The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1922-09-29


full effort than it deserved. Neverthe-
less, his enthusiastic commentator
gave me taste OF the JOY OF moving
people by the power Of speech.
1t is evident by this time that In
tend keeping the schools and church
es together. These two great institu-
tions properly belong together, in no
formal and sectarlan manner, to be
sure. but by the far deeper and more
vital ties OF shaping and creative
ideals they nourish Any education
that is not inspired by Christian prin-
ciples becomes curse and ultimately
pulls down the house Of civilization in
ruins. Therefore. one can scarcely
overeslimate the religious tragedy. of a
nation that fails to inculcate the spir-
II and teachings Of Christ in the train
ing Of its youth. ."' .. 80.
Preachers And Others.
Turning from the schools to the
churches, / recall some OF the minist-
ers to whom / am greatly indebted.
Among these were the :Revs. Cook,
Cox, Simpson, Hiner. Jolly, French,
Reid, SwitZer and, In a special sense,
Rev. John Hampton and Rev. Ernest
Robinson. And then when one turns
from the clergy TO the Iaity-those
lovely. cultured, COnsecrated souls who
are spiritual Jewels Ia LOuisa's crown
Of rejoiclng-~t there is simply not space
10 mention all of them! Where would
the ending be were one to begin eX-
patiating on his Indebtedness to those
who blessed and inspired his boyhOod
and later years? think of such fam
lilies as the Waliaces' Northups, stew
arts, Borders Waldecks, Laynes,
hateses, Burchetts' Snyuers, Bur
gesses'" Burnses' castles freeSes,
Conieys, Sulhyans, Thomases OBrlehs'
Gunnells, Lackeys'- WILSON'S Harreds'
Blllupses, McClures, and-well, Is IL
not fragrant human ihhe that mas
no turningf ialnly' one Is confronted
by a process OF eIlmihhtloh' therefore,
am going 10 speak OF one OF TWO
concretely ana IN particular" Ihey
VIII serve as specimens Ihus heid
up, Louisa may paraphrase the words
AZ IN" Mother OF the Gracchi: These
are some OF my Jewels!
the hrst ls Uncle ROLL Burns.
Among my earliest memories Is the
unfading picture OF him as Superin-
tendent OF our sunday School. He
was one OF the best any school ever
had, ! know. Lovable. devout, famil-
iar win the Bible ana giorlously
faithful he wrought himself into our
directions. one OF his outstanding
quaIlhcatlons Tor that nigh Office was
MS deep-down rove OF littIe children'
Young men. ana maidens' ! am still
keenly aware OF the me ecstasy that
fairly possessed him as he worked In
the school. He had a sweet mellow
voice Tor singing. and he used II as
one VINO sang with the spirit and the
somehow, in thinking
OF Uncle Roll, there comes to mind an
incident IN the lie OF the great lister.
In one OF the chhdrens hospital IN
winch ne praCtced,~ one little tot, says
ms DlOgrapher' was asked what he
thought OF the great surgeon. on
exclaimed the .chiid, every Tune he
comes IN he JUST seems to be looking
Tor ittle mead to pat" How many
little heads Uncle Roll managed to
pat! And In that gentle, kindly pat
ala ne not leave something akin TO
sweet apostolic memories for some of
us VINO are sun climbing. however.
falteringly, the upward way The
summer before ne went away, TOOK
him Tor a little drive about town and
out INTO the country. on returning
nome ana just before getting out OF
the car he said; Fred. | want the
LORD Jesus TO be able to say 'Rpll, there
Is something that you can stiii do for
NE nowh IN LOUISA that no one else
Fan DO. and I'm depending on you to
DO IL, Little wonder that the dear
man or GOD kept MS spiritual green
ness until ne slipped away into the
Land OF Beginning Again! shall
never be able to fully discharge my
to Uncle Roll. As have
gone over the country telling the old,
OLD story his name and influence have
wound through 1t like lovely song
that sometimes steals unbidden into
the music that comes only in dreams.
The other character Is a woman
ana still In the flesh, | am thankful to
say! We are in the habit Of reserv-
ing most OF our good things to say
about the dead. This habit has got
itself coined into such phrases as.
Speak kindly OF the dead One has
no quarrel with the htness thus sug=
Sested; the criticism comes by way of
contrast in the fact that we refuse TO
the living those tokens of loving kind
ness which We lavish all 100 freely
upon silent forms ana faces. Long ago
resolved TO spend more time In maxi
ing garlands Tor the living and less