Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-05-29
GRAHAM SCHOOL
CORNERSTONE Laid
Masonic Fraternity Ofiiciates in
Defeating Fine Building to
EducatiOn-French, Orator.

AiiEh ccnool DullulnE NJ Granam, was
laid with Masonic ceremonies on last
Tuesday, the lodges of Tazewell, Ce-
dar Bluff, Richlands Pocahontas, Tip
Top and Bluefeld, besides the Gra-
ham lodge. being represented. Mr..
j. M. Newton, of Pocahontas, dis
charged the duties of Master during
the ceremonies, and the address on
the occasion was delivered by Sena-
tor ID. +. French, of Blueeeld. The
occasion was one, taken all through,
of which Graham, and the entire coun-
ty, may well be proud.
The following representatives of
Tazewell lodge were present:
John S. Bottimore, G. w. Doak,
5. M. b. Coulling, j. Ed. Peery, Har-
ry Peery, j. T.. Wynn, Gus Sayers,
Everett Boiling, C. II. Pecry, II. b.
Daley, and Mustard Pruitt.
MlSM-OPTIMISM.
Pessimis, when applied to the church,
means retrograde movement in its
forces. Optimism, an announcement.
The church is now beating slow re-
treat, its muilled drums are heard
as it's philosophy, "dual thisms," is
being buried under mountains of ma
terialism. Our Saviour came to give
light to the human mind as well ms
to the human soul. To prove to us
that the universe was double in it's
nature, He proved this part of his
miracle and told his disciples that
they must so into all the world and
tell the people that there was an in
ward man as we'll as an outward one.
and that the inward man was dead,
and unless we are born from above
W remain dead. The apostle, true to
his conversion, went everywhere to
preach the gospel of life.
This teaching gave rise to the phi
losophy known as "dualism," which
has dominated human thought for
nearly two thousand years. Now, we
are told by those who know, that pro-
testant schools no more teach Chris
tian philosophy, while Roman Ca
tholicism goes on teaching it MS it ha
always done. Any one ought to see
that this is true, for every thinking
man can feel the down pour of ma
terialism from the high seats Of learn
ing as their thousands of students
spread out over the land gossiping as
they go. or course the common mind
grasps all this, and feels that relip-
ion is worthless. This accounts for
the empty pcws in our churches and
for our hard besct Sunday Schools.
What we need is return to the
teaching of our Savior, remembering
ing that no man knoweth that Jesus
is the Christ except by the Holy
Ghost. 1t is amusing, if it were not
so serious to listen to the teaching of
the Priesthood Mt the present time.
The preachers tell about good citi-
zenship, of character building, of
humanitarianism, of brotherly love,
and expec tus to take this plea for
the gospel of Christ, and pay IL good
price for it. Just think, the Gre
clans taught good citizenship and
Hannibal taught character building
in his finest of ethical words away
down yonder when Bellshazzar ate
grass like an OK. Budda taught hu-
manitarianism and built his great
religious system on that foundation.
Confucius taught not only brotherly
love but also the love of the children
for their parents. Is it possible that
we have gone back three thousand
years in our religious teaching? And
is it possible that in the field OF phi
losophy we are lingering around the
swinging gardens of Babylon teach
ing absolutism. Bad as all this is, it
is even so. We need Savonrola to
shake us up with his fervid eloquence
the city of seven hills. We need a
Luther with backbone of steel to
stand true to his Savior and teach
regenration by faith. We need Knox
and Calvin to teach us to "fear God
and give Him glory" We need
Whitfield to turn over the earth like
a meteor. A Wesley to preach us
peace with God through our Lord
Jesus Christ. A Combel to get our
forces together, that the army of the
Lord may go forth conquering and
to conquer. We just need regen-
Grated ministry, one alive spiritually
so that they will not be "blind lead
ers of the blind" This is all and this
is pessimism.
Optimism, is the Lord ruleth over
all. 1t would be fine if science would
furnish us with literal demonstra-
tion of the spirit world. 1t might do
this through the means of medi-
umistic phenomena. This done we
will know what our Savior ment when