The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1907-10-11

I deal more than their share OF work. IT
they are mentally incompetent. then
they hravcly and conscientiously say;
Il VIII repair my mental deficiencies
I VIII learn 90 DO my duty. When am
F Ignorant I viii manfully shoulder the
/ burden God has given me TO carry" Is
| that your life, o manf Is that your
| life. o w0manl What you mentally
/ lack are YOU by Gods help and 10y
hard labor willing 10 Develop
I was nightly impressed with this
fact some time ago when travelling
among the famous redwood forests of
northern California. We had been
climbing one Of those lofty hills when
might overlook us. We slept near a
watering trough by the roadside. The
tall trees grew taller. The silence Of
thc woods became more still The
presence Of God was perceptible as II
ls t0 none but those who have been
cummunlng with him In the silent
places of nature The next morning a
line. tan. handsome man stopped In
camp lie was on his way back 20 his
timber claim. lie asked me TO accom-
nlny him and take a short cut through
ihe woods 10 the road ahead, and !
went. While we walked along he told
me the struggles Of his life. He was
left fatherless at eight years Of age.
At nine he was working for his living.
At eleven ne was driving a plow. Ut
forly alone he had % work HIS way up.
Some years ago he came 70 the red
wood forests as n teamster Now he
was the owner Of some Of the finest
sections in that region. Then what DO
sou suppose he talked aboutl His sue
cessf Oh. no. About his lack Of edu-
cation Though a grown man Of near
ly thirty years of age, he intended the
next winter 90 20 back 10 Eureka and
enter the public school as If he had
been little boy. DO you suppose you
could keep down a man Ike thatf
Never. lie worked. and he worked
hard but us hc worked he said. "The
educational deficiencies Of my youth !
must and VIII rectify." ! admired that
mans courage and humility. thought
then what "a good thing it would be for
some of us If we took the same course.
At the end Of the first days Journey
We have discovered that we have not
the capacity requisite 20 fulfill the du-
ties we have undertaken. We spent
our school and college days In idleness
and frivolity. We are not equipped for
the journey Of life. Is 1t possible for
ms 10 lay aside our pride and go back
10 obtain the equipment we needi
But a man IN the journey Of life
needs TO be more than mentally equip
ped. lie must also be physically and
morally protected AS many dangers
confronted the oriental traveller. 80
when a young man breaks loose from
his home surroundings there are many
temptations before him. The only way
90 successfully meet and overcome
those temptations is TO prepare for
them before we start. You would not
have thought much of the old forty
miner who attempted To cross the
western prairie without first well test
ing his shooting irons. lie may not
have cared how the exterior Of his
guns looked but he was very careful
about the inner side of his rifles He
always saw 10 It that no rust was
there and there was no indentation Of
his barrels. Whether those guns shot
straight or no was to decide his life or
death The fierce savages, the ugly
grizzlies. the hungry panthers and the
half starved pack Of wolves all de-
mandcd that he should be well protect !
ed He therefore took care that his |
gun was I'm good order and that he had |
plenty Of ammunition.
Then I'm Olden times the travellers |
never depended upon their guns alone.
They looked for success to their com /
panions' guns as we'll Thus in the far /
east as we'll as I'm our own country /
YOU rarely found men travelling long
distances alone. When the old forty |
miners travelled through the west they
met M some outskirt town and made
up a train. Then when they were pass
ing through the regions infested by
hostile savHges they Travelled as an ar
my. The sentlnels kept watch NJ night.
The horses were securely guarded lest
they might be stampeded I'm some mid
Night raid. When the camp was at
tackled the wagons were used as for
.rcsses and the riflemen deplOyed II
You and ] 20 camping few miles
from home where we encounter only
he gentle sheep and cattle Of some }
friendly rancher. II does not make I
nuch difference where we sleep We
open our camp cots at any position.
3ut when we are I'm the woods far
iway from the nearest railroad sta
ion when We HE away TO the lair OF
he bear and the treacherOus wildcat.
hen we hug close 20 the campfire and
nave the magazines Of our guns well
He'd with cartridges. for there is dan
yer lurking on every hand. Now. In
his Journey Of life we must meet our
moral and spiritual dangers. In our
irst halting place away from home do | i
We find ourselves prepared to resist
hose dangersi If not then had we i
lot better 60 back where we can sup
ly our spiritual dehcienciesi
Study the life Of your father ard I,
mother. How did your father meet =
he awful troubles and trials and n
which came to himf When t
q told you some years ago OF some c
+ his struggles and how he had been a
njustly treated and how sin in It's &
lost entcing form came to him you a
MD: Father. l don't see how you /
'ithstood those troubles and tempta- L
ons. Why. father If that temptation n
nd come 10 me / surely would have II
lllen." So you would II you had to p
leet those temptations as you are
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