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VOLUME XXVI.
ACCOflAC C. H., VA., SATURDAY, SEPTEHBER 30, 1905.
NUHBER 14
cnthpretl the children about the family
S. JAMM TURLINOTON,
Attorney-at- Law.
Okkicks?Aeooman C. H. and Fair
Oaks, Va.
Practices in all tbe eourtB on the
>< **t.r-?m Shore o? Virginia.
JNO. R and J HARRY REW,
Attorney s-at- Law,
Offices?Aecomae C. H., and Parks
ey At Accomac C H., every Wed
???-sday.
Will practice in all the conrts ou the
Kn-teru Shore of Virginia.
ROY D. WHITE,
?Attorney-at-Law.
?flices: Parksley and Aecomae C. H
Practices in all conrts of Accomac
(?nd Northampton Counties.
Prompt attention to all busines*.
WARNER AME8,
?
? Attorney-at-Law,- i
nfflces:?Aocouiac C. H, and Ouan- j
cock.
At Accomac C. H. every Wednes?
day and Friday.
Will practice In all the courts of
u-i-onii-u- and Northampton counties.
IO HU 8. PAR80N8,
Attorney-at-Law,
Aeeomae C. H., Ya.
-.Viii practice In al courts of Acco
MC and Northampton counties.
BEN T. GUNTER,
Attorney-at-Law,
Accomac C. H., Va.,
Will practice in all the courts of
Accomac and Northampton counties.
OHN E. NOTTINGHAM, JR.,
Attornki -at-Law,
Franktown. Va.
Practices in all the courts on tbe
?'.astern Shore of Virginia.
Will be at Eastville and Accomac
;. H. first day of every court and at
Eastville every Wednesday.
>t,bo F. Mears. ti. Walter Mapp
MEARS L MAPP.
Attorneys-at-Law,
>ffices:?Eastville, Northampton Co.,
and Accomack C. H.
-veriee In all courts on tbe Easteru ]
-?? of Virginia.
U. Q. 8TURG18)
?Attorney-at-Law.?
**?ICK8?Accomac C. H., Onancock
and Eastville.
? i \ccotnac C. H. every Monday
Wednesday,
r'fjictices in all courts on Eastern
? hor* Bankruptcy cases a specialty.
OR. H. D. LILLISTON,
DEHTIBT.
-Accomac C. H., Va.,
dire tours from i a. m to 5 p. m
-ill be at Parkolev every Tuesday
FRbFe. RUED1GER,
OOTTUTY ? :o:? SCRVKTOR,
Accomac CB. Va.
- oroutfhly equipped with latest
h?st instruments offers his ser
? ??? to citizens of Accomac.
in tufit al) engagements promptly
INSURE WITH YOUR
HOME PEOPLE.
a. C. Matthews,
Special Agent for
The Mutual Life Insur
a ce Co.. New York,
Office in the Drug Store at
?HWPERANCEVILLE VIRGINIA.
<i L Geiger & Co.,
Druggists and Pharmacists.
Onancock, Va.
Dealers in Pure Drugs, Chemicals,
Fine Toilet Articles of all kiuds, Tobac?
cos, Smoking and Chewing, Cigars,
Cigarettes, Pipes, ?&c Try our Spark
the best Five cent cigar ou the market.
We are agents for The Heath & Milli?
gan House and Carriage Paints, the
beBt in the market, Arctic Soda wa-er,
with Pure Fruit Syrups, Lowneys can?
dies, full assortment. Special attention
given Preescriptiou.
Orders by Mail Promptly Filled,
G. L. GEIGER* CO,
Onancock, Va.
Agent fer the Angle Lamp,
__WM. P. BELL & CO.,
Accomack C. H., Va.,
Druggists.
A FULL LINE OF
FANCY ARTICLES,
DRUGS,
OILS, PAINTS,
SEEDS, AC.,
SEPT ON HAND AT LOWEST PRICB8.
Here You Will Find
Thousands of useful articles not
kept by any other house on the
Shore and when you need such
articles simply give us a call and
we will not only serve you with
it promptly, but with anything
you may wish from our
-IVE AlVIlVIO-r H STOCK.
