The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-07-06

bore. The only columns you love 10
read are the stock market columns.
You are n mere money making ma
chine. Now, compare your developed
life to that OF a man like Dwight J..
Moody. He had all the capabilities
of financial success. He had them In
greater measure than you had. But
one day he turned his back upon the
store and went and knelt I'm his bed
room and said: Lord l give my life
up TO thee. | shall follow thee and thee
alone. Thy will is to be my will.' Was
he not developedI Was he not devel-
oped in a better way than by crIngIng
before the shrlnes Of Midas golden
image?
Twist the kaleidoscope a little. You
are a woman, a society queen. You
have Travelled abroad. The finest books
OF the day are on your library shelf.
You feel you can converse with amy
man or woman alive and not be asham-
ed of yourself. But tell me- with all
your education, have you the true de-
velopment your sainted mother had
who years ago surrendered her life
and all into the hands Of the Mastert
Place your photograph alongside OF
her old fashioned daguerreotype. Com
pare the two faces. Your mother was
no lgnoramus. Her eyes show il; her
lips show il. But behind that noble.
sweet face there IS something which
your face lacks. The beauty of q true
soul IS there. Il Is not In your face.
You are not well developed; you are
not spiritually developed. You cannot
come to your true spiritual develop
ment and best moral and mental do
velopment until you first seek Christ
and his righteousness, and then all
these thlngs-yea, all-will be added
unto you.
Lastly. the struggle for the necessi-
ties of life represents for some OF us
the great barriers between ms and the
sweet scented gardens Of happiness.
II is nearly always represented with
the worklngman's oyeralls cast aside.
Inevitably we picture that time In the
dim future when we have amassed
enough money to retire from business.
Then we will buy a home in some sub
urban town; then we will have this
large home always opened 10 our
friends and our dear ones; then we
will expect the children and the grand
children TO come and visit MS and stay
as long as they can Oh yes; food and
clothes and free homestead represent
not only peaceful old age, but hap
Nv youth. happy manhood. And why
should not this be s0i Can you hnd
any life happier than the Christian
life? Can you find any cxhilaIaiion
and Joy more glorious and transcend
ent than that Of serving Christi II
YOU and I want true happiness we do
not have to seek It In n suburban villa
We truly can find it i'm Jesus. seek
ye first the kingdom Of God and his
righteousness, and all this happiness
will be added unto you
We should be ready TO seek this di.
vine happiness at any cost, as was DR.
Ken. who afterward became the bish
Old Of Bath and Wells. Dr. Ken at tho
time was living in Winchester. I1
that town came the llcenti0us Charles
IL Of England, with his sinful court
| In this court he brought along the no
torious and yet beautiful Rahab, Nel
lGwyn. The king bade her occupy me
village rectory while he was there. ID
renlv Dr Ken said, "Never shall a per
son OF the character Of Nell GWyI
lodge under my roof" The court was
Mortified. The church leaders declared
that this Eplscopalian priest had sign
ed his ecclesiastical death warrant
But a short time after the bishopri
Of Bath and Wells became vacant
The English premier had long us
OF prominent clergymen which he pre-
sented to the king for the appoint
mont Charles brushed these name
aside as he said: "NO, none OF then
shall have It. What Is the name %
that little man at Winchester win
would not let Nell Gwyn lodge IN hi
house? Well. Or. Ken shall have u
I have resolved that any man VIII
could be as true TO God as be shoul
have the next blshopric which fell va
cant II It had been Canterbury itself.
So as Or. Ken won his promotion D.
his willingness to commit ecclesiaslica
suicide for rights sake God promote
Ms when we are willing TO surrende
all for him.
II we will first seek him and hl
Righteousness he promises all things
Yea. all good things will be adde
unto us. Then We shall have the ten
poral necessities supplied. Then w
shall have the Holy Spirits powe
Then we shall have true mental ply
Ical moral and spiritual development
, Then we shall have the peace whle
. oasseth all understanding.