The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-22

and iwoof OF brotherhood among the do
nominations Nof Christ's church, = hcse
were the old-time, healthy, helpful pro-
gtracted meetings., sometime s Is lastlng 5loTs
tho whole week. Il. 3S3 ft(53 III
Strong Emotions.
n IN tlosa old days there was full-yolced s.
Il DO heard past Uncle Billy snead's hill.n
Deep was the emotion and loud the amcns
IN answer 10 prayer as the con1essor 70
past sins. now firm IN his reserves nioE
hands with the man Of God " and 4 then Z, 3!
took q Il seat on the front bench. Old,
trembling men, others In W. heir prime.
staunch. manly boys, emotional women e, y
foremost seats. and oh! the mo Tiers JOY,
and cries 81 81 Thank God! thanks ITO
Jesus as hor 3daughter 81 or son went Tor
ward The suppressed sob AM. th = J. deep
amen. that rose from the elder. and these ,,,,
mothers OF Israel may bet ter 6e I'M
agined than told, for no words may. p :
sture the Intense feeling when the sp 2n.s
among th9's SRh de
emotion a,S lon Was not the church then pack
ed almost to suffocation ?sss1 With . the
vehicles drawn up beside ach Wlndo w
hold sr9tKSe tha seemed
wheels, and a to II be lifted on the earth
when tho shout went up 81 and Idrowneea
old singing at he a. o. !, az, y
That good mans voice :; vas 1nktl'ySl Y
Nov NOV ffhe SIS se s, arc allowed to BIT to.
gether hch y T. r mnss
sssSaInx wsry
times excepting when rage |ey was s
being conducted In the enuffcih; o oIowed
to fsit together, and it axes no stretch o.
to conceive what passed pe e..
tween some & sRaln, perh ~ ADA
Who ,i.e''i found Themselves tor the first time
SIDE ema sassh 81
t tSs each other mo tea seS Sss
after TIE old 4, o IN S' fer
tic the anxious mot her. In her ,! x'It
poke-bonnet. and often ina simple ei s;sie
yard homespun dress e cf9 ~ Viz vg her
t9 hef Se esssed III. S banehes rs ia
there enveloping him In her tender Sar ms
yearnng oyer him n eersf psy Tho
n osfri,n sought out faces touched with
t6e serious mien OF repentance, and ~ ~
to th he p.aye eoaa .ore
wa The SIM angmg then called Loudly fer the a1
unrapentant to, "come % q
gas s4ssysp tie sob q
TIC sister and mother y0arning over the
ywnyWurd brother and son, iSs5 3 III x, .
spnce does not permit mo ITO give the
Names or families that have met foT gen.
erntinnsH nj this church IN the FORKS 9. -
road when big woods stood all ahout ~
Ri { rms long boon holy ground, y ne grsaI
sn,lmberl of people seen at the late rsVly,A1
\ spok q for large families love ana Vlr.
tia and abundant health The GRIM OF
"a "a suicide cannot beE charged 70 th w
firha excellent musiog and slng lnR ~ TINS
recent meeting was OF the Quit waited sort'
Good Music,
THE old-tirle strong. full voice OF the
conversation Is seldom heal d ttncrs. q
leadersnnd an organ set the pace, Ior q
choir aIlot ted a. corner apart; Whlle pa
tient. contemplative old Wornen and men,
bowed With age, who recall the past,
wonder at the chang shown N tthIes l Z
Grandchildren now being sch oo!ed a. .tn,el
Fork Union A ca erny hard by the ,GhH4rcn,;
iThese9 Old folks who used to- sing y Stiop w
iii Bio IA Shouting ask themselves WIZ
4 knowletige OF the good old times ever Ps
tttaneht from books and praoticed from Lne
new modes of educat Ing boys seen atss -,
~ in ',lrl forrn-boys who. are reVeE Ss -
Barefoot, as heir gr rents aha ~,
tters In homespun were, boys " ~ h Wy n
nothing OF stonebruises on their, he sa,s,
nor OF clean tor aEs In TX pu, =, -
ets to be wrapped on their tend ~ ",
al toes Just Before going INTO the moeSs.n ~
house, Those were the slmple ga W aI!nsa
chinquapins and ground-pea hulls MA MA
scattered on the fooI, and topa eco 1a atSsl
sal,irted under foot on the men, aI,. ysIus
Of the churc b, While the E2dop Sofl