The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-04-02

Among the nations of the earth none can
boast ofso peerless a heritage as we. ''The
lines have fallen unto us in pleasant
places. yea we have n godly heritage. In
eorporated in our constitutional founda-
tons are to be found the highest ideals
and means to an unprecedented civiliza.
ton. Ancestral nobility and sane states
rnanship and deep reverence and well de-
fined piety form the corner stone of our
civic, political and religious life. foster
and fort!fy iaherant rights and provide
for the largest latitude to Intellectual
genius and spiritual development. Phil.
anihropy, thst priceless jewel oil national
brotherhood, ornimented the breast. ami
mated the life and nerved the arm of co
lonial manhood. gave color to every
achievement, outline and form to every
institution Faith and fortitudc pushed
back the shadows OF barbarism and SUI
perstition, supplauted the glowing camp
fire with a rude domcilc. hewed from the
native forest temple for the ,riune God
and provided for public Instruction.
Utility gave form and idcality ornament
to the monumental achievements of brain
and Drawn conserving to their day and
generation such equipment and environ.
mcnt as contributed to the mantainance
and development OF the highest type Of
manhood, secured mental stimulus and
originated such ideals AS we're compare
BILE TO the national problems aud social
eNigencics of national existence. Pro
iected a system of industry and commerce
that would utilize the latent wealth i'm ma
ture. turn the happy hunting ground
into q waving field of husbandry and So,
the wheels Of industry to the music Of
the century causing the wilderness to
blossom AS the rose
The static forces uf ancestral character
built into our institutional glory have
wrought ont constellation after, constel-
lation of heroes like our Washington
webstcTs aud Clays, TO adorn our hIstor-
ic Morrison These forces have given ON
downcnt and inspiration to every pro.
fcssion,and vocation founded 10 the ler,il
brain of man or ncccssitated by the intri
cacics Of colossal life, spread the canvass
and furnished the prospective for the
most unwontcd attainmcnts in art. built
and furnished the labratory and provided
equipment for scientific research and ex-
piomtion, unshaoklcd the mind, fostered
faith 10 and Worship of a personal God
What an inheritance, such ancestral
characteristics What ancestral reward
the achievements of this age. What
caush force our institutional antice-
dencc. This peerless civilization what an
effect,
institutional forms are trasltory. Or
ganising principles are casts OF personali.
ty aud arc eternal EXECUTIONS of life
strew the highway Of progress with the
skeletons OF primitive glory Life cannot
be holden of the dead past Life seeks
an ever Increasing latitude The cosy
home of the crysols is TO cIcunscribcd
throne for the winged butterfly. Ever
increasing civilization necessitAtes ever
expanding avenues for its expression.
The primitive implements Of husbandry
are insufficient for landed estates. Vast
pnrles and world markets consign the
crude to the charnc honse of past
glory or 10 some implcmeuta hall of
fame and the gang pillow moves across the
prairie. Mammoth enterprises and in
ternational commerce have antiquated
former manor and means Of ,ransporta-
tion. business compartments and indus.
trial plants have been replaced by the
modern steel structure that seeks an al
titude that COMFORTS with the requirments
Of the age and conveys the ideal Of this
commercial era
That nation, people or institution that
fails to catch the movements and spirit of
the age write their own doom. and will be
soon committed to an unmarked tomb to
become ioselized relic of an antiquate,l
civilization
We have arrived at an Institutional
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