Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-03-07

desh or the living animal: the vulturt
prefers the carcass; the falcon kin.
with one stroke. while other styles OF
oeak give prolongation of torture. And
SO the temptations of this life are va
rious.
Protect the Young
Fathers. mothers. older brothers and
sisters and Sabbath school teachers, be
qaick and earnest and prayerful and
importunate and get the chickens un-
der wing. May the Sabbath schools Of
America and Great Britain within the
next three months sweep all their
scholars into the Kingdom Whom
they have now under charge Is uncer-
tain. Concerning that scrawny, puny
child that lay In the cradle many years
ago. the father dead. many remarked,
what mercy IL the Lord would take
the childv' And the mother really
thought so too. But what good thing
that God spared that child, for II be-
came world renowned In Christian lit
erature and one OF Gods most ulustri-
Gus servants-John Todd. Remember,
your children will remain children only
a little while. What you do for them
as children you must do quickly or
never do at all. "Why have you never
written book?" said some one to a
talented woman. She replied: at am
writing two and have been engaged on
one work ten years and on the other
five years-my two children. They are
my life work." When the house Of
John Wesley's father burned and they
got the eight children out, John Wesley
the last before the roof fell In, the ia
Their said: Let rs kneel down and
thank God. The children are all saved.
Let the rest OF the place GO" MY hear
ers. II we secure the present and ever
lasting welfare OF our children, most
other things belonging to US are OF but
little comparative importance. Alexan-
der the Great allowed his soldiers to
take their families with them to war,
and he accounted for the bravery OF his
men by the fact that many OF them
were born In camp and were used to
warlike scenes from the start Would
God that all the children OF our day
might be born into the army OF the
Lordl
But we all need the protecting wing.
Ii you had known when you entered
upon manhood or womanhood what
was ahead of you. would you have
dared to undertake nfe2 How much
you have been through With most
life has been a disappointment They
tell me so. They have not attained
that which they expected to attain.
They have not had the physical and
mental vigor they expected or they
have met with rebuffs which they did
not anticipate. You are not at forty or
fifty or sixty or seventy or eighty
years OF age where you thought you
would be. do not know any one ex-
cept myself to whom life has been a
happy surprise. | never expected any
thing. and so when anything came In
the shape or human favor or comforta-
bic position or widening field OF work II
was TO me surprise. was told in
the theological seminary by some Of
my fellow students that never would
get anybody TO hear me preach unless
changed my style. so that when 1
found that some people did come TO
hear me II WAS Il happy surprise. But
most people. according to their own
statement. have found life disap-
pointment. Indeed. we all need shelter
from It's tempesis.
About 3 O'Clock on n hot August aft
ernoon you have heard a rumble that
you first took for wagon crossing a
bridge. but afterward there was loud
er rumbling. and You said. "Why. that
Is thunderw And. sure enough, the
clouds were being convoked for a full
diapason- A whole park OF artillery
went rolling down the heavens. and
the blinds OF the windows In the sky
were closed But the sounds above
were not more certain than the sounds
beneath. The cattle came to the bars
and moaued for them to be let down
that they might come home to shelter.
and the fowl. whether dark Brahma
or Hamburg or Leghorn or Dominick.
began to call TO it's young, "Cluck,
-iuck. cluckv' aud take them under
the wagon house or shed and had them
all hid under the soft feathers by the
time that the first plash OF rain struck
the roof. So there are sudden tempests
Tor our souls, and. oh, how dark II
gets, and threatening clouds of bank
ruptcy or sickness or persecution or be-
reavement gather and thicken and
blacken. and some run for shelter to n
bank, but 1T Is poor shelter. and others
run to friendly advisers, and they fan
to help. and others fy nowhere simply
because they know not where to 60.
and they perish In the blast. but others
hear divine cali saying. Come, for
all things are now ready" 'The spirit
and the bride say come"
Need of Warmth.
The wings OF my text suggest
warmth, and that is what most folks
want. The fact is that this Is a cold
world whether you take 1t literally or
hguratvely. We have a big fireplace
called the sun. and II has q very hot
IRE. and the stokers keep the Goals we'll
stirred up. but much Of the year we
cannot get near enough to this fireplace
TO get warmed. The worlds extremi-
ties are cold all the time. Forget not
that 1t Is colder at the south pole than
nj the north pole and that the arctic IA
not SO destructive as the antarctic.
Once In awhile the arctic will let ex-
plorers come back, but the antarctic
hardly ever When at the south pole a
snip sails In. the door Of ice Is almost
sure to be shut against it's return. So
life to many millions OF people at the
south and many millions of people at
the north Is prolonged shiver. But
when ! say that this il a cold world /
chiefly mean fguratiyeiy. II you want
to know what Is the meaning OF the or
binary term OF receiving the "cold
shoulder" get out OF money and try to |
borrow. The conversation may have
been almost tropical for iuxuriance Of
thought and speech, but suggest your
necessities and see the thermometer
drop to 90 degrees below zero, and IN
that which till moment before had
been a warm room. Take what is an
unpopular position on some public
question aud see your friends fly as