The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-01-17
FARMVILLE. VA. FRIDAY, JANUARY IT, 1902

O ing them by their names. hi, beautiful
e statue standing IN park at Stockholm
, rose in bronze held iu his right hand
e During this month expired Francis Ia
e con, and Garrick. and Galiiei. and Lou.
= W., and William Pitt. and Franci, Jef-
e Trey OF the immoria. pen. and DisfaeI
G lhe hrst, and Edward Everett. auf
70 Bruce, and Caiiiine. I'm thi, month die.
Z refer the Great. the man Of whom g.
d was written; "He gave poiisL 10 bis
b people and was himself savage. lie
E taught them the art of warfare. OF
! Which be himself was ignorant. From
+ the sight Of small boat on the river
. Moskwa he erected powerful fleet.
making himself an expert and active
shipwright, sailor. plot and command
er. lie changed the manners. customs
and laws Of the Russians and lives In
their memory as the father OF his coun-
try"
But ! cannot read the epiiaph. Of one
out Of hundred illustrious grave. in
this first month Of the year. Many OF
those well known gained half their re-
nown and did half their work throu.A
The help Of those OF whom We know
little or nothing. Lord Herschei is
known all the world over and Wiz be-
known through al time. but liiile t.
said Of her who was born this first
month Of the year and without whose
help he never could have been what he
Was-his sister, Caroline Lucretia Au-
gusta. She helped him hunt the worlds.
She repaired and adjusted his tcie-
scopes. She ciphered out his astronom-
ical problems. She was his amanuen-
SIS. She planned for him his work.
She discovered seven comets and made
"A Catalogue Of Nebuiae and star
Clusters" The month of January in
irocuced her 10 the obser,atories. but |
she has never been properly introduced /
TO the word.
According 10 my text, This month /
shall be unto you the beginning of /
months; il shall be the first month of /
the year to you" Through il make
preparation for the other II months.
What you are in January YOU Wi.
probably be in all the other months
Of the year. Prepare for them neither
by the apprehension nor too sanguine
anticipation. Apprehension OF mis-
fortune will only deplete your BODY
and gloom your soul and unfit you for
any trouble that may come. On the
other hand, if you expect too much. dis
appointment will be yours. Cultivate
faith in God and The feeling that lie
will DO for you that which is best. and
you will be ready for either sunshine
or shadow. The other n months of
the year 1902 viii not all be made mp
OF gladness or Of grief The cup thai
is all made up OF sweetness is insip'd
Between these just opened gates OF
the year and the closing Of those gates
there will be many times when you will
want God. You will have questions 10
decide which will need supernatural Z
impulse. There may be illnesses of the
body or perpleNiiies Of mind or spir- 5
tual eXhaustions to be hea.ed and s
comforted and strengthened. During
he remaining 20 days of this month {
ay in supply OF faith and hope and
courage for all the days of the II a
months. Start right and you will be e
apt to keep right. Before the ship cap {
ain gets out OF the New York Narrow.
be- will make up his mind what sea /,
cute he will take. While YOU are in d
he zrrows Of this month make up @
four mind which way you vii. sal. $
md unroll your chart and set your d
compass and have the lifehoats wei
laced on the davits and be ready for b
mooth voyage all the way across or Il
he swoop of Caribbean whirlwind. ir
Rev. Solomon Spaulding was for c
ONE time in poor health and 10 while MI
way the time he wrote preposterou, Ia
eligious romance. One Joseph Smith
omehow got hold Of that book before {
was printed and published 10 as a rev
ation OF Heaven. calling it the Book
7 Mormon" and from that publica-
on came Mormonism, the monster
domination OF the earth. Rev Solo II
ION Spauldfng might have been better
ngaged than writing that book Of m
ilsehOods. However much time We
ave. we have never time 10 DO wrong. or
arness January for usefulness. and "a
m take the following months in It's ~,
ain. Oh. how much you may do for
Cd between now and the 3lst Of next
ecemberl The beautiful weeping -"
ill0w" tree was introduced BY Alex
ider Pope into England from a twig "n
hich the poet found in a Turkish
sket Of figs. He planted that iwig. 'a'
ID from It came all the weeping vii {
VS. Of England and America; and ha
mr. smallest planting Of good may un- len
r God become an influence CONT {
ntal and international. sur
Now that the train Of months has for
lried. let il pass, January followed
February, with longer days. and an,
lrch. with It's fierce winds: and April. chi
IN its sudden showers; and May {
III its blossoming orchards; and cou
me-. with It's carnival Of flowers: and Cre
". with its harvests: and August. q
IN It's sweliering heats; and Sepiem- tbr
r. with its drifting leaves: and Oc- ma.
ier. with its frosts; and November. ,h,
tn lis Thanksgiving scenes: and De
nber, with its Christian hilarifie.. DO
rch n. o battalion Of the months.
the regiments Of the years and the d
gades Of the centuries March on d 4