We carry lull lines oi Staple
and Fancy goods at all times
consisting of
Dry Goods, White Goods, Notions, Hosiery, Neckwear, Under?
wear, Shoes in all qualities and styles for men, youths', boys,
ladies, misses anti children, Mattings, Carpets, Floor find Table
Oil Cloths, Etc,
Immense lines of Qneensware, Lamps and Lanterns, Glassware,
Tinware, Wood and Willow-ware, Hardware, Cutlery, Guns
and Ammunition.
Staple and Fancy Groceries, C-tnned Goods, Baked Goods, Con?
fectionery, Fruits, Vegetables, &c.
^Meats-Fresh and Salt? ail kinds*-^"
Hay, Corn, Oats, Bran, Middlings, Chops, Wheat, Rve, Etc.
We will not only treat you well,
but make special etlbrt to give you
the worth of vour money. Come
and see us. Very respectfully,
W. T, VT I Iff PER.
PARKSLEY COAL AND SUPPLY COMPANY,
PARKSLEY VA.
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Building Material, Building
Hardware, Feed, etc.
Are you going to build, if so it will pay you to inspect our stock of
Dooiv?, Sash, Blinds, Mouldings, Stair Rails, Newels,
Brackets, Porch Trimmings, Building Hardware, Florida and North Caroline
Shingles, Ceiling, Flooring, Cypress Lumber and lathes. Oeorgia Pine Heart a
specialty.
We are headquarters for
Everything in the Feed Line,
in large quantities and sell at the smallest possible margin, Hay, Corn, Oats,
Bran, High grade Middlings and chops.
Our Carriage, Wagon and Harness Department
is full and complete, we invite your inspection before buying.
"We also carry a full stock of
Coal, Bricks, Lime, Cement, Salt, Terra Cotta Piping, Ameri?
can and Ellwood wire Fence,
Farming Implements, Disk and Peg Tooth Harrows, Planet Jr., cultivators
plows, etc.
Do you intend to paint your dwelling, if so use
Hirshberg, Hollanders Stag Brand, lt. M. Paste paint. It is the best and
cheapest (One gallon makes two). We carry a full assortment of colors.
If you wish to contract for a building give us a call. Our Architect, Vf.
: M. Bowen will furnish you with latest designs, plans, etc., and will do your
; work in the best workmanlike manner.
We give you a few names as reference of work done by us, O. L. Ewell
Augustus J. Parks, Columbus Bundick, all of Parksley.and Will Matthews, E.
i W. Russell and Ashton J. Lewis, all of Leemont, Va.
We ask a share of your patronage.and assure you that any orders by phone
or mail will receive prompt attention.
Parksley Coal and Supply Co.
Crisfield Ice Cream Co.,
?(Successor to)?
Wm. S. Richardson and the F. W. Shivers Co.,
-Manufacturers of
Plain and Fancy Cream, Water Ices,
Frozen Fruits, &c.
-<<P-^fc--' Near Ice Plant. Crisfield, Md. m^>
The plant of the F. W. Shivers Co. having been purchased
and added to that of the Crisfield Ice Cream Co. gives us capac?
ity of 1,000 gallons daily.
The new plant now in operation and all orders will be fil
ed promptly.
Can ship by Express to any station or by steamer to an}
wharf on Peninsula
Carroll Crockett, Manager,
CRISFIELD, Md.
E. W. POLK.
-Formerly of? POLK & BENSON
lYIERCH ANX TAILOR
Pocomoke Cit> Md.
Will visit Accomac C. H., every court day.
I. H. Merrill, Proprietor. E. H. Benson, Managai
Peninsula Tailoring Co.,
POCOMOKE CITY, MD.
Will Visit Accomac C. H. Every Court Day.
to.?!7
c-ati^p**
^?Manufajtarers of?
a Marble anet Granite Mon
mente, Headstone*-.,
Tablete. &a
GEORGE L SE VII ^LE,
Manager,
Poconroke City, Md.
Tax Notices. [
Notice is hereby given than the
State Tax and County Levy for the
,'ear 1905 are now due, and that in
tursuance of law, we will bc at the fol
owing named places in said district*
it the time herein specitled, for the
purpose of collecting said taxes and
levies, viz:
Appointment-Jot John II. Hopkins.
