Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-02-28

world upon n site which is unsurpassed
In beauty I'm all southern California
she has reared this Institution rs n
memorial 10 her husband. suppose
there would be 10000 applicants 10 en-
| ter that institution this year If the re
Strictions did not bar all but inha bit
ants OF California from entering. As it
Is. the waiting list runs up into the
| hundreds. "Oh, IL l could only become
an inmate OF Hollenbeck homer Is the
pleading prayer OF many who are In
the twilight OF life. Yet have been
told that though all those who enter
there go with n thanksgiving song
upon their lips. yet as soon as some OF
the inmates get thoroughly established
In their rooms and walk for a little
while amid the flowers in the gardens
they begin to grumble about the meals
and grumble about the superintendent
and grumble about the people who are
living in the rooms next TO them. The
partment of life you may take him.
does not know what loyalty means.
A Good Notice.
/ think the best notice l ever saw
hung upon the walls OF q business es-
Enlistment had written on it these
words. The more l have read them
| over the more their honesty and far
reaching significance have appealed to
me. Listen and ponder we'll: eff you
work for n man, in heavens name
work for himi If he pays You wages
that supply you bread and butter.
work for him, speak well of him,
stand by him and stand by the institu-
ton he represents. If put to n pinch.
an ounce of loyalty Is worth i pound
OF cleverness. IL you must vilify, con
denim and eternally disparage, resign
your position and when yoa are out
side denounce to your hearts content.
But as long as you are part of the in
stitution do not condemn it. If you do,
you are loosening the tendrils that
hold you to that institution. and the
first high wind that comes along you
win be uprooted and blown away In
the billiards. track, and probably you
will never know why" Woman, have
you ever thought of that when as n
servant girl you are talking against
your mistress? Stenographer, have you
ever thought Of that when you are
talking against your employer? Clerk.
have You ever thought OF that when
you are talking against your employer?
Beneficiary, have you ever thought OF
that when you are talking against
your benefactor? Are you loyal to the
men who feed you and put clothes on
your back and give you n home in
which to live? If you are, you are the
exception, for the great masses of peo-
pie cast mud at the windows Of the
homes in which live the men and the
women who support them and who
should be esteemed their best friends.
In the Spiritual Life.
What is true of the temporal life is
emphatically true of the spiritual. DO
you know why you have so small n
spiritual harvest? In the first place,
some of you talk against your minister
who is trying to build up your church.
Then you talk about some of the peo-
pie who are in the church. You COM
plain about your superintendent or
about the president OF your Ladies' Aid
or Missionary society. Then you find
fault with the church people because
they do not call upon you more. Then
you grumble against God because he
does not let you live in n better home.
Then you get angry because your hus.
band was not elected an elder. Then
you find fault with the choir. Then
You will begin to sulk because your
little girl was not asked TO lead the
procession ut the childrcn's day serv-
Ice. Then In high glee you go around
spreading the scandal OF some domcs-
tic fireside and call the members OF
that martial catastrophe "hypocrites"
because they persist In coming to
church In spite OF their moral delin.
quencies. And it is dispara cement here
and fault finding there and deprecia.
ton farther on. My brother, do you
know what is the matter with you!
You do not know the first principles of
loyalty to God and loyalty to his sun.
day school and loyalty TO the house.
hold of faith In order to reap n cplr
itual harvest what YOU need I'm the
first place Is TO get down on youi
knees and get right with God and get
right with Gods institutions, no mat.
ter where they may be. II you belong
to Gods great family, then live for the
harmony OF his spiritual family and
never parade your differences before
the eyes OF the outside world or hus-
band or nurture these enmities I'm your
own heart. First be loyal to his dI-
vine institutions. Speak well of them
10 everything in your power to make
this inner life harmonious and lovingly
happy.
Oh, that we would do everything IN
our power to keep the purity AMI the
honor OF the Christian church from
being derided and ridicued by the men
and the women OF the outside! There.
is beautiful story told that after the
Prussians had defeated the Austrians
in the battle OF Sadowa q young Aus
trian officer was found MORALLY wound
ed, lying in wet ditch. He begged
the Russians not to move him, but let
him lie there and die in peace. AS
physical dissolution was so near, the
conquerors granted his request. But
after death, when the Prussans lifted
the dead body TO carry it away for
burial, they found concealed under the
dead mans clothes the standard of his
regiment. Yes, the dead hero did
everything TO protect the flag of his
country from being desecrated by the
hands of his enemies. So may we do
everything to protect our standards OF
the cross from the contempt of the
world. May we so live that the men
and the women of the outside world
will say the church OF God is the dear
est and best and the most loving place