The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-23
CULPEPPER NOT ANXIOUS
 TO BE A PARTAKER OF GLORY

Sometime ago, without being very To tell the truth, was burdened and oppressed with the fear of soon be- coming q ''Partaker of Glory" My ramiIy--father, mother, brother, sister --nave ect the example of going out ih. Usually our natal month is our mortal month.
 The anniversary of my birth was coming on and I fell into the blues. have often thought I would have cut 2 poor figure in the world without a birthday to start on. I am sorry that the annual return of the day fills me
 II feel like am the only Christian of prominence and pretention who dreads to Do a ''partaker of glory" The balance of lem live in anixety for the day 70 come when they can shuttle of tne mortal coir' and go shouting home
 It's fine way to live, They tell me It ls possible for me to live that way, and are rather severe on me for rot keeping up with the procession of rer- lection, but. somehow, I'm sore-footed and can't keep up.
 l know we picture Heaven as u very deiightfui place and we say we want 10 go there mighty bad. but !. for one, But the fear of going, about :he time of my birthday laid me up I actually rot to believing. I had die proved very fatal in the case of a neighbor.
 Then the fear of an "indigestibie chilI' fell on me. Really. I mo2ed would be my last and no doctor near to assist nature in hurrying me off. I had no idea the fear of glory could harrass one so
 I am so glad that I am the only CnTlSttAn who haIfQ hack uE O occasion offers
 I knew a good man once who. in ecstacy, informed the brethren that he It was at big meeting and just De. fore fore the dinner hour. Thers was din reiietsntly consented to delay lsng I go" Once at the table he loaded up D to such an extent that. like Twain's Jumping frog loaded with shot, he couldn't lift his stomach from the arrived at a high state of perfection and vas entrusted with the delicate matter Of managing an election, in winch he had to baptize his conscience again after signing the returns. He to go, with rebaptized conscience.
 sut l am getting over my scare and nad 2 notion of cutting up some high links in New Orleans till thought of some things that make me stay away from the Reunion this time.
 m going to stay so that. at least, one young fellow may go in my place. You know there has been an apparent lnkewarmness In the matter of our en- tertainment this year.
 Naturally tried to reason the thing out and I reckon I've got it.
 The average Confederate Veteran is infected with the Grand Old Man" disposition to be tenacious of honors. We are so proud and vain and stuck up" with our achievements in the Civil War that we are not disposed to give anybody else a chance of display at our big Reunion. People are be- ginning to take notice of our vanity and selfshness.
 We go in such droves that nobody else can take part in parade, in bau- quet. in ball. We are "ft" in the whole program.
 We ought not to be so exclusive. I was talking with some of the old fei. lows the other day and we concluded that the program should be so ar. ranged that the Sons and Daughters of the Confectionery can have some chance of display. One old fellow advanced tho. opinion. that it's pure modesty which has kept the Sons from asking part in the exercises. I told him if