Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1915-11-05
TRAIL LEADS TO GRAFTON
AND CONCORD SECTION
Sunday School Worwers Held In
teresting and Important Meet
ings in East End Last Sun
day Morning and Evening

Last Sunday the trail led to
Grafton ana Concord on the
headwaters of the South Fork
of the Clinch-Mt. Olivet in the
morning and Concord in the af-
ternoon.
The Mt. Olivet Sunday school,
under the direction of Mr.. Felix
Bourne, Jr., and a consecrated
corps of teachers, is doing good
work. The entire conduct of the
/ school throughout impresses a
visitor as being dignified and
/ earnest. Miss Lula Baugh pre-
sided at the organ, and directed
] the singing. At Mt. Olivet, as
in many another school, and
church as well, there is lack
of congregational singing. 1t
seems a difficult proposition, this
getting everybody to sing, or to
try to sing. am going to write
a special article on this subject
as soon as | can find time. At
Mt. Olivet you can see whole
families or nearly entire family,
at Sunday School-mother, faith
er and sons and daughters, as
a rule. This time some of the
men and boys, who usually at
tend were in the mountain fight
ing the spread of fire, which had
gotten out, and were kept away
Ill consequence. The attendance
was good and the services were
interesting.
Rev. MIR. Campbell Conscripted.
Being a Fifth Sunday and an
off day, we picked up Rev. Mr..
Campbell and pressed him into
I service. He was given the right
of way, followed by Prof. Collie
hon. | made a very few remarks
preferring to give better speak
ers the time.
Mr.. Campbell delivered a fine
sermond about Timothy, who
was a Sunday school scholar.
both under his mothers and his
grand mothers tutelage, and of
whom Paul said had known the
scripture from his youth. Broth
er Campbell said that if a child
was trained up in the way he
should go he would not depart
from it in his older years, and
that a bad, negligent or indir-
erent mother generally meant
a wild, ungodly, worldly boy.
J His theories, as well as the state
ment of Solomon, received a lit
tie Jolt in the character and life
OF young oJash, who was made
KING of Israel and fine king he
made, too, and he had a bad
mother -allbad from away back.
Heredity against environment.
Joash had good old aunt who
took charge of him when he was
kid, hid him in the temple. and
looked after him, and brought
INN through all right. And so,
solomon seemed to be correct
and Paul was correct, too, and
brother Campbell said that there
are exceptions to all rules, per-
haps. The address was we'll re-
ceived.
Mr. Golehon, who was desig-
mated by our Pounding Mill cor
respondent as "Rev. Mr.. Cole
hon." made an excellent speech
as also he did at Concord in the
afternoon,
AT Concord.
The Superintendent here, is
L. q. Baugh, and is doing faith
full work. The Concord school
has a reputation of being one of
the best country schools on the
list. Miss Lula, his daughter,
plays theo rgan here and teach
es a class, as she does at Mt.
ollvet in the morning. Sunday
is her "busy day.
Mr.. Baugh has his school work
well in hand-has good teachers
and large attendance. | miss
ed several of the regular atten-
dants here as at Mt. Olivet. They
were in the mountains battling
! with the fire which was running
riot over the Buckhorn. They
were, with others, fighting to put
out fire. We were fighting to
Keep folks out of the fire-where
as the good Book says, "the
worm dieth not, and the fires
are not quenched.
! Social Side.
Rev. Mr.. Campbell had his
social hour and fine dinner in
the hospital home of p n