Mappsville, October ">, ?> and 7.
Bloxom, October 12, IH and l-l.
reniperaneeville, October 19,20 and 21,
New Church, October 20, 21 and 28.
Parksley, November 4th,25th and SOth^
Sanford, Novem lier S, !) aud 10.
Saxi-j, November 8, at night.
Cattail, November ll, morning.
Mearsville. November ll afternoon.
Hreenbackville, November IX,at right.
Chincoteague, November 14, 15 and IB.
Horntown, November 10, at night
Hallwood, November 17, afternoon
and night.
Modestown, November 18th.
Hopeton, November 88, morning.
N'ewstown, November SB, afternoon.
Hunting Creek, November24, mom ing..
Leem nt, November 24, afternoon.
Accomac, Novemlier li, 8 and 29.
Appointments of Edwin T. Powell.
Painter. October 2, 6 and 4.
Only, October*!, morning.
Locustville, October ? >, afternoon.
(ashville, October 12, morning.
Finneys, October IS, afternoon.
Chesconnessix, North Hide, October
14, morning.
Melfa, October 17, afternoon.
Belle Haven, October SO, afternoon.
Pungoteague, Oetober 7, 21, November
4, 10, 17 aud 18.
Keller, Novemlier 6
Accomack C ll , October 30, Novem?
ber fi, 8, 27, 88 and 29.
Onancock, October 14 and 2S, Novem-1
lier 11 afternoon, and ES, 24 and
2.r) all day.
*Wachapreague,November 13,14 and 15
Tangier, Novemlier 9, 10 and ll.
Harborton, November 17, at night
All 1904 Capitation Taxes unpaid by
November 15th, 1906, will bc returned
Delinquent.
The payment of Capitation Tax for
19,5 will be required six months before
an election in order to vote. We rec?
ommend to all the payment of their
taxes before the penalties arc added
December 1st, 1906, and interest after
Juue loth, 1906, will be charged from
December 16th, 19(5.
John H. Hopkins, Treasurer,
Edwin T. Powell, D'y Treas,
of Accomack County, Va.
To the Farmers of the Eastern Shore.
I am sorry I could not lill the orders
you gave me for my patent barrel dur?
ing the Irish potato season. I wish to
say to you tbat 1 am now in a better
position to furnish you with my barrel
for sweet potatoes and give you a better
made barrel Those of you, who have
used my barrel, I am quite sure have
found it all I claim for it and I will say
to those who have uot used them it is
the barrel you should use for three rea
HOtlH.
1st. Because they are the standard
sixe and all the same.
2nd. Because they are ventilated and
there is no chopping of barrels to be
done.
3rd. Because they will stand the
weather, both sunshine and rain, can?
not dry out and fall to pieces and ar?
always ready for use*
I will be glad to supply you at any
jK)int powsible. I ask you to send lo
I your orders at once so tbat I can supply
(as many of you as I possibly can as you
' know it is impossible to furnish all al
tiie same time,so do not wait until tht
day von want them.
All orders received by word, mail oi
phone, will have prompt attention am
will be lilied according to your turu.
To those who have been dealing witl
me I thank them for their patronag.
and ask for a continuance of the sam.
aud tho.se who have not 1 ask to gi vi
me a trial.
John W. Taylor,
Hallwood, Va.
MARTIN li SIM CO.
Call attention tn their large stock c
Sash, Doors, Blinds, Moulding*
Builders' Hardware, Shingles
Laths, Lime, Bricks, and Build
ing Material generally, Paint*
Oils and Painters' Supplies.
We are prepared to cut house bills t
order; also manufacture barrel stave
and heads of good quality. Our gris
mill will run every Saturday,
Notwithstanding reports to the cot
trary.
We shall at all times be pleased t
show our goods and invite you to eft
and inspect our stock before makin
your purchases and we will save yo
money.
MARTIN & MASON CO.,
Harborton, Va.
Builders' Materia
We have a large line of all kinds <
BUILDERS' MATERIAL,
and can savij you money if yon wi
call to see ns.
