first whirl of sin. at {
has started out on the dark sea daily
ire the CLEAN of the Joy is the ciats
hing Of the pit and the laughter bein
be creaking of the gate OF the lost. tn
how many graves there are in the ploit
ntry churchyard which, II they at f
d speak. would tell of young men remc
went of with high hopes and resid
e back blasted anu crushed 70 dis siege
e the sepulcher OF their fatbersl Afric
lu yet this exodus must go on. quen
rom distant hills the rivers are all s.
ed down through tunnels TO slake Is ci
Hl-st OF our great cities, so from sigma
mt country places the streams
ncorrupt population must pour
to purify our great cities. To-
'ow morning on all the thorough Grim
, In every steamboat and in every
ar will be young men going forth
EEK their fortunes in our great
S. o Lord God Of Daniel. helm ~
to be as faithful in Babylon as '''e
we're in Jor,solo,,, - ~" a. Yet I
young friend. in the great sea- nous
the moral and religious prin. hsroe
inculcated by parental solicit gwen
and if to-day seated in the house the ed
d you feel the advantage Of early Inc
+ian culture forget not ,boso .. mania
YOU are most indebted ond thing
God that as old age comes upon VINO c
and the shadow Of dsstb tba Ano
OF Heaven may beam through marka
arkness, God forbid that anv lcelan
through our misconduct should the pc
disgrace upon a fathers mama but tv
owe recreant TO the love ~ 10 ha'