Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1915-07-23
:. s. TRAIL LEADS
TO BLUESTONE
Two Addresses Made Last Sun
day, one at Harman's Chapel
and the Other on The Di-
vides"-A New Recruit.


and enjoyable Sunday school meetings
one at IL a. m. at Harnan's Chapel
on The Divides, the other at 3 p. m. a,
Springville. That is to say, 1 made
the speeches and MIR. Lewis made il
possible for me to do so by furnishing
free of charge, conveyance enabling
me to go. Now, submit, that he help
ed me make the speeches in perhaps
the best way he could. l never heard
George try to make a Sunday School
speech. He might hum and haw and
turn red in the face and stammer n
little at first, but no doubt. he would
pity it is that he (and others) do not
get there" with little Practice, and
try it. At any rate, he did the next
best thing TO ii last Sunday as Dan
Thompson did the Sunday before, he
made it possible for me to so, and but
for the timely aid of these two neigh
bors, L would likely not have gone at
all. If work is needed to be done
we ought TO be willing to do it, and if
we cant, to help the fellow along who
can and will go. But to do neither,
is-well, not exactly living up to the
standard. Honor TO whom honor is
due, 1 say, every time. l repeat it,
George Lewis and myself held two
important Sunday School meetings
last Sunday. | am inclined to think
that l had, however, rather the hard
est part of the job, pleasant as it was.
Riding 25 miles on horseback, in a
sunshine like last Sundays, on sad
die that felt, before the day was over,
as though it were made of rocks, is
not much fun for one not accustomed
to such exercise. But there was moth
ing else to be done, and it had to be
done, and al done it," and had u good
time also.
| spoke to the Sunday School at
Harman's Chapeel at IL a. m. on the
top of the Divide. My visit was due
10 an invitation from my friend, Aus
tin White, and to him and the othe,
good people there | am indebted for
a pleasant and | hope profitable visit.
Charles Harman, his wife and father,
R. p. Harman, Austin White and a
number of other good folks, are the
workers in the church and school there
and rain OF shine, cold or hot they
are there.
MIR. White made short and good
speech. Charles Harman spoke, too.
He is the Superintendent, anil when he
speaks he speaks. l imagined he got
his early training as a speaker in the
old fashioned camp meetings and love
feasts the Methodists used to have, but
have no more. He is warm hearted
speaker, and is a delight to deaf man
for he makes himself heard. What q
fine circuit rider he would have made!
White, believe, has good deal of the
poise ana the calm of the Presbyter-
ian in him. He likes facts and figures
and speaks to the edification of the
hearer.
And, so, the crowd had several diff
ferent styles and forms of oratory,
all in one day, and everybody should
have been pleased. All that can say
about the address of the other brother
who spoke is, that "he warmed up as
he proceeded with his remarks" The
mercury registered somewhere in the
COS. In the afternoon it was still
hotter. The church at Springville
was about full. They listened, swelt-
cred and listened, while spoke of the
Importance of the evangelization OF
the men-the most needy, important
and most neglected class of our peo-
pie. Mr.. +. S. Wallace is the Su-
perintendent. He has the help of the
McMullins, Deatons ct ais, and a
number Of fine young men, and some
10 Frhaxr l.xyn Il
ult class of men of about 20 ir
number. These will go after the rest
| told them here and at Harman's
about Mr.. st. Clair's mems class OF
nearly 100, and of George Liddle's
class away over at Midway on the tor
of the Flat Top, and of other goot
classes. j. w. Hicks has fine class
Of men at Graham and other school:
and communities are waking. up. A
conservative estimate shows that les:
than 30 per cent of the men of the
county take any interest in the Sun
day School work, which is only another
way of saying that they take no inter
est in any church work at all. Going
to church and paying little money
into the treasury is not "taking inter
est in church work at ALL" And rhi
is about all so per cent of The men O
the county do. We men ought to re
form.
And now, as Mr.. Bri1gers woul,
say, listen to me: Speaking of men
while am at it: There are number
of men in Tazewell, Graham, Poca
hontas, Richlands, Cedar Bluff, Nortl
Tazeweil and in almost every littl
village, who are doing nothing but
little religious loafing on Sunday
They sit around hotel porches, or per
haps even go to Sunday School in
way, who are needed in the country
Within reach Of every town there ar
from one to a half dozen schools meet
ing in the afternoon within reach
who will be glad to have some one Wis