The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1907-08-09

WHOM evening comes and YOU are sit
rne hy fhe library table. the book T.
mover Interesting nor does the fire In
The hearth burn brightly enough nor
do the children play rlght unless she
b.. OLA the other side of that table You
who ha,c been married for quarter
of "A century. you know what II is To-
have devoted. unsclhsh companion
D., yonr side You know what u IL q
have that love pour out IT'S LIES blood
for you Like tlc aged poet, you cal
sme this sweet love song I'm your old
ages
Oh no. not even when first We loved
W.f. chou as dear as now thou ail'
Til beauty ihen my senses moved.
flt now Thy virtues bind my heart
Although my hoart in earlier youth
Afrnt kindls with more Wild desire.
H.l... me- % has gained IN truth
Much more tAnn a. has lost in fire.
OH. CLAIM. now WARNS my Utmost core
mint fhfn but sparkled DER my brow.
And though , seemed to love thee more
let. oh. ilve thee better now.
Well that IS nay idea Of the Chris
tam lie. ln the beginning We accepted
Chris. from selfish motives. Perhaps
,ye were ito some great religious meet
ing aud mc evangelist WIS picturinl
ra. farfpres ~ the lost We becnmt
SOD frightened that we gripped tht
church pow for icnr we should ran
ot.r the prccipice Of eternal doom
I.f after Ve accepted Christ viii
...h .a .ou motive the Christ love be
..0 fo grow upon u.s. We sec how m
t.s lecu protecting us and how he
aa. been lending us. We See m an
other uuco how Doe has clothed aho
f.l lis When death came into our
s.ma v,. ~aU his great tears OF com
mission and lowe Even In our hnuncla
distress or social persecution he war
aItyars hv our side Then we began "a
ro.fl1. how good and kind and loving
De is As we grow IN grace we are
newer happy unless we feel his pres
en.e near We Talk 90 him as we do "a
. DOM friend We find ourselves say
.nr. .Ipsus. thou knowest best Thou
ant leading me. O Master thy love
ra..sh aI understanding Keep me
close to thy heart Let me never stray
AWAY from thy touch" Church mem
..rs are YOU strangers 10 the raptur
ous joy Of The close compnnionship OF
this divine association? Then you have
never reached the higher development
Of the Christian life. Believe me.
there is something yet for you to pray
for and struggle for IN your Christian
experience DO not think today Of
Christ MS an enemy Think Of Jesus
MS ma ever present personal, tender,
loving friend. That can be one OF
vonr greatest joys Of the Christian
lie. lie can De a friend who VIE
never leave your side.
But the true Christian finds in the
higher spiritual life more than this
divine companionship. No sooner do
we truly become one with Christ than
we enter Into the elcvating associa-
Hons of the best aud purest men and
women living upon the face Of the
oarth today. We enter into a holy as
sociation with those who have felt the
divine touch and who have been re
created and made over and been
stamped with the divine image. These
children of God are different from all
other men and women. for they are
radiaung with the power " the spirit
dled life.
But" says some church member,
IL DO not want 90 live In a prayer
meeting an the time / DO not want
% be singing psalm tunes morning.
noon aud night Sanctided people
may be an right IN their places, but a
steady diet of angels food nauseateS
the stomach I like TO frolic and
play other kinds of games. l like 70
fish ! Ike % hunt Indeed, Ike
fun fust as much as / did twenty
years ago I'm other words. Ike 70
Go something besides going 10 church
and talking about the Bible and for
oign and home missions" So 90 good
people Ike fun So Do the purest and
best of Gods disciples IKE recreation.
There Is no class Of men and women
that have a better time than Christian
people. But. my friends. II makes a
great deal Of difference what you call
t.,.. Il ,.a,, ..r,t,.s FrT ,.otfr bocf ON fov.
meut I'm life as we'll as your best spir-
itlal cXhilaratiOn among Gods chill
dren. then there Is something wrong
with your own spiritual life. and YOU
had better get down on your knees and
ask God 20 place you In one of his
spiritual kllns 10 refine your nature so
that You Will be able 10 find your joys
in holy componionship.
An old proverb goes thus. "What IS
meat for thy neighbor may be poison
for thee That means the food upon
which your brothers physical organ
Ism thrives may be that which viii
not nOurish your body This proverb
is emphatically true in reference TO
the cnioymcnts Of the spiritual and
the worldly life The pleasures that
fascinato the ungOdly are generally
pleasures that are repugnant 10 the
spiritual man. l was never more i'm
pressed with this fact than when Wis
iting san Francisco some weeks ago.
I have seen San Francisco under all
conditions visited It twice in my
youth ! visited It IN its strength and
power a year before the earthquake
] saw Il burning and IN ruins. A year
later I also visited Il when It's walls
were about half rebuilt. I never enter
this city Of San Francisco but my
mind runs back 10 the old mining
camp Of 1910. which was established
when California gold was first dis
covered The mining camp had some
good people IN IT, But the Adventures
of the easi. the libertines. the gam
hlors. the lost women and dissolute