The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-06-23

cries and goes on until she works up n
few spasms OF hysteria and physically
becomes as rigid as a board. / have
been in many homes as pastor and
friend. / have seen there many wom-
en- said TO be nervous wrecks who were
not nervous as you or | might become
nervous from OverwOrk. They were
nervous simply because they let their
tempers as spoiled children get the
better OF them Many nervous women
could be cured OF their hysteria If
some one could give them a good,
wholesome rebuke and put them to
bed. as mothers punish their children
and then put them TO bed II they did
wrong. The symbol Of the camel as
applied 10 the rich man In reference
10 his meannesses toward his fellow
men might also be applied to many so
called nervous women who let their
tempers get the better Of them merely
because they are spoiled children. or
course in making this sweeping state
ment am not saying that all nervous
people are evil tempered, but some OF
them and many OF them certainly are.
But as I see these richly laden cam
els coming over the hillsides toward
the shut gates Of the Jerusalem walls
l see skulking IN the distance other
forms. They are the robbers ana the
thieves and the highwaymen. They are
the mnrderers who for one roll of cloth
would be willing to cut mans throat.
They are the same kind Of hlOOdthirsty
human demons as were those pirates
who were supposed 10 have captured
the sailing vessels IN which the bcauti-
ful ThcodOsia, wife Of Governor Alston
Of South Carolina and daughter Of the
famous Aaron Burr, sailed 10 meet her
father In New York liumOr tells us
that this beautiful woman. with her
hands tied behind her back, was COM
pelled 10 walk the plank that her cap
tors might possess her wardrobe. So
these dark figures skulkng behind on
the oriental hillsidcs are the robbers ly-
ing I'm wait for their prey. If these mer-
chantmen hesitate one hour In unload
ing their camcls and In making them
70 through the eye Of the needle, down
these mlscrcants will swoop. They will
slay the owners and carry away the
goods as rich spoils.
If these two merchants had been only
humble peasants. If they had been go
ing afOot or astride "a cheap four foot
ed beast Of burden. such as Mary the
mother Of Jesus. rode when Joseph, the
carpentcr, was taking her down 10
bethlehem the night before the most
memorable Of all Christmas days. no
attention would have been paid them,
but there they are this evening riding
camels Each camel Is worth "a large
sum Of money Each one Of these cam
els was heavily laden with the richest
OF merchandise DO you wonder that
those robbers skulking upon the hill
sides are on the alertf And do you also
wonder that rich men always have the
robbers lowering around them, ready
10 steal their morals. their good mnmes,
their souls as well as their goldt The
Weather man becomes. the higher
ND the ladder Of fame he climbs, the
more awful are the destroying mon
sters who hover above him and flank
him and crawl beneath him.
But. after all. believe one Of the
greatest moral and spiritual dangers
besettlng the rich man is not innate
hardness Of heart or selfshness, but
lack Of personal Christian service. by
this | do not mean the rich man is I'M
willing to do anything for Jesus Christ;
but. being rich. he gets others 10 do the
work he should be willing 20 do him
self. In other words. he is Ike man
drafted rs soldier 10 fight for his
country who sends n substitute. He is
man who gets others 10 do his gospel
singing and others to do his gospel
praying and others TO do his gospel
preaching and sometimes others to do
his visiting. and thus he himself be-
comes a spiritual nonentlty.
Rich man, rich woman, the reason
you do not grow in grace is because
you DO not work for Jesus Christ
When there is n sick woman TO be Wis
tied you send some one else. Go your
self. When there is n mission to be
started In the slums with your pocket
book you hire n missionary. You be a
mlsslonary-go yourself. No one can
do the work as we'll as you.
Rich man. God is calling you TO 90
and work IN his vineyard. The harvest
Is ripe: the laborers are few. What
would you think II when the thirteen
colonies were IN a death grapple for
their liberties George Washington had
stayed az home and sent q substitute
TO the war? II George Washington. the
rich man. could afford 10 give up ev-
erything for his native land, you can
afford to give Christ your personal
service.