The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-02-24
FARMvILLE, VA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY "a, 1905.


ny from the PROSTATE neck Of the help
less. II labors 10 prevent injustice and
crime and evil temptations of all sorts
from walking mchallcnged through
our streets TO be a menace TO the lives
Of our boys and girls 1t sees that
one class Of men shall not be allowed
TO quench this fendish thirst for the
blood OF anOther's arteries Darkness
Is the symbol Of sin. Light is the sym
bol Of the GOSPEL The one mission OF
the gospel light is TO develop men for
Christ. The other mission is to burn
out sin whergcr found. In the light OF
the gospel we. as Christian men and
women, must go forth TO plead FOR
Christ with men in "a spiritual sense.
With the white slip Of paper at the
ballot box we also must place the pro
tecting guards about them in a legal
sense.
The sunbeams can cure physical dis
ease. The gospel light If Christian
people will only perform their Chris
tlan duties at the ballot box. will cure
governmental disease. The late Dr
Neils Finsen by scientific investigation
found that certain microbes would die
under certain colorcd lights We know
that all governmental injustices and So
cial crimes and city temptations will
disappear under the bright rays which
may be flashed from the gospel light.
Thus it is every Christians duty TO see
TO IL that as far as he may be able he
shall have a Christian supervisor and
a Christian common council and a
Christian mayor and a Christian gov
ernor and a Christian congressman aud
a Christian senator and q Christian
president Of the United States. II
Christian church members will stand
shoulder 10 shoulder at the ballot box
the lniustices and crimes and evil
temptations which runrmpant through
our great cities will no longer exist
But I bethink myself as | come TO
the close Of this sermon on Tran
scendent Light that have two duties.
The one Is TO the servant of Jesus
Christ: the second is to the man and
the woman who have nos yet been
willing TO accept the Saviour's love.
The one is to the disciple of the Chris
tlan light: the second is 10 the child of
Satan, who is living in the darkness
Of sin. These are the two Glasses of
my audience. There is no third group,
for "he that is not with me is against
me. and he that gathcreth not with me
scattereth abroad" As ! come 10 this
closing part Of my sermon tremble
with excitement know. as you
ought TO know, the tremendous results
OF your decision. Why do ircmhlet
Because your father. your mother. your
wife. your child or the preacher Of This
morning cannot make you become "a
child Of light if you are not willing
to do so Of your own accord.
The gospel light. like that Of the
suns light, with all Of It's creating.
saving power. is the easiest Of ali great
influences to be resisted The light
nings strike everywhere They cut 10
the right aud 10 the left With one
blow they can split rocks and wreck
homes aud dismantlc trees. The suns
heat cannot be ignored, even if one
would. When the hot summer months
come. all who can do 50 dee from the
cities and HE themselves away 10 the
woods or the seashOre Closed doors
and windows make the sitting air only
the more oppressive. The poor little
children moan. and 1y. The sick. If
they are not taken away 10 the sea-
shore or the high mountains often die.
The city parks are crowded with suf-
ferlng humanity
You cannot escape il You would the
sounds Of the cannonading Of the ele-
ments when the thunderstorm begins
10 growl and to crash The frightened
girl may run 10 her bedroom and close
the windows and draw the shades and
bury her ears I'm the pillows. The
booming discharges Of the heavenly
artilleries send their echoes even
through stone walls. But the sunlight
can be overcome so easily that all one
has to do is to close he eyelids and tie
a bandage over tho face and as blind
man he viii have to grope his way
along the darkness. All one has To do
is to plant the flowers under the shad-
ows Of a wall aud you can see them
pale and droop and withcr and die.
Light may have a creating. develop
ing. n protecting a saving influence.
but Hight will never force It's way
through n blocked vestihule or through
a thick obstruction which has been
erected 10 keep it ont. Thus the Cos
mel Hight will never mter your heart
unless you wish it 10 come. Christ
said Il am the light What is your
answerl VIII you accept that lightt
VIII you reject II aud live in eternal
darknessi