We name In part:
Doors, Sash, Blinds, Moulding
Mantels, Newels, Gable Ornament
Brackets, Laths, Bricks, Shingle
Hair, Lime, Cement and very sele
Cypress Railing very cheap.
A. trM order will conviuce yon tb
wi" can s-ive yon money.
Let us give you our prices.
G. T. BENSON & CO.,
Keller, Va.
Temperanceville Bani
W. L. NOCK, ashier and Proprieti
H. L. Kock, Assistant Cashier.
Responsibility to Deposit?]
j $50,000.
Now open for business.
Money loaned, secured
de ed of trust on Real Estate.
3 per cent, allowed on th
- 1 Deposits. Patronage Solicits
Cahnage
Sermon
By Rev.
Frank De Witt Talmatfe. D.D.
Ht
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1.
Los Angeles, Cal., Sept. 24.?The
preacher today, taking for his theme
vacation's end, when the multitudes are
flocking back from seashore and moun?
tain, shows us that home has its own
peculiar blessings, which are never
better appreciated than on return after
absence, 'the text is Ephesians v, 20,
"Giving thanks always for all things
unto God."
Some people are "weeping Jere?
miahs." They are always seeing om?
inous visions and dreaming portentous
dreams aud prophesying evil. Their
prophecies are never like the chirps
of the red breasted robins, harbingers
of the spring. They are like the au?
tumnal frosts, forerunners of winter's
Btorras. They prophesy pains and mis?
eries nnd wars and massacres and
tomahawks and tortures at the stake,
amid a chorus of blood curdling yells
and Indian whoops. They are not like
the ancient astrologers, who used to
foretell a glorious career for the new?
born babe from the relative position
of the stars of the solar system hov?
ering over the cradle on the night of
the babe's nativity. They never see
stellar letters of gold. They only see
eclipses aud tornadoes and absence of
all light, lu the black pages of the
might they read the histories of tho
troubles that are past and the forecasts
of the troubles that are to come.
These pessimists are always droning
a dirge. They never make an inven?
tory of their blessings. They are never
happy for what they have. They are
always dwelling on the things which
they hnve not aud which they would
like to have. These modern pessimists
aro like the farmer who when it rains
grumbles and says: "This rain ls kill?
ing my corn. Corn needs sunshine."
And when the sun shines then he com?
plains that the drought ls killing his
hay. "Crass," he says, "needs rain,
not sunshine." These pessimists are
always grumbling, nlways complain?
ing. Kvery Monday is for them a blue
Monday and every Sunday a blue Sun?
day. They grumble In the morning.
They grumble at night. They grumble
all the time. They think they live in
the poorest country, surrounded by the
meanest people, at the most unfortu?
nate of all times. The country ls for
them always rushing toward hopeless
?masliup. They are never happy un?
less they are miserable. If they ever
j reach heaven, unless their natures are
completely chn?ged before they get
there, they will -complain about the
architecture of the white mansions and
complain about the glare of the streets
of gold nnd complain about the weak?
ness of the gates of pearl and complain
about the style of the celestial music.
These pessimists were not born under
"a lucky star." They were born, ac
cordlug to the teaching of ancient as?
trology, amid the absence of all light,
unless that light was the flashing light
of the lightnings. These pessimists de?
rive the motive of their music from the
growling* of a tempest and not from
the notes of a sweet throated, happy
nightingale.
The Chronic Grumbler.
Paul, in the words of my text, hurls
his anathema against the chronic
grumblers. He bids us look upon the
bright side nnd not the dark side of
life. We should find a sweet nectar
In every flower and a blessing in every
moment. We should be like a bee
gaUienng boney and not like a wasp
thrusting a sting. We Aould have
that beautiful spirit of -coutentmenl
and thankfulness to God as had at
aged octogenarian. Some one geld tc
him, "Grandpa, when is the bappiesi
time of life?" He answered: "Wt er
spring conies and under the Influent
of the gentle warmth of the atmos
phere the buds commence to turu lnt<
flowers I think to myself, 'Oh, what ?
beautiful season ii spriug.' Then
when summer come? and covers thi
trees with thick foliage, -wheu the bird!
are so happy In singing >tb?ir prett;
songs, I say to myself, 'Ok, sommer 1
a fine thing!' ' Then when autumi
comes and I see the same trees loader
with (lie most tempting fruits, I cr;
out, 'Oh, how magnificent is autumn
And finally, when the rude, hard win
ter makes Its appearance nnd ther
are neither leaves nor fruits on th
trees, then through their naked brandie
I look upward and perceive better tha
I could ever do before the stars thu
glitter In the sky." Aye, like th-e age
Christian and like Paul of my tex
amid all things we should learn to 0a
thanks unto God.
