The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-09-15

R told t0 do. uo more and no less The
/ ls common laborer crawl down int
/ the lowest bitches of life. and l wi
/ give you just q bare subsistence for
T livelihood for / have 20 tell you every
/ thing You think nothing. therefore yo
shall receive practically nothing 70
/ your toii' Another young man come
to the door and knocks Come IN
What can you doT We'll, ! can do al
most anything that am told 10 do, bu
I also have one finger that thinks.
lm "a skilled mechanic Go 10 yonde
bench. says the world AS you think {
little. ! viii pay you "a little more than
the man who does not think at all.
Another young man knocks. Come I'm
What can you dor 4 can 90 anything
that / am told TO DO. but also have
ten fingers that think. am u must
CHM Then as musician. go still
higher. Sit ye at ivory keys and play
I viii pay thee more than the mechanic
because thou hast ten thinking fingers
Another young man knocks Come In.
What can you dor 4 can do anything
that 1 ana told 10 do but can do more
than that ! can see what ought 10 be
done. and ann willing 10 do II without
any command / have a brain that
thinks have ten fingers that think
and two feet that think think all
over my body All that l wish is a
chance 90 work and 1 Will work on
until / become indispensable TO thee
AL. says the world. 1 need you Go TO
work FOO my service and great shall be-
your reward "
but 90. Paul begins 10 strap the diff
fereut loads upon a mans back, as
the Arabs of the east weight down
their camcis for the desert journey.
and yet the man grows stronger and
stronger ms be bears these burdens. ]
see Paul MT another heavy burden and
place it above the top Of the physical
and the mental burdens This last
burden is thc love burden Of the home
When Paul says. Every man shall
bcar his own burden" he also seems
90 say Every man, if possible. shall
care for his aged father and helpless
old mother lie shall care for his wife
and children lie shall look after his
helpless brothers and sisters And IN
caring for These domestic love burdens
he is also developing himself and in
croasing his own strength"
Whoa the strong men Of this town.
Who are the giants physically, men
tally morally and spiritually Are
they the men who grow up with the
idea that they would not take unto
themselves wife and the care Of chill
dren until great financial success was
theirs and they could live IN Easy
sucotT Did they refuse 10 marry un-
go they could take their brides 10 rs
fine home ms that in which the girls
fathers and mothers were passing the
evening time of their lives 40. In
evmbly they are the men who had
nothing 90 start with but two stout
arms. % clear brain and Willingness
to work Hardly had they got a foot.
hold Zoo business when they married
They married mostly on faith. nope
and charity" for they had not much
Else in sight Then came the children.
And BOZ these young mems struggles 10
provide for their little ones and 10 lift
thc burden of domestic love they de
selopcd their strength 10 herculean
proportions
There has been n grent deal of fun
uodc of President Rooscvclts denun-
.atlon of those who would shirk the |
BURDENS of The home and not marry !
when they ought 10 marry. but I be-
iovc Theodore Roosevelt is right And |
would furthermore state that one Of |
Dee great reasons why I believe our |
were mon Of such sterling /
worth was because they not only be
levcd in having a home. but they also
believed that the greatest honor which /
ould come to q man was 20 train up /
large family M boys and girls FOR
iod And did they not train well their
lrgo families Of childrcni When Sam
el The prophet came 10 the house Of
cssc 20 anoint one Of Jesse's SONS king
( Israel the proud father presented to
he man Of God his seven strapplng
oys. But Jesse was not proudcr OF
is sons than some Of The noted New
.ngland diyines were OF their children
'nly the other day was reading over
list OF the families Of these the0lo-
inns who so nightly helped TO make
bis country what it is today Let me
Fad the list 10 YOU: Rev Increase
father had ten children. Rev Peter
Iobart had eleven children. Rev sam
81 Danforth had twelve children. Rev
amucl Treat had thirteen children.
ev Edwood Taylor had fourteen chill
rem Rev Nathan Blrdseye. one Of
~ own direct ancestors and one Of
he most noted OF Connecticut divines.
nd sixteen children The great Rev
lhn Sherman had twenty six children.
'nathan Edwards had twelve chill
rem Lyman Beecher. who was the
ther Of more brains than any Amer
an who ever lived. had thirteen chill
ZEN. These men as well as their lead
2 parIshi0ners. most Of whom were
Tiers and mothers Of large families
'veloped themselves and, | believe
came the strong men and women
ey were largely through the domestic
ads they voluntarily set themselves d
lift When Young men and young 1
omen shlrk the duty Of going 10 the
lrriage altar because the duties there
g heavy they stunt their moral aud
entail and physical growth instead Of
'reasing their stature thereby.
Well says some one. what does
at meanY DO you mean that must
AIRY, whether l would or no. and
ye a homer Oh no. If you do not
ant 70 marry, ! am not here 10 tell
u TO marry. But am here to tell u'
u that for your own good. strength y,
d power you should have love %
rden. If you cannot have wife
q children OF your own. then |