Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-11-07

half past 10 O'Clock the next morning
and then, in order 10 save time, TO
break the Lords day ard take the Sun.
day train for the next town. Or. IL a
commercial traveller Is spending Sun
day i'm a large city. Il Is very easy for
him to go and hear the different popu-
lar preachers In the same way that
out of curiosity. he might go to see
the great tragedians act the part of a
Hamlet" or an "Othello," "Riche-
lieu" or "Dr. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde"
The True Worship.
Though all those attractions may be
very fascinating. yet. my friend, you
must remember that the true worship
OF God does not consist in the mere sat-
isfyinS OF our intellectual curiosity or
In lying in bed on the Sabbath day, but
in work. hard. conscientious work. for
the Master. The old adage tells us that
Satan has to hunt the busy man, but
the indolent man hunts the devil"
Therefore, my brother. the easiest way
to overcome the temptations which be
set the commercial traveller during the
long, lonely hours of the Sabbath day
Is TO worship God while away from
home In the same way you would. or
rather ought to do. IL you were at home
Go to the little village meeting house
bright and early and offer your serv-
Ices TO the Sunday school superintend-
ent, and say that you will take n class
for the Gay II any teacher is absent.
Go TO the Young Peoples meeting at
night and otter there your most earnest
prayer, and give them the most practi-
cal. helpful talk you can. After the
morning or evening sermon go TO the
pulpit and take the country or the city
minister by the hand and tell him that
you intend to pray for him and his
work during the whole week. If you
Will do all this regularly and systemat-
ically every Sabbath day, you will
find, oh. commercial traveller, that you
have not only been messenger to
help others. but that you have deep
ened your own spiritual life. BY such
On evangelistic mission as this you will
not only by divine grace overcome the
sins peculiar to the Sabbath, but also
the besetting sins which every week
day Turk along the wayslde of eyery
commercial travellers journey.
The worst dangers of a modern COM
mercial travellers life generally assail
him when he is comparatively q young
man. Once In awhile you may find
an old man who still travels upon the
road, but as a rule the commercial
travellers are comparatively young men.
The life Is so hard an older man can
rarely stand the physical strain. Un-
less protected and restrained by the
grace of God these young men are apt
TO fall into the traps of sin impulsively.
They are apt TO say TO themselves:
well, know / ought not to sin, but
am young yet. Therefore can afford
to sow few wild oats, and then can
repent and at last live to respectable
middle age and even be honorcd in my
old age"
This expectation. my young friend,
might be all right If it were true, but,
as rule, II is not true. Generally a
sinful young age means sinful mid
die age. A sinful middle age means a
sinful old age, IL the human body is
not destroyed by sin before the three
score years have been lived out. The
sins of youth will generally follow n
man and curse his Whole after life. as
the sins OF Benedict Arnold's youth
cursed him TO the grave. Talleyrand.
the great French statesman, gave
dramatic account of the desolation of
the traitor. When he was exiled by
the order of Napoleon and had to leave
France, he intended TO sail for Ameri-
ca. Coming to the little French seaport
town where he was about to embark.
hQ hnord fhof N,
was living I'm the hotel. SO he sent up
card and asked for an interview.
Talleyrand was ushered into n dark
room, where this American gentleman
sat. Then Talleyrand said: "Sir, i
have been exilcd from France, and ex-
pect TO cross the sea and live in Ameri-
ca. hear that you are an American
gentleman. Therefore / craved an In
terview TO ask you TO give me n few
letters OF introduction to some OF your
friends in New York city," With that
the gentleman laughed horrible
augh. As he retreated toward the door
he said: mo, Mr.. Talleyrand,
cannot give you any letters TO my
friends In America. The reason is
that / have no friends I'm Amer
lea. 1 am the only man today
who was born I'm America, and who
has shed his blood for freedom, who
has not one friend in all America My
name. sir, Is Benedict Arnold. am
Major General Arnold OF his ma jesty's
service. I am Benedict Arnold, the
traitor" AS Benedict Arnold's youth
full sin followed him 10 his grave, so the
sin into which the youthful CONNER
cial traveller falls follows him TO the
grave. oh, my young friends who
spend most of your life upon the road,
beg of you TO seek divine help and
pray and continue 10 pray that you
may overcome the daily temptations of
the commercial travellers life.
Row to Overcome sin.
I would plead with each one OF you
to consecrate yourself to the Divine
Masters service. so that you may over
come the besetting sins OF life away
from home. You are not at heart a
bad man. You have many tender ties
which ought to bind you to n life OF
purity and truth. In all probability
you have the same kind OF home ties
as had the commercial traveller / once
met upon the road. 1t was during a
long, tiresome journey. Toward the
evening hour, as 1t gradually began to
darken. / closed my book and began
to think about the mother OF my chill |
dren and the little babies at home. |
said to myself. Eyes, the little white |
nightgowns are now about to be put |
on; yes, they must be saying their |
prayers about now; yes. 1 can almost |
hear them say. God bless papa and |
mammal" Then, looking across the |
aisle. saw a young man about my
own age open his satchel. He took |
out Of that satchel little paper pack !
age. He began to unfasten the cord. |
Then he exposed to view three or four |
and began to look long |
and earnestly at them. i crossed the |
aisle. Putting my hand upon the |
young mans shoulder, said, ''welL |
old fellow, have a wife and some ba- |
bies too" "Have your he answered |
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