Give thanks unto God for all thing
Yes, we ought to be ready to do tha
But In order to tiring our spiritual lei
son a little nearer home let us raak
an inventory of some of the blessing
which naturally have come to those c
us who have just returned home froi
our summer vacations. Many of i
during tlie past summer have bee
awny to the mountains or down to tl
seashore, seeking rest and physic
and mental strength and reereatio
We are now back to the old treadmll
of city life. Some of us when boar
lng the train for home did so with
nigh. "Well," we said, "fun ls over f
one year. Now for another twel
months of hard grind." We sight
thus, as though all the pleasures
life were found In vacations. Are the;
Let us see. Let us study for a Uti
while the blessed resuscitation whi
should come to ev^ry healthy maa ai
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
This is a medicine of great wor
and merit. Try it when you have
cough or cold and you are certain
be pleased with the quick relief whi
it affords. It is pleasant to take a
can always be depended upon. I
sale by.
B. S. Ashby & Co.,
Accomac, and all county agencies
enlthy woman from a summer vaca
ion. Let us make a short summary of
tie blessings of our city lives and see
ow much there ls In them for which
i-e ought to thank God.
We should In the first place thank
Jod for our homes. I do not here use
be word home in the broad, but in tho
arrow, sense. It may be but n humble
ottage with poor, worn furniture; but
t is home, and every article in lt has
ts tender associations. Perhaps lt is
nore nftiuent. Then there is the more
?ause for gratitude to God. Then we
hould humbly thank (Jod for our beds
md carpets and pictures upon the
ivalls, our dining room tables and
kitchens and for the four walls of our
nvii librarian. I want you to thank
.'nd today for yonr city house which a
'ew weeks ugo you looked upon as a
>rison, but now, with Its rooms and
ts closets and its familiar entrance,
rou consider the most blessed place in
ill the world.
Ill.-nsliiKK of Home.
It ls a strange fact that, In order
to appreciate our city homes as well
as our other blessings, most of us
have to be deprived of them for awhile.
We are a great deal like that quaint
laborer who wns a hod carrier. A
friend was commiserating with him be?
cause he had to carry his heavy load
of bricks up the ladders to the top of
a high wall. "Oh," he said, "I do not
mind t' e going up much, for when I
reach the top I always feel so con?
tented when I put my load down."
Most of us, once in awhile, have to
carry a heavy load in order to be
happy when we do not have any loads
to carry. We must be separated for
a time from our blessings in order to
appreciate them wheu they come back
to us. We are like some people living
in the climate of southern California,
one of the most glorious climates lu
all the world. Here people sometimes
grow absolutely tired of the sunshine.
"Oh," said a man to me some time ago,
"I wish I could get rid of the sun. I
am so tired of looking at lt. It ls beau?
tiful day after beautiful day for week
in and week out aud for mouth in and
month out. I would that I could see
just one old fashioned New England
?torn or Illinois blizzard." "Yes," I
answered my friend. "You wish you
could see a Chicago blizzard again, but
as soon ns lt begins to howl about yon
ears and semi ps chills running up and
down your backbone aud make you
hug the Hie you would mighty quick
wish you could feel again the glowiug
warmth of the California sun." It
does seem strange that perpetual bless?
ings can pall upon us. We must be
deprived of blessings for a little while
to appreciate them when we get them
back. Thia fact is especially true of
the comforts of our city homes.
I..muline For the Country.
