The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-08-04

ho would our companions iu evil wh0sl
mothers were Ike DeHah. Jezcbcl o
Rahab instead of IKE Sarah or Esthe
or Ruthf Indeed. $50 strong is tbe ln
nuence of our parental Christian
homes that tbav nra fnes,ne ot ou
hearts today m spite of present sins
We cannot drown their echoug calls i
we would
But do the lessons of Lots wife end
here so. Drawing near today 90 th'
Abrahamic cncampment we hear d
great strife aud turmoil The hcrdmer
of Lot and the herlmen of Dis uncle are
in bitter strife Perhaps the cause OF
the quarrel was down at lhe well when
the men were drawing wHfer Perhaps
the struggle was Que t0 one shepherd
persistlng m bis claims that Doe bad O.
right 10 aH the grass u one Wiley
ANYWAY. thc row was on. and the em
ployees appealed to their masters fol
settlement of the difficulty That even
ing Abraham and bis foster son deter
mined TO part They came 90 the CON
. clusiou that as their nork- were so
great and the pasture so scant they
had better separate and each 20 his
own way But Abraham. with The one
parental spirit said 90 bis foster son.
"My boy YOU can have your choice of
the land for your future home Then.
after YOU have made your selection. !
will make mine"
Thon whof lapupusg The Bible saws
that Lot went 10 Sodom because the
grass was rich and the pasture good
/ But reading between thc lines ] think
/ can tell other reasons torthe choice
That night when the great shepherd en-
campmeht is asleep see ul' "sli'
F burning I'D LOT iehl' D near woman
IN earnest conversation Wiin h'f NUS
band She is talking about IKE THIS.
Lot what is The good of our living n
tent ali our livcst We have lots OF
sheep and horses and cattle We are
rich We can DO what we like. You
can let the overseers look after the
herds Take life easy and have some
fun Why not 60 down TO Sodom and
mingle ln the society of wealthy and
refined and aristocratlc pcoplof Our
girls arc growing up. They need @
coming out party oh. ] know there
are bad pooplc living down there. but
because thoy are bad we do not noces-
sorilv have 70 ho very bad Besides.
Tot don't Won remember those big
merchants Of Sodom who stopped with
US last year ON their way TO Damas.
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Romans these vilc cities were 10 the
inhabitants Of the east Their sim.
were en- vile and awful and dehauch
ING that no public teacher of This dav
dare mention tbau or write tbem for
nrlnt To-day ne won walk among the
ruins of pompe3 Won sec tine most Pc.
volfino and disgrsting rictrres noint.
od rnon tho ,ysiIs v.hi.b nroye how
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rrhs 80 po,,o oio,io1 ,,, ,loi~ bostioii.
Ties srch ,vero tbe irbsbitonts of
sodom Tbov mode ma nrotense tn do
concv Tbov NOT orlv sirred bnt thov
gloriod IN tboir sins Tbov rubiish,l
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shoi, +,~o donol,t.rs d.i,l,o,otci, d.
cided 10 dwen @etor they had io1, tbe
sweet. holy fellowship OF Abrahan's
home. NV brother. nv sister. are your
companiOns today evil compqnionsf
Are they mon and women who sim and
sin onrnlvy AFRO fhev inbabinots of
tho OWL citioe of tho riofns
Man how 10 it abopt thot clubg
do NOT saw all mons clubs are had
But some certainly are bad lis vouf
club made up of Christian members
When YOU 20 there do YOU feel YOU
are honoring Christi DO you ever hear
the lewd joke. the vile story. the
drunken hiccough. there? DO you as
s0ciote there with men who are neg
lecting their homes and who are ac.
customed to speak lightly of womans
purity and the sacred nobility of moth
erhoodg VIE how is it with your as
sociatesg For years you have been
struggling TO get into society" What
"s$ictyT the society" Of Sodom OF
Of Nazaretht The society" Of wives
and daughters who are trying 10 make
the world better through Christ or the
society" of avOwed w0rldlingsY Why