The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-06-26
VISITS HIS OLD OLD PASTOR
Nr. J. T. Wilson Enjoys Visit to DR..
SIigh-TraVels Road Has Not
Been Over in 81 years.

'Bachman Chapel, June Z4.-Seeh
and ye shall find, is one of the pro-
misses of our Saviour.
In the past few weeks We sought an
opportunity to go down to Columbia
by the way of the dirt road.
Our main purpose was to visit our
dear old friend and former pastor.
Rev. J. A. Sigh. Hearing that he was
in very feeble health made us more
anxious to visit him
While in Newberry We made our
wishes known in the presence Of the
kind editor of The Herald and News
and he kindly consented to crafty
our desire and the day was set for
last Sunday
Sunday morning at $40 a. m. we
started from our son-in-law's, Mr.. W.
w. Kinard, just one mile, above Pros
perity, together with Mrs. W., our
daughter, Thelma, and our grand
| daughter, Leone Kinard, to make the
trip with Mr.. E H. AulI in his car.
The morning was perfectly lovely,
Just such as made travelling comfor-
table. and it was a continul speed
away God doesn't put people mere
on earth to live on the chance of
luck, but to'put it in the common way
! OF speaking we had good luck all
the way through, not a single
stop was made until We reached the
capitol
! Just two and naIf hours drive
found us in Bryant street at the home
of DR.. Sigh.
On our arrival we were pleased to
finG Mr.. Sligh's condition of health
somewhat improved, but, sad indeed
it is TO see one who has been so full
OF vigor, perseverance and useful
ness, both in and out of the church, to
out live his usefulness, but we must
not murmur at Gods dealings. We
,, were not put here to live always. DR..
Sigh has been blessed with long pill
grimage here on earth; by reason OF
strength he has lived to the allotted
time of man, four score years; but
one of the saddest conditions Of his
present state, the voice that was once
50 strong and could be heard Tor
hundreds of yards, can only be heard
now through a dim whisper, but t2ere
is always blessings connected with
even sadness in the life of Gods ser
wants.
Rev Slign expressed to US that he
was perfectly reconciled to his con-
dition. He said that the blessed Lor@
rad fully revealed himself to him, and
he had the blessed assurance that his
life beyond would ! e peace and hap
piness. and he was just waiting on
the Lord.
We were sorry that we only had but
a few hours to spend with our dear
old friend. and that our days enjoy
ment had to be wound up in sadness.
Before we left home we heard the sad
news that God had called another one
OF our old former pastors antfriends,.
the Rev. J. D. Bowles, to enter into |
the joys of his eternal rest, and at
2:3O p. m. Mr.. Aull cranked up his.
machine and we again speaded away
At 5:20 we had reached Colony
church.
We shall not enter into details oil
this sad event as full account has
already been given in Tuesdays issue /
of The Herald and News May the
blessings of God rest upon the dear !
old widow and children, and may
those children possess that good
name their dear old father left when
they come to die.
4 few words about tie roads and
crops may be of interest to some one.
1t had been 81 years since we travel
ed the dirt road to Columbia, and we
were more than anxious 70 see if We
could find anything that looked like
it did 81 years ago, but not a single !
thing as we observed looked natural
and had Mr.. Aull not told rs. We would |
not have recognized when We came
to Spring Hill There have been won
derful changes made within this per
iod OF time.
Such stride OF progress don't
sunnose the world has ever witnessed. I