When the summer months drew near
last spring the city house did not look
as attractive to us as it is today. We
longed for that little cottage by the
seashore, or we longed to give up
housekeeping and have a change of
cooking and go and board at the sum?
mer hotels. We pictured the beauti?
ful visions of sitting under the trees
and hearing the bees hum. Our
mouths watered at the idea of eating
the fresh laid egga ami drinking the
rich milk, thicker than our city cream.
Tlie trunks were packed; the tickets
were bought; the city house was de?
serted. For what? Instead of the
beautiful cottnge by the sea, some of
us exchanged our comfortable city
homes for a little baudbox of a house.
It wns so small ttiat we had to go out
Into the front yard to turn around, or
else we might have done ourselves a
physical Injury. Or, Instead of the
great wide parlors of our city home,
we were shut up In two or three little
rooms of a hotel, where lt was so hot
that, like the chickens on a sultry day,
we had to keep our mouths open most
of the time to catch our breath. Then
the food. Rich milk? Fresh laid eggs?
Delicious vegetables? Oh, no! The
best of the farm products are sent tc
tlie city markets, not to the country
We were crowded and jostled. We had
to read our books In stiff backed, un
comfortable chairs, or sit down undei
the trees, where we were always af rail
of being stung by the "yellow jackets.'
Instead of our great big city closet:
we had to live for the most part li
trunks. And the beds! Oh, my. Th
mattresses must have been made ou
of shavings. And everywhere yo
turned you kept longing for the con
forts of your city home. Now, m
friends, we are back to our city home;
Let us thank God for them. Let u
thank God for the simple, wholesom
meals we have. Let us thank him fe
the sitting rooms, with their big, con
fortable chairs, and for the bedroom:
where we have a place tor everythin
and everything In its place. Do n.
talk to me of the sublime blessings of
summer watering place, but of tl
sublime blessings and comforts of oi
own city homes.
The Gold Setting.
We should also thank God for o\
city homes In a broad sense. Win
the gold setting is to the precloi
stone, the halls, the walls, the fir
ipjaees, the bedrooms, the sitting ai
?dining rooms and the parlors are
the family jewels we call our wi vt
our husbands, our fathers and mothe
and children and brothers and slstei
There is an old motto which we oft
hear upoa the street, "What ls hoi:
without a mother?" We sometim
hear it flippantly spoken. But I n
only ask this question In c. reverent!
sense, but I ask the same kind of
question In a broader sense. I as
"What would home be without all t
children and the parents being gai
ered together under the same roof
In truth, it would not be a home. Th
today, amid tbe blessings of our vat
tion compensations, I thank God tl
our families are reunited. I tha
:,e j God that father sits at one end of 1
-a: table and that mother sits at the otl
ftd end ?f the taJhle and that all the cl
Cured of Lame Hack After 15 Yei
of Suffering.
"I had been troubled with lame ba
for fifteen years and I found a co
plete recovery in the use of Cha
berlain's Pain Balm," says John
Bisher, Gillam, Ind. This liniment
'or j also without an equal for sprains a
bruises. It is for sale by
B. S. Ashby & Co.,
Accomac, and all county agencies
reu, from the biggest to tue youngwi,
re lined up between, with the two
laces of honor next to the mother re
erved for the two youngest in the
nm I ly.
No; there is not one missing. As you
wk about the long table at your Sun
ay dinner today you will find them all
here. Many a day has passed since
he first dny of Inst July that you
vould hnve given a good deal to have
he whole family about you, as you
lave this Sabbath morning. In the
lrst place, no sooner did the schools
?lose last summer than the childreu
vent everywhither. One of your toys
vent camping, one of your daughters
(vent to visit a school friend lu the
Met or on the ranch, your wife had to
:ake tlie sick chihl down to the sea?
shore, you as the husband and father
vere away for some time on a business
trip, and when you returned you had
Lo spend most of your time in the city.
You anatched your Sundays off aud a
few days here and there to go to the
country, but for the most part you
were alone. Now the family is reunit?
ed. Schools have opened. The boya
and girls have to come back to their
books. The many dangers of travel
nre past. Say what you will, you wor?
ried a great deal about that boy of
yours using that gun. Yes; you are all
home again, safe and well. Thank God
today for your reunited families!
"Amen! Amen!" I can hear from doz?
ens of grateful lips as n great climax
to this domestic thanksgiving.
