The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-03-07

trAuirc- cUlMlN gaze. lNr caravan
brought tle choicra. and That oD,
disease Slew $4,000 ln Is days in th'
Io -0rah. Twelve thousand 600 ou,
summer slain by it. 900 India ard le5.
600 in Egypt. Disasters epidemic
Some of the finest monuments in
Greenwood and Laurel llu and
Mount Auburn are to doctors WHO
lost their lives battling with southern
epidemic.
But now turn the leaf in my sub
ject, and ! plant the white lilies and
the palm tree amid the night-hades
and the myrtle. This age no more
characterized by wonders OF disaster
than by wonders OF blessing blessing
Of Longevity; the average OF human
life is rapidly increasing. Forty
years now worth 400 years once. NOW
can travel from Manitoba to- New
York IN less tlan three days. In
other times IL would have taken
three months. la other words. three
days are now worth three months OF
other days. The average of human
life, practically greater now than
when Noah lived. with his $50 years,
and Mcthusaleh lived his 901 ears.
Blessings Of intelligence: The Sal
mon =. Chases and the Abraham Linz
coins and the Henry Wilson's of The
coming time viii not be required to
learn to read by pine knot lights or
seated on shoemaker's bench, nor viii
the Fcreusons have to study astron-
omy while watching the cattle.
knowledge rolls IFS tide along every
poor mans door, and his children
may go down and hathe in them II
lhe pHlosopheia "i a hundre" years
ago were c'li'o upon 10 rec't' .n
''"ss WIN our boys ana sh's those
ola philosopher, would Ice sent down
To the loot oil the class because they
i"i'cd To- answer the questions. Free
Libraries in "ii the important towns
ana ci'i'. oI lne and Hisi"rlc"i ale
'oNes ana poelical shcIfes ana mag
"1'ne l"'ies Ior an VINO desire io
VAIN through ih'm OF sit down at
ui'"''
Blessings OF quick Information;
Newspapers falling all around MS
thick as leaves in a September equi-
nociia. News three days old rancid
and stale. We see the whole world
twice a day through the newspaper
at the breakfast table and through
the newspaper at the teatable, with
an extra here and there between.
blessings OK Gospel proclamation:
DO you know that nearly an the mis-
sionary societies have been born with
in a hundred years and nearly all the
Bible societies and nearly an the
great philanthropic movements?
Christianity is on the march. while in-
fidelity is dwindling into imbcciliiy
While infdclity is thus dwindling the
wheel Of Christianity is making about
b thousand revolutions minute. All
HE copies OF Shakespeare and OF Ten
nyson and OF Disraeli aud OF any ten
1f the most popular writers Of the /
lay less in number than the copies of .
hc Bible going out from our printing
presses. a few years ago i'm six /
weeks more than 2,000,00O copies Of .
he New Testament purchased-not T
yiven away, but purchased, because .
he world will have il. The most pop .
ilar book to-day is the Bible, and the .
nightiest institution is the church,
md the greatest name among the
iations and more honored than any is
he name OF Jesus.
Wonders Of sclf-sacrifice: 4 cler-
lyman told me i'm the northwest that
or six years he was a missionary at
he extreme north, living 400 miles
rom a pOstOfice. the Thermometer 40
cgrccs below zero, he slept ont OF
oors in winter. wrapped in rabbit
lins woven together. said: "Is il
.ossible2 You do not mean 40 de-
rees below zero?r lie said: 81 do.
nd / was happv." All for Christi
Where is there any other being that
yin rally such enthusiasm? Mothers
ewing their fingers of TO educate
heir bows for the Gospel ministry.
or nine wears no Injury ON the table
mil fbe course fbrouoh Grammar
rhool and college and tbeoloeical
eminarv be completed Poor widow
uttine her mite into the Lords
reasury. the face Of emperor or pres
lent impressed upon the coin not so
onspicuous as the blood with which
he earned il. Millions of GOOD men
nd women. bu, more women than
len. 10 whom Christ is everything.
hrist first and Christ last and Christ