Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1913-07-18

out side, much to their regret.
Anyhow, the church was full,
! Two bright, promising young
lpeople We're received into the
Murch, and one of them, a young
~. Thompson was baptized in
sIe MIC creek near the residence of
~ NJ, Robert Meek, in the after
hoon ;o ~ large crowd was present
eDo,,'i ~ ,m'i"0ess the ceremony-a
0,HmI ,,I;aI .yith its surroundings
,g;d %,ii,H n;ot YOU'D have made a splen-
put on canvas last as { was. ia
attempt descrfiaf;op would 10
a futile effort. SeateSs,anS ~ rS,anJ- II
ing, the green hill ovei j! s'u 40
the broad sheet of water, and Is
both banks was a crowd of 81
lent. respectful people, of all
ages, sizes and colors. They
came in autos, buggies, carriag-
es. horseback and on foot, from
miles around-some out of Curl
osity, some to ridicule, perhaps,
but most of them to witness
with reverence and respect a
ceremony which they did not
endorse, but which is a distinct
article of faith of a great denom-
ination of Christians. Mr.. Meek
has, on more than one occasion,
generously and kindly helped out
his Baptist friends and as every
body knows the contribution of
water is always appreciated
when needed, by the Baptist
people, and when they do need
1T they need it badly and good
ly quantity of it. Mr.. Meek can
always furnish the water, and
is always willing to do So.
II there is more quiet, peace
full or restful scene than a coun-
try church service, it has not yet
been put on canvas. Every few
miles in the country in almost
any direction, will be found a
neat country church, in a shaded
grove of tall trees, where the
people assembled every Sunday,
either in Sunday School or
preaching service-young and
old, of all denominations. The
country church is i'm many re-
spects, the hope of the nation.
There are four or five such
temples" in Burke's Garden,
and all of them seem to be in a
f1ourishing condition.
Mr.. CHI. Reynolds took Br 9TH
er Campbell over on Saturday
preceding and they spent the
night in the hospitable home of
Mr.. and Mrs. John P. Cos e and,
of course, had a good time.
BURKE'S GARDEN CROPS.
| heard of some fine corn and
other crops, but saw very few
such. The fine ones were not on
my line of travel that day. But
cattle are fine and the grass
luxuriant. A birds-eye view of
the country from an elevated
position near Mr.. Howell's where
the entire cove passes in pano-
ramic view from mountain top
to valley, presents a picture of
a veritable Garden of the
Gods" sure enough. But this
gossip" must end.
The homeward journey, in the
cool of the afternoon, up the
shaded slope of the southside,
and under and through the cool
shadows of over-hanging cliffs
and through. long leafy tunnels,
fianked by fern and Towering,
rhododendrons, of mother ma
ture's own planting and tending,
over smooth, granolithic-li like
roads, was restful and delight
full. Burke's Garden, if ever it
was, cannot now be called a
terra incognita." The good
roads have linked it with the
outside world. We reached home
shortly after sunset. The girls
voted Napoleon, the Second"
the finest of horses; the editor
the finest of chaperons, and the
day the finest they had eyre had,
and the Burke's Garden people
in general, and Squire Howell 5
in particular, the greatest people
on earth. j. A. l..