Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1940-05-09
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?

This is written in response to
| the numerous inquiries or our
| friends who were surprised at our
moving away from our old neigh
| borhood, d,-Renrock. 1t is somewhat
| personal but as there are no "big
LIS" and we are f1inging no bouquets
| at ourselves for the boomerang
stunt. we trust that no charge of
egotism be laid at our door. II our
| friends were surprised at our exo-
| dus, We ourselves. were astonlshed.
| But the fates,-nO, 1t was not the
fates, but an array of circumstances
] over which we had no control, that
| warranted the expediency of making
| the change. But we are not burn
| ing the bridges behind us We can
| still maintain home, temporarily,
| at the old place, and SO far, we are
well contented, and contentment IS
/ state of the mind. The Apostle
Paul said, l have learned in what
soever state l am, Herewith to. be
of life. we are looking forward.
headed somewhere. Regardless of
the years that have gone over our
head. or the water that has passed
the mill. this wondering. forward
look, keeps us speculating as 10
where we are headed,-to what are
we coming? Yet we are warned to
j
the morrow We recall little
| oriental story that was in McGuf-
| fey's old sixth. 1t was about Omar,
the son of Hassan, who spent seven--
ty-five years of his life in honor and
prosperity Persons in high rank
and authority desired to know the
secret of his successful life. He said
'It is of little use to form plans OF
! life" When young he had mapped
out his life in ten year allotments IN
, the acquisition of knowledge. travel:
! etc. He was going to marry one OF
the nymphs of the Mohamedan par
adise and have royal round or
pleasure. enjoyment and all that;
but not in one single instance did
get married, and he ended his days
within the walls of his city. Bag
dad. The book of Genesis begins
with "In the beginning" it ends
with "put in coffin in Egypt. .
You. my dear reader have had your
beginning, where are you going?
Are you sure of your destination
you will draw your last breath? 1t
is very uncertain. My great grand
father left his New England home
in his old age and followed his sons
to Ohio and his bones lie buried in
the Olive cemetery. My deceased
| wife's grandparents left Yorkshire,
England, made a three months voy-
age across the Atlantic, landed at
Philadelphia. later moved to Ohio,
and their ashes repOse in the Windy
Hill cemetery. Morgan county. My
mother was left good home on one
of the best farms in Brookfield
township, she died in little yellow
cottage in Caldwell that stands on
ground over which her mother hoed
ho II n M
ed of a town. Wife and | moved
into home at RenrOck and we said
there will be no more moves, if we
can keep out of Jail, until we are
encased in a box and taken out feet
foremost After forty-eight years
her desire was fulfilled, and we too,
expected the same,-but no,-not
alas but howbeit We have moved,
only few miles distant, neverthe-
less among strangers, but not in a
strange land. not by camp site.
For a quarter Of a century in the
spring time our vocation has taken
us to spot in plain view of my
wife's birthplace, crossing her old
school path daily and now in this
school path of nearly a hundred
years ago. Such are the instances
and coincidents as we make the pill
grimage through life.
Where do we go from here? The
old patriarch Abraham, father of
the Hebrew race, must have been
confronted with this same question
many times in his journeyinss
through his eventful life Some peo-
pie enjoy moving they get "kick'
out of the change of surroundings.
To them it is an adventure. Sev-
eral years ago tenant told us he
had moved 33 times. We know that
he must have made as many as a
dozen moves afterwards. He said he
enjoyed moving. But if his scanty
pieces of furniture could have had
their say. they would have said
something Of hard knock and scars
during such nomadic life. That
man lived too soOn,-he should
have had trailer. But it's coming,
the last move,-and where do we
go from here?
According to the Good Book
which includes us gentiles we have
the choice of only two destinations.
J You know all about it. One chance