'Mimili--, For Reunited l'nnilllen.
Then, again. I want you to thank
God that you have returned to the
work of the store, or the factory, or the
offlce. Let me see; how long were you
out in the country? Two weeks? Three
weeks? Ten days? Oh, lt does not
matter much how long. I kuow one i
fact about you, and that ls you were
away long enough to know that the
hardest work a strong, healthy man
ever has to do is to learn how to do
nothing. When you left the city some
months ago you went off in high hopes.
"Nothing to do; nothing to do," was
your congratulatory cry. The first
night you went to bed in the country
you said to yourself: "Now I am going
to stay in bed just as long as I wish.
I I am not going to get up until ll
o'clock if I do not desire." Did you
stay in bed until ll o'clock? Oh, no.
You arose at your regular time. Old
habits cannot be broken In a day.
Then after a few fishing trips and a
few mountain climbs you began to
grow restless. You wanted to get back
to work. Theu, if I mistake not, it has
been your good fortune during this va?
cation to be thrown with a few chron?
ically unhappy men?unhappy because
they have nothing to do. Perhaps on
account of inherited wealth or from
the fact that they have made money
they retired from business to have a
good time. What a miserable mistake
they have made. Instead of being hap?
py with nothing to do, you bave found
that they are the most unhappy of
men. They spend most of their time iu
playing uursegirl or picking up pins
or in finding fault with their children
or in making the lives of their wives
as miserable as their own. The simplti
fact is a full blooded man like you has
no business loafing around the house
with nothing to do. If you loiter about
the bouse thus you will degenerate lute
nothing but a first das-; "fusser" and
a genuine maseullna nuisance. You
know that you never felt happier thai:
when you boarded the street car th<
other day mid started for tin store. Ii
my time I have met hundreds ol
healthy men who had retired frou
business becanaa they had amassed :
competency. I never envied one o
them. I have always thanked God
first, that he bas given me health; sec
ondly, that he has compelled me ti
work. Thank Cod today that you hav
been able to cast off the Inactivities o
a vacation and have been compelled t
go back to the daily treadmills of mac
ual and mental toll. The Ananda
struggles of life not only earn breai
for our children, but also unlimlte
joys for our own healthful physicn
and mental existence.
Welcome Bark to Church.
But as I welcome you back to th
store and to the domestic fireside
and to your reunited families I als
welcome you back to your church hom
and to your family pew. I welcom
you home to the "household of faith.
I welcome you home to God's tempi
where you can worship God better an
moro simply and devotedly than in au
other church in all this round plane
I welcome you back from this pulp
and to this altar.
What do I mean by making such
statement as this? You may have s:
In finer churches than your owu whi
you have been away; you may ha'
heard more eloquent preachers thi
your own; you may have had yoi
souls lifted by grander music, mo
exquisitely rendered, than you hear
your own church, but has that givi
you a distaste for the home service
Oh, no. As the best place for a mi
to grow and live In a domestic sen
ls by the fireside of his own home,
the best place in which he ls to hui
up spiritually is in his own chur<
In spite of yourself, when you go
other churches you go in a critic
spirit, but here in your own chur
home you come to worship. There
an atmosphere about your accustom
church which ought to be more sacr
to you than that of any other buildii
That ls your church home. There y
have so often commingled your pray*
that they have a different mean!
there than when you pray among stn
gera. The pastor ls in a gospel sei
part of you and jou are part of hi
He welcomes you back to your pb
of worship, to your "household
faith."
Then there ls another reason wh]
so gladly welcome you back as w
chipers to your own church pew. \
know as well as I know that most
the good we get from a gospel, a
mon ls due not so much to the
trinsic worth and to the brilliancy
the sermon as to the spiritual prepa
tions we make at home for the rec
tiou of the Bread of Life. This 8
bath day, in a Christian home, ]
awoke in a spiritual atmosphere. "5
did not see any fishing poles. You
not see the carriages being driven
for the long mountain rides. You
not see the pleasure parties starting
for a yachting trip. You arose in
spirit of prayer. After breakfast
iltur. Then before you started for
sunday school you all knelt. Then
rou uttered a prayer like this: "O
jod, like Enoch, may we walk with
thee this day. Be with our Sunday
school. Give the teachers power to
ixpound thy word. Give the scholars
receptive hearts to listen to thy lessons.
