The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-07-31

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TO any surgeon whose knife would cut
his curtain Of the night in twain.
Neither will money buy love. Money
may buy sycophancy It may make
servants and so called friends bow and
cringe before us. but the sougstress Of +
love is not a hireling who sings her .
seraphic strains TO the ingling accom- /
paniment Of golden coins. True love /
is won 10y the heart, not 10y the purse.
True love is found smiling as winsome- /
ly in a cottage as I'm palace. Neither, /
o rich man. can you with money buy /
your way into heaven. II you have no /
time to seek God in his House on earth' /
YOU will not be able to find Christ in
mansions i'm the skies II You do not
honor your Saviour before men, nell
ther will Christ honor you before the
angels. who are now assembled about
the great white thrCSie Of the celestial
city. Glow much did he leayeE asked
a gentleman I'm reference To certain
deceased rich man. "Iie left every
thing" was the answer. "llis STROUD
had no pocket, so far as / could see
So. rich man. YOU will take before the
Judgment seat Of Christ not what you
now hold i'm your hand, but what you
have i'm your heart Therefore. ii is
very important that You do not with
fatal self complacency as to your
wealth and social prestige and your
ownership Of mortgages and bonds and
land titles blind your eyes TO the im-
portance Of going TO the gospel ban
Quet
But another knock is heard at the
front door Of the good mans house. a
second letter Of regret is handed IN.
This letter goes something like this:
"Aiv dear friend, / know You have
made great preparations for me to-
night but cannot come. ! am
small farmer and have just bought
woke Of oxen TO do my spring plowing'
and 1 must 20 and do It," or the letter
will read as follows: MY dear friend
cannot come tonight. / have just
bought five yoke of oxen, and intend
TO hire myself out to the different
farmers 10 help them do their spring
blowing. We must make money While
we can. And even If | could get
through my work in time 20 come /
would be so tired that l could not en-
ioy your good things. pray thee have
me excused" In other words, that
stock purchaser was going around as
the modern owners Of some haling ma
chimes 90 from farm TO farm TO pack
the hav. or as the owners Of some OF
the modern thrashng machines in the
rural districts cut down their neigh
bors' grain upon percentage basis.
Whom I'm modern life does this stock
owner represent? lie symbolzcs the
practicing doctor or lawyer or small
merchant or manufacturer or mechan-
ic or salaricd employee engaged in a
daily struggle for livelihood. lie
renroscnts. as Matthew Henry we'll
wrote. the man with "thc inordinaie
care and concern about this world
which keep him from Christ ana his
grace" lie represents the father ana
husband who on Saturday night says
'sWeU. l have worked hard all the
week. am too tired TO go 10 church
tomorrow and do Gods work. 1t is
all we'll enough TO think about religion
but the simple fact is. in this strenuous
earthly life must look after my husi
ness and keep looking after it al inc
time" lie represents the business
man who at first does not intend 10 u'
wrong. but. little by little he allows
his business TO crowd out his duties t'
, Christ. First, he gives mp prayer meet
inc on account Of business; then hi'
. daily reading Of the Bible; then hl
, sunday services. Little by little h'
, allows himself to drift away from Coo
until at last the invitation to the COS
pel banquet falls upon unhccding ears
Rut. haril Another knock is hear
- AZ the door OF the good mans house
= "Aba." YOU say, "think Of the FOOLS
cvcuse this third expected guest In
% scntl lie says that he is bridegroom
e. and therefore cannot come. Why dl
Z no not do as Mr.. Moody said he ongl
p IN have done-gO TO the hanquet ha
p and take his wife alongT But m
r friend. this excuse Of the bridegroom
T ought not TO be TO you an object q
o eorision. OF all the excuses whic
Christ stated i'm the parable l thin
o this one was the most plausible an
o tho most rational The bridegroom
Y I'm the east. by the custom OF that um
4 might be looked upon lenicntly for al
I swering as he did. The Hebrews COZ
4 sidercd marriage ono Of the most sacre
o and important events Of q human b
7 ine's life. Every young girl spent h'
q time chiefly I'm preparing for her nu
!. tial day. She was always spinnI
II linen and making garments for u
/, wedding trousseau. Every young ma
n was taught that his duty to the wor
% and TO God was to marry. lie ala D.
. enter into this marriage relatlonsh
"a In haphazard way. as do many OF u
70 voung people OF the present time !
10 aid not marry upon a momentary il
1 pulse. But the young people were
I. fen affianced for years before the we
70 ding day. Then, by the old Hebrew
ar well as by the Roman law, a brid
n. groom was absolutely Independent
Il all military and. to a great extent
Ia civil obligations for whole year. =
- Ar the wedding night for twelve o
!! months he was allowed to stay at moi
IL under his own roof. SO when the brio
a groom Of the east sent a refusal
~ come TO the banquet he practically sa
.e as hundreds and thousands OF WV
10 and mothers are now saying: Il ca
II not afford to come to Christs banq'
y; at the present time. l have my hol
~ duties to attend TO. have domes
re obligations. l pray thee have me
- cused."
u But my dear friends, can the h'
band and the wife truly attend to q
10 fulfill their domestic relations unl'
they first have been TO the Maria
+" banquet Of the Lamb? No no. !
fls f..r.fnrH nnI father