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

wants next year as ! am tlls
yearr, You can. brother. You can be
sure il you wish TO be sure. CHRIST
saws. Seek We first the kingdom OF
God and his righteousness and all
these things will be added unto you
Cannot you trust hlmf VIII you not
today roll over ail that responsibility
upon him? You may have financially
failed. but God never fails. He viii
look after you when you are not able
TO look after yourself. VIII you trust
him nowl
But food and clothing and house rent
mean more to me than the bare neces-
stiles of life. They mean more than a
mere treadmill existence and perpet-
ual grind. They mean more than eman-
clpation from poverty and distress.
They mean vast and unlimited re-
sources. They are the symbols Of great
armies Of men marshaled together as
employees. They represent not only
what we shall eat aud wear and the
houses in which we shall live. but they
represent the food and the clothing we
sell TO others and the land which 9th
ers rent from us. In other words, they
represent power, unlimited and mighty
power.
Let me Illustrate. | 90 out upon the
hillsldes Of New Zealand. ] see thou
sands upon thousands Of sheep brows-
ing there. | say TO the owner OF these
countless sheep: For what do you
raise those Sheep Why. can see your
hocks everywhere" u raise them Tor
the WOOL" he answers. What do you
do with the woolY "Why. ] send that
TO the English factories. II you were
here in shearlng time you would see
hundreds OF tons Of that wool cut and
shipped as the harvesters press the nay
into bales for the market Then after
that wool reaches the factories 1t Is
cleaned aud secured and spun out into
threads and woven into underwear and
turned into coats and vests and pants
and dresses and cloaks. Why. that coat
YOU have on today Is made out OF WOOL.
Thousands upon thousands Of yards OF
cloth come from the backs Of my sheep
every year" But" ! say, what is the
GOOD Of raising so many sheepf You
and your family can only wear few
lozen Yards Of cloth annually. Yet here
you are raising enough sheep TO clothe
the whole English army You certainly
are not raising all these sheep Tor your
own useT mo" he answers. 81 am
raising all these sheep for power am
beyond the mere question Of my own
livelihood. But the more sheep ! own
the more money | get and the more
workmen / employ the more influence
I have In the world and the more ] am
honored and looked up TO as an inhuen-
tial capitalist" The great sheep own
pr Of New Zealand pastures his thou'
sands upon thousands OF sheep foi
power. Many focks are the symbols
Of mans influence over man.
What is true OF the focks Of sheer
and the herds Of cattle Is emphatically
true In reference to the land. The more
land a man owns the more power he Is
supposed to have.
Oh. ye men who long for power
will We not take this text as its sym
Dol. Seek ye first the kingdom OF Goo
and his righteousness and all thes'
things will be added unto youF' THAI
means that the gift Of the Holy Spiri
can be yours.
But full wardrobes and cupboardl
and assured homesteads symbolicalll
mean more TO me than even power
They represent mental and physica
and spiritual development. They repre-
sent I'm one sense freedom from care
In the next sense they represen
growth. expansion, increased dome o
forehead. healthful lungs, steady heart
beat. They represent all that Is bes
and noblest I'm the physical and menta
and spiritual domain. ! cannot pres
home my thought better than by draw
ing two or three verbal pictures.
1t is early morning, still almost dark
near Scranton. the queen city Of tn
mining regions OF Pennsylvania. In
little cabin a miner and his family ar
taking a hurried breakfast At hal
past I you can see the long lines O
working people heading for the mine
and the breakers. "Why are you tab
ing your two boys along with you, MI
MlnerYr you ask. 1T is too early fo
school yet. These boys are pale an
thin. They do not get enough sunligh
You must not let them study 80 hard.
Study hardl Sunlight answers th
miner. These boys OF mine do not
TO school They are earning their li'
ing the same as am. We have
large family In this hut. and all WI
can must 20 out and help to ear
the food they eat. the clothing the
wear and help pay the house rent
"What! DO these boys work for liy
llhood? why. one Of them is so sma
his dinner pail almost touches u
ground as he carries II along "1e
they work. All boys IN miners hu
are compelled to work FOR their living
/ 20 into the breaker. and there ! I'm
y hundreds Of little boys all crouched u
plcking out the good coal as 1t pass
along by their side. The air Is u
healthy. II is laying the foundation
of the miners asthma" The hou
are long and tiresome. The "break
bows" who should now be at scho
- and who would make fine men II
, were not for the money question a
being stunted in their growth. AL q
: pity Of IL. DO you not see how q
y food question. the clothing questio
!, the house rent question. can be an q
" cursed bulwark against physical me
- ,al. moral and spiritual development
How often have we heard this stat
!, nent made by men and women: %
" how | wish this daily bread quesu
. were not holding me in its wise. knc
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