And, 0 Faiher, thou great and omnlp
jtent King, be with our pastor. He ia
one of us. May we lift up his arms.
May he today be a man with mighty
power for Cod. May just the right
word be spoken which will bring down
a shower of blessings to our hearts."
Are not those prayers haviug any re?
sults'.' Why, friends, as I speak this
morning I fend a strange Influence lift?
ing ino up. That intluence, oh, my
people, comes from the prayers of the
family altars of my church. That
power comes from the prayers of my
people here in tills church home, pray?
ing for me. That power comes from
the fact that when you started for
church you and your households were
lu a praying atmosphere. It is hard,
awfully hard, to make the necessary
spiritual preparations for a Sunday
service when we are out in the country
in a worldly summer hotel. I con?
gratulate you that you have been able
to start this holy Sabbath tn the right
way npon your knees before your fam?
ily altars.
A Vacation From Chnrch.
Then I also congratulate the home
comers because you have come back
to your opportunities of religious work
as well as to your temporal work aud
to your church worship. A vacation
from the store invariably means a va?
cation from church labors aud church
work. Thomas Guthrie, the great
Scotch preacher, once wrote a book
entitled "Out of Harness." lu it he de?
scribed himself as away from his pul?
pit amid the Alpine hills seeking health
and relaxation from toll. In one chap?
ter he described himself worshiping
with a couple of prominent English di?
vines iu a little Swiss village church.
As the service went on, led by the vil?
lage pastor, he looked across the aisle
at the noble brow of a great London
preacher sitting there. Then he com?
pared this silent preacher to n mighty
engine with its fires drawn. Tho
screws, the boiler, the mighty driving
wheel, the smokestack were all there.
But there was no water lu tbe boiler
and no coal in the furnace and no
steam was being generated. The great
throbbing life of the engine was still?
ed. So with you during your past va?
cation. You may have attended the
church services, but you went to
church simply as worshipers aud not
as workers. And, my friends, true
Christianity is uot developed simply
by bending the knee In prayer, but in
laboring In God's vineyard.
The vineyards of Christ's great city
are now ripe for the plucking. Your
Sunday school class is ready to wel?
come you back. Tho boys and tbe girls
ought all to be brought into the Chris?
tian life tills winter. The missionary
society needs building up as never be?
fore. You must go to work there this
winter. You only gave half hearted
service last year. You must do better
tills year. The youug people's meetings
need re-enforcement as never before.
All these opportunities of gospel work
are opening to you. Ob, I welcome you
back not simply to worship, but to
consecrated labor in God's vineyards
and in God's great harvest fields.
Thus, wherever I look, I find the re?
sults of our vacations are blessed.
Home, store, church, all surround us
with their mercies. Now, my friends,
with these mighty opportunities of
Christian usefulness aud Christian
growth surrounding us, we are stand?
ing upou the threshold of a new church
year. What are we going to do with
lt? Shall tlie church year of 1906 nnd
190(3 be a mighty year for spiritual re?
sults in our lives? The year ls now
hero; the year will soon ba gone. Let
us consecrate ourselves and our church
and our Sunday schools and our prayer
meetings and our missionary societies
to his dear service as never before.
Let us bow our heads as we say:
"Lord, take this pulpit nnd take these
pews nnd take us all into thy keeping,
and for the work of thy grace may
this church year be the best year of
our lives. When the vacations of next
year come around., may we go forth
Into the mountains or down by the
seashore, feeling that we have not
worked in vain. And If during the
year some of us will leave, not for tho
vacations of earth, but for tlie triumphs
of heaven, may those of us who go
carry the news heavenward that tho
dear old church to which we belong ls
doing a work which will gladden the
hearts of angels and make the celes?
tial welkin ring with never ending Joy.
And all these results we ask In the
power of the Holy Spirit, who alone
can make our gospel consecration and
triumphs possible. For Jesus' sake
we again make the earnest request
Amen and amen."
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