The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-08-18
FARMvILLE, VA, FRIDAY, AUGUST IS, 1905

thirteen have either Oeen GSsahslnoteu
or have died In exile. The history OF
most Of the South American limitations
OF the United States constitution has
been merely a long series Of wars be
tween the military and civil authori-
ties, governmental convulsIon after
cOnvulsiOn, revolution after revolution
and upheayal after upheayal What Is
the cause OF all thlsi II Is not due 10
the form Of the South American repub-
lies, but 10 the Ignorance Of the South
American people. The reason the
American ballot box for the last hun
dred years has stood as solid az Plym-
outh rock Is due largely to the fact that
II Is handed to the American boys over
tile schoolhOuse desk. We have a
strong republic today because We have
strong, intelligent. individual voters.
Has any government offered greater
educational facilities than oursi No
sooner did the Puritan settle In old
New England than he Immediately be
gan 10 erect bis institutions OF learning
The pilgrim fathers landed IN Plymouth
In 1920, yet only sixteen years later, or
In 1888, we ind that Harvard college
WAS founded in Cambridge on the out
skirts Of Boston. We find the Dutch
and the English settlers drifting down
into Connecticut, and what happenedi
There Yale college is started in l10l
at Saybrook. We go south. and what
do we fndf Pennsylvania and all the
middle states honeycombed with col
leges and academies We 20 west, aud
there Institutions OF learning are scat
tered everywhere. The schoOlrOom desk
Is seen at almost every crOssroad. and
the college is lntrenched In nearly
every town. All, yes. the modern Na-
pOleon would have hard work here
10 start an international conflict Just
for fun OF 10 crafty his ambitions.
He would have hard work 10 upset
us financially, socially or politically
Whyl Because the people Of this age
in our beloved land have too much in
telllgence 10 follow such a leader rs the
Little Corslcan."
But what good does mere knowledge
do unless 1t IL balanced ny moral char
acterT What good does 1t do TO plant
Dr Duffs missionary schools in India
or Roberts college In ConstantnOple
or our own schools in America unless
moral and spiritual development keeps
pace with mental growthi None, abso-
lutely none. So today, az the greatest
messenger Of international peace, !
plant the church OF the Lord Jesus
Christ between the legislative hall Of
the Just statesman and the schOOlhOuse
Of the Just teacher, for find that the
church Of Christ is the main leayen
which leavens the purity Of govern
mental law as well as the chief herald
which Is scattering true knowledge TO
the farthermost parts Of the earth.
Why does the church Of the Lord
Jesus Christ do all this1 Because tho
very essence Of lts belief bids II 10
carry this gospel work everywhere.
As II looks forth into the great wide
world 1t sees deep Into the hearts Of
men. There II finds that, though men
may be divided Into different classes,
yet. after all, they all belong TO one
great class. That class says: we are
all weary. We arc all troubled. We
are all sick az heart NJ best. There
fore II Is our duty as far as In US lies
TO try TO bear each others burdens
through the help Of Jesus Christ"
Thus everywhere the gospel mission
aries are going. Everywhere they are
planting their schools. Everywhere
they are trying 20 make the stronger
nations help the weaker and to make
each nation care fer the weak among
It's own subjects.
Never since the coming OF Jesus
Christ 10 earth was there a better time
for the cOnsummatiOn OF the worlds
peace than the present. Cannot the
laws OF international arbitration,
through the power Of the Holy Splr-
II, accomplish this most beuencent
achievement In order to lead all na.
tions % Join this international com.
pact and to dlsarm our armies and 10
dlsmantle our fortFessee we need not
wait until all nations are converted TO
Jesus Christ. We must have tho sen
timent Of the civilized world longing
for peace. Arc not the better elements
of Europe and Asia and Africa and
America longing efoF tbs stopping Of
such carnage as was lately witnessed
at Pom Arthur and Mukdeni Are We
not longing that the sword may be
TUNED ibte the plowsAare and the
speas into the pruning boob and that
nen mny not was any morei
May God bless those who are teach
ing men to love their fellow men and
70 help them and 10 forgive them and
10 lead them to the cross OF that Christ
whose nativity song was Peace -
earth. good will 70 menr