Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-11-08

NhCSe AltNAS GAuSllE olnCTS.
shiIlings. Pence
| oae load Of Gre fagots. ,
! Carriage for four loads OF wood........ 8
/ Item, post. .-............-........... ]
itei'' Two chains. '...---.........-...-..
itein' Two staples ..---.........-....-..- 6
| Item, four iSe9rtrs. ..-........-.-....... S
making in all o5s 81. That was cheap
Gre, considering Gil the circumstances.
but il kiadled q tight which shone all
around the world ana aroused the mar
tyr spirit, aud out from that burning OF
Latlmer and Ridley rolled the circle
wider and wider, starting other circles,
convoluting. overrunning. circumscrib-
ing. Overarching AL hcaven-a circle.
But what is true of the good Is just
as true Of the bad. You utter Il Sian
der against your ncighbor. II has
| gone forth from your teeth. Il VIII
never como hack. you think. You
have done the man all the mischief
You can. You rejoice TO see him vince.
You say, "Dida't l give It to himr'
That word has gone out, that SANDER
GUS word. on it's poisonous and blasted
way. You think It viii never do you
any harm. But l am watching that
word, ana see II beginning to curyo.
ut your heart. You had better dodge
1t. You cannot dodge It. 1t rolls Into
your bosom, and after It rolls In a
word of an old book rolls in after II,
saying, with what measure ye mete
II shall be measured TO you again."
FiilaI Ingratitude.
You maltreated an aged parent. You
begrudge him the room In your house.
You are impatient OF his whimsical
ties and garrulity. 1t makes you mad.
TO hear him tell the same story twice.
You give him food he cannot masti-
cate You wish he was away. You
wonder If he Is going to live forever.
He will be gene very soon. His steps
are shorter and shorter. lie is going 10
stop. But God has an account to set
tie with you on that subject. After
awhile your eve VIII be dim. and rour
gait viii halt. and the sound OF the
grinding VIII be low, and you viii tell
the same story twice, and your chill
dren VIII wonder IL you Will never be
taken away They called you father
once. Now they call You the 'old man"
If you live few years longer they
VIII call You the ''old chap" What
are those rough words with which
your children are accosting you? They
are the echo OF the very words Won
used In the ear CT your old father
ferty years $50. What Is that which |
you are trying to chew, but find II
unmastcatable and your jaws ache
and you surrender the attempt? Per
haps ii may be the grisue which you
gave 20 Your father for his breakfast |
forty years ago
gentleman passing along the ave
hue saw son dragging his father into |
the street by the hair OF tie head. The
gentleman. outraged at this brutal con-
quot, was about to punish the offender.
When the old man arose and said: |
Don't hurt him. It's all right. Forty
years ago this morning 1 dragged out
my rather by the hair of his headr' IL
Is circle. Other sins may be adjourn
cd to the next world, but Elaltreatment
Oh parents is punished Ia this world.
nat circle Is made quickly. very Q;:ick-
~. On, what stupendous thought that
the good and the evil we start come
back TO US! Do you know that the tudg-
nent day win be only the points at
which the circles join. the good and the
bad we have done coming back to us
unless divine Intervention hinder-com-
ng back to us with welcome CT delight
or curse of condemnation?
Gods Mighty Menory.
On, would like TO see Paul, the inya-
Id missionary. at the moment when his
influence comes TO fun orb-his influ-
'nce rolling out through Antioch.
through Cyprus, through Lystra,
through Corlnth, through Athens,
trough Asia, through Europe. through
America, through the first century.
trough five centuries, through twenty
enturies, through earth, through heay-
n, and ut last the wave OF influence,
aging made full circuit, strikes his
oul. oh, then would like to see hlml
10 one can tell the wide sweep OF the
ircle Of Paul's influence save the one
Who Is seated on the circle OF the earth.
should not Ike TO see the counte-
ance or Voltaire when his influence ,
ONES TO full orb. When the fatal hem
Thage seized him at e.ghty-three years
I age, Ms influence did not cease. The
lost brilliant man of his century, he |
al used all his faculties for assaultln1
'hristanity, his bad influence widen
IS through France, widening out !
trough Germany, widening through all I
Europe. widening through America. {
'idening through the 1913 years that I
ave gone since he died. widening
trough earth, widening t.ro@gh the {
reat future, until ct last the accumu-
tied influence OF his baicful teachings 4