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

to goo "n-oeggur What's wrong
Bias thc place changed OF have th'
people. The Ilill i- there just az
God nudc it. thc goddess Of healtl
sim presIdes there dispensing heI
% blessings with prodigal hand the aIl
% and the water are as pure as of yore
b the shades are as classic the EN-
'N.r0nmcnt as conducive 10 clear think
81 ing and diligent studying and il is az
tan removed from the disquietmg and
disturbing temptations Of the outer
world as ever.
There was time 100 the history of
this school when the leading men OF
letters and the most accomplished Of
/ American scholars would have been
/ greatly honorcd 20 have been called To
/ the presidency OF Hampden-Sidney
I and uo one of them would have dc
|,lucJ tine sacred and exalted trust.
And NOW men of not much more than
IucIghu0fhood uotorlcty are either too
/ busy with more cougeniaI employ, or
too afcr-c 90 the quiet Of Gods Couu-
/ ty go accept chief command Of its
forces Again we ask, what, wrong
with this educational centre OF with
the educators of today Let us hope
/ there is nothing wrong with either the
school OF the schoolmen. Times
have changed and men have changed
with them. There was day and
within Tine memory of many who now
walk among the living. when the pull
/ pits of such churches as Browns, ia
Cumberland, 'Brcy in Prince I'd
ward, "Bethlehem iu Charlotte and
scores of Others dotted over the differ
emit comtie, of Virginia were filled by
the finest talent of the ministry, and
now So fan as we recall, there i- not a
ID. ID. OF recognized prominence in
charge of amy one of them. The farm
en-. who with their families make up
the congregations of our country
churche, are generally poor, house
servants are generally unknown lux
ures, carriages have become obsolete,
the hard workers have become careless
ON the subject OF church attendance.
Salarie, are necessarily small and the
ministers with the rest of mortal men
have rushed To the cities where there
are bath tubs, electric cars, paving
stones, the great crowds, the hand !
some churches, the brown stone fronts,
and the trained choirs, the Prince Al !
berts. the gold headed canes, the over !
flowing collection plates and, as they |
viii uo doubt contend i'm their own be- |
half, stiil God TO glorify" and more
"souls TO save
If we have mo- just cause for fault |
finding with all this, may we not be
permitted TO ask is the tendency from |
country 20 city normal, healthy OF
charged with ultimate good TO church
or State? Does history teach any
useful lessons? and are we justified in
Judging Of the future except by the
past
And what does come 10 as out of the
days that are gone and what do we
read on the pages Of history? Among
the many, many other things surely
this, that the mmOrtals who have
been leaders m church and i'm State,
who have held the torch of truth high
est iu mId-air, who have disamed
tyranny with their own bright blades,
welded by their own strong arms,
who have with their pens marked out
with their pens the safest and clearest
Constitutional landmark, who have
inspired the minds of men with mo-
1le-t ambitions and stirred their souls
with l0ftiest impulses that such men
first saw the light of day in humble
country homes and on country train
ng grounds became strong and brave
For the duties of the larger workneld. {
Are we 10 dry zap the spring of the i
mountain and still hope that the Q
meadow viii shineou IN living green? d
Are We 20 Withhold the seeds and still q
nope that our fields will laugh with a
abundant harvest Shall the country Q
90 90 waste and the cities still grow i'm II
ieaith2 Is it necessary that Hamp-
len-Sidney should die, for when it is =
from lbs present site it will \
ose its identity just as Union Theo- d
0gical Seminary has already done in
rider that another institution may /
hine out i'm SOMEONE of our cities
Ire the scholars Of today ashamed of =
position once adorned by Stanton, N
Gushing, Green, am Atkinson, Z,
lcllwaiue? Has decency fled the II
ountry TO find shelter i'm the city? el
.od Of our fathers make the reckless n,
ess Of the men Of this age to praise n
nee and restrain the remainder Of it, Al
Hon. Hal Flood has been in great -
emand as commencement orator of 4
.to He has been kent almost a. 1.