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

10 traveI before ne leaves the nome
city. After we have been travelling on
day after day II is almost impossible
for us 20 turn back and start ont with
another party Of emignnts II You
were to enter the camp tonight In
which Joseph and Mary were travelling
you would find there was no doubt In
their minds In which direction they
were going 20 travel. II IS foolish
for some % us 10 start the Journey OF
life when we do not know or care TO
what destination we are heading o
man. are you travelling toward hcavenf
Are you journeying toward the CROSSE
But there Is one fact above all 9th
ers which our text teaches-that f..
when we start ont on our Journey "
life we should take all our dear ones
along. a man may have an unutter-
able longing for the woods. His over
taxed brain ana nerves may be calling
70 him day by day: REST, restl
must have rest" lie may bc In great
glee as he packs away HIS camping
outfit and puts his trout flies carefully
away IN his pockctbook and straps his
gun cases He may feel his blood
coursing through his veins with renew
ed strength as he leaves civilization
behind and climbs the mountain un-
trodden save by the woodsman with
his axes. But when night begins 10
fall and time for going 20 sleep in his
camping bag comes around or when
Sunday comes when ne does not FISH
or hunt or travel the one thought
which Is uppermOst IN his mind and
heart r. thisi II wonder how the folks
are getting along ut homer ! wonder
If the babies are wellf / wonder II
will ever see them again. on. !
wish they were oil herew Friend. have
you ever been on Il camping trip when
You have been weeks and weeks away
from homel Have you ever had this
unutterable longing come over you
which some people call old fashioned
homesicknessf Then, II you so miss
your dear ones when you are away
from home for n few weeks. how do
you suppose you would feel If you
were never 10 meet them againl
Mary and Joseph, why are you 30
anxious about Jesusi He Is nothing
but boy. small boy twelve years
Of age. Why do you want 10 20 clear
back TO Jerusalem to find himr why,
saws Mary. III we DO not take Jesus
along now something may happen 20
him He VIII find out that We have
left him, and then he may try 20 fol
low us and be killed by the robbers or
the Wild beasts or perhaps sold into
slavery. Oh. no; we must find our boy.
We could never be happy day unless
we know that our dear boy was safe
Friend. il not that the way we should
be In the Journey Of lief Could we
ever be happy on earth or In heaven
unless we knew that our dear ones
were safe with us and safe with Godt
And yet, alas, how many OF IA DO not
seem TO care whether our husbands
and wives and brothers and sisters and
children are safe In Christi Dare we.
can we longer continue our Journey to-
ward the city Of the New Jerusalem
unless we 20 back and persuade our
loved ones 10 surrender their hearts 70
Jesus Christ and come alOngl
But many OF US ere 70 be counted
among those who have just started mp
on the wrong road Of sin. We are not
far from the Jerusalem walls We are
at the first stopping place. We have
now plenty Of time TO look around and
see II we are In evil company md take
an account Of our deficiencies VIII
you not rectify your mistakes and evil
tendencies3 VIII you not start your
spiritual and temporal Journey anew