The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-03-11

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ey could procure, but while they were
giving money and. seemingly, every
advantage those parents were not care
ful about the acquaintance their
daughter was forming They were not
careful about looking up The records Of
the young men who were calling during
the evening hour. The result of this
parental negligence was That the dsugh-
ter formed am affection for young
man who was not regarded fav0rably
by the parents They did everything
in their power TO prevent the marriage,
but the trouble was that the parents
awoke TO the danger too late. The
young girl was obstinate; she married
against their Will After the daughter
left home she felt that her husband
and children were not wanted back in
the place where the wife and mother
was born. therefore Size does not visit
where they are not welcomed. The
parents i'm an unguardcd moment. may
have said that an their children want
ed Of them was their money The
daughter is poor, but very proud. At
times she has not had food enough even
for her babies. How much happiness
It would give on an hands If recon
ciliation could be effected and If the
parents, remembering that their ncgli-
gence contributed 10 the trouble and
the daughter. remembering that bard
words. spoken I'm q moment of irrita-
ton. should not weigh against long
years Of love and parental kindness,
should come together again and agree
to forget the faults on both sides.
What is true of the difficulties be-
tween parents and children is also true
Of the difficulties between brothers
and brothers, sisters and sisters. In
evitably faults are TO be found on both
sides Therefore what IS the practical
conclusion Of an this trend of thoughtt
You. o man, and you. o woman, have
no right to complain about the inius-
tices which others have done against
you unless you at the same time have
done all in your power 10 atone for
the sins which You have. Intentionally
or unintentionally, done against your
brother. If you will go and honestly
ask your brother TO forgive you the
wrong you have done him. I'm ninety
nine cases out of q hundred that broth
er will ask you TO forgive the inius-
tlces ne has done you. Then. as you
are both ready TO atone for the evils
you have done each other, there will
be no further cause for domestic strife.
Family dissensions should cease, and
Immediately cease. Whyf Because
nearly all family troubles are caused
by one member Of a family misiudging
the motives and position Of other mem
bers Of the family. Because it is al
most impossible for people i'm one
sphere Of life to properly appreciate
/ the difficulties and the trials and the
worries and the disappointments and
the heartaches which are continually
nagglng and sapping the lives Of people
in other spheres Of life.
Oh. that this coming Christmas we
would one and all try 90 focus our eyes
10 our brothers spcctacles. Then a
great many Of the family troubles
would forever vanish from our dark
ened horizon. The man who travels
about this planet with such Christian
spirit and goes from house TO house
from the palace Of the rich TO the hovel
Of the poor, from the sumptuous pri-
yate office OF the merchant prince to
the counters Of the small salaricd clerk
soon discovers that this world is not
altogether a mean world, a selfish
world, a heartless world, but it is a
tired world. a discouraged world
misunderstood world. II every mem-
Der of a family who has bitter troubles
and trials could realize that his broth
ers and sisters along the great high
WAYS Of life are struggling under bur-
dens quite as heavy as his own-al-
though their burdens may be made mp
in different kinds Of packs and have
silken cords around them instead Of
hempen rope-be would be more pa
tlept in his criticism Of others, as he
may hope that others will judge him
more charitably. Most Of the seeming
insults by relatives TO relatives are en-
tirely unlntentional As every man
hopes for mercy and pardon in the day
Of Judgment so there should be forgive
ness for one who offends another
through inadvertence and not through
intention. The fancied injusticcs be-
tween relatives exist for the most part
in the distorted imagnatons Of those
who have no right 10 indulge in un-
Christian and merciless judgments OF
relatives who really want 10 be friends
Family dissensions should cease and
Immediately cease. Whyf Because
Christmas opportunities Of future fam
ilv reconclliations may be very few.
They may never come again. We are
intensely shocked at the sudden depar-
lures Of our great men and women
When Mrs. Emma Booth-Tuckcr Of the
Salvation Army was killed on Oct. q
in a railroad accident the news was
I 1elfGTHINNU llNAu tAlN n tAtAttftN w. t--
Pacific. We commented upon the beau
tiful coffin plate which we saw and
read thus: Born June g. 1850, Consui
Emma Booth Tucker; Promoted to Gio-
~ oct 2s, 1903" We were intensely
shocked when King Humbort was sho
and when President Carnot was assas
sinated with a knife thrust But VIII
should we be so shocked at the suddeI
death Of this man or that, as with The
tremendous emigration Of vast hos
each year from earth into the realm
beyond the grave? This is not a plati
tude, a purposeless saying. 1t is
statement which ought TO be pregnan
with the most tremendous import TO ui
all. Can any here be sure that before
another Christmas rolls around The
death angels wing will not have hut
tered over our beds?
Oh, my friends, II we are ever goIni
to have Christmas reconciliations We
had hotter have them now. Human